Certified Scrum Master course in San Francisco with Platinum Edge, Inc January 30, 2012

January 30th & 31st, 8:00am-5:00pm both days

This highly interactive certification course provides in-depth understanding of the Scrum team-based approach to iterative development. The course trains participants in the full range of Scrum topics, from basic theory to organizational implementation, including practical applications, roles, and scaling. This course provides Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master certification, 16 PDUs toward PMP recertification and 16 PDUs toward PMI-ACP certification.

Scrum methods support responsive development that:

* Adapts to volatile business needs and ongoing refinement of business solutions
* Drives efficient and effective production
* Ensures closer adherence to customers' real-world needs through streamlined planning
* Supports faster deployment of production-grade solutions so your organization can gain market advantage and business value
* Reduces project risk through rapid iterations of development that inform opportunity assessments

When this course has been completed, attendees will have gained in-depth practical knowledge of Scrum and its benefits.

Seminar Overview
Topics included in this course are:

* Agile foundational concepts
- Defined vs. Empirical process control
- The Agile Manifesto
- The 12 Agile Principles

* Scrum concepts
- Theory and principles
- How the Scrum approach supports agile principles
- Planning and tracking with Scrum
- Shippable functionality and getting to Done

* Scrum roles and responsibilities
- Product Owner
- ScrumMaster
- Self-organized Team

* Scrum artifacts
- Product backlog
- Release burndown
- Sprint backlog
- Sprint burndown

* Scrum meetings
- Release planning
- Sprint planning
- Daily scrum
- Sprint review
- Sprint retrospective

* Requirements analysis
- Estimating and prioritizing product backlog items
- Technical debt
- Scaling across multiple teams and multiple geographies
- Tips on, techniques for, and benefits of helping clients and management

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