When Personal Kanban (PK) workshop with Jim Benson Monday 20 February, 2012 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) workshop with Simon Bennett Tuesday 21 - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
About the Courses
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
This 2-day Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course is an immersive learning experience involving a highly interactive mix of seminars, group discussions, team activities, games and role-plays introducing the concepts and application principles of the Scrum framework.
You will learn: - The philosophy, science, values and principles that guide you in becoming more agile using Scrum - The Scrum roles and how they fit together in depth - How Project Management is addressed by Scrum - Techniques for getting the most out of the Scrum rituals - How to establish a Definition of Done and keep an appropriately refined Product Backlog - How to lead an agile team effectively without micro-managing or interfering with its self-organisation
You will learn the essential concepts, roles and the tools of Scrum, providing you with a roadmap for adopting Agile. Learn how to lead development teams towards agile operations by managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and holding retrospectives.
Upon completion of the course, you are eligible to take an exam, the successful completion of which gains you the designation of Certified ScrumMasters (CSM), a first step in the journey towards this more adaptive form of project work and leadership. Included in the course is membership in the Scrum Alliance, where valuable ScrumMaster material and information is available exclusively to CSMs.
Please note that in our course we use Scrum to teach Scrum! It will consist of two sprints, the first is "Context and Components" of Scrum, the second is "Scrum Flow"
Personal Kanban 1-day workshop prior to CSM
Today, work comes at us from many different angles. Projects, family, billable work, non-billable work, personal growth, friends, and so forth.
We spend a lot of time inventing, following, and even becoming certified in processes for teams and work projects. We spend even more time trying to optimize our teams. But teams are made up of people and, in the end, people end up being what makes or breaks the team. Shouldn't we spend some time finding ways to make work better for the people doing it?
Participants will learn what Personal Kanban is, how to apply it and other techniques to manage their own work, and by extension to teams. Each person will design their own Personal Kanban ready for use. Join creator of Personal Kanban Jim Benson for an engaging session that will help you optimise the individuals as well as the team.
What You Will Learn: 1. Introduction to visualising work 2. Move towards balance - prioritise work so important isn’t crowded out by the “urgent” 3. Limit work in progress - understand impact and how to lessen 4. Juggle different types of work 5. How to involve other team members 6. Finding collaborative opportunities 7. Planning with Kanban 8. The psychology behind the board
Learning outcomes: - Create a personal work flow using variety of visualisation techniques - Explain the costs inherent to having too much work in progress (WIP), and how to lessen its impact - Adapt personal work flow to model changes in personal life - Walk away with a tailor made personal kanban board for immediate use - Understand how personal effectiveness ties in with team and organisational effectiveness
About the Trainers
Certified ScrumMaster trainer - Simon Bennett
The CSM course is taught by Simon Bennett a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer with over 20 years real-world experience in software and hardware development, the last 12 of which have been focussed on using Agile frameworks and methods including Scrum, XP, Crystal & Kanban.
From 2008 through 2010 Simon was also the Product Owner for the Scrum for Team System TFS process template. Simon has considerable experience in organisational agile adoption, large scale Scrum and using Scrum in an offshore environment, as well as successfully blending Scrum with other methods including Kanban and UCD.
His wealth of experience brings a unique depth and flavour to the course, as students will learn from real world case studies rather than only theory and simulations.
With regard to delivery, Simon is also a seasoned trainer with over two decades of experience, and a regular speaker at major international conferences.
Personal Kanban instructor - Jim Benson
The PK course is taught by Jim Benson creator of Personal Kanban and co-author of Personal Kanban the Book. Jim is a keynote speaker at most Agile and Lean conferences around the world (too many to mention here!)
About the Venue The Russell Hotel is located across from Russell Square, which is also the closest tube station, in an elegant listed building with a modern comfortable setting inside, it is a very special and unique venue.
A hearty hot & cold buffet lunch is provided each day with tea & espresso machines available throughout the course. Russell Hotel London
Book now Please book online using credit card or PayPal, alternatively if you would like to pay by cheque, bank transfer or invoice please contact us for details.
Discounts for between-jobs, self-employed, charities and groups available, please contact us.
All early bird bookings to the Personal Kanban workshop will receive a personally signed copy of Personal Kanban the Book by Jim Benson
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