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Training and Certification:
Certified Scrum Professional®ScrumMaster (CSP-SM®)
Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster (CSP-SM) is Scrum Alliance’s highest level of accreditation for Scrum Masters and an important credential for well-rounded Agile Coaches.
Our CSP-SM is about going beyond the Scrum/Agile team to be effective at improving the alignment of the broader organisational environment to Agile and Lean ways of thinking and operating.
It takes you beyond the team to the broader organisation and its leadership. This is where the big levers are for shaping true Agile transformation and business agility.
Course Information:
You will expand your tools and confidence at engaging with managers and other stakeholders in effective collaboration on improving the organisation. Learn how to leverage knowledge, skills and practical techniques at a large group / enterprise level.
Come away with practical ways to leverage Systems Thinking, ways to connect Lean principles to practices and identify waste, organisational design principles to scale Agile, as well as advanced approaches to facilitation, coaching, mentoring, craftsmanship and product management.
What pre-requisites are there?
Holding A-CSM accreditation is required before you can be accredited for CSP-SM. If you would like the learning benefits from CSP-SM without first having A-CSM accreditation, we are open to assessing your suitability based on your experience and other qualifications.
24+ months of work experience as a Scrum Master or similar is required. Since the CSP-SM program generally takes at least 4 months, you may commence it a few months prior to meeting the 24 month requirement.
Who should attend?
- Scrum Masters
- Agile Coaches
- Enterprise Agile Coaches
- Managers
who hold an A-CSM certification from Scrum Alliance.
How do I earn CSP-SM certification?
Think of CSP-SM as at least 5 days worth of intensive personal development including the following.
- Pre-course orientation group call – approx. 1 hour
- Pre-training coursework and study – approx. 1 day equivalent
- Live virtual training – 16 contact hours equivalent
- Preparation of post-course assignments – approx. 1 day equivalent
- Presenting your post-course assignments and viewing presentations by members of your cohort group – approx. 1 day equivalent over 5 x 90 minute calls
- Graduation call – 1 hour
A full outline of the post-course assignments plus the pre-course work is provided upon enrolment.
There is no formal test or exam involved in earning CSP-SM certification other than completing all coursework and exercises during the course in a way that demonstrates sound understanding of concepts and sufficient relevant experience.
What is included when I register?
Included with the course fee is:
- 2 full days or 4 half days of highly interactive training.
- Active CSP-SM certification with Scrum Alliance* for a further 2 years.
* for participants who meet the training participation, coursework and assignment requirements.
Course Information:
- Team LaunchPlan the launch of multiple new agile teams.
- LeanFamiliarise yourself with game-changing Lean principles and practices through which they can enhance your agile adoption.
- Scrum MasteryFormulate your personal perfection vision and growth strategy guiding years of your future professional development.
- TeachingEnhance your teaching with techniques from your trainer and peers.
- Advanced FacilitationNavigate difficult group interaction scenarios confidently, choosing the appropriate technique in-the-moment.
- Team Development and CoachingDetermine which of an expanded set of models to use for your various team development initiatives.
- Psychological ConceptsDiagnose “mindset” challenges with three of the most essential psychological models for change agents.
- Systems ThinkingPractice modelling organisational dynamics to reveal the highest leverage opportunities for improvement.
- Organisational Design for (de-)scalingDeepen your ability to explain tradeoffs between the structural difference of teams, backlogs and coordination approaches.
- Service to the Product OwnerBroaden your awareness of further vision to backlog practices and practise a game changing technique for goal based scope management.
- Software CraftsmanshipIdentify how craftsmanship practices aid sustainable scaled development as well as how to specify product behaviour using BDD.
- Professional Development StrategyConsolidate your plans for your professional growth inspired by your CSP-SM experience.
- Assignment BriefingsFamiliarise yourself with what is expected of the post-course assignments.
Assignments:
- Coaching AssignmentFormulate a coaching agreement with a team or individual.
- Team Development AssignmentLead culture shifts with your team or organisation.
