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Certified ScrumMaster®

Taught by: Manoj Vadakkan

Learn how to apply scrum and gain practical agile skills to drive results in any role, whether you want to work as a scrum master or grow your capabilities. CSM® courses are delivered by Scrum Alliance-certified trainers who possess deep scrum knowledge. When you complete the course, you will receive a two-year Scrum Alliance professional membership.

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13 - 15 December, 2024 |

08:00 MST |

5 hrs/day

$349

Early bird pricing

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About the trainer

Manoj Vadakkan

Northern Star Consulting, LLC

[email protected]

732-962-6658

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Location

Online

Discounts

Price increases to $1,099 after 12/14/2024

Course

Schedule: 3 Days, 5 hours each day.

Details

"Manoj is an excellent and interactive teacher. Throughout the Certified Scrum Master training he came up with highly engaging exercises to maximize student learning, and afterward, I was able to confidently pass the CSM test." ~ Alexander G.

What will I get?

A rich scrum workbook that you will co-create with your learning in the class
Various reading materials and supporting materials for further learning and research
Opportunity to follow up with the instructor with future questions
2 years of membership with Scrum Alliance
Eligibility to take the CSM exam
CSM exam fees included with registration
Up to 16 PDUs (Professional Development Units) toward your PMP, PMI-ACP, or other PMI certification
Don't have your PMI-ACP yet? Receive up to 16 contact hours toward eligibility to sit for the PMI-ACP® examination

"Manoj was the Scrum/Agile Framework and Principles instructor for a class I took under him in May 2011. I found him and his class most instructive... we covered a lot of territories; he was very hands-on, thorough, knowledgeable and followed up afterward above and beyond what was expected. I highly recommend Manoj." ~ Matt K.

Who is my instructor?

Manoj Vadakkan is a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®) and an Agile software development consultant. Manoj has experience in helping companies adopting an agile way of working. He conducts Scrum trainings around the world. Manoj has 25 years of experience in Software Development and Project Management. His Industry experience includes Telecommunications, Insurance, Bank, Media, and Federal Govt. Agencies. His coaching experience includes software and non-software organizations.

He shares his experiences by presenting at national and international conferences. For the last 5 years, he is proud to have been served his local community in the Washington DC Metro area by leading Agile Leadership Network DC chapter. He founded Agile DC, the premier DC-area Agile conference. Manoj now has relocated back to Colorado and looking to engage in Colorado Agile community.

Manoj Vadakkan is a practitioner who enjoys helping individuals, teams, and organizations practice Agile well. He will help you learn Scrum practices from his wide array of experience within small & large, private & government, software & non-software, and co-located & distributed organizations. Join this workshop to learn from a practitioner! Manoj will be available to answer questions long after the workshop to help you with questions you run into while practicing what you learned. Based on availability, attendees may schedule a limited number of short calls to get answers for their follow up questions after the training. We want you to be successful in adopting Scrum in your organization!

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Agenda

"The way the [CSM] workshop was held was very interactive and kept everyone involved." ~ Abhijeet B.

What will I learn?

The following topics will be covered during this interactive workshop:

Agile Principles and Values
Scrum Framework and Scrum Values
What is it like working within the Scrum framework?
- Scrum Master
- Product Owner
- The Team
- Other Team Members
- What would a Project Manager do? (and other roles in the organization)
Product Backlog
Meetings: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
Continuous improvement with Retrospectives
User Stories and Other Requirement Techniques
Agile Estimation Techniques
Planning and Monitoring
Burn-down / Burn-up charts
Additional topics may be covered based on the need of the class

Who should attend

"I had the pleasure, along with my team, of being trained in Scrum by Manoj. We not only learned but to a person, enjoyed the way Manoj taught the material in an interactive way that had us all involved. There is no doubt Manoj knows the material thoroughly and has a style which spreads his enthusiasm to his students. If you ever have the chance - work with him!" ~ Tony U.

Who is it for?

Any person who is interested in learning more about Scrum or wants to make Scrum work better for their team or organization is encouraged to attend. While the focus of the class is for people who want to learn how to leverage the Scrum framework to bring about change, any member of a team or the organization who is interested in how to use Scrum would find this class useful. Typical attendees in the past have included:

Functional Managers
Team Leads
Analysts
Architects
Engineers
Software Developers
Directors
Testers
Scrum Masters
Product Owners
and other roles that support product development

Are discounts available?

Special pricing is available for groups and veterans. Contact us to determine your eligibility.

Reviews

5.00 out of 5.0 stars

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My instructor, Manoj Vadakkan, is the best! He was attentive to the needs of the class, provided engaging activities to help us learn scrum quickly, and did everything he could to also make the time fun. He is very obviously skilled in his field, and we were grateful to benefit from his acumen! And he's funny too! I highly highly recommend taking courses with Manoj, you will not regret it!

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