Professional Scrum Master - Advanced

The Professional Scrum Master™ level II (PSM II) course is an Advanced Scrum Master class focused on helping Scrum Masters to improve their skills to be more effective. This course enables Scrum Masters to gain in-depth understanding of how to use Scrum Framework, apply the right stances of a Scrum Master to enable effectiveness within the Scrum Team. The course is intended for practicing Scrum Masters who have atleast one year experience (albeit this is not mandatory) and want to grow their abilities as Scrum Master.

Those that pass the assessment will receive the industry recognized PSM II Certification as an indication of their advanced knowledge and abilities pertaining to Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master.

Anyone attempting the PSM II should have advanced Scrum knowledge, in-depth Scrum experience and/or have taken the Professional Scrum Master course prior to taking this assessment. However, attending a course is neither necessary nor sufficient for certification. The PSM II assessment is  difficult, and consists of multiple-choice questions based on your knowledge of Scrum and how you would handle real-world situations.

Who Should Attend

The Professional Scrum Master II course is an advanced course specifically designed for experienced Scrum Masters who have a thorough understanding of the Scrum framework.  It is particularly beneficial for those people with at least one year of Scrum Master experience.

Course Topics:

Understanding the Accountability of the Scrum Master:

Often Scrum Masters start their journey considering Scrum as a toolkit that comes with various practices and metrics. Their focus is not on the principles, values or purpose of scrum elements. Result an ineffective implementation of Scrum. In this course, we explore how to get the real benefit of Scrum by diving into the accountability of Scrum Master.

Service to the Developers:

Scrum Masters work day-in and day-out with the Developers on the Scrum Team. This course enables Scrum Master to understand how to improve the effectiveness of the Developers by helpin them to focus on creating DONE increments, focusing on quality and facilitating them in decision making and overcoming conflicts.

Service to the Product Owner:

Ensuring a valuable product is created and maintaining the flow of value is essential responsibility of the Product Owner. Scrum Master is accountable to help the Product Owner do just that effectively. This course will enable Scrum Masters to identify the opportunities to coach Product Owner and also pick up few techniques that would help them to support Product Owners.

Service to the Organization:

Implementing Scrum at an organization level is no easy task. There are various challenges and impediments that will block the smooth transition. As a Scrum Master it is important to understand the impact of change on individuals, teams and the organization. This course highlights common challenges and also helps to Scrum Masters to prepare on how to address these challenges. The course also explores the factors that are needed to create an environment where Scrum Teams can thrive.

Course Objectives:

• What practices, tools, skills and stances make an effective Scrum Master
• How the Scrum principles and values help guide Scrum Masters in the decisions they make
• How the Scrum Master acts as a servant-leader and improve their ability in this role
• What the Scrum Master can do to support Developers and Product Owners to become more effective
• Ways that the Scrum Master can help to change the environment making it more conducive for Scrum Teams to be successful with greater agility
• Provide tips and techniques for the Scrum Master to work with the rest of the organization in support of their Scrum Teams
• Dealing with Team conflicts
• Understanding various levels of impediments
• How to support Scrum teams and foster environments where Scrum Teams thrive.
• Working within organizational constructs and helping management to embrace and apply Scrum.

Prerequisites:

Although there are no mandatory prerequisites for this class but attendees make the most of it, if they : 

• Have atleast one year experience as a Scrum Master
• Have read and understood the Scrum Guide.
• Have taken the Professional Scrum Master I course and assessment.
• Have been part of a team that is applying and implementing Scrum.
• Have been actively practicing Scrum as a Scrum Master

Certification Assessments:

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Master II course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Master A (PSM A) assessment. 

In case the passing score of 85% is not achieved and the first attempt was taken within 14 days of the class then a 2nd attempt at no additional cost will be granted.

A 40% discount on the PSM III assessment. 

Official course material from Scrum.org will be shared with participants post the commencement of workshop.

PMI PDU Credits:

Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending a two-day Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) class. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org.

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