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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
Crydd Score 58
Demand Stable
Career Value Strong
Recognition Strong
A-CSM at a glance
- Provider
- Scrum Alliance
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- No — course/project based
- Category
- Project Management
- Level
- Professional
- Cost
- About $700–$1,300 (includes required course)
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Time to earn
- 2 days (course) plus experience requirement
- Validity
- 2 years (renew with SEUs and a fee)
- Format
- Course completion plus validated Scrum Master experience
- Prerequisites
- CSM plus at least 12 months of Scrum Master experience
What is A-CSM?
The second step on Scrum Alliance's Scrum Master ladder, above the CSM. It requires a year of real Scrum Master experience plus an advanced course, focusing on facilitation, coaching, and handling impediments beyond the basics.
Skills it covers
- Advanced facilitation
- Team coaching
- Scaling Scrum
- Handling impediments
Is A-CSM worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 58Choose it if
You hold the CSM, have a year of practice behind you, and want to advance within the Scrum Alliance track your organisation already recognises, with a course that deepens facilitation and coaching skill.
Consider alternatives if
You would rather prove advanced ability by hard exam than by course attendance — Scrum.org's PSM II tests similar depth at lower cost and without a training requirement.
Why we say so
The experience prerequisite gives the A-CSM more substance than entry agile certificates, and it is the natural progression for practitioners committed to the widely-recognised Scrum Alliance pathway.
Market demand
For Scrum Masters with a year of practice, the A-CSM signals progression beyond the crowded entry tier, and it is well recognised wherever the Scrum Alliance ladder is the local norm.
Where A-CSM takes you
- Scrum Master
- Agile Coach
- Delivery Lead
Career roadmaps show where this certification fits in each path. See the roadmaps.
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