Certified ScrumMaster Training

Course description

This two-day course not only teaches the fundamental principles of Scrum, but it also enables its participants to gain hands-on experience how to use Scrum. This course puts theory into action through a variety of exercises. During the course, attendees will learn why such a seemingly simple process such as Scrum can have so profound effects on an organization. Participants gain practical experience by working with Scrum tools and being involved in activities concerning product backlog, sprint backlog, daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning meeting, and burndown charts. Upon completion of the course participants leave already 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 and the exam (being now rolled out by Scrum Alliance), each participant will be designated as Certified ScrumMaster.

The language of this course is English.

Time & place

8th - 9th of September 2009
Gdańsk, Poland - Szydlowski Hotel, ul. Grunwaldzka 114

You will learn

why Scrum works - theoretical introduction
main roles and elements in Scrum
practical, project-proven practices
how to plan and estimate effectively
how to test and deal with technical debt
tips and tricks from the experienced instructor and consultant

Prerequisites

Each participant is expected to have at least basic working knowledge of Scrum. This means either practical experience with Scrum or knowledge obtained by reading books, journal articles, and information about Scrum on the web. Recommended books include e.g.:

Agile Project Management With Scrum - Ken Schwaber
Agile Software Development With Scrum - Ken Schwaber & Mike Beedle
Scrum and XP from the Trenches - Henrik Kniberg
Agile Estimation and Planning - Mike Cohn

The price and what's included

3800 PLN (c.a. 850 EUR) if registered before 1st of June 2009 (early bird registration)
4000 PLN (c.a. 900 EUR) if registered after 1st of June 2009, but before 1st of July 2009
4400 PLN (c.a. 1000 EUR) if registered after 1st of July 2009

All the prices exclude VAT tax.

Participants will receive all course materials as well as 2 decks of planning poker cards and the printed version of a ”Scrum and XP from the Trenches” book. Lunch, snacks and drinks will be served.

The price of this course includes Certified ScrumMaster exam (which is just being rolled-out by ScrumAlliance) and a one-year membership to the Scrum Alliance, where additional ScrumMaster-only information and materials are available.

What is special about this course

This class is limited to 25 participants, which means that not only will you have a chance to be truly engaged in the training process with the trainer, but also share your experience with others.

This course is taught by a renown Scrum trainer Henrik Kniberg. Henrik is an agile coach residing in Stockholm. During the past 10 years Henrik has been CTO of 3 Swedish IT companies and helped many more get started with agile and lean software development. Henrik is a Certified Scrum Trainer and does regular training and coaching together with Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum. Henrik's book “Scrum and XP from the Trenches” has over 100,000 readers, has been translated into 6 languages, and is one of the most popular books on the topic. Henrik is an experienced teacher and speaker, he won "best speaker" awards at two international conferences during the past year.

Although there are currently many ScrumMaster courses offered in North America or Western Europe, there are still very few public courses available in Central and Eastern Europe. We believe that Gdansk with it's central location and convenient access (by air, see, train and car) from many European countries (including Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and of course Poland) is a great place for such a course.

Besides being an excellent training location, Gdansk as 1000-years old city of Nobel-prize winners and where communism fall began, offers a lot of touristic attractions and is definitely a place worth visiting.

Agenda

(balanced mix of lecturing, exercises, and discussions)

Why Scrum? Connection to lean, queue theory, cycle time, complex adaptive systems, etc.
Backlog and requirements management.
Planning and estimating.
Sprints and problem solving.
Roles and responsibilities.
Testing.
Technical debt.
Common pitfalls and practical tips.