Scrum Breakfast Training

Lean Leadership with Tom & Mary Poppendieck

As global competitiveness comes to the software development industry, the search is on for a better way to create first-class software rapidly, repeatedly, and reliably. Lean initiatives in manufacturing, logistics, and services have led to dramatic improvements in cost, quality and delivery time; can they do the same for software development? The short answer is “Absolutely!”

Of the many methods that have arisen to improve software development, Lean is emerging as one that is grounded in decades of work understanding how to make processes better. Lean thinking focuses on giving customers what they want, when and where the want it, without a wasted motion or wasted minute.

What does this mean in practice? That is what this workshop is all about.

This intensive two day workshop aimed at leaders will help you apply lean principles such as Rapid Response, Constant Learning, Built-in Quality, Local Responsibility and Global Optimization to software development.

In two intensive days of discussion and exercises, leaders will come away with a new frame of reference for thinking about how world class organizations develop software-intensive systems.

Agenda

Systems Thinking -- Putting on Customer Glasses & Value Stream Maps
Technical Excellence -- Correct by Construction & Basic Disciplines
Reliable Delivery -- Managing Workflow & Scheduling
Great People -- People Who Care & Leadership Roles
Relentless Improvement -- Seeing Problems & Solving Problems
The Journey -- Aligning Mental Models & Making Change Happen

You will learn:

How to look at your process from a customer's point of view and identify waste.
What's wrong with software testing and what you have to do to fix it.
How to frame risk and rethink scheduling to permit confident promise-dating and reliable delivery.
The traits of people who work in the most effective system development organizations.
The leadership roles that support the lean framework.
Tools for solving problems that everyone in the organization can use.
How to change when change is hard.

Learn first hand from Lean thought-leaders Mary and Tom Poppendieck how to apply Lean Principles to your organization. Mary and Tom have pioneered the application of Lean Thinking to software development and documented their principles in three books:

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
Leading Lean Software Development: Results are Not the Point

Pricing:

Special Early Booking: CHF 2'100.-- (until June 8, 2010 -- payment required within 30 days of booking - seats are limited at this price).
Early Booking: CHF 2'600.-- (until August 7, 2010)
Regular Booking: CHF 2'800.-- (until September 4, 2010)
Courses are freed from VAT in Switzerland

Course Info and Registration:

Date: September 8 & 9, 2010
Location: Seminar Hotel Unterhof, Diessenhofen, Switzerland
Fine Print: Our standard terms and conditions apply.
Registration: online on our special registration form.

Certified ScrumMaster/Advanced

For Advanced Scrum Users

As an experienced ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Agile Coach or Manager in an Agile Enterprise, you have started working with Scrum, read one or more of the books and have some understanding of Scrum. Maybe you feel some of the pieces of the puzzle are missing? Or are you working within a Scrum Team, but have the feeling you are not making any progress? Even if you already are a Certified ScrumMaster, you are looking for answers to hard questions.

How do you scale Scrum? How do you deal with organizational impediments and team dysfunctions? How do you improve the quality of engineering?

Two experienced trainers/coaches from DasScrumTeam review the essentials of Scrum and address topics identified and prioritized by you, the participants. Learn how experienced ScrumMasters and Coaches deal with difficult situations! Get ready to take your team or your organization to the next level. So bring your list of questions which the books just didn't answer!

After taking this course, you should:

Have solidified your understanding of Scrum and Agile Development
Learned how to apply Scrum to complex situations
Have many ideas on how to improve the development process in your organization.

With two sometimes conflicting perspectives from experienced Scrum Masters, you should sharpen your understanding, increase your experience and improve your judgment in applying Scrum. And of course, you qualify to become a Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster (online test required) or your membership is extended if you already are a CSM.

Topics

Much of the course content is driven by the participants. The list below is a summary of possible contents:

Scrum Refresher

Agile Values & Principles
Roles in Scrum: ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Team
Rituals (Meetings): Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Retrospective
Documents and Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Task board, Burn Down Charts

The Team: Organizing self-organization
The ScrumMaster: How do I fill the role?
Finishing the Sprint and Scrum Reporting
Typical Scrum Problems: Case Studies and Countermeasures
Scrum Team Works: Tools, Scaling, Techniques
My task as ScrumMaster: Questions and Answers

Throughout the course, exercises, games and simulations help you deepen you experience of Scrum first hand.

Your Trainers

Peter Stevens and ( Peter Beck or Andreas Schliep ) - Check the course announcement for details.

Audience and Prerequisites

This course is ideal for Scrum Masters, Project Leaders, Product Owners or IT Managers who wish to deepen their understanding of Scrum.

You should have previous experience with Scrum. This can be gained by taking the Scrum Jumpstart course, studying the standard literature on Scrum, or working in a Scrum Project. If in doubt, please contact us for more information.

Certification

Participants who successfully complete the course become Certified Scrum Masters and receive a 1 year membership in the Scrum Alliance.

Effective 1 October 2009, all CSMs will be required to complete a Certified ScrumMaster course and pass a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) online certification exam to maintain certification. Please read more about Scrum certification from the Scrum Alliance.

Registration

Duration: 2 days
Location: Zurich, Switzerland — c/o Digicomp Academy
Time: Coffee and Registration 8:30, Course Times from 9:00 to 17.00 (with 17:30 for overflow)
For prices and dates: continue to Registration

You can also book Certified Scrum Master Training as an In-House training in English or German for your company. Please contact us for more information.

