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## ![PSM-A badge](https://davesabine.com/_nuxt/PSM-A.BTHwa7-I.svg)** Professional Scrum Master - Advanced**

An advanced team facilitation class about mentoringship, coaching, and serving teams and stakeholders.

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The Home of Scrum

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## **Overview**

The Professional Scrum Master - Advanced course teaches a broad range of facilitation techniques Scrum Masters can use to help their team achieve effectiveness. Scrum teams are cross-functional, self-managing, and capable of producing releaseable increments every Sprint. The organization must clear the path for delivery and ensure the Scrum team(s) can operate independently.

Training materials are created and maintained by Ken Schwaber and the PST community — always in tune with what’s happening in software development and always up-to-date with latest practices.

## **Who should attend**

The Professional Scrum Master - Advanced course is an advanced course specifically designed for experienced Scrum Masters who have a thorough understanding of the Scrum framework.

## **Agenda**

- Practices, tools, skills
- Scrum principles and values
- Servant-leadership
- Supporting Developers and Product Owners
- Changing the environment
- Negotiating with the organization
- Dealing with team conflict
- Removing impediments
- The importance of a "Done" Increment
- The challenges of middle management

## **Pre-requisites**

It is particularly beneficial for those people with at least one year of Scrum Master experience.

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## **Training a group**

Volume discounts are negotiable. Seat packs or private cohorts can be arranged.

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