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Love it or Learn Again for Free Guarantee™, small class size, experienced trainer

Price
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Certification Fees Included
Date
Two 8.00-hour sessions
Mon Mar 30 - 10:30 AM (EST) to
Tue Mar 31 - 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

Learn how to create a modern workplace where small, autonomous teams of teams leverage AI and evidence-based decisions to build better products, faster.

Live and Interactive

Stay Engaged with a 100% Live Session

Unlike self-paced, asynchronous A-CSM programs, our sessions are 100% live and highly interactive, requiring no offline work.

Gain Actionable Techniques to Drive Performance

Gain actionable techniques to facilitate, teach, mentor, and elevate your teams with the application of evidence-based, empirical, approaches.

Learn from a Real Practitioner

You learn from David Bulkin, an agile expert who is actively using AI to build products, including this website, and tools for the Miroverse.

Learn Agile AI via Exercises

Master agile AI through 30+ hands-on exercises that blend theory with real-world practice.

Practical and Real

Revisit Fundamentals with Fresh Eyes

Revisit foundational Scrum with fresh insight, uncovering meaningful improvements to implement.

Turn Theory into Decisions

Explore the practical implications of theory. For example, Conway's Law helps when designing and scaling "team of teams" structures by helping you understand how your organizational design directly shapes the products and systems your teams build.

Apply It at Work

Every tool and mental model is grounded in real-world application. Leave knowing not just what, but how.

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Learnings

Explore in Depth

When reviewing Scrum Events, we examine patterns that help you tailor practices to your unique environment. For example, instead of defaulting to a person-by-person Daily Scrum, you might shift to reading the board from right to left to emphasize fully completing items that are close to completion.

Make Every Concept Tangible

The samples below include embedded exercises; what you're seeing is the outcome. Most topics begin with hands-on activities, followed by deep discussion and reflection.

Thrive Despite Uncertainty

Thrive Despite Uncertainty

What is a Complex System?

Organizations are complex systems with people, AI, process, technology, behavior, etc. interacting in ways that creates uncertainty.

Complex Systems Game

The sample shows a game to learn the basics of complex systems. We then go deeper with real-world examples.

Learn to use Scrum to Thrive with Uncertainty

Use Scrum events as inspect and adapts points to better understand how internal decisions are impacting organizational outcomes.

Go Beyond Scrum

Go Beyond Scrum

Scrum is not the Only Answer

We cover how Extreme Programming and Kanban are complements to Scrum for team level agility. You can choose Scrum + Kanban instead of Scrum or Kanban, with one example being the use of visuals boards that have work in process limits.

Scaling with SAFe, LeSS & Scrum@Scale

We dispel the myth of choosing one scaling framework and show how they can complement each other. For example, Scrum@Scale’s Scaled Daily Scrum can roll issues up to the C-level in about 75 minutes and can be incorporated into SAFe.

Grow Your Organization

Grow Your Organization

Make Everyone Better

Ultimately a ScrumMaster aims to make every better. Learn approaches to facilitate, mentor, teach and coach individuals and teams.

Make Conflict Constructive

Invariably, along the way, those you are helping with have conflict. The game shown identifies conflict resolution approaches. We build on that and cover how to move from destructive (think blame passing) to constructive conflict, where we debate issues, learn from each other, and avoid personal attacks.

Build Great Product

Build Great Product

Teach Your Teams to Be Effective, Not Efficient

Learn how to implement a repeatable process to identify what to build, for whom, in which sequence, ensuring learnings along the way.

Use Story Maps to Plan

The example Story Map visualizes a users path, left-to-right across our system, showing improved releases from top-to-bottom (colored bands).

Help Your PO with Multiple Approaches
  • Create Positioning Statements defining product/market fit.
  • Delegate story details so they can focus on strategy and experiments.
  • Align to value instead of to plan.

Choose an Experienced Trainer


David Bulkin

Scrum Alliance: CST | CSP-SM | CSP-PO | CAL 1 | SAFe: SPC | PMI: PMI-ACP

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.

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.

CSM Renewal
Extend your CSM certification if you are a CSM holder who let your CSM expire. You are renewed for two years.
Six Practice Quizzes
Use our practice quizzes to get back up to date for things your forgot from your CSM, .
Certification Fees
Your certification fees are covered, there are no additional charges.
One-on-One Coaching
75 minute, one-one-one session with David A. Bulkin.
16 PMI PDUs
16 Professional Development Units to help meet your PMI continuing education requirements.
Two Year Scrum Alliance Membership
Scrum Alliance Membership for two years providing access to a resource library to advance your career.
One Free Class Retake
Take a second virtual class within 120 days (if still offered by Grow-Lean).
Alumni Discount
Take a training at $225 or above and get 5% off your next session. Get an additional 5% off for each training of $225 you take up to 25%.
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We have expanded our discounts from now through March 15, 2026, to help you keep moving forward.

