Certified Scrum Professional®-Scrum Master (CSP®-SM) is an in-depth multi-day immersion into the world of Scrum and the role of a professional Scrum Master. The class provides a deep dive into Lean Thinking, visual facilitation techniques, remote teams, and more as we examine the relationship of the Scrum Master to the product owner, the team and the organization. Filled with real-world examples from the attendees’ experiences, you’ll leave this class with practical tools and techniques that can be implemented immediately at your workplace.  Certified Scrum Professionals challenge their teams to improve the way Scrum and Agile principles are applied. CSP®-SMs have demonstrated experience, documented training, and proven knowledge in Scrum.

The key to learning is class engagement.  This class blends theory and practices through exercises, quizzes, games and stories to create a fully immersive experience that allows participants to learn and understand key concepts by experiencing them throughout the class.

Scrum is a lightweight framework that is simple to understand but difficult to master.  It requires deep experience to understand the patterns that help make teams and organizations successful. Miljan has over 15 years of experience leading, coaching and training Agile teams. He has worked with organizations in different industries, different cultures, and different goals to help them through their Agile transformations. Miljan brings this wealth of experience to the class to address real-world challenges with real-world solutions.

PRE-REQUISITES: 

• Current Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM®) certification with Scrum Alliance. 
• At least two years of work experience in a Scrum Master role in the last five years.  (In order to validate work experience, it must be entered on candidate’s Scrum Alliance profile in Scrum Experience section where it is noted that this is required for Path to CSP applications.) 

WHAT YOU GET:

• Certified Scrum Master Professional (CSP-SM) after successfully completing the class and verifying at least two years of Scrum Master work experience. There is no exam for this certification. 
• 16 Scrum Alliance SEU’s
• 16 Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU’s; course can be used in application for PMI-ACP Certification

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Agile Coaching Competency Framework 
• Integral Agile Framework 
• Lean Thinking – Dive deep into the history and application of lean principles to agile organizations, walking through situations and experiencing a multifaceted, immersive simulation.
• Advanced Agile Facilitation – Experience techniques to bolster collaboration, manage groups and drive continuous improvement, while picking up new tips and tricks from your classmates and instructor.
• Advanced Agile Coaching – Learn how to engage stakeholders and clients and apply behavioral and personality models to team formation and conflict resolution.
• Team Dynamics & Effectiveness – Practice some of the latest techniques for driving self-management at both the team and organizational levels, and some tricks for dealing with emotional situations.
• Starting New Agile Teams – See how to craft measurable goals, deal with integrating new team members or losing existing ones, and kick off new projects with aplomb.
• Coaching the Development Team – Find out how to connect team members beyond the basic transactional level, creating closer connections and higher trust.
• Coaching the Product Owner – Learn how to apply advanced value stream and customer journey mapping techniques to align Product Owners and teams against tangible goals, as well as how to visualize and deal with unproven product assumptions.
• Organizational Development – Work with systems thinking tools such as causal loop diagrams, work through sticky change management issues and build a proper coaching plan.
• Scaling – Get some down to earth tips on how to scale without killing your team’s ability to adapt and work with autonomy, align and connect multiple teams in flight, and avoid common scaling antipatterns.
• Scrum Mastery – Take a look inside at where you truly are in your mastery of Scrum, then figure out where you’re headed next!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master represents the culmination of the Path to CSP program and the highest-level accreditation that Scrum Alliance offers for Scrum Masters. Attaining Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master is the third and final step in the Path to CSP in the Scrum Master track. This program is designed for practicing Scrum Masters who have completed CSM®– and A-CSM®. Certified Scrum Professionals challenge their teams to improve the way Scrum and Agile principles are applied. They have demonstrated experience, documented training, and proven knowledge in Scrum. Are you ready to take your knowledge and skillset in your role as Scrum Master to the next level? If so, it’s time to elevate your career further by earning the Certified Scrum Professional®-Scrum Master (CSP®-SM) certification.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: 

Miljan is a very passionate professional who truly enjoys helping others. As an Agile coach (CEC), trainer (CST), and mentor, he’s spent almost two decades helping teams succeed and organizations reinvent themselves. Miljan’s career has spanned both technology and business. He’s one of roughly 50 professionals in the world that holds both Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) designations from Scrum Alliance. He coaches organizations, teams, and individuals to collaboratively design systems that combine lean thinking and agile approaches to deliver maximum organizational effectiveness. Miljan is also a frequent speaker having participated in many international conferences and Agile events in Europe and the United States.

TESTIMONIALS: 

What the participants said about Miljan’s Course:

“This is one of the best courses I took. The topics were well organized and thought through. The entire setting was very interesting and engaging. As a participant, I just could not stand aside and not participate in the multiple discussions that the group had because of the way how the topics were discussed. Miljan was successfully facilitating the discussion and helping us understand those topics that the group had questions about. Because of the homework assignments most of the time I was engaged in the research and completing assignments which helped me understand and learn the topics better.”

“The way this class was delivered is excellent and different than all of my previous training from various trainers. Learned a lot from the discussion, articles, videos and to-dos. Miljan’s experience and global exposure helped a lot in delivering the content of this course in an effective way.”

“Thoroughly enjoyed class. Class material was insightful and content very well organized. Miljan brought very much to the table with regards to his experience, his mindset, and his enthusiasm. Best virtual/online course I have taken, and not just including those in the agile space.”

“Good class, lots of great material that can be leveraged as I go forward in my professional career. Miljan’s class is an open environment and fosters good discussions across participants.”