EXPIRED: Certified Scrum Master Course Toronto + Workshop
Dates: Dec 06 - 08, 2016
Location: Montreal, QC
Course Location:
Marriott Chateau Champlain
1050 de la Gauchetiere West
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 4C9
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EXPIRED: Certified Scrum Master Course Toronto + Workshop

Montreal, QC:  Certified Scrum Toronto

Our Certified Scrum Toronto and Agile Release Planning Workshop approach is unique. Unlike others, we offer a two-day interactive CSM (Scrum Master Course Toronto) plus a one-day Agile Release Planning Workshop.

The CSM Montreal course gives you an applied understanding of the Scrum process and will help you develop the tools, attitudes and skills required to apply Scrum on your projects and across your organization. The ARP Workshop allows you to take real work and do Agile Release Planning with in Agile Scrum Master Certification. It is highly recommended by attendees.

The course covers the basics of Scrum and several advanced topics, so that you will have the knowledge, the interest and the motivation to use these ideas more effectively. You will have enough knowledge and skill to get started with Scrum and be more successful in Scrum Course Toronto.

Upon completion of the course and the Scrum Workshop Toronto, you will receive 22 SEUs (Scrum Educational Units) toward the requirements of the CSP (Certified Scrum Professional) and 22 PDUs toward PMI requirements. (Or 15 SEUs and 15 PDUs if you only take the CSM course.)

In addition to the course/workshop, you receive:

  • Recognition by the Scrum Alliance as a Certified Scrum Master Toronto
  • A two-year membership in Scrum Alliance
  • A printed copy of the course materials (and a softcopy)
  • Fibonacci estimating cards, for use in estimating with your team
  • Other Scrum-related materials
  • SEUs and PDUs as described above
  • A copy of our e-book on Agile Release Planning

Note: To become an official Scrum Master Course Toronto, you must satisfactorily complete the course and the CSM Test. The CSM Test is later, online, and takes about one hour.

Samples of What You Will Learn:

  • Practical, project-proven practices
  • The essentials of getting a project off on the right foot
  • How to write user stories for the Product Backlog
  • How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
  • The basics of scaling Scrum, perhaps to large, multi-continent project team
  • Tips and tricks from the instructor’s ten years of using Scrum in a wide variety of environments

The Agile Release Planning Workshop:

  • Unlike others, we always combine a one-day Agile Release Planning Workshop with the course.
  • The workshop takes the real work of the identified Product Owner at each table, and we do the Agile Release Planning for that work (project) in Scrum Course Toronto.
  • It is an excellent way to take the ideas of the Certified Scrum Toronto and make them practical. It builds the initial Product Backlog. It gets you and your team ready to start on Monday.
  • You may take the Scrum Master Course Toronto only, but be aware that attendees strongly recommend the ARP Workshop.
  • You may also take the Agile Release Planning Workshop by itself in Scrum Course Toronto. For example, you may wish to take just the ARP Workshop with your whole team later.

The Trainer:

  • Joe Little, an experienced Agile coach and Scrum Trainer (CST), will lead this Scrum Course Toronto.
  • Joe has co-trained eight times with Jeff Sutherland (one of the co-creators of Scrum), and we believe you get more ‘real Scrum’ because of this experience.
  • Joe has an MBA and 20+ years of senior level Big 6 and related consulting experience in Certified Scrum Toronto
  • Joe has in-depth practical experience in helping teams become very productive with Scrum and Agile.
  • He often co-teaches these courses with other great Scrum trainers. Take a look at Joe’s blog, Agile & Business.
  • Joe is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) associated with Scrum Alliance.

You may want to learn about our Referral Program and about our Refresher Program.

The content of the course and workshop are described more fully here.

Prerequisites:

  • Read the Scrum Guide by Sutherland and Schwaber. (About 17 pages)
  • Read one of Ken Schwaber’s or Jeff Sutherland’s books. We recommend for beginners: “Agile Project Management with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber or “Scrum” by Jeff Sutherland. They are available in Kindle versions, if that interests you. Some libraries have them.

This website (and especially the blog) has lots of other information that may be helpful to you.

Registration and Fees:

  • Early bird price for the two-day CSM Course and one-day ARP Workshop is $1,650.  The normal price is $1,750.
  • Early bird price for the two-day CSM Course is $1,300. The normal price is $1,400. We may change from early bird pricing to normal pricing at any time. If you need us to hold a price for you for a couple of days, e.g., to get approval, please contact us and we probably can do that.
  • If you are a member of a local Agile or PMI group, you can get a $100 reduction in these fees.
  • Alternately, there is a 10% discount for any group of three or more.
  • In addition, there is a 3% discount off the net due if you pay with cash (e.g., at the beginning of the course). To receive the cash discount, you must make a $100 non-refundable deposit (which normally is just a pre-payment) before the course starts. The deposit will be lost (due to hotel costs) if you do not come to the course for any reason.

The fee also covers food and beverage at the Certified Scrum Toronto (typically, a continental breakfast, AM break, lunch and a PM break). The course fee also covers the cost of the CSM Test.

Please register using the ‘Register Now’ button (above right). If you want to register multiple people, please send us an email with their names and email addresses to info@leanagiletraining.com.

You may also contact our office and we can discuss other payment methods, receipts, invoices, etc. Payment methods include USD check, money transfer, credit card, PayPal, over-the-phone (CC), cash, etc. All payments should be received before the course starts. Once we receive payment you will be registered.

The course date may be changed up until 16 days prior to the start date. We will advise you.

Refund Policy & Other Information of Scrum Master Course Toronto:

If for any reason you cannot make a Scrum Course Toronto, you may send another person in your place for free, and you must identify that person before the course starts. Or, you may move to another date for the same course for free, so long as you do this eight days before the course starts. Also, we only allow one change in date for free (additional changes will incur a 20% fee). If you want to change seven or fewer days before the course, there will be a 20% fee.

If you must completely cancel, 100% of the course fee will be refunded if you cancel more than 16 days in advance of the course. A 30% cancellation fee will be charged for refunds requested 16 or fewer days before the course start date.