"The class itself was all it was cracked up to be: an interactive session of give and take between the instructors and students with a lot of hands-on exercises that kept the pace moving..."

- SF Bay PMI Newsletter

Upcoming Events:

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.

One and Two-Day Workshops

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.
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This two-day experiential workshop will equip you with tools to understand who your users are, what they do, what they need, and how your product can deliver maximum value to them. You will be ready to provide product leadership to your development team, at agile speed.
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This two-day experiential workshop with Scrum co-founder Jeff McKenna and Chris Sims leads to ScrumMaster certification through the Scrum Alliance, and is worth 14 PDUs through the Project Management Institute.
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This two-day experiential workshop with Scrum co-founder Jeff McKenna and Agile Learning Labs' Chris Sims will equip you with tools to tackle the formidable but rewarding role of Product Owner. You'll gain real practice in class through hands-on exercises, project simulations and live demonstrations. Our goal is that you leave class with a sense that you have not only grasped the concepts, but that you have now "done" it.
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This presentation explains the benefits of adopting agile development methods, in terms that a businessperson will understand and value: the top line, the bottom line, ROI, risk, and cash flow. This overview is perfect for business leaders who want to know what agile is about. It is also ideal for those who need to convey the benefits of agile methods to the business leaders of their organizations.
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This customizable, three or four-day workshop is designed to get your team up and running with Scrum quickly. Experiential exercises introduce participants to the key roles, responsibilities, interactions, tools, and processes of Scrum. These exercises are then extended to include the real data from the team's project. This workshop is far more effective than off-the-self training courses, because the team learns by using Scrum on their real project during the workshop.
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Customized Training

Whether you are new to Agile or looking to take your Agile practice to the next level, we are happy to create a workshop that addresses your specific needs. Your place our ours. Contact us and let's talk about your situation and goals.

Short Subjects

Here is a sampling of the shorter workshops and presentations that you could have delivered at your conference, brown-bag, or professional group meeting.