A-CSM Class Resources

Below are resources that Vic uses in his A-CSM class. Most are in the class Dropbox folder.

📄 Class-Related Documents

Resources:

• Slides v4.8 2025 (pdf) 
• Resources list (links to blogs, videos, books, etc.)
• Homework 2025 (7 assignments)

Scenarios for Class Discussion:

• Scenario #1: It’s Complicated
• Scenario #2: The Case of the Missing Stakeholders
• Scenario #3: The Case of the High Performing Team

📌 Primary References

Scrum Guide:

• 2020 (current version)
  • For Reference: 2017 (older versions may not be on the site)
  • What’s Changed?

Scrum Alliance:

• Learning Objectives: A-CSM (2022)
• Coaching Retreats

🛠️ Various Agile Tools

Assessments / Guides

Remember: it’s easy to misuse assessments. These should be used to guide your thinking or initiate conversations, not as a way to reward/punish.

• Team Self-assessment (TAP: the 12 Agile Principles)
• Scrum Master Checklist and Competencies Assessment

Facilitation

Links to Facilitator’s Guide chapters

• Chapter 1-The_Dynamic_of_Group_Decision-Making.pdf
• Chapter 2-Participatory_Values
• Chapter 3-Introduction_to_the_Role_of_Faciltator
• Chapter 4-Facilitatative Listening Skills (used in class)
• Chapter 18-Facilitating_in_the_Divergent_Zone
• Chapter 19-Facilitating in the Groan Zone
• Chapter 20-Facilitating_in_the_Convergent_Zone
• Chapter 23-Striving_for_Unanimity

Coaching

Powerful Questions

• List of example Powerful Questions (Co-Active Coaching)
• The Art of Powerful Questions

Product Delivery

• Story Splitting Worksheet

🗃️ Random Other Stuff

Agile Metrics

• [site]

Surveys, Data and Studies

• 14th Annual State of Agile Survey
• Claiming PDUs (PMI.org)

🙋‍♂️ Vic’s stuff

• [coming soon]