Certified ScrumMaster with Alistair Cockburn : Learn Scrum and Agile from one of the Originators
Who Should Attend/Prerequisites
The course is designed as a series of group activities, introspections, lecture, and techniques. Part of the course is taking the ScrumAlliance CSM exam during the class, so that students have their CSM certificate before they leave. In addition, the course includes the bookCrystal Clear, which shows typical techniques and work products used on agile projects.
Class Size Limit: 30 (Minimum 8)
Course Overview
Attend this course to understand what is agile and what isn’t agile development; to develop a feeling for how teamwork, communication, frequent customer interaction and frequent delivery affect your project; to understand Scrum and the role of the ScrumMaster; to gather a few techniques to take home and use immediately; and to take the “Certified ScrumMaster” exam (You should exit this course with a CSM certificate in hand). This workshop is based on the award-winning book Agile Software Development, onCrystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams, and Managing Projects with Scrum. The first part of the course sets out Scrum and the role of the ScrumMaster; the second gives the attendee a gut feeling for the is and the isn’t and the theory of agile development the 7 Properties of Highly Successful Projects; the third introduces key useful techniques for product overview and planning, Jeff Patton’s story mapping technique and the blitz planning technique. Each part introduces its concepts with small lecture, followed by team activities to anchor them. The activities are constructed to give attendees a sense for how it feels to be doing some of the key practices as well as what how it feels not to do them. The techniques reviewed are valuable in carrying out any kind of project, not only agile ones.
Agenda
In this course, you will learn:
- Remove the barriers between development and the customer so the customer directly drives development;
- Teach the customer how to maximize ROI and meet their objectives through Scrum;
- Improve the lives of the development team by facilitating creativity and empowerment;
- Improve the productivity of the development team in any way possible; and,
- Improve the engineering practices and tools so each increment of functionality is potentially shippable
- Several useful starter techniques, including the reflection workshop, nano-incremental development and blitz planning.
Cost:
$1400 per attendee.