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Certified Scrum Master
19-20 April
The official Scrum Master Certification training is the best way to learn the basics of Scrum! This course will provide you with the knowledge and experience required to lead, participate in, or sponsor Scrum initiatives in your organization.
Description
This two-day ScrumMaster certification course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum. On completion, participants are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs), which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance where valuable Scrum Master material and information are available exclusively to CSMs.
This course will introduce the essential concepts and tools of Scrum, highlighting differences between agile processes and traditional "waterfall" methodologies and providing a roadmap for adopting Agile. Participants will learn how to lead development teams towards agile operations by: managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and conducting retrospectives. This course is taught by active Agile practitioners with decades of real-world industry experience at companies ranging from small business to the Fortune 100. Exercises, case studies, and examples are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught.
Benefits
At the successful completion of the workshop, you will be certified as a ScrumMaster and have an understanding of how the various roles and responsibilities can be applied in the real world to your current and future projects. You will receive a one year membership to the Scrum Alliance.
Intended audience
Scrum Master training is designed for the members of an organization who will lead, support, or participate in Scrum-driven projects; this includes:
- Project leaders
- Development managers
- Team members (developers, testers and analysts)
- Product managers
Agenda
Through a combination of immersive team-based learning, exercises, and real-world case studies, you will learn how to:
- Plan, initiate, and lead a Scrum project
- Establish a shared vision for the entire team
- Generate an agile release plan utilizing user stories and story point estimation
- Lead your Scrum team through planning, review, and retrospective sessions
- Create an environment in which self-managing teams can flourish
- Identify, enroll, and engage business stakeholders in your project
ScrumMaster training provides an applied understanding of the Scrum process and helps participants begin to develop the tools, insights, and skills required to apply Scrum on their projects and across their organizations.
About the Trainer
Robin Dymond is a proven leader and innovator in training for Scrum, Agile, and Lean methods. He regularly achieves 100% increase in productivity of teams he trains and supports. These results are achieved by a deep understanding of Lean and Agile principles, team dynamics, and many Agile change experiences. Dymond developed Scrum, Lean, and Agile training for teams and trained hundreds of “new to Scrum” team members. At Agile 2008 Dymond co-presented an innovative new class for Scrum Product Owners that lead many to re-think their role and how business value is achieved.
A frequent speaker and organizer in the Agile community, Robin Dymond is pleased to be producing the Main Stage sessions at Agile 2009. Dymond co-created the Agile Executive Consortium, a corporate that and actively supports AEC events across the US. Dymond co-organized and facilitated both the APLN National Leadership summit in Richmond in 2007. He is the co-founder and board member of the APLN Richmond VA chapter, organizing local Agile events.
Schedule and price
Both course days from 9:00 to 17:00. Coffee will be served from 8:30 to 9:00.
Price: €1.350 excl VAT standard and €1.250 excl VAT early bird until 30 days before the training.
Contact us us for specific price info, because we have special promotions running.
Upcoming dates and venues
- 19 - 20 April 2010 in Gent
Contact us for more information and for registration.