Certified Scrum Masters (CSMs) can be found in abundance in many cities, as Scrum training courses and CSM certification have been successfully deployed to the community over the past several years. Early on, having a CSM was a mark of distinction for those who hold it, marking them as experts in the use of Scrum. More recently, however, businesses have expressed concerns that the Scrum training, while useful, is incomplete; for example, Scrum does not address important issues such as testing/quality. Business recently has been seeking something else that can show that a CSM has a more rounded education in how Scrum works in the real world, such as in large organizations where governance, metrics, and enterprise standards have a larger influence on a Scrum project.
This 1-day course upgrades existing CSMs with the additional project management training they need to know how to manage Scrum projects in complex organizational environments. The course bridges the gap between standard CSM training and the full 3-day agile project management training required by the Project Management Association of Canada to write its Certified Agile Project Manager (Cert.APM) exam. This course has been accredited by the PMAC (a process involving independent practitioner and academic reviews) as meeting its standards and (along with the CSM certification) fulfilling the education requirements to write the Cert.APM exam.
This course session is being held in conjunction with the 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Project Management Association of Canada. Participants will gain free admission to the event on Sunday, December 11th (the day after the course) where they will have the opportunity to write the Cert.APM exam. The certification exam fee is $100 and can be paid via cheque or cash at the time of the examination. The exam fee includes a complimentary 6-month membership in the PMAC.
$495 per attendee (plus G.S.T. for Canadian residents). Early birds who register by 31 October 2010 will receive a $100 discount. Those wishing to write the Cert.APM exam after attending this course will also have to pay an additional $100 exam fee to the PMAC.
PLUS: All attendees will receive an in-class workbook containing copies of the presentation materials. Included in the workbook are a CD-ROM and one DVD. The CD-ROM contains the Agile Estimating and Planning Resource Kit with sample templates in MS Excel and MS Project formats plus the Agile Auction Game files (retails for $49.95 USD). The DVD contains the video Scrum in Under 10 Minutes - an excellent introduction for your project teams. Each student will also receive a copy of the best-selling book Managing Agile Projects, edited by Kevin Aguanno (retails for $39.95 USD). These bonus materials are a $100.00 value!
Credit:
And that's not all...
Project Management Professionals (PMPs) will be eligible for 7 PDUs for attending this event. Record your PDUs under Category 4.
Date/Time:
December 10, 2010 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm EST (GMT-5h).
Location:
The course will be held in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Logistics:
Registrants will receive a confirmation email once their payment has been processed. Closer to the date of the teleconference, another email will be sent with details including directions to the venue and hotel booking information.
About the Instructor:
Kevin Aguanno, B.A., PMP, IPMA-B, MAPM
With over 20 years of managing complex systems integration and software development projects, Kevin Aguanno is known in the industry for his innovative approaches to solving common project management problems.
As a well-known keynote speaker, trainer, and coach in agile management methods, Aguanno has taught thousands of people how to better manage high-change projects by using techniques from Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature-Driven Development, and other agile methods. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and private corporate events where he delights audiences with practical advice peppered with fascinating stories from his own experiences in the trenches practicing agile project management.
He has taught for several years at the University of Toronto where he won the coveted SCS Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a regular guest lecturer in software engineering and project management classes at several other universities.
He is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and his competency is certified by IBM as a Certified Executive Project Manager and by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) as a Senior Project Manager (IPMA Level B).
Kevin Aguanno is the author of over twenty books, audiobooks, and DVDs on project management and agility, in addition to a number of articles published in magazines and journals worldwide.
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