A-CSM
Scrum Alliance
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®
Elevate Your Game
The best ScrumMasters don't just know Scrum — they inspire growth, facilitate change, and lead with purpose. That's why our Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM) course goes beyond the basics to focus on the real-world challenges you face as a practicing ScrumMaster.
This course is for professionals who want to step into a higher level of influence. It's about refining your craft, deepening your confidence, and becoming the kind of leader who elevates teams and drives lasting agility across an organization.
You already understand the framework. Now it's time to master the human side of Scrum — how to coach, mentor, and unlock team potential in the face of resistance, complexity, and change. You'll learn how to scale your impact, navigate organizational dysfunction, and foster continuous improvement at every level.
Over two immersive days, you'll engage with a trainer who's coached across industries and worked hands-on with teams just like yours. Through powerful facilitation techniques, guided coaching practice, and peer collaboration, you'll walk away with practical strategies you can use immediately — and a clearer path to becoming a world-class servant leader.
What You'll Learn
- Facilitate productive discussions among stakeholders, teams, and executives.
- Coach and mentor teams to enhance agility and performance.
- Address common challenges like resistance to change and low engagement.
- Scale Scrum practices beyond individual teams.
Who Should Attend
- Certified ScrumMasters (CSM®) with at least 12 months of experience.
- Agile coaches and practitioners aiming to deepen their expertise.
- Leaders seeking to foster agile transformation within their organizations.
Certification Requirements
- Hold an active Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®) certification.
- Complete the A-CSM® course.
- Demonstrate at least 12 months of Scrum Master experience within the past five years.
Course Details
- Duration
- 16 hours delivered over 2 days of live online instruction
- Format
- Live online sessions with interactive components
- Certification
- Upon completion, receive the A-CSM® certification from Scrum Alliance provided you have met all the certification requirements.
Topics Covered
- Advanced Facilitation Techniques: Enhance your ability to guide teams through complex discussions.
- Coaching and Mentoring: Develop skills to support team growth and agile maturity.
- Scaling Scrum: Learn strategies to implement Scrum practices across multiple teams.
- Organizational Change: Understand how to lead and manage agile transformations.
- High Performing Teams: Learn the secrets of taking your team to the high performing level and keeping them there!
Brian Milner
CEO - Agility Evolved
Meet Your Instructor
Brian Milner is the CEO of Agility Evolved, a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST), and the host of the popular Agile Mentors Podcast. With over two decades of hands-on experience in software development, leadership, and agile coaching, Brian brings deep expertise and a practical, pragmatic mindset to every class he teaches.
Brian's journey began as a developer before moving through the ranks of management and eventually discovering his passion for helping teams thrive through Scrum. His work has spanned both waterfall and agile environments, giving him a unique perspective on what truly helps teams improve — not just in theory, but in practice.
In addition to leading Agility Evolved, Brian collaborates with Mike Cohn and Mountain Goat Software to deliver world-class training and coaching. Whether he's in front of a class or behind the mic on his podcast, Brian is known for making complex topics easy to understand, answering tough questions with clarity and humor, and equipping Scrum practitioners to lead with confidence.
Upcoming A-CSM Sessions
