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Price
1,095 USD 895 USD until 29 Nov
Certification Fees Included
Date
Two 8-hour sessions
Thu Dec 5 - 10:30 AM (EST) to
Fri Dec 6 - 6:30 PM (EST)

Unlike other providers' sessions, our A-CSM course stands out as a true advanced, 100% live, interactive, slide-free, workshop experience. While many courses rely on self-directed study with minimal interaction or focus heavily on theory, ours is designed to emphasize applied theory / real-world skills and deep engagement.

Experience the difference with our dynamic sessions, where you benefit from 46 exercises that help learn new techniques for coaching, facilitation, teaching, and mentoring. You review multiple frameworks including Kanban, XP, SAFe, LeSS, and S@S. You learn directly from a seasoned trainer and a group of experienced peers.

Your trainer is David Bulkin. If you want to know why to choose David, quoting him, "I continue to build stuff with agile.". He has an impressive 40 years of product experience and he is not stopping. He has 24 years dedicated to agile, and has successfully trained over 20,000 students.

What sets David apart is his continued active involvement in product development. His hands-on experience allows him to bring practical relevance to the classroom, ensuring that you gain applicable skills to immediately apply.

David is known for his dynamic, engaging, and interactive training style. He was one of the first to deliver the A-CSM and his training material has been improved over many years resulting in a workshop that is driven by exercises not lecture.

His A-CSM has over 30 exercises combined with deep discussion resulting in a high energy, fun, collaborative, open environment that encourages participation and deeper understanding.

His session is very deep and it is a true advanced session facilitated by an actual practitioner.

Join David's training and benefit from his wealth of knowledge, practical expertise, and unique ability to make learning both enjoyable and effective.

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Key Details

Benefit from Deep Agile Experience of Your Trainer

Live and Interactive

Not all A-CSM Sessions are equal. With many you work on your own, with little classroom interaction. Some sessions lack intellectual depth, with all theory and no practice.

In our 100% live session you gain new techniques to facilitate, teach, mentor and grow you, your teams, and your organization.

You will leave ready to practically apply empirical approaches to grow your team and organization horizontally (across role and function) and vertically (scale).

You learn from David Bulkin, an agile expert, who still actively builds product as part of an agile team.

This workshop is 100% live, with over 30 exercises, and is built from the collaborative efforts of of the Grow-Lean Training Team, ensuring you get the perfect mix of theory and practice.

Practical and Real

  • You’ll see how tools and mental models used in class can also be used when forming teams and to and collaborate more fluidly with teams and stakeholders.
  • You’ll review basics, like walking a task board, but with a new, enlightened, perspective, so you can return to work with opportunities for improvements.
  • As one example, we will review Conway's Law and review it's practical impact when you are creating team of teams.

Discounts

Discounts for your situation.

Request your discount on the session (a class on date/time with a trainer) you want. If more than one discount applies explain in your comments.

You can pay in up to 12 installments by choosing Splitit at checkout.

For Grow-Lean Alumni, log in or use your account email when registering, and receive an automatic discount. If you also qualify for another discount, request it, and, if your email matches, we know you are an alumni.

If you have a Visa or Mastercard credit card you can pay in up to 12 monthly installments. There are no fees or interest if you pay on time! Your available credit must be enough to cover the full cost and there is a hold on your credit card for the amount that you have not paid.

For example, if your final fee is $1,000 and you chose 10 installments:

  • You would pay $100 today and have a $900 hold placed on your credit card.
  • The following month your credit card would be charged another $100 and the hold would be reduced to $800.
  • Each month you pay $100 and each month the hold is reduced by $100.

If you are not familiar with the term "hold" this is similar to what hotels do when you check in, to cover extra expenses you may incur including the mini bar.

The benefit to you is that you do not pay any interest or fees if all payments are on time.

After entering your request you may email us at Grow-Lean-Training@Grow-Lean.Com or call us +1.609.975.9294 for questions.

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Trainer David Bulkin

David Bulkin is a managing director and head of training services at Grow-Lean. He assists teams as a coach / mentor; delivers training, and builds product. He has trained 20,000 students, and impacted thousands via public speaking and coaching. Unlike many trainer/coaches, he continues to build systems.

