If you want access to PDF files of the deck we used, please 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 to get it for free.
We also particularly recommend:
ScrumDevelopment (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment)
LeanDevelopment (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/leandevelopment)
The Agile2015 Conference http://agile2015.agilealliance.org/ in August.
The next ScrumGathering is in Phoenix next May.
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. Or start a local group or an "industry" group.
You should be aware of Agile Toronto group - http://www.meetup.com/Agile-Toronto-East
or Toronto Agile Community http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/display/PUBLIC/Home
or Toronto Agile Support Group http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4607785&trk=anet_ug_hm
Scrum Canada in LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1441047&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
Here are some other useful documents:
Joe's Unofficial Scrum Checklist
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.
Agile 2010 Scrum excel spreadsheet:
ScrumExcelSpreadsheet20100124.xlsx
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