Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) Training

Are you ready to take your Scrum Master capabilities to the next level? Our two-day advanced course is designed to help you dive deep into the nuanced skills that are crucial for successful Scrum Masters.

Our comprehensive course goes beyond the basic foundations, providing you with an understanding of advanced techniques such as coaching, facilitation, and day-to-day team-building methods. These skills are invaluable in real-life scenarios, and will make you a standout asset in any Agile team.

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How it Works

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Our Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified Scrum Training combines the best of both live and online instruction into an interactive, highly engaging experience. It is designed to give you the skills and knowledge needed to reach your full potential as a successful Scrum practitioner.

Our advanced training classes are structured to maximize learning while offering time for deeper issues that are often overlooked in other training options.

  • Live and engaging discussions and team exercises utilizing Zoom, Mural and Mentimeter.

  • About three hours of recorded video to watch before the course, allowing for interactive and engaging live sessions, free of put-you-to-sleep lecture

  • Short, concise quizzes after each video module to help you retain what you've learned.

At course completion, provided you complete the course pre-work and participate, you will have earned your Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified Scrum Master designation.

What You Get

  • All certification fees are covered in our training cost. There are no hidden fees or surprises with our training options.

  • Continued (lifetime) access to the online training materials. You can come back anytime for a quick refresher.

You'll get an electronic copy of the course slides, plus the outputs of all exercises, allowing you to refer to expanded learning materials for years to come.

We offer Alumni only events, such as Lean Coffee, Ask Me Anything sessions, and more. Your continued education is part of all of our live and online classes.

Each live and online Scrum class offers quizzes to help reinforce what you've learned in the videos and to track your progress.

Course Outline

This course delves deeper into the Scrum Master role, equipping experienced practitioners with advanced techniques and strategies to excel in complex environments.

    • Unmasking "ScrumButs": Identify common dysfunctions introduced by partial Scrum adoption ("We do Scrum, but...") and develop strategies to guide organizations toward full adoption and reaping the benefits of Scrum.

    • Collaboration and Communication Mastery: Explore advanced facilitation techniques to foster effective collaboration and communication within cross-functional teams, including handling conflicts, navigating diverse perspectives, and building consensus.

    • Coaching for High-Performing Teams: Master coaching stances and techniques to guide teams toward self-organization, continuous improvement, and conflict resolution. Learn how to "challenge people" constructively to unlock their potential.

    • Navigating Agile Transformations: Develop strategies to address common challenges faced by organizations undergoing Agile transformations, including resistance to change, organizational impediments, and scaling Scrum effectively.

    • Working Agreements and Sample Agendas: Learn how to facilitate collaborative creation of Working Agreements and design effective agendas for Scrum events to maximize productivity and engagement.

    • Scrum and Development Practices: Explore various development practices, such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), and DevOps, and understand how they integrate with Scrum to enhance value delivery.

    • Crafting the Definition of Done: Master techniques for facilitating collaborative workshops to create and refine a Definition of Done that ensures transparency, quality, and shared understanding within the Scrum Team.

Who Should Join Our Advanced Scrum Master Course?

This course is ideal for those who have a foundational understanding of Scrum, and want to further develop their skills and knowledge. Whether you're a Scrum Master looking to enhance your abilities, or a team member wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the Scrum framework, this course is for you.

Course Prerequisites

  • Take your Scrum Mastery to the next level with our Advanced CSM course! Our program is designed for experienced professionals who have gathered at least 12 months of work experience as a Scrum Master within the last five years. To qualify, you must hold an active CSM certification from the Scrum Alliance.

    • You must hold a CSM designation with the Scrum Alliance. Your CSM certification does not need to be active at the time you take the Advanced CSM course
    • You must demonstrate 12 months of work experience as a Scrum Master within the last five years on your Scrum Alliance profile at scrumalliance.org

Customer Testimonials

I recently had the opportunity to take the “Certified Scrum Master” training class taught by Mitch. I really liked the way he structured the class, and how he made Agile concepts clear to everybody by the use of real life situations and fun exercises. You can easily see that he has a lot of knowledge and experience, and that he knows how to transmit them to others. I recommend him as a Scrum Master Coach/Expert to any organization trying to get into the Agile world.

Yvonne Treviño
Sr. Systems Analyst at The Regence Group

Mitch can deliver amazing training sessions. They are full of his experience in the field. That was one of the most beneficial training that my team had. We are running SCRUM But… type of methodology and Mitch helped to sort out the good and the bad so that we can move forward with SCRUM in a far better shape.

Jean-Francois Leblay
Director of SAP Mobility Design Center

Mitch ran an Agile training group for us at Demonware. I’m going to be honest that I wasn’t super enthused to be there, but I can say hands down this was one of the best courses I have been on.

Mitch had a knack of keeping us all interested and had such a good way of keeping us glued by applying real world examples and course activities.

I would highly recommend to take part in any training courses Mitch leads.

Ed Baker
Manager Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence, DemonWare

Mitch is not only an exeptional agile training expert with robust knowledge of professional material, but he comes loaded with real world examples that equate to a rich training experience for diverse audiences. Not only do I recommend Mitch, but I will continue to hire him for training whenever possible.

John Smith
Release Manager, Microsoft

What It's Like

Mitch Lacey Teaching a Scrum Class over Zoom
Mitch Lacey Teaching a Scrum Class over Zoom

Our Scrum training classes ensure that you will learn in an engaging environment - they are designed to keep you on your toes while also allowing time for more complex topics. We guarantee that you won't even notice the difference between being in person or on video call!

PDU and SEU Credits


  • You can receive 15 PMI PDUs for this course, which can be applied towards the 21 required to be a ACT, or to maintain any other PMI certification.

  • Scrum Alliance
    This course counts as 16 SEUs (Scrum Educational Units) towards your CSP designation within the Scrum Alliance.

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Do You Have a Question?

Sometimes things come up, we understand that. If you need to cancel your course, you have two options

If the course start time is 14 days or more, you may apply your course registration fee towards another upcoming class for use within one year of the original class date. If we do not offer another course in that time, a full refund will be given minus any applicable fees. You may request a full refund if it is within 14 days of course start date

For cancellations that are within the 14-day start time of the course and a full refund is requested, a $200 fee will be applied to partially cover committed expenses.

We strive to deliver the highest quality learning experience in the industry. To accomplish this, we offer the following for this course:

A two-year membership to the Scrum Alliance, a $100 value

A PDF, color copy of the course materials, plus all class exercise materials

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) desgination after a short online exam

Exclusive Alumni Ask Me Anything sessions with Mitch Lacey, about eight per year.

You can receive 15 PMI PDUs for this course, which can be applied towards the 21 required to be a ACT, or to maintain any other PMI certification.

PDU records management is the responsibility of the credential holder. Please refer to the handbook for your certification to determine the credential PDU requirements.

Our family run business is 90% referral based, so quality is very important. We are proud to offer a no-questions-asked full money back guarantee. Simply contact us within 30 days of your training completion date for a full refund of your course registration fee, no questions asked.