Pay It Forward “Scrum – Values, Foundations, and Practices” in Boston, MA- 8 PDUs (May 3, 2013)
When: May 3 , 2013 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM,
Where: Midtown Hotel
220 Huntington Ave
Boston , MA 02115
Instructor: Savvy Katham
Course Outline
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.
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.
About your Instructor:
Savvy Katham is an experienced IT professional and an Agile evangelist. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). She has successfully rolled out many projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. She is an active volunteer for PMI Agile Community of Practice and other Agile based communities.
She is a mentor on Agile implementations and is passionate about spreading Agile/Scrum thru training, coaching and mentoring.
Agile and Scrum have changed our world of work from a dull, mechanical one to a vibrant, thriving and joyous one. We wish to spread the awareness and invite others to the world of Agile and Scrum, to share the knowledge, through our training sessions. For anyone in transition, we offer the option of donation. “Paying it forward – Donation only” is our way of giving back to the community.