1 Day Agile and Scrum workshop in Chicago,IL â?? 8 PDUs (March 8, 2013) : For Project Manager , Team members and anyone who want to explore Agile & Scrum

Who Should Attend/Prerequisites

This course is appropriate for Project Managers, Product Managers, Team Leaders, Developers, Testers, Business Analysts; and anyone interested in learning more about Scrum and agile methods.

Class Size Limit: 20 (Minimum 10)

Course Overview

This one-day training teaches the principles and practices that make Scrum effective at managing projects. This is not a lecture-based training but rather, fully participative and experiential, where the content is prioritized by you! Exercises, demonstrations, facilitated discussions, and more are interwoven throughout the course to illustrate the principles being taught.â?¨ .

This highly interactive one-day training will enable participants to:
* Understand the essence of Agile; understand its values, foundations and adopt a new way of thinking .
* Understand how Scrum values and foundations are related to the practices.
* Get a sense of what self-organization is (and is not).
* How to support a new or transitioning Agile team and business .

Agenda

Establishing Rapport
Activities to establish rapport and form groups that will work together for the session.â?¨ Participants work in small groups to identify specific learning objectives for the class.

Level Setting
Introduction to Agile Principles & Practices
Why Agile
What really motivates us

Understanding Scrum
Overview Of Scrum
Roles and responsibilities
Scrum Ceremonies

Scrum Process
Estimation of User Stories
Grooming Product Backlog
Release Planning
Collaboration and Communication with Daily Scrums
Tracking progress with Burndown charts
Retrospective
Monitoring Progress

Cost:

Donation only per attendee.