AgileDigm, Incorporated Calendar of Public Events and Training Courses

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Calendar of Public Events and Training Courses

June 1, 2010 - Kent A. Johnson is the featured speaker at Geek Night in Zurich, Switzerland, hosted by Trifork the Swiss Division. Kent's presentation is entitled; "Disciplined Scrum - What's in it for me?" Abstract: Some may be surprised to see the words “disciplined” and “Scrum” used together, but over the nearly 10 years since the Agile Manifesto was signed, we have seen a real connection. We continue to see a wide range of results from some organizations reporting an improvement of 35% to others reporting an improvement of 400%. We consider this range to go from ScrumBut to Hyperproductive Scrum. The key difference in the organizations with these levels of improvement is discipline. Depending on your experience and role you may have questions: If you are new to Agile, you might ask: Does this really work? If you have been doing Agile for years, you might ask: How can I do this better? If you are a developer, you might ask: How do I convince my boss to do Agile? If you are the boss, you might ask: How do I convince my customer to do Agile? In this talk, I describe what we mean by these concepts and how they can work for you, your team, and your organization. I also answer the questions above and questions from the audience. For more information click the "TRIFORK" box to the right
June 2, 2010 - Kent A. Johnson is the featured speaker at the Scrum Breakfast in Zurich, Switzerland, hosted by Fachgruppe Lean, Agile & Scrum SwissICT. Kent's presentation is entitled; "Scrum + CMMI^®" Abstract: Scrum and CMMI are often considered at odds with each other. What does each approach bring to the table? Scrum promotes the idea of focusing on the most important product issues first and supports frequent communication. CMMI is a reference model that helps organizations to improve their performance. CMMI brings a structure that promotes consistency and discipline to avoid waste and rework. So, why should we try to combine both approaches? Is this combination a good idea? Scrum is a systematic, repeatable way of doing things - important for CMMI. A good Scrum implementation supports areas important to a good CMMI implementation, including project management, engineering, organizational change, code review, continuous integration, and automated testing in the build process. In this talk I describe work that I have done with organizations around the world and with Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum. In these activities, we have identified a number of organizational impediments to really good Scrum and hyperproductive Scrum. Key impediments identified include training, defining READY, defining DONE, and implementing good engineering practices. We developed this course to address these impediments. In addition, I discuss some key problems with CMMI including processes being too heavy. It is really fun and exciting when an organization reaches the correct balance of agility and discipline. For more information click the "scrum breakfast" box to the right
June 15-16, 2010 Using Agile with CMMI^® to get Effective and Efficient Processes Taught by Kent A. Johnson in London, UK The primary goal of this interactive 2 day seminar is to help organizations get the most out of using Agile Methods together with CMMI. Agile Methods and CMMI are often perceived to be at odds with each other. However, some organizations have benefited from combining these approaches and have demonstrated a synergy from using Agile Methods with CMMI. Not all organizations have been successful with either CMMI or Agile Methods. In this seminar, we present “Agile attributes” and what they bring to a CMMI Implementation, “CMMI attributes” and what they bring to Agile Methods, and the implications of Agile Methods on SCAMPI Appraisals. Real-world experiences from CMMI Maturity Level 2 through 5 organizations are shared in the form of success stories, failures, and root causes. Interactive exercises are used to reinforce the concepts presented and to relate the concepts to your business objectives. This seminar can be customized to the organization’s current situation and to the time constraints of the audience. For more information click the "Unicom in partnership ..." box to the right
July 19-21, 2010 Certified ScrumMaster with emphasis on CMMI® Taught by Jeff Sutherland and Kent A. Johnson in Boston, United States The first two days of the course, led by Jeff Sutherland, are a standard Certified ScrumMaster course. An optional third day at no additional charge, led by Kent A. Johnson, helps ScrumMasters obtain the knowledge to effectively use Scrum with CMMI. Participants may attend either the CSM course, the CMMI course, or all three days. This course is sponsored by the Scrum Training Institute and will be taught by Jeff Sutherland, Co-Creator of Scrum and Kent A Johnson, SEI-certified SCAMPI Lead Appraiser, an SEI-certified SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser, an SEI-certified CMMI® instructor, and a Certified ScrumMaster. For more information click the "Scrum Training Institute" box to the right

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