This content was presented at Agile Coach Camp West in April, 2015. It outlines the history of the program with a focus on the recent update.

1. Program Update 2015
New Application
New Process
New PerspectiveRoger Brown, CSC

2. Founded 2007
Managed by Volunteers PeerReview
~ 70 Members
$150 Application Fee
$750/Year Membership Fee
Time-consuming application
Requirements
* CertifiedScrum Professionalfor 1 Year
* 3Yearsand 2000hours of coaching experience
across teamsand organizations
* Activeparticipation and leadershipinAgile
community
* DemonstrableLearningPath
* References

3. Value Proposition
Validation of Accomplishment
Global Community of Practice
Learning Opportunities
Rewarding Income
Self-Assessment
Trail Blazing
Career Path

4. Legacy Process
Drawbacks
• Extensive Application
Form
• Opaque Expectations
• Relatively Impersonal
• Long Cycle Time
• Low Acceptance Rate
Tested for
• Scrum Knowledge
• Enterprise Transition
Experience
• Competencies
• Thought Process
• Coaching Mindset

5. 2015 Process
Design Goals
o Shorter Application Form (still challenging)
o Clear Expectations
o Visible Application Status
o Shorter Cycle Time
o High Touch Peer Review
o Quicker Feedback on Qualification
o Specific Guidance on Qualification Gaps
o Easy Re-Entry

6. Part One
Quantifications
 CSP
 Agile Coaching
Experience
 Coaching Education
and Mentorship
 Scrum Community
Participation and
Leadership
 Coaching Tools,
Techniques and
Frameworks

8. Organization
Multi-Teams
Departments
Team
Self
Community
Profession
Specialty
Areas
Product Ownership
Portfolio
Agile Beyond ITLean Startup
XPDevTools
Structure
Scaling
R&D
Culture
Learning
DevOps
Lean UX
Distributed Agile
Agile TransformationLeadership
Team Dynamics
Lean
Writing
Coach Training, Mentoring and Coaching
Presentation

9. Future
?
Team
Coach?
A project has been formed to explore the idea
of adding an intermediate Team Coach
certification level.
Scrum Alliance, 2-20-15

10. Scrum Alliance: www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/csc-
certification
Google Group:
groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/candidate-csc
Career Path:
www.AgileCoachPath.org
Questions:
roger@AgileCrossing.com