Certified ScrumMaster/Jumpstart

Jumpstart your Scrum Team!

Do you want to get started with Scrum? Does your team need hands on experience before starting a "real" project? Do need to convince a skeptic that Scrum is the way to go?

As Line Manager, Project Manager, Developer, Tester, Product Manager, Business Analyst or Consultant, you have heard about the advantages of Scrum. Maybe you are skeptical about the claims and hype around Scrum and Agile software development and want to find out more. Maybe you have decided to take the plunge and start your first agile project. Maybe you have started doing Scrum, but it's not working as expected. You want to get better at executing projects. You want to find out more.

How does Scrum Work? How is agile development different than the classical approach? How do you get started? How do you estimate work? How do you plan a Sprint? What changes can you expect when you do Scrum? This course provides you with the answers to your questions and gives you an intense, hands-on look at Scrum, so you know how to move forwards.

A Customer Recommendation:

Anton Schultschick, Head of IT-Support,
Electrical Engineering Department, ETH Zurich
After taking this course, you should:

Understand in your head how Scrum works
Feel in your gut why Scrum works
Know in your hands how to do Scrum.

In short, you should be able to start your first Scrum Project, improve your performance in an existing Scrum project and answer important questions about whether Scrum is appropriate for your organization. And you qualify to become a Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster (online test required).

Topics:

Agile Values & Principles
Roles in Scrum: ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Team
Rituals (Meetings): Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Retrospective
Documents and Artifacts: Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Task board, Burn Down Charts
Planning: User Stories, Estimation, Acceptance Tests, Release Planning

Throughout the course, exercises, games and simulations help you understand and experience Scrum first hand.

Your Trainer

This course is taught by Peter Stevens and a Certified Scrum Trainer , usually either Peter Beck or Andreas Schliep of DasScrumTeam. See the course schedule for details.

Audience

The CSM/Jumpstart is ideal for

Teams and organizations getting started with Scrum.
Managers, consultants or project leaders who are considering whether to deploy Scrum in their organizations.
Teams or organizations who have had difficulties doing Scrum properly.

Their are no prerequisites, but familiarity with Scrum, XP or software development will be helpful.

Certification

Participants who successfully complete the course become Certified Scrum Masters and receive a 1 year membership in the Scrum Alliance.

Effective 1 October 2009, all CSMs will be required to complete a Certified ScrumMaster course and pass a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) online certification exam to maintain certification. Please read more about Scrum certification from the Scrum Alliance.

This course may be offered without Scrum Alliance certification. Check the course announcements for details.

Registration

Duration: 2 days
Language: German or English (according to the announcement)
Location: Zurich, Bern, or Geneva, Switzerland — c/o Digicomp Academy
Time: Coffee and Registration 8:30, Course Times from 9:00 to 17.00 (with 17:30 for overflow)
For prices and dates: continue to Registration

The course materials are in English.

Register for this course online.

You can also jump start your entire team with In-House training in English, German, or French. Please contact us for more information.

CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner

Planning and Managing Agile Projects

Have you looked at Scrum and XP or maybe done an agile project or two, and thought 'looks great, but...!'? How do I plan a project if every month we can completely change the deliverables? When will it be finished? How do I manage the project? How do I negotiate with the Team? How do I calculate a price or a schedule? How do I deal with a fixed deadline, scrope or price? How do I master this job of "Product Owner."

If you are a Product Owner, Scrum Master, Program Manager, Customer or Sales Consultant who needs to reliably estimate, schedule, price and manage asoftware development project using agile methods, this course is for you: A two day immersion into creating great products, agile planning and estimating, managing the agile team and leading the project to success.

Topics

Overview of Scrum
Product Owner: Duties, Rights and Privileges
Creating Products that Excite Your Customers
Guiding self organizing teams
Building Quality In - From Specification to Acceptance
Managing Line Management and other Stakeholders
Requirements: Personae, User Stories, Story Points and Business Value
Creating & Prioritizing the Product Backlog
Sizing the Project, generating time estimates and milestones
Monitoring Progress
Communication and Reporting
Scaling to large projects
Contracting and the Dreaded Fix Priced Bid
The Agile Quote
The Agile Request for Proposal
Scrum in the Enterprise: Process Improvement and Portfolios
Murphy: What can go wrong

After completing this course, you will be able (with the help of your Scrum Team) to create, budget, plan and schedule and quote an agile project and lead it to a successful conclusion.

Audience and Prerequisites

This course is idea for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Customers, Project Leaders, Product Owners, IT Managers and Sales Consultants who want to plan, budget and bid on agile projects.

You should have previous experience with Scrum. The following books are recommended as preparation:

User Stories Applied; Mike Cohn
Agile Estimating and Planning; Mike Cohn
Scrum. Produkte zuverlässig und schnell entwickeln; Boris Gloger; Hanser 2008

You can also prepare yourself by taking the Scrum Jumpstart course. If in you have any questions, please contact us for more information.

Your Trainers

Peter Stevens and ( Peter Beck or Andreas Schliep ) - Check the course announcement for details.

Registration

Language: German
Duration: 3 days
Location Zurich, Switzerland
Time: Coffee and Registration 8:30, Course Times from 9:00 to 17.00 (reserve until 17:30)
Prices and Dates: Registration

You can also book this course or the non-certified Practical Product Owner as an In-House course in English, German or French. Please contact us for more information.