14th and 15th October 2010
Register for the special Certified Scrum Master course delivered by Mitch Lacey.
This is an official Scrum Alliance Course.
ABOUT THE COURSE
The Certified ScrumMaster Course is a two-day course which introduces the concepts of Agile project leadership using the Scrum methodology. Successful participants will become Certified ScrumMasters, a first step in the journey towards this more adaptive form of project leadership.
Through this CSM training course, students will learn how to plan and run Sprint Planning Meetings, daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and more.
The course format consists of multiple lecture topics, group exercises and group discussion. Ample time will be devoted to analysis of the “real-world” industry experiences of the ScrumMaster Course instructor based on case study examples and his experience managing Agile projects and coaching Scrum teams
ABOUT THE CERTIFICATION
Students will become Certified ScrumMasters after attending this course and passing a series of small exercises. Successful participants will be listed as CSM on the Scrum Alliance website and will receive a one year membership to the Scrum Alliance.
Project Management professionals (PMP) will receive 14 Professional Development Units.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Mitch Lacey is an agile practitioner and trainer and former Microsoft Employee. Mitch has been managing projects for over twelve years and has numerous plan-driven and agile projects under his belt. He is a Certified Scrum Trainer(CST) and a registered Project Management Professional (PMP).
COST AND REGISTRATION
Certification cost is 950€ + IVA (21%).
In order to register please send an email to 
. Payment information will be sent as a reply to your email. The price includes 2 days of training and the Scrum Alliance certification and 1 year membership to whoever passes. Also included, are the coffe-breaks and lunch on both days (vegetarian menu is not included).
DATE AND PLACE
Training will be delivered at Hotel Vila Galé Opera in Lisbon [Map]. Training will begin at 9:00 and end at 19h00.
CONTACT
If you have any doubt or wish to contact us please send email to or call +351 960006846.
PARTNERS
AGENDA
| Subject | Items |
1. | Overview of Scrum | - Why Scrum works
- What Scrum is
- Origins
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2. | Sprints | - Potentially shippable
- Architecture on a Scrum project
- Sprint length and release sprints
- Abnormal terminations
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3. | The ScrumMaster | - Responsibilities and mindset
- Situational ScrumMastering
- ScrumMaster as team member
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4. | The Product Owner | - Description and responsibilities
- Sharing the vision
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5. | Product backlog | - User stories on the product backlog
- Backlog-writing workshops
- INVEST in your backlog
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6. | Meetings | - The daily scrum
- Sprint review
- Sprint retrospective
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7. | Sprint planning | - Prioritization and the sprint goal
- Sprint planning meeting
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8. | Release planning | - Velocity
- Estimating the product backlog
- Release planning meeting
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9. | Tracking progress | - Burndown charts
- Task boards
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10. | The team | - Composition and cross-functionality
- Organizing
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11. | Scalability | - The scrum of scrums
- Focus of initial sprints
- Shared vs. specific product backlogs
- Scaling the product owner
- Getting started
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The course will be taught in English. For inquiries please send email to