CSM & Personal Kanban workshops 19-21 March, London March 19, 2012

When

Personal Kanban (PK) workshop Monday 19 March, 2012

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) workshop Tuesday 20 - Wednesday 21 March, 2012

About the Courses

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 20-21 March

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, Monday 19 March

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.

The course is based on the work by Jim Benson & Tonianne DeMaria Barry and their book Personal Kanban the Book and will help you optimise your work as well as that of the team.

What You Will Learn:

Introduction to visualising work
Move towards balance - prioritise work so important isn’t crowded out by the “urgent”
Limit work in progress - understand impact and how to lessen
Juggle different types of work
How to involve other team members
Finding collaborative opportunities
Planning with Kanban
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 Trainer

The CSM & PK courses are 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. Recent engagements include:

Faculty of Cynefin, Agile, Lean Mashup (CALM) Alpha, Reading Berks February 2012

Scrum Gathering London October 2011
“The Incentive Trap”
"Agile Management" workshop

Scrum Gathering South Africa September 2011
"Beyond Keno: Using the Cynefin Framework for Backlog Management"
"Agile vs Lean - Stop Fighting, Start Delivering: Reloaded"
Closing Keynote

Agile 2011 Salt Lake City August 2011
“Scrum as a Thinking Toolkit” (3 hour invited tutorial)

Agile Australia, Sydney June 2011
"Lean vs Agile Stop Fighting, Start Delivering: Reloaded"
"Project Management in the Age of Complexity - what every manager needs to know"

Scrum Gathering South Africa September 2010
“The Incentive Trap” (5 hour deep dive)
Opening Address

Agile 2010, Orlando August 2010
“The Incentive Trap” (3 hour invited tutorial)

Scrum Gathering Orlando March 2010
“The Incentive Trap”

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 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 & coffee available throughout the course.

Book now

Please book online here 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.



Further information about LASTing Benefits:

http://LASTing-Benefits.com

Official Website: http://www.scrumalliance.org/courses/20120839-certified-scrummaster