Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM) Training

We welcome everybody to start the program, however you will need to meet certain criteria to receive your A-CSM certification:

• A current Certified ScrumMaster® certification from the Scrum Alliance®.
• 12 or more months of experience as a ScrumMaster within the last 5 years.

Progress at your own pace – all you need is an hour a week. People want to know more about Scrum and Agile, but they simply do not have time to spend eight hours (or more!) in a classroom. With this program, all you need are a few spare hours a week to complete one or more topics. CSP Fast Pass’s A-CSM program is comprised of eighteen on-line courses which include short lectures, engaging exercises and useful step-by-step techniques to test out with your team.

Each month, you can dial in to one or more Coaching Circles with your CST and other students, to check progress, share ideas, answer questions, and offer encouragement. With our program, you will feel like you are doing your A-CSM journey within a team even though it is an online program.

1. Attend at least four instructor-led coaching circles (you are welcome to attend more of course!).
2. Complete all the on-line modules, quizzes and assignments.
3. Bring a positive attitude and desire to make a real impact along with your team.

• This program is the next step towards achieving the Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) certification, recognizing your professional experience and deep education in agile methods.
• The program will also qualify for 16 PMI PDUs and 16 Scrum Alliance SEUs

• To participate in the ACSM event, you must already hold the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) credential with the Scrum Alliance.
• To qualify for the ACSM designation, you must attend this event, and also demonstrate 12 months of collective experience using agile methods.

• Pre-course preparation is required to gain the most from the program. This will include reading materials and a personal review of your own experience using Scrum.
• Clear your schedule to be fully present during the training hours; if a participant misses more than 30 minutes of the class, they will not be eligible to be certified. Should your schedule prevent you from attending the entire class, our team will work with you to schedule another class on a different date.

• Taking an Advanced CSM course, meeting the 7 learning objectives, and accepting the license agreement designates you as an Advanced Certified ScrumMaster. There is no exam.
• The Certified Scrum Trainer, leading your class, will register your attendance with the Scrum Alliance, after which you will receive an email from them with your certification.

• How to do I receive my ACSM® certificate after the training is complete?
  • Your Certified Scrum Trainer (instructor) will register you for certification after you have fully participated in the 2-day training. Be certain that you provide your instructor with the same email address used for your Scrum Alliance account, so that the prerequisites are all together in the system. Please confirm your Scrum Alliance login information is working before class begins.

• How do I “demonstrate 12 months of experience” to qualify for the ACSM®?
  • You will need to log your hours in to your Scrum Alliance account (likely set up when you received your CSM® certification). To do this, go to your “Certification Dashboard” under “Settings” at the top right of the screen. Under the profile picture, select to “Edit” your certification profile. Scroll down to “Add/edit” your work experience.

• What if I now have two certification profiles with Scrum Alliance (I used two different log ins for different certification trainings, and ended up with a profile split in to two accounts)?
  • Please submit a “Membership Account Questions” inquiry online and provide them with the following information:
    1. Email address for both profiles
    2. Usernames for both profiles
    3. The email address that you would like to use for both profiles
    Once they have all this information they will be able to combine your profiles and send you the correct, updated login information.

• For further certification details, please see common questions and answers here.

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