Scrum 2010 - one of the major Agile events in New Zealand in 2010
Want to learn Agile from the co-inventor of Scrum?
Overview
Scrum 2010 is one of the major Agile educational opportunities in New Zealand in 2010. Clarus is pleased to host the co-inventor of Scrum alongside some well known local Agile practitioners :
Dr Jeff Sutherland - the co-creator of Scrum and Chairman of the Scrum Training Institute
Jens Ostergaard - the worlds first Certified Scrum Practitioner
Kane Mar- from Scrumology. Kane is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Scrum Coach (CSC). He has been working exclusively with Agile software development teams since 2001 and learned his craft under Ken Schwaber
Software Testing guru and ANZTB Board Member Ian Ross from Clarus
Agile experienced Senior Business Analyst Robbie May from Clarus
Russell Healy - Experienced Scrum Master and Kanban enthusiast
John Smart - author of Java Power Tools and regular contributor to Java.net, Javaworld, OnJava, DevX, and InformIT.
If you have ever considered upskilling yourself in any area of Agile then this is your golden opportunity to learn directly from the very best in business.
Update - Wellington Certified Scrum Master course sold out.
20% discount available on remaining seats on Auckland Certified Scrum Master course.
Why Scrum?
Scrum is rapidly becoming THE delivery mechanism for organisations interested in reducing project costs, increasing efficiency and driving project transparency. Learn why Agile has been adopted by the likes of Nokia, Yahoo, Google, Siemens, SAP, BBC, Sun, Philips, IBM, HP etc. Scrum
is a very efficient way to go from concept to high quality production code
provides a framework with the ability to rapidly change project direction
provides visibility of progress: delivering a working product at the end of every iteration
enables the ability to manage emerging and changing requirements
increases project efficiency
helps ensure business buy-in early & throughout project
builds strong, happy project teams
the list goes on...
Key Presenters
Dr. Jeff Sutherland is the co-creator of Scrum, and was a original signatory of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movement.
Dr. Sutherland has been a Scrum consultant to Microsoft, Oracle, Palm, Yahoo, Ariba, Cadence, and Adobe in Silicon Valley. His recent Google Tech Talk helped Google teams evaluate and extend their Scrum implementation on the revenue generating Google AdWords project. He has served as VP of Engineering or CTO at eleven software companies, managing the last seven entirely using Scrum, and achieved industry-leading, hyper-productive results. Dr. Sutherland is the Chairman of the Scrum Training Institute.
Dr. Sutherland is also an expert in distributed/outsourced Scrum and CMMI Level Scrum. His 2006 publication on distributed Scrum documented the highest performance software development project ever recorded for systems over 1,000,000 lines of code completed by SirsiDynix in the U.S. and Exigen Services in Russia.
Jens Østergaard has spent more than 20 years as a developer, DBA, team manager, project manager and ScrumMaster, developing software primarily in financial services organizations. Jens was the world's first Certified Scrum Practitioner, and has led a number of highly successful Scrum projects.
Jens Østergaard has a strong ability to communicate the fundamentals of Scrum. With more than 20 years of experience, he has worked with all aspects of software development.
You can read more about Jens Østergaard at scrum.dk.
Kane Mar is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Scrum Coach (CSC) specializing in Scrum and Extreme Programming. He has been working exclusively with Agile software development teams since 2001 and has worked with clients such as QPass, Microsoft, Capital One, Progressive, and TransCanada Pipelines. Kane believes that learning is most effective if done through a combination of exercises, games, and discussion. He has constructed his training materials to provide an educational but still enjoyable course.
Kane is also experienced in guiding organizations that are transitioning to an Agile organization. This includes preparing senior management and business partners for changes resulting from the introduction of Scrum.
Prior to his work with Agile software development, Kane had 15 years of experience as a developer and project manager for Waterfall and RUP projects working with Java, Smalltalk, C, SQL and PL/SQL. Kane's recent technical interests have turned towards Ruby primarily because of its similarlity to Smalltalk.
Scrum 2010 - one of the major Agile events in New Zealand in 2010
Scrum 2010 is being held in Wellington, Auckland between March 01 - 12 and in Christchurch between March and April 2010.
There are a range of options depending on your specific needs. Any of the following can be mixed and matched to your requirements. Click on any of the below for details:
Wellington
Date
Stream 1: Scrum
Stream 2: Workshops
Mon 01 Mar8:30am - midday
Certified Scrum Master - master the core principles, strategies, and practices of Scrum by learning from the inventor
* note all prices are per person, in New Zealand dollars and exclusive of GST. * Group discounts are available as follows: 5 or more people receive a 10% discount. 10 or more people receive a 20% discount
Courses
Certified Scrum Master
This two-day ScrumMaster Certification course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum. On completion, participants are eligible to take an exam which allows them to be registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs), which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where valuable ScrumMaster materials and information are available exclusively to CSMs.
