Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®

Discover advanced scrum master techniques and problem-solving while renewing your membership with Scrum Alliance. Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® is delivered by Scrum Alliance-certified trainers whose coverage and exploration of advanced facilitation, coaching, and teaching are unmatched.

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Why This Course & Instructor (Summary)

I honor your interest & initiative to grow your Agile skills & insights. I'll help you however I can. I'm an Agile Software Engineer+Coach+Trainer. I have 20+ years of Agile software development experience in roles including software engineer, architect, manager, director, consultant, coach, & trainer. I help innovative teams keep their process simple & essential, so they can get on with thrilling customers.

For every class, I strive to offer you my respect, help, kindness, humility, service, collaboration, creativity, bias towards action, innovation, & entrepreneurship. I aim to make the class a safe place to explore ideas.

Like most instructors, I hit the required A-CSM learning objectives. In addition, I give you multiple perspectives & examples for each topic. The goal is to help you think through the underlying principles. It also empowers you with lots of options to have an impact, even when there are challenges.

Why This Course & Instructor (Details)

I approach the learning objectives as follows:
1) first invite you to focus on one of the official learning objectives. We discuss it from the official perspective, per the Scrum Guide and the Scrum Alliance, and some examples. Then I add a few more perspectives to that same topic such as 
2) what might an advanced team do. 
3) alternative approaches that satisfy the spirit; 
4) what I've has seen work and not work in real teams; 
5) what do other students in the class think. 
6) more if wanted.  

Then we'll go back to the official response, and add a few more examples. I strive to present these perspectives & examples objectively without bias and involve you in exploring the tradeoffs. We do this via dialogue, role-playing, simulations, Q/A. The goal is to help you see the underlying principle and multiple options for impact.

I hope you find this approach to your liking. I'd welcome any feedback on how it comes across to you.

I look forward to meeting you in my class and helping you on your Agile journey. The Agile transformation is still young. We're all in it together, trying our best to help teams do awesome work.

Kelley

Personal interests: Environmental Sustainability, Music, Running, Growing Food

Feedback from Attendees

       

• "It is rare to find Kelley's combination of subject matter expert and deep caring for his students. I thoroughly enjoyed how lively and active Kelley's course was ..." -- Carol Glennon, CSM, Digital Operations eCommerce Team, Walmart, San Francisco Bay Area, CA


• "You are one of the best trainers I've encountered. I'll definitely be taking other courses in the future." -- Stephanie S Griffin, PMP, CSM, Sr Project Manager / Business Analyst, GuideWorks, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

• (more testimonials)

 

Prerequisites

• CSM. We highly recommend that you read The Scrum Guide, by the creators of Scrum. It's a brief 13 pages.
• Optional: SourceCell's Scrum Resources Useful & fun links.

Benefits

• Expand your Agile insights, influence, & opportunities.
• Learn & practice in a safe environment.
• Get the vocabulary down.
• Dispel common myths.
• Increase your insights, both strategic and tactical.
• Leadership topics (Coaching style)
• Increase your influence, and options
• Save time & frustration by getting it clear.
• Stay current as the industry becomes increasingly Agile. (Scrum is the most commonly used Agile framework by far, so it's good to know it.)

What You Will Get

• High-quality training from an experienced Agile coach & practitioner, with diverse experience in software, hardware, +
• Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® title after completing the course work.
• 2-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, a $100 value
• 14 PDUs that can be used toward PMI certifications
• Useful references
• Simple Refund & Cancelation Policy -- If your plans change, let us know and we'll help you find an alternative class, or give you a full refund. If we need to cancel a class, we'll give you the choice of a full refund or a seat in another class. We strive to never cancel a class, but something may happen.
• 100% Money-back guarantee, if not satisfied. Just tell me by the end of the course.
• Follow-up coaching options to keep you moving forward.

 

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Instructor Kelley Harris

Kelley has been using Agile & Scrum since at least 2002. He will help you learn the surprising power & simplicity of Scrum, and get you certified in the process. With a deep background in software development, Kelley provides the added perspective of the full life cycle, utilizing Design Thinking, and Lean Startup principles, all the way through Agile/XP engineering practices, deployment, and maintenance. His courses deliver a solid foundation in Scrum, yet based on his broad experience, he can emphasize the core parts that matter most and are easiest to put into action.    (more info)

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Questions?
650-485-1203
[email protected]
Private courses & coaching available for your whole team.

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More details on the class content

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Organizations we've helped

 

                                

Dates:	17-18 Sep 2024
Starting At:	08:30 PDT for 8.0 hours
Language:	English
Venue:	Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (Live Online)
Price:	$995
Discounts:	Discounted seats available. Contact Michael Kelley Harris for more information.
Notes:	Typically: 8:30 am-4:30 pm US Pacific Most classes choose to break for lunch 12-12:30. (The class decides as a group.) If you have special circumstances of any kind, contact me in advance and we'll explore options. I look forward to meeting you, and helping you however I can. Mike Michael Kelley Harris, [email protected], 650-485-1203

Outline - A-CSM Learning Objectives

(Advanced topics within categories below.)

• Lean, Agile, & Scrum
• Scrum Master Core Competencies
• Service to the Scrum Team
• Service to the Product Owner
• Service to the Organization
• Scrum Mastery

Full A-CSM Learning Objectives

Product & service creators, managers, leaders, CEOs, Sales, Marketing, HR, stakeholders, developers, test professionals, and anyone who wants to learn a better faster way to create products with more awesomeness. While a great fit for software products, Scrum can also help develop hardware, media, services, and beyond.

This course can benefit the full range of people in an organization, CEOs aspiring to be supportive "servant-leaders."

The Agile mindset and Scrum framework can be applied to any type of product or service. Scrum started in the software industry in the early 1990's but has since been used for coordinating more activities, including senior management, sales, human resources, education, hardware, and beyond. In the class, it is common to see meet people from leadership, project management, software development, test, and more.

This class will be a good place to network with people interested in Scrum and Agile principles and practices, brainstorm solutions, and see who's doing what.