CONSCIRES AGILE PRACTICES

This 1-day course teaches the principles and practices that make Scrum effective at managing projects.The course itself uses the principles of Scrum, where the learning outcome is driven by the needs of the participants through a combination of expert instruction and self-directed learning. Opportunities to reflect and adapt the direction of the course are offered at regular intervals.At the end of the training the participants will have the confidence and understanding to begin to socialize Scrum at their own organization and support teams in improving their processes.

You’ve been hearing the lingo – Timeboxing, Product Backlog Grooming, Retrospectives – the list goes on…but what do these ideas really mean and why do they matter to you?

If you haven’t had the time or the inclination to commit to a basic introduction to Agile and Scrum, this introductory class will give you a brief look into the mechanics, roles, and principles of product development using Scrum.

Come prepared to participate and interact with the central concepts of Scrum including theprinciples behind Agile product development, prioritization, running a sprint, scrum artifacts, and communication and transparency in Agile organizations.

The following elements will be covered during the one day course

* Scrum in Practice: the course is designed to illustrate Scrum in action.

* Understanding of the Agile Manifesto and what it means to them.

* Essence of Scrum: values, foundations and a new way of thinking.

* Understanding how Scrum values and foundations are related to the practices.

* Get a sense of what self-organization is (and is not).

* Can draw a diagram of mechanics of Scrum: framework, roles, artifacts & flow.

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 improve their business outcomes, any member of Team or the organization who is interested in how to use Scrum would find this class useful.

Typical attendees in the past have been managers, business analysts, architects, directors and other roles that support product development and the business.

About your Instructor:

Bachan Anand is an Agile Coach and the founder of Conscires Agile Practices. He brings the vision to support others building successful organizations through the empowerment of people and lightweight processes. Bachan's Profile Recommendation by Daniel Hirschlein,Senior Programmer/Analyst at Grow Financial Federal Credit Union Daniel Hirschlein , says... “I attended Bachan\'s Agile/Scrum Project Management Workshop. Bachan is very knowledgeable about Agile Project Management and did a great job at explaining the details of Scrum. Bachan combines theory and practical application using a variety of techniques during the workshop to such as individual and group activities, brainstorming, and instructor-led training. I highly recommend Bachan\'s Workshop for anyone in the IT Project Susan Kuehn, MBA PMP Susan Kuehn , says... ““Before attending the seminar I thought I understood Scrum but I was wrong. Bachan took us thru the methodology and more important took a deep dive into the roles and responsibilities involved with Scrum. This truly was valuable for me as I had a very vague understanding of the Scrum Masters and Product Owners true roles. Excellent experience I highly recommend attending to anyone who is considering Agile and Scrum for their busin Recommendation by Hemant Patel\'s Profile, Project Management Consultant,Tampa,FL \"Agile is being adopted widely now than ever before. It behooves all project professionals to learn and practice the principles of this methodology. Bachan has put together a very worthwhile course which provides a superb introduction to Agile from soup to nuts. His delivery style is perfect and the exercises were very relevant. I recommend Bachan\'s work to anyone without hesitation....\"

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Agile? Scrum? Why are they important to me?

Agile and Scrum are gaining widespread acceptance in the software community, for their capability in handling uncertainties during project development. Software development lifecycle involves constantly changing priorities and unpredictable variants that can be well contained and managed using Agile principles.

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We regularly conduct online trainings and webinars on different topics related to Scrum. If you are interested, please check this link and register for the program of your choice: http://agile.conscires.com/event-schedule/. If you wish to register for some of our other trainings, you could check this link: http://agile.conscires.com/csm-training/

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