Scrum Alliance - Certified ScrumMaster

Certified ScrumMaster

All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course, passing the CSM test, and accepting the license agreement designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to and understand the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.

Course Overview

This three day course focuses on introducing deep of Scrum knowledge, technical skills and interpersonal techniques essential for a ScrumMaster's success in their organization. Even if you plan on being a Product Owner, team member or just in a Scrum organization, this course will equip you with the tools you need to get the most out of your Scrum implementation and start the cycle of continuous improvement. Throughout the two days we will blend concrete details of Scrum's history, activities and philosophy with stories, practical exercises and group exploration.

The course will be tailored to the needs and experience of the participants but we will plan on covering the following topics:

History of Scrum

Transparency

Definition of Done

Scrum Overview

The Team

The Product Owner

The ScrumMaster

Product Backlog

Sprint Planning

Daily Scrum

Product Backlog Refinement

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospectives

Estimation

Specialization and Scrum

ScrumMaster skills

We will also cover Scrum in contexts such as game development, web application development and enterprise scaling as necessary or desired by participants.

Participants that successfully complete this course will become Certified ScrumMasters and will be registered with the Scrum Alliance.

The course intends on providing all participants with a deeper understanding of the internal mechanisms of theScrum framework and a set of practices, exercises and thought tools to allow them to drive their Scrum implementation forward. It is expected that all participants at least read the Scrum Primer, prior to the course.

Those will more experience with the Scrum framework and those prepared to discuss their concerns and questions in the course will be able to gain more discussions and exercises.

The course includes lunch and is planned last from 9:00 to 18:00 but may vary due to the amount of questions and the amount of time spent for breaks.

About the Instructors,

Emerson Mills is a long time software developer, ScrumMaster and coach. He began his software development career in the CAD labs of the automotive industry in Detroit and has spent most of his career working in Japan where many concepts that form the core of Scrum took root. He has worked in traditional Japanese firms, small startups, US Internet giants and Game studios collecting a wide variety of experience to drive his coaching and trainings.

His first experience with Scrum came at Amazon.com in Seattle where he initially opposed Scrum but soon grew interested in growing the implementation as the benefits to the organization and his team became increasingly obvious. After successfully completing a number of successful product launches with Scrum, Emerson transferred back to Japan with amazon starting a ground up Scrum implementation in the mobile development team. After which he was CTO at Orinoco K.K. where he implemented a day one Scrum environment in a startup environment. After which he helped start the Odd-e presence in Japan and began coaching numerous companies in a wide number of industries.

Mike Mallete was one-fifth of the global Agile Coaching team for Sabre Airline Solutions. That particular team boasts of 50 years of combined experience in Agile Software Development -- having trained, mentored and coached over 100 member teams across four continents, from senior management to junior developers.

Aside from overseeing the consulting business of Orange and Bronze as Vice President for Consulting Services, he still actively trains and coaches dozens of teams from local and multinational companies. For both software engineering skills and technique, and Agile Software Development methodology.

He had been involved in various open source efforts, starting from his earliest open source project, S2PFace, in the early 2000's, up to his most current one Robot Framework Maven Plugin.

Dates:	6-8 Jun 2012
Location:	Manila, Philippines
Venue:	The Peninsula Manila Makati City Manila, Philippines Get Directions
Price:	TBD
Notes:	A people of all levels of experience are welcome to join the course. The only requirement for attending the course is reading the Scrum Primer but the more experience an individual brings to the course, the more they will gain.

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