If you want access to PDF files of the decks we used, contact Julia at Julia.Hill@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://wiki.kittyhawkconsulting.com/Scrum-Guide

Again, the Scrum Guide is the main source for questions on the CSM Evaluation.

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

We also particularly recommend:

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

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

The Agile20xx Conference (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/)

The next ScrumGathering in North America. Expect it in 2011.

See Agile Info, here: http://leanagiletraining.com/AgileInfo/Agile%20Info.htm

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

Local Groups: You should join a "local" group. Or start a local group or an "industry" group.

You should be aware of:

Agile Carolinas: http://agile-carolinas.pbworks.com/

And there are other related groups in Charlotte area.

If you want to look at other groups, see: