Advanced Certified Scrum Developer® (A-CSD®)

Create better software solutions and stand out from the crowd of agile developers as an Advanced Certified Scrum Developer (A-CSD). With this industry-recognized badge, you can demonstrate your advanced coding and team collaboration skills to employers, clients, and colleagues.

Benefits of the A-CSD

The A-CSD course is an opportunity to boost your career trajectory and broaden your agile development acumen. With a reputation for delivering certifications highly sought after by employers across the globe, Scrum Alliance ensures that our credentials are recognized worldwide and adhere to the highest standards of excellence. Here's a detailed look at the benefits you stand to gain:

  • Elevate your career with a globally recognized certification, boosting your job market visibility and opening new career opportunities
  • Gain advanced agile development skills that you can apply immediately in your role, furthering your impact and effectiveness within your team and projects
  • Join the Scrum Alliance's worldwide network, connecting with professionals dedicated to agile excellence and continuous improvement
  • Achieve a milestone on the path to earning the Certified Scrum Professional® Developer

Audience

The Advanced Certified Scrum Developer (A-CSD) course is designed for experienced Scrum Developers and engineers who want to deepen their agile development capabilities and advance beyond foundational practices.

It is ideal for individuals who already hold a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) certification and have at least 12 months of relevant experience as a Scrum developer or team member within the past five years.

Participants are typically professionals who:

  • Work actively on Scrum teams and want to strengthen their technical craftsmanship through advanced agile engineering practices such as test-driven development, continuous integration, and refactoring.
  • Aim to collaborate more effectively within agile teams, influence team dynamics positively, and play a greater role in accelerating product delivery in a Scrum context.
  • Seek to advance their agile career path beyond the initial developer track, positioning themselves for senior roles in agile software development or toward the Certified Scrum Professional – Developer (CSP-D) certification.

This course is designed to enrich your understanding and application of scrum, equipping you with the skills needed to navigate the challenges of modern software development. Below are the key areas of focus that you’ll explore, ensuring you emerge as a more capable, agile, and effective developer within your scrum team:

  • Learn test-driven development and continuous delivery practices that enhance product quality and team efficiency
  • Explore advanced refactoring methods to improve code maintainability and adaptability
  • Learn collaboration strategies that foster team cohesion and effective communication
  • Gain insights into navigating team dynamics to promote a productive and positive work environment
  • Expand your foundational knowledge of scrum roles, artifacts, and events, aligning development work with agile values and principles
  • Embrace the mindset of continuous improvement to adapt and thrive in agile-led project environments

This course provides the opportunity to earn the Advanced Certified Scrum Developer (A-CSD) certification, approved by Scrum Alliance.

To achieve the certification, participants must:

  • Hold a Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) certification (active or expired – your CSD will automatically renew upon earning the A-CSD).

  • Complete an approved A-CSD course to gain advanced Agile development techniques and practices.

  • Validate at least 12 months of relevant experience as a Scrum developer or team member within the past five years.

  • Successfully complete all components of the course, including any required pre- or post-course work.

  • Maintain the certification by earning Scrum Education Units (SEUs) and renewing every two years through Scrum Alliance.

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