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Another Special Offer : Certified Scrum Master Class – Melbourne July 14-15 Save $100
Save $100 on our Certified Scrum Master course. Following on from the success of our first CSM class in Sydney last week Kane Mar and I will be delivering the second of our co-trained CSM classes in Melbourne on July 14th and 15th.
Similar to last time, ScrumMaster.com.au is offering a special $100 discount to its readers and friends, we look forward to seeing you there!
For more information about the course please see here
Click this link to register for the course and enter the special discount code JBMELB20100714 into the box.
Special Offer : Certified Scrum Master Class – Sydney, June 9-10 Save $100 Save $100 on our Certified Scrum Master course. Kane Mar and I will be delivered the first of our co-trained CSM classes in Sydney on June 9th and 10th.
To celebrate this ScrumMaster.com.au is offering a special $100 discount to its readers and friends.
For more information about the course please see here
Click this link to register for the course and enter the special discount code JBSYD20100609 into the box.
2010... Lots of new updates and material coming soon!Apologies: This is my first post for what looks like months and for that I have to apologise. Back in July 2009 I started working with Suncorp as an Agile Coach, coaching them through one of the biggest Agile transitions in Australia. They have in the region of 2000 people in the IT department alone! It’s been a very busy time and I have been working on some interesting projects and tasks at Suncorp, one of which was an Agile Maturity Assessment (AMA) which we performed across the whole of the IT organisation on numerous projects spanning all the vertical businesses within Suncorp such as Commercial and Personal Insurance, Corporate Systems, Infrastructure, Banking and Life and our New Zealand teams.
I plan a strong return to the website, with new and updated information, articles and other exciting material which I hope you will enjoy.
JAOO recently ran a number of conferences in Australia. They have now made the presentations freely available online for all to download.
You can find the Brisbane sessions here… http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/schedule/monday.jsp
Below is collection of agile related presentations for your viewing pleasure…
The Power of Retrospectives
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides/LindaRising_ThePowerOfRetrospectives.pdf
Scaling Scrum with feature teams
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides//BasVodde_ScalingScrum.pdf
How your choices influence your agility
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-brisbane-2009/slides/SteveHayes_HowYourChoicesInfluenceYourAgility.pdf
Lessons Learned in Programmer Testing
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides/JamesNewkirk_LessonsLearnedInProgrammerTesting.pdf
Description and Estimation How We Fool Ourselves
http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009/file?path=/jaoo-sydney-2009/slides/LindaRising_DeceptionAndEstimationHowWeFoolOurselves.pdf
Scrum Introduction : A free presentation for beginnersI have been asked a number of times for a short presentation introducing Scrum. I find it difficult to cover all the aspects of Scrum, agile and team software development in two days let alone 2 hours. So I have structured the content of the presentation around the new “Scrum Guide” published by Ken Schwaber recently. I did this to ensure that i covered the basics as Ken sees them; the roles, the flow, the theory and artefacts. I am making this freely available here and would love to hear any feedback you may have, so please use the feedback form if you have anything, good or bad to say.
Enjoy....
ScrumAlliance publish free Scrum Guide
In synchronization with the Orlando Scrum Gathering the ScrumAlliance unveiled a new look website which you can find here www.scrumalliance.org. Amongst the new content area they are now providing (called the ScrumHub) you will find a “Scrum Guide”. This is a 13 page PDF document which is free to download and is a great introduction to the roles, ceremonies and artifacts of the Scrum framework. If you are new to Scrum I suggest you spend a few minutes reading through the words that Ken (Schwaber) has put down on paper.
So head on over and check it out
5 Scrum questions to leading lights in the industry: Issue 4: Alistair Cockburn
In issue 4 of the five questions series we hear from Alistair Cockburn. Alistair is a leading agile evangelist and book author and recently presented a number of sessions at the Orlando Scrum Gathering, including the “panel of 5” open discussion with the likes of Ken Schwaber, Mike Cohn, Ron Jeffries and Jim Coplien.Alistair is currently working alongside Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland and absorbing their thoughts and ideas, some of which are un-written. Alistair is an excellent wordsmith and is hoping to articulate in more detail some of the details of Scrum and its implementation. An example of this is the term “Scrum is a mirror” which you will see Alistair refer to in his answers below. This term refers to Scrum acting as a mirror into your organisation and identifying impediments and issues that need resolutions. So without any more delay I give you Dr. Alistair Cockburn…
A big thankyou to Alistair for taking the time to respond some quickly.
Issues in the series
Issue 1: Ron Jeffries
Issue 2: Ken Schwaber
Issue 3: Mike Cohn
Issue 4: Alistair Cockburn