Upcoming Events:
Feb 17, San Francisco, CA
PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Dinner Meeting
Chris Sims will be the February guest speaker for the San Francisco Bay Area PMI's monthly meeting on the topic: An Agile Introduction - The Power of Incremental Delivery.
February 24, San Mateo, CA
Agile Managers Support Group: New Location
This month's meeting will include a brief presentation and ice-breaker exercise from our repertroire of Agile learning games, followed by the usual group discussion. Join the meetup group here to be notified of the new location. There is no such thing as free beer, but there will be free pizza, and we'll be raffling off a JetBrains license.
Feb 26, San Francisco, CA
Exploring the Agile Way: A PMI Open Space
Chris Sims and Ainsley Nies will be facilitating this day-long Open Space "un-conference". Register by February 16th for earlybird pricing.
April 10-11, Redwood City, CA
Certified ScrumMaster Training with Jeff McKenna and Chris Sims
Join Chris and Scrum co-founder Jeff McKenna for an interactive weekend course leading to ScrumMaster certification by the Scrum Alliance.
Future CSM Dates:
June 26-26
September 11-12
December 4-5
Agile Project Management
On a software project, uncertainty is certain. The customer will change their mind, a 'must have' feature will be discovered, deadlines will move, or an unexpected competitive threat will need to be countered. The agile approach to project management allows the team to easily adjust to these changing conditions in order to produce the most valuable software possible.
This workshop teaches the fundamentals of agile project management, and is recommended for everyone who will be involved in an agile project. We will explore the key roles, responsibilities, interactions, and processes that make a successful agile project happen.
Participants will learn:
- Estimation
- Release planning
- Prioritization
- The rhythm of iterative development and delivery
- The flow of deliverables
- Roles and responsibilities
- Communication on an agile team
- Empirical process control
- Agile metrics
- Simple tools for managing agile projects
The workshop focuses on practical 'how to' skill development, while providing enough theory so that participants will understand why the techniques work. Interactive exercises allow participants to learn by doing. Class notes, suggestions for further reading, and 2 hours of free follow-on consulting are all included to ensure that the workshop's lessons can be effectively applied back in the 'real world'.
Comments From Past Participants
Great class! Fabulous instructor!
Anonymous Evaluation
Public Worskhop in San Francisco, 2009
I enjoyed this, the exercises brought agile to life.
Anonymous Evaluation
Software Process Symposium, 2008
