CSM-WSCharlestonMay2017


If you want access to PDF files of the deck we used, contact Cassandra at Cassandra.Wagner@LeanAgileTraining.com .  (Note for public readers: You must also be a CSM/CSPO we trained.)

 

Read or finish reading the following:

Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber.

http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/scrum-xp-from-the-trenches

The Scrum Guide  http://agileconsortium.pbworks.com/w/page/23740731/Scrum%20Guide

 

Again, the Scrum Guide is a key source for preparing for the CSM Test.

 

You are certainly welcome to read here (this wiki), at my blog Agile & Business (see http://www.leanagiletraining.com/blog/), and at a special Yahoo group called AgileBusiness (http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/AgileBusiness).  Please also contribute, even if only with questions.

 

And, for the next week, you are welcome to a free copy of my book, Agile Release Planning.

I will send you a link for a free copy. 

 

Also, I particularly recommend:

ScrumDevelopment (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment)

LeanDevelopment (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/leandevelopment)

The Agile Alliance https://www.agilealliance.org/agile2017/ for scheduled events.

The next ScrumGathering in the US is San Diego April 2017.

 

See Agile Info, here: http://www.leanagiletraining.com/resources.html

There is a whole LOT of info on and "beneath" this page.  It includes: books, articles, blogs, yahoo groups, "user groups", etc, etc.

 

Many of you should want to join Agile Charleston:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3912895

 

You can search for other local groups, either on LinkedIn (often) or elsewhere (Meetup, etc.).

If you want to find groups in other cities. see
http://scrumcommunity.pbworks.com/Local+Groups
http://www.meetup.com/cities/
And select a city and search on agile or scrum
https://www.linkedin.com/grp/ 
http://www.agilealliance.org/community-groups/
http://www.scrumalliance.org/community/user-groups

You may of course search the web too.  For example, some user groups may have

some sort of web presence and yet, not be listed in the above.

 

 

Here are some other useful documents:

 

Prioritizing projects.pdf

 

CSM PDU Claim Process-3.pdf

 

Scrum-checklist-prio1.pdf

 

Joe's Unofficial Scrum Checklist

 

Favorite Scrum Mistakes

 

A list summarizing Scrum   This list is useful as a review. And maybe useful as a starting point for defining Scrum or Agile for your group.

 

Joe'sSimpleScrumTool3.xls

 

Agile 2010 Scrum excel spreadsheet:

ScrumExcelSpreadsheet20100124.xlsx 

 

Suggestions: 

We place the highest value on taking action and getting real results.

Put what you think you know into action.  Now.

Find out what you don't know as well as what you thought you did. 

Find out what you need to know the most. Now.

Learn more (for a bit). Act more.

Learn-Act.  Get into a tight cycle.  Like a PDCA cycle.

 

We want you to pursue this with perseverance and aggressiveness, at the same time with patience.