Our highlighted class: Jan 28-29, Vancouver, BC.
This two-day Certification session will provide participants with detailed insight into the workings of Scrum and the expectations of a Scrum Master. Some of the subjects covered include:
- The Scrum Framework and Fundamentals
- Why Does Scrum Work?
- Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Team Member roles
- Self-Managed and Cross-functional Teams
- Defined vs. Empirical methods
- Agile Estimating and Planning
- Optimizing Value (ROI)
After successfully completing this class participants will be registered with the Scrum Alliance as being eligible to take the required on-line certification exam that goes into effect on October 1, 2009. Completing the class before October 1 results in certification with the Scrum Alliance without taking an exam. Regardless, all Certified ScrumMasters are required to re-certify after two years.
Click here for a complete list of upcoming classes, and here for a class outline.
Our goal is to help your organization extract the good "grain" while discarding the useless "chaff." There's usually some amount of waste in any software development process accompanied by some amount of customer dissatisfaction and employee discouragement. We can show you how the agile Scrum framework employs a set of principles with less waste. This framework creates an environment where team members can make the best decisions possible to produce the best results possible. 
Even projects that have solid, well-defined project plans encounter some degree of change. Shifting market conditions, budget cuts, staff restructuring, or any number of influences will disrupt the best plan. Projects that begin with changing or unclear requirements make it difficult to even establish project expectations. Scrum is the agile development process that allows teams to deliver usable software periodically throughout the life of the project, absorbing change and new requirements as the project proceeds.