David delivers training, including the CSM, A-CSM, CSPO and A-CSPO courses; and has trained over 20,000 students with over 10,000 being with the Scrum Alliance.

David mentors and coaches teams and individuals.

He does all of this while actively building software, filling various roles at different times, including designing, coding, testing, PO and Scrum Master (think about that, someone who does what they teach).

David's commitment to helping others and his continued work as a team member positions him to deliver a practical perspective that will help you boost your career.

David's thought leadership in 2009 on progressive elaboration for agile requirements influenced what is now known as refinement (entering Scrum in 2011). David has successfully applied agile to manufacturing, marketing, sales, finance, and other areas outside of IT. He was an independent reviewer of the original PMI-ACP body of knowledge that fed the creation of the PMI-ACP Exam and has worked on the exam questions for the Certified Scrum Master Exam. David’s broad background ensures you are getting up-to-date ideas to apply.

David is an industry veteran with 40 years of product development experience. In 2001, David's eBanking Team at JP Morgan Chase implemented agile with Kent Beck, the Father of Extreme Programming (XP), and perhaps also Agile, was the team coach. In addition to eBanking, David was also responsible for Online Account Opening, Insurance and Retirement Services.

David's deep experience, his high energy level, and his continued hands-on work helps David stay practical and level-headed . He can understand your needs so you benefit from his experience.

"We know the impact that a great workshop experience can have so all of our trainers have a minimum of 18 years of agile experience and 15 years of training experience."

The Grow-Lean Training Team

Everything Included

With Grow-Lean, there are no nasty surprises!

Be careful of the company you pick. With Grow-Lean everything is covered including the certification fees and renewal of your CSM license if it has expired. There are no surprise costs when you register or accept your license.

As an added bonuses you get:

  • Practice quizzes.
  • 1-on-1 time with your trainer.
  • Free class retake with 120 days.
  • Discounts off of the Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster (CSP-SM).

What You Learn

Advanced material and techniques to grow your career

The topics are covered in an advanced manner. For example, for the Scrum Events we review multiple patterns, allowing you to identify a variation appropriate for your environment. For example, you can do a Daily Scrum column-by-column, right to left instead of person-by-person to focus on getting a small number of items all the way to done.

If you need a refresh on you CSM, talk to us about a discounted package of CSM plus A-CSM, but don't worry if you CSM is expired as it will automatically be renewed.

We start with powerful questions so we can apply them throughout the session. We briefly review the basics, then we go deep into a number of topics, such as practically applying empirical approaches, differences between scaling models like SAFe, LeSS and FAST, how to move beyond proximate cause with root cause analysis, etc.

In all cases, instead of pure theory, we make the topics tangible so you can employ them in your workplace.

Benefits You Earn

Valuable post class benefits including membership, a free class retake, etc.

By taking the session, you earn the chance to become a Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) as long as you meet requirements for work experience (one year as a ScrumMaster) and have a CSM (note your CSM does not need to be active).

The advanced certification will differentiate you, but more importantly, the deep learning will allow you to interview with confidence and apply advanced techniques in the work place.

Go Beyond Scrum

There is more to agile than just Scrum, we help you grow with other frameworks

As an advanced class we go beyond Scrum and cover how to grow with practices from other agile frameworks:

  • XP and DevOps: Engineering practices to continuously integrate and deliver.
  • SAFe®, LeSS® Scrum@Scale®:  FAST®p; Align multiple teams on one endeavor.
  • Kanban: Limit WIP, increase focus and create flow.
  • Lean: Apply the mindset from the mother of agile.
  • Lean Startup®: Apply build-measure-learn loops to improve outcomes.
  • Operational and Plan Driven Approaches: Sometimes agile is not the answer

Don't stop at Scrum. Come to this session and learn how to apply ideas from a variety of frameworks.

What's Different?

Lots! Experienced trainer, 100% live session.

Grow-Lean: 100% live, interactive, session
Others: Watch videos and work alone

Grow-Lean: Trainer does agile product development

Others: Trainer who did product development once

Grow-Lean: True advanced material

Others: Rudimentary material

Grow-Lean: Trainer with 24 years in agile

Others: Trainer with less than 10 years agile experience

Grow-Lean: Leave with actionable ideas

Others: Leave with vague concepts

Why choose David as a Trainer?

