Certified ScrumMaster - San Francisco, CA - 26 - 27 August 2010


Event Information:

Where:
San Francisco, CA

When:
26 - 27 August 2010 9:00 - 17:00

Price:
$1195 - SOLD OUT!!



Event Rundown


Instructors


Danube's Certified Scrum Trainer: Lyssa Adkins




What is a ScrumMaster?


Certified ScrumMasterAn agile project manager emphasizes facilitation, leadership and communication over traditional command-and-control activities.  In the Scrum framework, this role is called “ScrumMaster” as a constant reminder of the differences between agile and traditional project management.  The ScrumMaster’s role is to maximize the team’s efforts toward its goals while removing the impediments that stand in its way.




Certified ScrumMaster Course


In this two-day course, you will apply the Scrum framework to build a new product. You will learn what it feels like to be on a Scrum team—experiencing many of the challenges you're likely to face—while being coached by someone involved with the application of Scrum at many organizations. This “learning by doing” style of instruction demands your open mind and active participation.


We will apply the experiential activities to discussion of advanced topics such as how to use Scrum in multiple-team organizations, how to measure progress empirically at a macro level, release planning to maximize ROI, and why such a simple framework disrupts organizations to be the best they can be.


The CSM course will cover the following topics (among others) through two days of interactive exercises, lecture, and discussion:

  • Introduction to Scrum
  • Scrum Roles and Responsibilities
  • Agile Requirements Analysis
  • Estimating and Prioritizing Product Backlogs
  • Sprint Planning, Execution, Review, and Retrospectives
  • What does "Done" mean?
  • Technical Debt and other pitfalls
  • Release planning based on empirical measurement
  • Scrum in multiple-team organizations
  • Q & A

Successful completion of a two-day ScrumMaster Certification course, taught by a Certified Scrum Trainer, is a requisite for taking the Certified ScrumMaster exam. Upon completion of the course, attendees are eligible to take the exam, the successful completion of which results in the designation of "Certified ScrumMaster" from the Scrum Alliance.




Venue


MicroTek
333 Bush St., Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94104

Food and refreshments are typically provided.




About Danube


Danube Technologies, Inc. provides products and services to encourage project success in a world of change. Contact us to learn more or to schedule a private course at your location.




Public Course Cancellation & Refresh Policy


Full refunds are available up until 10 business days before the scheduled event date. Cancellations made within 10 business days of the event will be credited toward future events. However, no refunds will be issued. Rescheduling course attendance will be subject to a transfer fee. Substitutions will be accepted at any time prior to commencement of the course. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the course must be attended within 6 months of the participant’s original sign-up date, and no refunds or credits will be available for participants who fail to attend a course within this six-month period. No refunds or credits will be available for participants that fail to attend both days of the course.

As an added value to course participants, Danube reserves two seats at each of its public courses for individuals who have already successfully completed a course from Danube, but would like to take it a second time at no cost. This allows participants to brush up on their Scrum basics or attend a session led by a different Certified Scrum Trainer. The offer is provided on a first-come, first-served basis and must be used for the same course as the original (i.e., an individual who completed a CSM course may enroll in another CSM course, but not a Product Owner course). In addition, this offer is only available within the first six months following the original course, so please contact Danube as early as possible to reserve your seat.




Event Registration


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Testimonials
CSM Public Course Cambridge, England
"Excellent Training. The instructor combined education with fun well. Right length, contents and level. "
-Anonymous
Intel
"Excellent, excellent class, exceeded my expectations. Dan did a great job of preparing and delivering what I thought was a very effective and highly interactive session. Kudos to him."
-P.E.
Public CSM course, Copenhagen Denmark
"Thank you very much for this email and all the useful links. Michael James was way ahead of you and I simply felt I had to take a minute to compliment his skills as a trainer. I participated in the ScrumMaster Certification course in Copenhagen this week and, from the second Michael James opened his mouth and welcomed everyone, we were completely drawn into this amazing world of learning, participating, and debating. As a systems developer for a minor Danish Internet Service Provider, I've taken quite a few courses in the past five years, but I have to say that no other teacher, tutor, or mentor has even gotten close to Michael James's skills in communication! I'm sure that working with Agile development and using Scrum for years has had its effect on him. If not, there has to be some “Rainman” in him. His expertise in using timeboxes is absolutely breathtaking and, on more than one occasion, after a brief detour to another relevant issue, his little timer beeped only seconds later after asking if we had any questions. Even after having spent up to 10 minutes on a trainee's question without checking the timer, this was the case! As a trainee at his course, you cannot help finishing the two days with a feeling that you've achieved something very unique, but I'm not sure if it's the theories and Scrum exercises or Michael James’s skilled way of tutoring/training. If my appreciation of Michael James’s work in some way could be forwarded to Danube management, I'd be very pleased. "
-C.N.
""Great course! It was thought provoking and plain fun!... The instructor was articulate, personable and knowledgeable. Thank you!""
-Christian Molnar, Sr. Team Lead