CSM-WS Norfolk Aug 2011


If you want access to PDF files of the deck 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://www.scrum.org/scrumguides/

 

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

 

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://agile2011.agilealliance.org/)

The next ScrumGathering in Seattle.

 

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.

I am not aware of a local Agile group in Norfolk.  You should start one; we will help.

 

If you want to look at other groups, see:

http://scrumcommunity.pbworks.com/Local+Groups

 

Here are some other useful documents:

Scrum-checklist-prio1.pdf

 

Prioritizing projects.pdf

 

Generic Iteration Backlog2.xls 

 

PDU Process2.pdf

 

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 you thought you did. 

Find out what you need to know the most. 

Learn more (for a bit). Act more.

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

 

Good luck!

 

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