ADVANCED SCRUM MASTERY
Advanced Scrum Master and Agile Coaching Training
Move beyond event facilitation. Strengthen your coaching skills, assess Agile maturity, and help teams and organizations improve how they work.
COURSE AT A GLANCE
A practical next step for experienced Scrum Masters
Duration
1 day
Delivery
Live virtual or on-site
Audience
Experienced Scrum Masters and aspiring Agile coaches
Built for experienced practitioners
Assumes prior Scrum Master training and practical experience.
Coaching skills you can practice
Use observation, questions, and feedback to unlock progress.
A broader Agile toolkit
Draw from Scrum, Lean, XP, and fit-for-purpose practices.
FROM FACILITATOR TO COACH
The Scrum Master role grows with the team.
Foundational Scrum Master training explains the framework and the accountability. Real experience reveals the harder challenge: helping people, teams, and organizations change without taking ownership away from them.
This one-day advanced course develops that next level of capability. Participants use organizational and self-assessments, practice one-on-one coaching, explore conflict and team dynamics, and expand their toolkit with relevant practices from Lean, XP, and the broader Agile landscape.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Develop the judgment and skills to coach meaningful improvement.
01
Assess the system
Evaluate Agile maturity, organizational readiness, and the conditions affecting team performance.
02
Coach people and teams
Practice active listening, powerful questions, constructive feedback, and one-on-one coaching.
03
Expand your toolkit
Apply Scrum, Lean, XP, advanced requirements, and Agile reporting practices with purpose.
COURSE AGENDA
Advanced practice for the situations Scrum Masters face every day.
The session combines concise instruction, guided assessment, individual reflection, and coaching exercises. Examples and emphasis can be tailored to your organization’s environment.
Agile maturity and readiness
- Pre-course organizational Agile assessment
- Current maturity and desired direction
- Organizational readiness and constraints
- Choosing meaningful areas for improvement
The Agile coaching stance
- Coaching, mentoring, teaching, and facilitating
- Active listening and powerful questions
- Giving feedback without taking control
- Recognizing when each stance is appropriate
One-on-one coaching and conflict
- Modeling an effective coaching conversation
- Working with resistance and competing perspectives
- Helping others identify their own next steps
- Practice exercise with peer feedback
Scrum Master self-assessment
- Examine your current capabilities
- Identify strengths and development areas
- Recognize habits that limit team self-management
- Create a focused personal development plan
Beyond Scrum: practices and implementation
Explore relevant Lean and XP practices, advanced requirements techniques, Agile reporting, and practical implementation choices. Learn to select practices based on the problem, team context, and organizational readiness rather than adding process for its own sake.
COURSE WORKBOOK
Continue the work after the course
Participants receive a detailed workbook, organizational assessment results, and a Scrum Master self-assessment. Together, these provide a practical reference for continued coaching and development after class.
THE TAKEAWAY
A focused coaching development plan
Participants leave with a clearer view of their coaching capabilities, practical techniques to use immediately, and priority actions for supporting stronger teams and organizational agility.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Dan Tousignant
Dan is a lifelong project manager, consultant, and trainer with decades of experience helping organizations improve project and product performance. His Agile work spans team delivery, requirements, engineering practices, quality management, organizational transformation, and the realities of implementing change in complex environments.
In this course, Dan connects Agile principles with practical engineering and testing strategies, helping participants understand not only the practices themselves, but how they fit together as a sustainable quality system.
Ready to strengthen your Scrum Masters and Agile coaches?
Tell us about your practitioners, teams, and current challenges. We will tailor the assessments, examples, and coaching exercises around your organization.