Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM) Live-Online Course (Central Time)

As a Certified ScrumMaster®, you've mastered basic Scrum Values, practices, and applications. The next step in your Agile journey is to earn your Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM) certification.

Using real-world examples from attendees and coaches, Hyperdrive Agile's Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® course applies a unique blend of proven Agile coaching techniques, applied improvisation and other experiential techniques to improve your skills in mentoring, teaching and facilitating while remaining flexible and confident as a leader.

Course topics include:

• Process change and improvement
• Active listening and providing feedback
• Effective external communication with stakeholders
• Removing impediments that prevent long-term, deep adoption of Scrum and Agile practices by all parts of the business
• Explaining the value of Scrum and Agile processes to skeptics

Advanced ScrumMaster training gives you a practical set of tools, feedback on your communication and facilitation skills and techniques for guiding and evolving your Agile teams. Attendees will practice a host of advanced personal and group facilitation exercises that will reinvigorate your leadership approach and take your team’s performance to the next level:

• Facilitate better dialogue between the Product Owner, Scrum Team members, customers, stakeholders, and executives
• Respond confidently when encountering resistance to change, lack of engagement, low motivation, and unavailability of key people
• Increase engagement to encourage greater accountability, commitment, and buy-in
• Scale Scrum and Agile beyond a single team

For group discounts, contact us directly at [email protected].

If his love for education and distance running is any indicator of his approach as a leader, Dr. Steve Martin has the passion and endurance to get your teams performing at their highest level.

From his early days as a Disney cast member where he adopted his "service to others" ethos, to working with enterprises (including THE Fortune #1), Steve's eagerness to learn and solve complex problems has allowed him to successfully reengineer organizations to enable their teams to deliver amazing products.

His pragmatic approach, calm demeanor and sense of humor invites his students to explore the framework and consider what pieces resonate with their work. By sparking critical thinking and self-reflection in class, Steve hopes that each student leaves encouraged and energized to begin their agile journey.

Specialty Industries: Healthcare IT, Finance, Insurance, Biotechnology, Publishing and Communications

To participate in the online course, you'll need the following:

• A quiet, comfortable place to be for the duration of the class
• Choose an area without distractions
• Be mindful of managing potential interruptions (e.g. children, pets, etc).
• Computer (desktop, laptop, or tablet)
• Camera and microphone (we'll have virtual breakout rooms)
• Headset to filter out room noise
• Internet connectivity

We ask that you participate like you would if you were in class.

• Punctual arrival
• Full attention and participation (video is required)
• Committed to full, 100% attendance and participation during class time

• Breaks – The course will include frequent breaks to allow time away from the screen, time to stretch your legs, and check on friends/family.
• Video Required – You'll be working with others in video breakout rooms. It's a unique way to engage with your classmates and dive deeper into discussions.
• Tools – Our coaches have incorporated easy-to-use websites and online collaboration tools to support their lessons.

A 90% refund will be issued for cancellations made in 14 days or more from the start date of the course. For cancellations made in less than 14 days, we will allow a one-time transfer into the next available course. All cancellation requests must be emailed to [email protected].

Event Venue

Online