This course will introduce the essential concepts and tools of Scrum. Participants will learn how to lead development teams towards agile operations by managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and conducting retrospectives. Exercises, case studies, and examples are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught... [read more]
Certified Scrum Product Owner
This intensive two-day Product Owner certification course provides everything you need to be an effective customer to a Scrum team. You will learn the essential concepts and tools of Scrum from a Product Owner’s (Business Owner’s in traditional project management world) perspective. It will address how your particular role as a business customer will change when interacting with Agile teams.
Participants will learn how to effectively manage all aspects of a product owner's involvement in an Agile project: the requirements process, writing user stories, estimating, tracking, release planning, reporting, forecasting, scaling, and so on.
The course approach is based on a combination of lecture, discussion, and team-based hands-on exercises to both explain and demonstrate through time-tested best-practices what it takes to fill the shoes of this integral role on an Agile team... [read more]
Writing Effective User Stories Workshop
Effective user stories are the cornerstone of successful agile projects. In this intensive half-day course, you will explore what a user story is, learn how to write effective user stories, and experience how to manage your requirements in an agile fashion.
The course is an interactive, hands-on workshop that utilizes a combination of presentation, discussion, and hands-on exercises to both explain and demonstrate the core aspects of working with user stories [read more]
Testing on Agile Projects Workshop
Testing is a crucial part of any software development process. Teams that have been schooled in the "throw it over the fence" mentality often struggle when considering how to apply testing best practices in the Agile world. How to we test during constant change? What should we test? What do we do while the developers are writing code? If we are using test driven development and continuous integration, are we needed at all?
This intensive half-day workshop is designed for software testing professionals and Agile managers who need to understand testing in the Agile paradigm. It is a hands-on workshop that utilizes a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on exercises to both explain and demonstrate software testing best-practices in an Agile team [read more]
Scrum Alternatives
This workshop will survey alternative agile frameworks and processes, and focus on Kanban - the new kid on the block. Kanban is a tool borrowed from lean manufacturing and applied to software development. It dynamically exposes constraints in the flow of work, and enables teams to respond quickly, maximising throughput and value-add to the customer. Kanban is rapidly gaining momentum in agile teams around the world.
Other processes covered will include XP, Crystal Methods, and Feature-Driven Development. This is an interactive workshop comprised of presentation, discussion, and hands-on exercises. Familiarity with Scrum will be useful but not mandatory [read more].
An Introduction to Test Driven Development (TDD)
Learning how to write more effective tests is an excellent way to write better designed, more maintainable and more reliable code. It also helps keep development focused on the real requirements, resulting in a higher quality product for the end user. This is a skill that every developer needs to master [read more].
Fundamentals of Continuous Integration
Continuous Integration is a fundamental best practice of modern software development. In this course, you will learn how to set up an effective Continuous Integration environment that will reduce integration issues, improve code quality, and improve communication and collaboration between team members. You will also learn how Continuous Integration can act as a communications hub for your development team [read more].
Networking
Scrum 2010 is more than a series of training courses. It is also an opportunity to meet some of the world's leaders in the Agile space. In conjunction with the Agile Professionals Network, Clarus is pleased to provide an opportunity to meet the Scrum 2010 presenters and mingle with likeminded Agile enthusiasts.
If you are interested in Agile but can't attend any of the Scrum 2010 courses, then you are welcome to attend the APN events:
Auckland - with Dr Jeff Sutherland, Jens Ostergaard
Wellington - with Dr Jeff Sutherland, Jens Ostergaard
Christchurch - with Kane Mar, Ian Ross, Russell Healy
Please note - registrations for APN meetings are on a first come first served basis with priority given to APN members. For registrations, membership and further details, please contact the Agile Professionals Network.
The Abel Tasman Hotel is perfectly positioned between The Terrace, Lambton Quay and Courtenay Place, in the very heart of Wellington's business and entertainment district. Some of New Zealand's best bars, restaurants, cafes and main tourist attractions including Te Papa - the Museum of New Zealand are right on the Hotels doorstep. Abel Tasman has offered Scrum 2010 attendees accommodation @ $125.00 per standard room. Reservations can be made directly with the Abel Tasman Hotel on 04 385 1304 or by e-mail to:
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The Hotel Grand Chancellor Auckland Airport is conveniently located 3 kilometres, (5-10 minutes drive), from the Auckland Domestic & International Airport and 15 kilometres from the Auckland Central Business District.
Hotel Grand Chancellor Auckland Airport is rated 4 stars by Qualmark and provides well appointed rooms ranging from studio to executive and most have private patios or balconies overlooking the gardens or pool.
An airport shuttle services operates daily between the Hotel and Auckland Airport terminals. Car parking is available on the premises. There is a charge for these services.
Christchurch
Monday 08 March - Friday 12 March, April 06 - 09
Clarus, Level One, Left Click House, Cnr Madras & Lichfield, Christchurch CBD, New Zealand
Clarus is conveniently situated in the Chch CBD. Our spacious offices are warm and comfortable with plenty of space to relax and absorb the material. Clarus is surrounded with some of the best cafe's in Christchurch including C4's coffee roasting headquarters.
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