Professional Scrum Master - Advanced

TAKE ANOTHER STEP IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER JOURNEY! 

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HERE ARE SOME REASONS THAT THIS CLASS IS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE

• I INDIVIDUALLY LED THE AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION AT LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING IT.

• AS A SCRUM MASTER AND PROGRAM MANAGER, I HAVE LED MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-COUNTRY, AND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AT TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

• AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, I HAVE MORE THAN A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE AS AN AUTOMOTIVE AND AERONAUTICAL DESIGN ENGINEER IN FINAL ASSEMBLY LOCATIONS.  

• I KNOW HOW TO GET TANGIBLE RESULTS THAT PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE AND LASTING ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS.

• KEN SCHWABER TRAINED ME IN SCRUM.

• KEN SCHWABER TRAINED ME IN THE PRODUCT OWNER ACCOUNTABILITY.

• JEFF SUTHERLAND TRAINED ME IN THE PRODUCT OWNER ACCOUNTABILITY.

BENEFITS

• MANY PRIOR PARTICIPANTS WOULD RECOMMEND IT.  READ SOME OF MY REVIEWS

• YOU WILL RECEIVE ASSESSMENT PREPARATION COACHING AFTER THE CLASS

• YOU'LL RECEIVE MY STEP-BY-STEP ASSESSMENT PREPARATION LIST.

• YOU'LL RECEIVE A COPY OF ALL COURSE MATERIAL AND WORK PRODUCTS.

You Will Learn the Answers to These Questions

• How can you achieve better outcomes for your organizations using advanced Scrum?
• How can you make yourself more valuable; to yourself, to those who depend upon you, and to your organizations by participating in advanced training in lightweight, adaptive, agile product or solution development?
• What practices, tools, skills, and stances make an effective Scrum Master?
• How should Scrum principles and values help guide Scrum Masters' decisions?
• How do you act as a servant-leader and improve your leadership ability?
• What can a Scrum Master do to support Developers and Product Owners to achieve greater effectiveness?
• How can you help influence the organization and make it more conducive to organizational agility?
• What tips and techniques can you use with the rest of the organization to support better outcomes?
• How do you deal with team conflict?
• How do you enable the removal of impediments?
• How do you communicate the importance of a "Done" Increment
• How do you support the Scrum Team?
• What are the challenges of middle management?

YOU WILL EXPERIENCE AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENERGIZING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EVENT

Watch Russell answer Scrum and product development questions on YouTube

PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS APPRECIATED TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHING AND CARE FOR STUDENTS

     "The class was enjoyable, well taught and perfectly relevant, but the interaction with the instructor put it through the roof.
Whether you are nearing the terminal edge of creativity or helming a massive vessel, product ownership could clear the fog.
     A cooperative, multi-front, blitzkrieg of an approach smashes stagnation, analysis paralysis and the competition.
Russell's real-world application of material made crystal clear the depth of his understanding and field experience.
     Take the plunge and in two days your rewired neurons will have an increased ability to produce consistent value in your company"

Down to earth instructor who really cares for his students

Russell does a fantastic job of explaining complex topics in a way that everyone can understand. His tempo is great. His stories and references are spot-on. You can really tell that his number one goal is to provide a great learning experience, and knowledge transfer, to his students.

YOU NEED SOMEONE WITH THE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND QUALIFICATIONS TO HELP YOU ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

I am a product development professional with expertise in lightweight agile product development concepts and practices.  With a degree in Mechanical Engineering, I use product design and engineering experience, analysis skills, and agile process control principles to help clients solve problems and create value.

I am vision-guided and action-oriented.  I lead the way for others in incremental analysis, team formation, team collaboration, and agile practices for product development.  I am a Professional Scrum Trainer, Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt, IIBA certified business analyst, and member of the Order of the Engineer.

YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER II ASSESSMENT AND JOIN AN EXCLUSIVE GROUP

You will receive an assessment passcode that entitles you to attempt the industry-recognized PSM II assessment.  You can try the assessment twice!  If you try the assessment within fourteen days and do not score 85%, you will receive a second attempt at no additional cost!

If you pass the PSM II assessment, you will receive the respected "PSPO II" certification and a Credly badge that you can use to identify your achievement.  In addition, your name will be posted publicly for colleagues, managers, and potential employers to see. 

SCRUM.ORG PROFESSIONAL SCRUM TRAINING IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD

The Professional Scrum Master training is the class for those looking to understand better the Scrum framework and how to apply it.  Scrum.org maintains the PSM course and selects only the most qualified trainers to teach their classes.  Scrum.org ensures consistency of training material across trainers and classes worldwide.

An Advanced Scrum Master Class

Professional Scrum MasterTM II (PSM II) course is a sixteen-hour advanced Scrum Master class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development.  We deliver the PSM II course for Scrum Masters with at least one year of experience who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities as a Scrum Master.  This course is one step in that journey.  

Unlike the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) course, which focuses on how to use Scrum, the Scrum framework, and the role of the Scrum Master, PSM II is an advanced course helping students to understand the stances that characterize an effective Scrum Master while diving deep into how they serve the Developers, Product Owner, and organization.  The course then teaches students about related practices and skills to enable them to have productive conversations and how to apply them to become better Scrum Masters.

Course Overview

Over the two days*, students will learn about areas critical to growing as a successful Scrum Master, such as how the principles and values of Scrum help guide Scrum Masters in the decisions they make and how the Scrum Master can help change the environment of Scrum Teams, creating an environment for agility to thrive.  The Scrum Master role is complex, and often, a Scrum Master must be able to apply different stances to be effective, such as:

• The Scrum Master as a Teacher
• The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
• The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
• The Scrum Master as a Change Agent

As a Scrum Master, identifying and effectively applying which stance would benefit your team the most, depending on the situation or circumstance, could be the key to your team's success.

As a Scrum Master, part of your role is to help management and other organizational stakeholders understand the benefits of Scrum and Agile.  Therefore, you must have the information and background needed to gain credibility to be an effective change agent.  Throughout the class, your PST will provide stories, exercises, facilitation techniques (such as "Liberating Structures"), resources, and more.

There will also be occasions in class for the Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) to provide coaching on challenges that you and your classmates may be experiencing today or in the future.  

View the different Focus Areas covered within this class and others.

Professional Scrum Certification

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Master II course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) assessment.  Scrum.org will grant PSM II class participants a no-cost 2nd attempt if they take the PSM II assessment within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85%.

You are also entitled to a 40% discount on the PSM III assessment.  These industry-recognized PSM certifications require a minimum passing score.

Professionally facilitated using MS Teams and Mural