Deep discounts are available for:

  • Students, Vets, Active Military
  • Groups and Not-Profit-Organizations
  • Individuals facing financial hardship

Browse our upcoming sessions, pick a session, and select the “Discounts” link to apply.

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Exclusive Bonus - One on One Coaching

60-minute coaching session with an agile expert

To ensure transformative value beyond certification, your trainer is offering an exclusive bonus a complimentary 60-minute, one-on-one coaching session to the first 10 registrants of each session.

This will help you translate your newly acquired knowledge into actionable strategies for your team, your organization and yourself.

Secure your spot now and seize this unique opportunity to work directly with an industry expert.

100% Live Online Training
No Outside Work Required

Get Certified by taking the class

Earn your certification in a 100% live, online class, with no additional / outside work required. We do ask that you read the Scrum Guide which is at most 30 minutes of time.

The class has 40 exercises followed by discussion and reflection about real-world opportunities and challenges.

Avoid offline study and low interaction training by signing up today.

Benefit from a Free Retake
Love it or Learn Again
for Free Guarantee™

Ensure Your Quality

Want more value from the session we will work with you to make it happen with options including a free retake and/or one-on-one support.

Get the best quality training from a provider you can trust.

Benefit from Experience and Interaction

Competitors often mimic our course descriptions, but they can't copy David's experience. Benefit from a trainer who delivers a real-world, deep, hands-on, workshop.

From Your Trainer

"Choosing a provider can be challenging, especially as competitors often mimic our site content. What other trainers can't match is my 40 years of product development experience, 25 years of experience in agile, and two decades of teaching.

I also maintain a light class load allowing me to stay actively involved in product development where I build product. Staying current allow me to be authentic covering applied theory / real-world application.

I personally guarantee that the class will be small, tailored to your specific needs, genuine, and highly interactive."

David A. Bulkin

No Offline Work Required

For our session, there is no required offline work. We do recommend you read the Scrum Guide, but even that is optional. Be aware of other options where you will be watching videos and doing independent work.

Choose Experience
Years of systems/product development experience
David: 40
Other Trainer: Likely Less
Years of agile experience
David: 24
Other Trainer: Likely Less
Continues to do agile product development
David: Yes!
Other Trainer: Likely Not
Choose Interaction
Energy level of trainer
David: High
Other Trainer: Likely Less
Workshop exercises
David: 40 plus
Other Trainer: Likely Less
Class size
David: Intentionally Small
Other Trainer: Likely Larger
Avoid Fluff and Filler
Videos in the workshop
David: None
Other Trainer: Likely More
Slides in the workshop
David: None
Other Trainer: Likely More
Filler and fluff material in the workshop
David: None
Other Trainer: Likely More

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).

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.

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.

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, 16 Mar to Thu, 19 Mar
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 6 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 30 Mar to Tue, 31 Mar
10:30 AM to 6:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 6 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Wed, 6 May to Fri, 8 May
12:00 PM to 5:20 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Wed, 27 May to Fri, 29 May
9:30 AM to 3:00 PM (EST)
Online - 3 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 8 Jun to Tue, 9 Jun
10:30 AM to 6:30 PM (EST)
Online - 2 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 15 Jun to Thu, 18 Jun
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts



Advanced Certified ScrumMaster

Mon, 29 Jun to Thu, 2 Jul
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Online - 4 days
David Bulkin

895 USD 699 USD <br/>until 21 Mar
Discounts


Mon, 16 Mar
10:00 AM (EST)
 -  Thu, 19 Mar
2:00 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Mon, 30 Mar
10:30 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 31 Mar
6:30 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 6 Mar
Wed, 6 May
12:00 PM (EST)
 -  Fri, 8 May
5:20 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Wed, 27 May
9:30 AM (EST)
 -  Fri, 29 May
3:00 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 3 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Mon, 8 Jun
10:30 AM (EST)
 -  Tue, 9 Jun
6:30 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 2 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Mon, 15 Jun
6:00 PM (EST)
 -  Thu, 18 Jun
10:00 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar
Mon, 29 Jun
6:00 PM (EST)
 -  Thu, 2 Jul
10:00 PM (EST)
David Bulkin
Online - 4 days
895 USD 699 USD until 21 Mar