March 13, Sunnyvale, CA
P-Camp '10
Join Chris and Steve this Saturday at P-Camp, an all-day unconference for
Product Managers and Product Marketers. It's free, and although advance
registration is full, this year you can register on-site the day of the
event, so come on down!
March 17, San Mateo, CA
Agile Managers Support Group
The March meeting, to be held at the Belmont/San Mateo Round Table Pizza. Chris Sims will demonstrate The Team Estimation Game, which offers an interactive way for teams to quickly estimate user stories, without getting bogged down by numbers. There is no such thing as free beer, but there will be free pizza, and we'll be raffling off a JetBrains license.
March 23, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Agile Meetup
Chris and Steve will be presenting to the San Francisco Agile Meetup group on the theme of retrospectives, demonstrating through interactive exercises why the retrospective might just be the single most effective item in the agilist's toolbox. This group gets a lively turnout, so RSVP early!
March 31, Milpitas, CA
Silicon Valley SPIN
Chris will be putting his interactive spin on the basics of agile estimation at the March meeting of the Silicon Valley Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN).
April 8, Oakland, CA
East Bay Agile Managers Support Group
Join David Chilcott for the April meeting of the East Bay Agile Manager's Support Group. Bring your issues and concerns and get advice from your peers on how to make Agile work in your organization. RSVP and get directions here. As usual, we'll be raffling off a JetBrains license.
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 26-27
September 11-12
December 4-5
April 12, Redwood Shores, CA
Welcoming Changing Requirements
Steve Bockman and Chris Sims will lead this 2 hour breakfast workshop at Hobee's Restaurant in Redwood Shores. Earn 2 PDUs and learn how to apply the 2nd principle of the Agile Manifesto to your software project.
April 15, Palo Alto, CA
SD Forum Engineering Leadership SIG
Our partner in agility, Ron Lichty, is hosting, and Chris will be participating in, a panel on the evolving role of the manager in an Agile framework.
April 24-25, Redwood City, CA
NEW WORKSHOP: Certified Scrum Product Owner with Jeff McKenna and Chris Sims
Chris Sims & Jeff McKenna will be teaming up again on this course leading to Scrum Product Owner certification by the Scrum Alliance.
April 28, San Mateo, CA
Agile Managers Support Group
Support Group members suggested the theme for the April meeting: Scrum vs. Extreme Programming. The event will again be held at the Belmont/San Mateo Round Table Pizza, and we'll be raffling off a JetBrains license.