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Joe Little Paris CSM Course + 2-day Workshop

Joe Little and Catherine Louis are leading a Certified ScrumMaster course + Workshop . Paris, France. April 13-16, 2010.
On April 13-16, 2010 Joe Little will lead a Certified ScrumMaster course in Paris, France.  And Catherine Louis will co-teach (Catherine also speaks French).  Course in English.

Joe is an experienced Agile coach, with in-depth practical experience in helping teams become very productive with Scrum and Agile. He co-teaches these courses with Jeff Sutherland, who co-created Scrum. Joe's blog is Agile & Business, here.  Catherine Louis is an experienced Agile coach and a former top agile transformation manager in a large global firm. She has 20+ years in telecom.

To register for the 4 days you may pay with many methods, including the PayPal (EUR) and Google Checkout (USD) buttons below. (You may also register for just the 2 day CSM.  Please contact us for a reduced fee.)
If you have problems with your credit card, please immediately call the phone number on the back of your card and discuss it with the card issuer.  If they don't resolve the problem promptly, please contact Julia Hill immediately.  She can also help you with alternate payment arrangements.

Workshop: This event include both the 2-day CSM course and a 2-day Workshop.  In the Workshop, you will work in teams under guidance to do Release Planning, some version of Sprint Planning and other key start-up activities.  With "live ammunition", so to speak.

Course Location:
Holiday Inn Paris-Velizy
22, Avenue de l'Europe
Paris 78142
33-1-3946-9698

(click on the link above for information)

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Contact: Julia Hill if you have questions. More details and a link to register are below.

Summary of the Course

Through a combination of immersive team-based learning, exercises, and real-world case studies, you will learn:

  • To plan, initiate and lead a Scrum project
  • To establish a shared vision for the entire team
  • To generate an agile release plan utilizing user stories and story point estimation
  • To lead your Scrum team through planning, review, and retrospective sessions
  • To create an environment in which self-managing teams can flourish
  • To identify and remove impediments
  • To identify, engage and involve business stakeholders in your project
  • How to take most existing teams to the next level
  • Practical suggestions purchased expensively from the school of hard knocks

ScrumMaster training provides an applied understanding of the Scrum process and helps participants begin to develop the tools, insights, and skills required to apply Scrum on their projects and across their organizations.

Additional Information:
The course will run from 9am-5pm each day. A continental breakfast, breaks and lunch will be provided.

Following the course, each participant is enrolled as a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.

Who Should Attend

This course is for all people interested in Scrum and Agile.  It was originally created to train ScrumMasters, but is now used to train teams and to train the managers around teams.  It is particularly useful if a whole team (or team group) takes the course together.  In any case, all team roles (programmer, tester, analyst, Product Owner, ScrumMaster, etc) and managers and other interested parties can attend.  For example, CEOs have attended with benefit. While it is a beginner level course, this course includes the practical knowledge to immediately start doing Scrum with a team.   You will also learn not just the how, but also the why. This course is immersive and intensive, including practical, hands-on exercises and small-group discussions.

PMPs: You can receive 28 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for this course and workshop.

Course Material

Participants will receive a copy of the slide deck (not books) at the course. The CSM course was formulated to train and certify ScrumMasters and is used worldwide for ScrumMaster training. In addition, participants should obtain (at their own expense) Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber, which is required reading for the course. You may also wish to obtain the primary Scrum book, Agile Software Development with SCRUM by Schwaber and Beedle, on which the course is based.

Of course, there will be updated material and training exercises in the course which you cannot get from books. The entire syllabus can be available for your review upon registering for the course so you can look it over and bring it with you to the sessions.

Registration and Fees
The course fee for the 4 days is 1,800 . There is a discount for groups of 3 or more.  There is a reduced fee of €1,200 if you only want the 2-day CSM course.

Once you pay, you become registered. There are many payment methods, including USD check, wire transfer, etc, etc. If your firm needs an invoice, we can generate those as well. You are not fully registered until we receive payment. Contact us if you have a group. Please contact Julia Hill for details or with questions.

Refund policy
90% of the course fee will be refunded for cancellations more that 7 days in advance of the course. No refunds will be provided for cancellations within a week of the course.

To Register
For convenience you may pay via the Paypal (EUR) or the Google Checkout button (USD) below.  For questions or alternate payment methods, send an email to: Julia Hill.  We can send you a receipt.  All payments must be received before the course starts.