ScrumMasters, raise your hand if you play more than one of these roles daily: team protector, facilitator, motivator, problem solver, bridge, process owner. Chances are you play all of them (and more!) depending on the situation. The role Scrum creators envisioned was simple enough—someone to ensure the team’s process was effective. But what seems straightforward […]
ScrumMasters, raise your hand if you play more than one of these roles daily: team protector, facilitator, motivator, problem solver, bridge, process owner. Chances are you play all of them (and more!) depending on the situation.
The role Scrum creators envisioned was simple enough—someone to ensure the team’s process was effective. But what seems straightforward conceptually often demands multifaceted qualities and skills in practice. Co-creator Jeff Sutherland described the role in Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time this way:
“Not a manager—more of a servant-leader, something between a team captain and a coach […] He or she would facilitate […] the meetings, make sure there was transparency […] help the team discover what was getting in their way […]. It was the Scrum Master’s job to guide the team toward continuous improvement—to ask with regularity, ‘How can we do what we do better?’”
As a ScrumMaster, you emphasize continuous improvement because when the team improves, the process improves and the work improves. To help your team, you also continually seek new ways to improve your own knowledge and skills. The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) course builds on your foundational knowledge to help you implement challenging Scrum and Agile techniques and enhance your leadership skills to help your team – and your career – grow.
Here is what you can expect to learn and improve with the A-CSM:
For most, obtaining the ScrumMaster Certification (CSM) was just the first step in a lifelong journey of continuous professional improvement. The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) course is ideal for ScrumMasters and coaches with at least one year of experience, who, as Sutherland states above, want to “do what they do better.”
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