- Organisational Intervention AssignmentAnalyse your approach to an intervention resolving the root cause of a complex organisational impediment.
- Mentoring AssignmentPlay the roles of a trusted advisor by mentoring someone.
- Inter-team Collaboration AssignmentExperiment with three techniques to improve inter-team collaboration.
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Learning Facilitator:
Rowan Bunning
Biography:
In 2008, Rowan founded Adapt WithStyle (formerly Scrum WithStyle) to bring world-class Agile training and independent consulting to south-east Asia. As a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) with not-for-profit Scrum Alliance, Rowan has delivered over 530 certification courses including the full three level Path to Certified Scrum Professional® (CSP®) for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches.
Rowan holds a WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) from the Singapore Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).
Rowan has played project management roles in the U.K. and Australia. This includes taking a high-profile online business to launch, and safely introducing frequent change to critical infrastructure processing AUD $250 billion worth of financial transactions daily.
Rowan is passionate about developing leaders skilled at developing teams and simplifying their organisations to compete at scale on the basis of agility, innovation and highest customer value.
Accreditations:
Frequently Asked Questions:
What are the prerequisites for CSP-SM?
Prerequisites for CSP-SM certification are as follows.
- Hold an Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) certification. An expired A-CSM is sufficient.
- Have 24+ months of relevant work experience logged in your Scrum Alliance account. Relevant experience is in a Scrum Master or closely related role within the last 5 years.
In order to complete any post-course assignments for which your past experience is insufficient, it will be necessary to have a mandate to work in a Scrum Master-like capacity with at least one Agile team and access to work with additional people that this team interacts with.
Whilst it is recommended to wait a full 12 months after attaining A-CSM to take the CSP-SM training, this is not strictly necessary. You may wish to take the CSP-SM training prior to attaining all prerequisites. For example, you may have a little less than 24 months of experience in a Scrum Master like role. As long as we are confident that you have a sufficient opportunity to complete the assignments and fulfil the certification requirements within 6 months of course completion, we are happy to welcome you to take the CSP-SM training ahead of time.
Is PSM II sufficient to fulfil the prerequisites for CSP-SM?
No. Scrum Alliance does not recognise Professional Scrum Master I, II or III accreditation from scrum.org as a sufficient prerequisite for CSP-SM at this time.
Please consider taking a Certified ScrumMaster and/or Advanced Certified ScrumMaster course accredited with Scrum Alliance. You should find the more practical and skills oriented nature of these learning experiences to be a useful complement to your PSM studies.
What does having CSP-SM do for my employment prospects?
Holding a CSP-SM indicates to employers and recruiters that you have the highest level of knowledge and skill for Scrum Masters that is recognised by Scrum Alliance. It provides recognition of competence that may assist with negotiation of compensation at the upper end of the salary bracket for Scrum Masters and similar capability leaders.
A CSP-SM can be expected to boost your employment prospects over candidates with only foundational (e.g. CSM) and advanced (e.g. A-CSM) level accreditation.
Being a CSP-SM demonstrates that you have repeatedly invested in your professional development to the level of being a well rounded professional. It indicates that you are skilled not only at developing individual teams, but in improving the broader organisation around teams that creates the context for them to be effective.
Since a very small portion of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches hold this accreditation, it is a highly distinguished credential.
Can relevant prior experiences cover some or all of the assignments?
Yes. You can use prior experiences for some or even all assignments. To qualify for this, the experience must be directly relevant to the assignment, and you have sufficient information available to cover all of the items to be presented, as per the brief.
What do the assignments cover?
Please see the CSP-SM assignments page for the full brief on these.
Past course participants report finding these assignment topics very relevant to their work. Also, that seeing how others approached the same assignment to be a particularly valuable learning experience.
How long does it take to complete this CSP-SM program?
Most of our CSP-SM cohorts graduate having completed all assignments within about 3 months of starting the training. The typical cadence is to present one assignment every two weeks, however this can vary a little to accommodate availability and workload.
The exact timeline is however up to you and your cohort group (including 2-3 others). You are self-organising on this schedule after all.