Professional Scrum Master - Advanced

Amsterdam, October 17-18, 2024

Class Overview

Course language: English

What is included

Free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Master II certification assessment
Free 2nd attempt when you don’t pass your 1st attempt within 2 weeks
Certification insurance
Free book – recommended read selected by your trainer
Professional Scrum Master II Reference Guide
$ 200,- Discount on the PSM III assessment
extensive lunch buffet, drinks and snacks throughout the day

An Advanced Scrum Master Class

Professional Scrum Master IITM (PSM II) course is a 2-day advanced Scrum Master class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. The PSM II course is intended 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. The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification exam.

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 and servant-leader while diving deep into how they serve the Development Team, Product Owner and organization. The course then teaches students about related practices and skills to enable them to have the right types of conversations and how to apply them to become better Scrum Masters.

What You Will Learn

PSM II course in action Over the 2 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 in order 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, being able to identify, and effectively apply, which stance would benefit your team the most depending on the situation or circumstance could prove to be the key to the success of your team.

As a Scrum Master, part of your role is to help management and other stakeholders across your organization understand the benefits of Scrum and Agile. Therefore, it is imperative that you have the information and background that is needed to gain credibility in order 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 time in class for the Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) to provide coaching on challenges that you and your classmates may be experiencing today or may in the future.

PSM II course topics

Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
Dealing with team conflict
Removing impediments
Facilitation techniques
The Importance of a “Done” Increment
The Sprint Goal
Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
The role of management in Scrum
Successful product delivery
Measurement in Scrum
How to support the Product Owner
Understanding the challenges of middle management
Scrum Master as a change agent

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.

It is highly recommended to first participate in my Professional Scrum Master (PSM) training course before you consider to register for this Professional Scrum Master II training course.

If you are not sure if this course is a good match with your current understanding of and experience with the role of Scrum Master, please contact me and I’d be happy to advise you.

Professional Scrum Master II Certification

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

What others say

“It is an amazing course! Matthijs is extremely knowledgeable, the course is very dynamic with liberating structures that bring concepts to practice. I am very happy with my learnings and pleased for passing PSM II.”

Priscila Conde – Business Analyst

“Matthijs knows all about Scrum and finds great ways to spread his knowledge. It has been a wonderful experience to be in class and I benefit daily from the things he has taught me.”

Dave Woertman – Agile Coach

“Matthijs is without a doubt one of the best trainers. He not only has mastered all the theory behind Scrum, but he has vast experience in applying that knowledge in the enterprise world. In his training courses he doesn’t just spout the agile platitudes at you, but deals with the real-life messy business of applying agile ideals to the day to day work. Matthijs’ trainings are invaluable if you are planning to actually be agile instead of just learning about Scrum.”

Kinshuk Kale – Change Agent, Agile and Innovation Coach

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Your trainer

My mission: inspiring others to discover new ways of working. Over the years, I have provided 100+ training courses and workshops in the fields of Scrum, Agile Product Development, Kanban, and personal leadership. I have advised and coached 15+ different organizations within various industries like banking, healthcare, and retail. Before becoming an external consultant, coach, and trainer, I have been 5+ years part of different Scrum Teams as a Development Team member, Product Owner, and Scrum Master.

My training courses are characterized by minimizing use of Powerpoint slides, and maximizing iterative and incremental creation of visualizations on flip charts. These visualizations will help you recollect the lessons learned through the exercises we did, the conversations we had, and the reflections throughout the training course.

I believe that the best way to deliver a training course is by applying the values and principles from Scrum and the Agile Manifesto on the training course itself. I practice what I preach.