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Upcoming PSM-A training courses

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In person classroom training

All public in person classroom training courses are provided on our training location BCN Amsterdam Arena.


December 12+13, 2024
Amsterdam – 8:45h till 17:00h

February 20+21, 2025
Amsterdam – 8:45h till 17:00h

May 1+2 May, 2025
Amsterdam – 8:45h till 17:00h

June 26+27, 2025
Amsterdam – 8:45h till 17:00h

Virtual online training


There are no virtual online training courses planned at this moment, since we believe you will get much more value out of an in person classroom experience for this specific training course.


Standard ticket
€ 1495,- excl VAT/BTW

Combi deal PSM + PSM-A
€ 2495,- excl. VAT/BTW

The combi deal is available if you choose to pay by invoice. If you prefer to register and pay online, contact us and we will send you a discount voucher. Valid for 1 individual only.

Payment methods: iDeal, MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Bancontact, Sofort.

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What’s included

An advanced Scrum Master class

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Professional Scrum Master – Advanced (previously known as PSM II) is a 2-day Scrum.org certified advanced Scrum Master course designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. The PSM-A course is intended for Scrum Masters with at least one year of experience who are looking to grow their knowledge and abilities as a Scrum Master.

This course is one step in that journey. The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification exam.

Unlike the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) course which focuses on how to use Scrum, the Scrum framework and the role of the Scrum Master, PSM-A is an advanced course helping students to understand the stances that characterize an effective Scrum Master and servant-leader while diving deep into how they serve the Developers, Product Owner and organization. The course then teaches students about related practices and skills to enable them to have the right types of conversations and how to apply them to become better Scrum Masters.

Read more: Improve the IQ of your organization

What you will learn during the PSM-A course

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Over the 2 days, students will learn about areas critical to growing as a successful Scrum Master such as how the principles and values of Scrum help guide Scrum Masters in the decisions they make and how the Scrum Master can help change the environment of Scrum Teams, creating an environment for agility to thrive. The Scrum Master role is complex. That’s why often, a Scrum Master must be able to apply different stances in order to be effective, such as:

  • Teacher
  • Coach & Mentor
  • Facilitator
  • Change Agent

As a Scrum Master, being able to identify, and effectively apply, which stance would benefit your team the most depending on the situation or circumstance could prove to be the key to the success of your team.

As a Scrum Master, part of your role is to help management and other stakeholders across your organization understand the benefits of Scrum and Agile. Therefore, it is imperative that you have the information and background that is needed to gain credibility in order to be an effective change agent.  Throughout the class I will provide stories, exercises, facilitation techniques (such as “Liberating Structures”), resources and more.

There will also be time in class for me to provide coaching on challenges that you and your classmates may be experiencing today or may in the future.

View the different Focus Areas covered within this class and others.

Recommended resources for Scrum Masters

PSM-Advanced course topics

  • Effects on the organization of a successful Scrum Master
  • Dealing with complexity and servant leadership
  • Dealing with team conflict
  • Removing impediments
  • Facilitation techniques
  • The Importance of a “Done” Increment
  • The Sprint Goal
  • Refresh the purpose of the Scrum Events
  • The role of management in Scrum
  • Successful product delivery
  • Measurement in Scrum
  • How to support the Product Owner
  • Understanding the challenges of middle management
  • Scrum Master as a change agent

Who should attend

The Professional Scrum Master – Advanced course is an advanced course specifically designed for experienced Scrum Masters who have a thorough understanding of the Scrum framework. It is particularly beneficial for those people with at least one year of Scrum Master experience.

It is highly recommended to first participate in my Professional Scrum Master (PSM) training course before you consider to register for this Professional Scrum Master – Advanced training course.

If you are not sure if this course is a good match with your current understanding of and experience with the role of Scrum Master, please contact us and we’d be happy to advise you.

Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certification

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All participants completing the Professional Scrum Master II course will receive a password to attempt the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) assessment. But do you attempt the PSM II assessment within 14 days after the course and you score less than 85%? Then you get a 2nd attempt for free. And as a student of the PSM II course you also get a discount on the PSM III assessment.

Since this assessment will be in English, participating in my English training course will help you prepare for the assessment in the best way possible.

What others say

“It is an amazing course! Matthijs is extremely knowledgeable, the course is very dynamic with liberating structures that bring concepts to practice. I am very happy with my learnings and pleased for passing PSM II.”

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Priscila Conde – Business Analyst

“Matthijs knows all about Scrum and finds great ways to spread his knowledge. It has been a wonderful experience to be in class and I benefit daily from the things he has taught me.”

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Dave Woertman – Agile Coach

“Matthijs is without a doubt one of the best trainers. He not only has mastered all the theory behind Scrum, but he has vast experience in applying that knowledge in the enterprise world. In his training courses he doesn’t just spout the agile platitudes at you, but deals with the real-life messy business of applying agile ideals to the day to day work. Matthijs’ trainings are invaluable if you are planning to actually be agile instead of just learning about Scrum.”

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Kinshuk Kale – Change Agent, Agile and Innovation Coach

Our Scrum.org PSM-A trainers

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Matthijs de Booij

My mission: inspiring others to discover new ways of working.

I have provided 100+ training courses and workshops in the fields of Scrum, Agile Product Development, and Kanban. Over the years, I have advised and coached organizations within various industries from banking to healthcare. Before becoming an external consultant, trainer, and coach, I have been 5+ years part of different Scrum Teams. During that time I have gained experience as a Developer, Product Owner, and Scrum Master.

As an official Scrum.org licensed Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) I am trusted by the creators of Scrum to create the best possible foundation you can build on in practice.

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Michel van der Meulen

Organizations hire me to help them to find better ways of working that lead to improvements in business agility and an increase in the delivery of business value.

Before I became a Scrum Master, I have been a software developer for over fifteen years. After that I have been working as a business analyst for over ten years. During those years I realized we can’t predict the future. We can try and expect that things will go as planned, but mostly they don’t. So when you make a plan, take into account that everything can change and that a Sense and Respond way of acting works much better and is actually a natural way of working.

It is my passion to help people and organizations (re)learn this natural way of working. I do that by coaching people on the job, and as a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) at Scrum.org by teaching (aspiring) Scrum Masters how they can help other people discover this natural way of working again.

Class room experience

Our training courses are characterized by minimizing use of Powerpoint slides. Instead, we maximize the use of visualizations on flip charts. Static Powerpoint presentations often force a class to adapt their learning to the way the slidedeck was developed. In our approach, we let go of these static slidedecks. This enables us to adapt content we are sharing to the conversation that is actually taking place. We have received great feedback on how our use of a flexible drawing style contributed to an outstanding learning experience. These visualizations will help you recollect the lessons learned through the exercises we did, the conversations we had, and your reflections throughout the training course.

Small class sizes

My training courses have a maximum of 10 students. This has the following benefits for you:

  • A more personal experience for you as a student
  • Contributes to an environment of trust and openness
  • Easier for everyone to feel comfortable
  • More space to bring in your own challenges from your workplace
  • More space to learn from the experience of the other students

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