Live Online Workshop with an Agile Expert.

If you want to take a live online A-CSM Workshop you have options, but, one thing you can't get with the others is David Bulkin who:

  • Has been actively applying agile since 2001 when his team at JP Morgan Chase applied XP for eBanking development.
  • Has been building product since 1984.
  • Still is part of an agile product development team, filling various roles at different times.

Because you will...

  • Experience a blend of exercises, real-world case studies, engaging games, deep problem solving, and more.
  • Oscillate between theory and application to illustrate the gap between what is possible most often done in business environments.

Because you get...

  1. Deep discussion and learning.
  2. A 100% live collaborative session.
  3. Meaningful answers to questions.
  4. Case studies and real-life examples.

Plus, you will laugh! We provide edutainment so that you have energy that drives retention.

Why Choose Grow-Lean?

Longest tenured trainers, smaller classes and higher quality.

  • Small group of elite, experienced, experts.
  • The highest quality for a fair price.
  • Caring customer support before and after training.
  • Interactive class experience.
  • Everything is included. No hidden fees!
  • Trainers are practitioners, not talking heads!
  • Unique exercises, templates and approaches.
  • Small class size so you get personal attention.

Practice Quizzes?

There is no exam, but the quizzes reinforce learnings

You might remember taking your CSM Exam. Although there is no exam for the A-CSM or CSP-SM you can still get significant benefit from our quizzes as the review the CSM material and go beyond, covering advanced topics.

  • The practice quizzes are active learning that increases retention.
  • They apply what cognitive science calls retrieval practice.
  • Retrieval practice makes learning challenging which helps you remember the material.

If you have time prior to the session use them as a refresher. Or perhaps, during the session you notice some weak spots and review the quizzes post class to fill in the knowledge gaps.

Session Schedule

Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)


Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 2 Dec to Wed, 4 Dec
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 29 Nov
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Thu, 5 Dec to Fri, 6 Dec
10:30 AM to 6:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 29 Nov
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 20 Jan to Wed, 22 Jan
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 7 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 27 Jan to Thu, 30 Jan
11:00 AM to 2:45 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 10 Feb to Wed, 12 Feb
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 24 Feb to Wed, 26 Feb
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 10 Mar to Wed, 12 Mar
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 17 Mar to Wed, 19 Mar
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 24 Mar to Thu, 27 Mar
11:00 AM to 2:45 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 14 Apr to Wed, 16 Apr
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 28 Apr to Wed, 30 Apr
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 12 May to Wed, 14 May
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 26 May to Wed, 28 May
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 2 Jun to Thu, 5 Jun
11:00 AM to 2:45 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 30 Jun to Wed, 2 Jul
11:30 AM to 4:45 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

1,095 USD 895 USD <br/>until 14 Dec
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Mon, 2 Dec
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 4 Dec
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 29 Nov
Thu, 5 Dec
10:30 AM (EST)
 -  Fri, 6 Dec
6:30 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 2 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 29 Nov
Mon, 20 Jan
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 22 Jan
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 7 Dec
Mon, 27 Jan
11:00 AM (EST)
 -  Thu, 30 Jan
2:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 10 Feb
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 12 Feb
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 24 Feb
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 26 Feb
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 10 Mar
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 12 Mar
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 17 Mar
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 19 Mar
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 24 Mar
11:00 AM (EST)
 -  Thu, 27 Mar
2:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 14 Apr
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 16 Apr
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 28 Apr
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 30 Apr
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 12 May
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 14 May
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 26 May
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 28 May
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 2 Jun
11:00 AM (EST)
 -  Thu, 5 Jun
2:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec
Mon, 30 Jun
11:30 AM (EST)
 -  Wed, 2 Jul
4:45 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
1,095 USD 895 USD until 14 Dec

Immersive Classroom Experience

A mix of technologies and interactive approaches.

In our 100% live, instructor led session, you get the benefit of learning with other experienced peers. In addition you get interactive, engaging, exercises.

The interactive exercise cover everything from the history of agile, to basic topics, all the way to advanced topics like scaling and maintaining flow.