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 month, you are welcome to a free copy of my book, Joe's Agile Release Planning. I sent you an email with the URL. 

Tell me or Cassandra is you need the link again.

We also particularly recommend:

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

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

The Agile2014 Conference http://agile2014.agilealliance.org/ in August.

The next ScrumGathering is in New Orleans.

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.

Local Groups: You should join a "local" group.  I really recommend this.  It is an excellent way to learn.

You should be aware of Agile-Carolinas in Charlotte.

http://agile-carolinas.pbworks.com/w/page/61205612/Engaging%20with%20Agile-Carolinas

And Linked-In groups:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1617327

And there are other related groups in Charlotte.

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

http://www.meetup.com/cities/us/nc/charlotte/

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 

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