in London, United Kingdom

in London, United Kingdom

Learn how to apply scrum and gain practical agile skills to drive results in any role, whether you want to work as a scrum master or grow your capabilities. CSM® courses are delivered by Scrum Alliance-certified trainers who possess deep scrum knowledge. When you complete the course, you will receive a two-year Scrum Alliance professional membership.

Course Description

This two day course—taught by author and popular Scrum and agile trainer Mike Cohn—not only provides the fundamental principles of Scrum, it also gives participants hands-on experience using Scrum, and closes with Certification as a recognized ScrumMaster.

During the course, attendees will learn why such a seemingly simple process such as Scrum can have such profound effects on an organization. Participants gain practical experience working with Scrum tools and activities such as the product backlog, sprint backlog, daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning meeting, and burndown charts. Participants leave knowing how to apply Scrum to all sizes of projects, from a single collocated team to a large, highly distributed team.

Following successful completion of the course, you will be qualified and ready to pass the new Scrum Alliance certification test. This multiple-choice, online test is required to become a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information are available. For more information on the certification exam, see this page about the CSM exam.

This course earns you 16 SEUs (Category B) within the Scrum Alliance. This course also earns you 15 PDUs (Category A) within the PMI. SEUs and PDUs can be used toward CSP, PMP, PMI-ACP and other certifications.

You Will Learn

• Practical, project-proven practices
• The essentials of getting a project off on the right foot
• How to write user stories for the product backlog
• Why there's more to leading a self-organizing team than buying pizza and getting out of the way
• How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
• How to successfully scale Scrum to large, multi-continent projects with team sizes in the hundreds
• Tips and tricks from the instructor’s fifteen years of using Scrum in a wide variety of environments
• What you need to know to pass the Scrum Alliance certification test.

What You Get

• High quality training from an industry expert
• Recognition by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified ScrumMaster after passing a short certification exam
• A hot lunch buffet and afternoon biscuits
• A two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, a $100 value
• Fully paid exam fees.
• A USB drive containing a PDF of the course materials, relevant articles by Mike Cohn and others, sample chapters from Mike's books, and other information
• A printed and bound copy of the course materials
• Planning Poker® cards for use in estimating with your team

About the Instructor

Mike Cohn is the author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile. Mike has fifteen years of experience with Scrum and over 25 years of experience in the software industry. He has previously been a technology executive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. A frequent magazine contributor and conference speaker, Mike is a founding member of both the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance.

 

 

 

Scrum Educational Units (SEUs) and Professional Development Units (PDUs)

This course earns you 16 SEUs (Category B) within the Scrum Alliance. This course also earns you 15 PDUs (Category A) within the PMI. SEUs and PDUs can be used toward CSP, PMP, PMI-ACP and other certifications.

 

 

Dates:	10-11 Dec 2014
Location:	London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Language:	English
Venue:	Holborn Bars 138-142 Holborn London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland EC1N 2NQ http://www.deverevenues.co.uk/en/venues/holborn-bars/
Price:	£1,400 + VAT
Discounts:	Discounted seats available. Contact Lucky Byatt for more information.
Notes:	Other Courses from Mike Cohn in London This Week December 9  User Stories for Agile Requirements December 12  Agile Estimating and Planning

• Overview of Scrum
  • Why Scrum works
  • What Scrum is
  • Origins
• Sprints
  • Potentially shippable
  • Architecture on a Scrum project
  • Sprint length and release sprints
  • Abnormal terminations
• The ScrumMaster
  • Responsibilities and mindset
  • Situational ScrumMastering
  • ScrumMaster as team member
• The Product Owner
  • Description and responsibilities
  • Sharing the vision
• Product backlog
  • User stories on the product backlog
  • Backlog-writing workshops
  • INVEST in your backlog
• Meetings
  • The daily scrum
  • Sprint review
  • Sprint retrospective
• Sprint planning
  • Prioritization and the sprint goal
  • Sprint planning meeting
• Release planning
  • Velocity
  • Estimating the product backlog
  • Release planning meeting
• Tracking progress
  • Burndown charts
  • Task boards
• The team
  • Composition and cross-functionality
  • Organizing
• Scalability
  • The scrum of scrums
  • Focus of initial sprints
  • Shared vs. specific product backlogs
  • Scaling the product owner
  • Getting started

Whether you’re a manager, programmer, tester, analyst, product manager, or someone interested in working on or with a Scrum team, this Agile Project Management course is suited for you. You will leave with solid knowledge of how and why Scrum works. Through practical, hands-on exercises and small-group discussion you will be prepared to plan your first sprint immediately after this course.