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

If you or your organization are looking for an engaging experience and knowledge that stays with you after the class and after taking the certification exam, I would highly recommend Mitch to lead it. Mitch’s energy and passion grabs your attention the moment the class begins and his knowledge and experience keep you engaged over the course of the class.

I took Mitch’s 2-day ScrumMaster certification class in September of 2017. I anticipated a dry, monotonous, 2-day, slow, death-by-PowerPoint experience, however I was met with an active and participation-required discussion and learning opportunity. Mitch knows the “purest state” of SCRUM, but from his experience he understands that the application in the “real world” has limitations and compromises (nevertheless, he still pushes attendees to get their organizations as close to the pure state as possible in order to leverage the greatest amount of benefit that SCRUM can provide).

Eric Dolan, MBA
CSM || 3P Manager: Program, Product, Project. PACCAR

How should I describe my experience on Mitch’s CSM Class? Wonderful! Inspiring! Even though I work with the Scrum framework everyday I learned that so many things that we were doing on a daily basis were not ideal.

Mitch is a very enthusiastic trainer with a lot of knowledge on Scrum. He really got my attention and in the end I felt ready to face the daily Scrum standups with another attitude and motivation.

Thanks Mitch!

Carlos Ricardo Santos
iOS Developer, Blip.pt

Had the opportunity to take Mitch’s 2 day Agile training and found it extremely valuable. It provided actionable insights that can be leveraged right away after the training.

His style is pretty straightforward, down to earth, and the pace of the class is engaging.

Brian Leitzelar
Program Manager, Microsoft

“I’ve known Mitch for a couple of years and he was my teacher at the Certified Scrum Master course and other Scrum and Agile workshops. He’s a brilliant/excellent/guru! speaker and trainer. His courses are life-changing events and I’ve learned so much from him that I can’t put it in words. Also, he’s a great buddy and being with him is always fun and relaxing. Highly recommended! Seriously! You won’t get anyone better that Mitch!

Ricardo Fiel
Architect, 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.