Qualified Scrum Master - III

Qualified Scrum Master - 3

Target Audience:

  • Experienced Scrum Masters
  • Agile Coaches with several years of practice
  • Leaders who wish to act as change agents and agile leaders

Course Overview:
QSM-III builds on Qualified Scrum Master II (QSM-2) and certifies your mastery as a Scrum Master. With around two years of professional experience, you will prepare to practise Scrum Mastery at a systemic, strategic, and transformative level – as an agile leader, change agent, coach, facilitator, and organisational developer.

What to Expect:

  • You will reflect on and shape Scrum and agility within the overall organisational system.
  • You will develop advanced facilitation and coaching skills.
  • You will support teams-of-teams and promote business agility.
  • You will support transformations and continuous organisational development.

Your Benefits:

  • You will have impact at team, department, and organisational levels.
  • You will advise leaders and Product Owners.
  • You will facilitate complex change processes and take on leadership in scaled, systemic contexts.

Module 1: Systemic Scrum Mastery & Agile Leadership

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Analyse Scrum and agile principles within the overall organisational system – and evaluate their impact on structure, culture, and leadership (Systemic Thinking, Agile Leadership).
  • Reflect on and develop their own stance and impact as a Scrum Master in complex organisational contexts – (Self-Mastery).
  • Coach and advise leaders – to deepen their understanding of agile principles and transformation (Coaching/Consulting).

Module 2: Advanced Facilitation & Systemic Team Coaching Skills

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Design and facilitate complex workshops and company-wide events – (Advanced Facilitation, Large Group Facilitation).
  • Diagnose systemic team dynamics and conflict patterns – and develop effective interventions (Coaching/Team Dynamics).
  • Apply methods for decision-making, consensus-building, and facilitation – in scaled and culturally diverse settings, and evaluate them.
  • Plan and deliver coaching interventions for teams and leaders – (Systemic Coaching).

Module 3: Cross-Team Self-Organisation, Scaling & Quality Assurance

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Explain principles of agile scaling – and apply them to real organisational structures (Scaling, Systemic Agility).
  • Establish and further develop shared working practices and a Definition of Done across teams.
  • Develop and facilitate teams-of-teams and communities of practice.
  • Implement strategies for continuous improvement at the system level.

Module 4: Strategic Stakeholder & Product Ownership Coaching

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Analyse stakeholder landscapes and business ecosystems – and develop targeted coaching and consulting approaches for Product Owners and stakeholders (Stakeholder Engagement, Business Agility).
  • Advise and coach Product Owners in developing and implementing product strategies, visions, and roadmaps.
  • Select, apply, and evaluate metrics and feedback systems for maximising value and business impact.
  • Reflect on business models and value streams in the agile context – and support their optimisation.

Module 5: Transformation, Change & Agile Organisational Development

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Design and implement transformation strategies and change architectures for agile organisations – (Agile Transformation, Systemic Change).
  • Analyse resistance and systemic patterns in change processes – and design targeted interventions.

Prerequisites

  • QSM-2 certificate (or an equivalent prior achievement, such as an A-CSM or PSM-II obtained in conjunction with a two- or three-day training)
  • 2 years of professional experience as a Scrum Master

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