The Advanced Certified Scrum Developer® (A-CSD®) course is designed for experienced product developers who are working within a scrum environment. The goal is to expose students to the most important tools and techniques needed to build solid products in the iterative and incremental fashion that the scrum framework requires. This is accomplished through a combination of formal training and a technical skills assessment. For a full list of the course’s learning objectives, please visit this page.
To earn the A-CSD certification, you must take a 16-hour, in-person or live online course with an approved trainer. You can find an A-CSD course by visiting our Course Search page.
During your A-CSD course, you must demonstrate an understanding of scrum and agile development practices by passing an A-CSD assessment provided by your educator. The assessment may be an exam administered by the educator to test your knowledge, or it may be an active, classroom-based activity. For more information about this assessment, please review the course description or contact the trainer for the A-CSD class you’re interested in taking.
To earn an A-CSD, we require that you:
- Hold a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD®) (active or expired) certification with Scrum Alliance®.
- Attend an A-CSD educational offering to gain techniques that expand into test-driven development, continuous delivery, refactoring, collaboration, and team dynamics.
- Successfully complete all educator-designed components of an approved educational offering. This may include pre- or post-course work as deemed necessary by your approved educator to complete the learning objectives.
- Validate at least 12 months of work experience specific to the role of developer or team member (within the past five years). For instructions on adding work experience, please see this article.