Scrum Alliance - Certified ScrumMaster

Certified ScrumMaster

All CSM courses are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers. Taking a CSM course, passing the CSM test, and accepting the license agreement designates you as a Certified ScrumMaster, which indicates that you have been introduced to and understand the basic concepts you need to perform as a ScrumMaster or team member on a Scrum team. This course also satisfies two elements of the CSD track: Scrum Introduction and Elective.

ABOUT THE COURSE

This two-day ScrumMaster Certification course will provide a comprehensive in-depth training in Scrum theory and practice, taught by a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer who headed Yahoo!'s large-scale adoption of Scrum, and advises with some of the largest multinationals corporations using Scrum worldwide. The course will cover a range of topics, including how to do multi-location and distributed development using Scrum; how to do project estimation and delivery-date planning for Scrum projects; how to use Scrum in fixed-bid / fixed-date projects and services; how to scale Scrum to large projects; how to plan and deliver releases in Scrum; and strategies for successful organizational adoption of Scrum.

ABOUT THE CERTIFICATION

All attendees who complete the course and pass the Scrum Alliance online exam will become Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs), and will be listed in the Scrum Alliance's CSM registry, and receive access to the Scrum Alliance website's CSM-restricted areas. In addition, all course attendees will receive electronic copies of course presentation and other teaching materials, as well as a selection of Scrum templates, tools, and other resources. Attendees who are Project Management Institute PMP's are eligible for 16 Professional Development Units.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Pete is a Certified Scrum Trainer offering courses in India and Asia through GoodAgile. Pete headed Yahoo!’s large-scale corporate adoption of Scrum, which now encompasses more than 200 projects and over 2000 employees in the US, India, Europe, and Asia. He is co-author of The Scrum Primer (www.scrumprimer.com).

Pete is an honors graduate of Harvard University, and has spent the last 19 years building software and web products at global companies. Pete spent a number of years as adjunct faculty at University of California Berkeley, most recently in the Graduate School of Business, where he received the prestigious Club 6 teaching award.

Pete provides training to a number of companies, including HP, Microsoft, Nokia, Infosys, Wipro, IBM. During his Yahoo! tenure, he served as Vice President of Product Development for Yahoo! in the US, as well as Chief Product Officer of Yahoo!'s 2000-person Research and Development center in Bangalore, India. Pete is based in India and Singapore.

COST

The cost of the 2-day course and certification is US$595 (discount rate for online booking with credit card) or US$695 (payment by check or wire transfer). For questions, please email petedeemer@goodagile.com. (Fee includes lunch and snacks on both days, other meals and travel / accommodations are not included.)

Dates:	8-9 Oct 2009
Location:	Bangalore, India
Venue:	Venue in Central Bangalore Full details will be provided upon completion of registration Bangalore, India Get Directions
Price:	US$595