All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course and the corresponding evaluation designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to 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.
The ScrumMaster Certification is a 2-day course introducing the concepts and application principles of the Scrum framework.
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 projectwork and leadership. Included in the course is membership in the Scrum Alliance, where valuable ScrumMaster material and information is available exclusively to CSMs.
About the Trainer - Simon Bennett, CST
This course is taught by Simon Bennett a 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 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. Recent engagements include:
Scrum Gathering South Africa, September 2010 “Contracts & Pay Packets” (5 hour Deep Dive) Opening Address
Agile 2010, Orlando August 2010 “The Incentive Trap” (3 hour invited tutorial) co-presented with Mark Summers
Scrum Gathering Orlando March 2010 “The Incentive Trap” co-presented with Mark Summers
PDC 2009, Los Angeles “Scrum in the Enterprise with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010” http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/FT09
Scrum Gathering Munich 2009 “The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Applying Game Theory to Agile Contracting” “Best Practice in Agile Product Ownership” – Panel Chair Conference Selection Committee Member
Agile 2009, Chicago “The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Applying Game Theory to Agile Contracting” “Why do (so many) testers (still) hate Agile?”
PDC 2008, Los Angeles “Agile development on the Microsoft Platform”
Scrum Gathering Stockholm 2008 “Lean vs. Agile: Stop fighting, start delivering”
About the Co-Trainer - Mark Summers, CSC
Mark Summers is a Certified Scrum Coach, helping individuals, teams and organisations with their Scrum journey since 2006. Mark started his career as a software developer and team leader, and since discovering Scrum has been determined to help people build world class Agile software development environments. Through coaching, mentoring, training and conference speaking Mark is doing his hit to transform the world of work.
About the Venue
A hearty lunch is provided both days.
Enjoy the quayside location of the Hilton Sheffield hotel, just 2 minutes' walk from the city centre, with the Peak District National Park 10 miles away.
Fully catered accommodation is also available and is a popular option, please contact Hilton Sheffield for details.
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