Orlando Scrum Gathering and CSD
It’s March 5th, 2010 and a new Scrum Gathering is about to start. I find myself on the way to the Orlando Scrum Gathering to meet with my peers in the community. I am excited for this trip because of all the work being invested in a Certified Scrum Developer program.
The program is off to a great start and seems to be generating the right kind of focus. If the CSD Program can bring or highlight the skills that both developers need to write better code and management needs to lead complex development effectively then it is doing the right thing.
Each certification program from the Scrum Alliance comes with it’s own challenges and risks. Sometimes it appears to be just a stamp that says you know something. Right now it does behave that way but, it also continues to bring a focus on what is really helping companies develop better products by humanizing the process. The days of classic command as control paradigms are being replaced with smart adaptive strategies that enable the discovery of real solutions to challenging problems. I am optimistic that the Certified Scrum Developer program will be a success and see a major boost this year from the Scrum Gathering conference.
I am excited by the gathering because I get to interact with my peers. They always challenge me and teach me. The Scrum Alliance has been a great place for growing a community deeply passionate about applied agile practice and growing many new thought leaders in agile.
Hope to see you there this year or next.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:49 am
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March 12th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Opening purse strings? That cannot be avoided in a market driven economy. I see little choice but to have an economic driver somewhere so that people pay attention. The fact is your blog supports your economic motives. As does my comments right now! That is the world we live in.
However, the thought of a strongly central model that creates a “good ol’boys club” or something similar troubles me. As a CST I love the Scrum Alliance and what it is trying to do. As a community member I have my eye on it because of all the money and “big wheels” that are now looking to get in on something. It used to be a group of trainers that banded together to say something strongly with one voice. The trainer voice is still there and strong.
Our broader community: there is very little cohesive focused thought that is being generated in other parts of the community. Mostly just isolated blog voices (thought leaders like your voice Cory) hopefully we will continue to find better ways to represent and participate in building better teams that make better products. The ideas for agile software development have been around for 40 years to forever depending on how you dice the philosophy. Despite the efforts of the past we continue to see large amounts of horrible practice. From my view the Scrum Alliance community has improved focus on practices that work and shifted things for the better. It remains my hope the CSD will do the same.
In my class I tell folks…..
2 days for Certified ScrumMaster
2 years to life for Mastery of Scrum (agile or whatever)
Take your time it is deceptively simple, all good practices are
I believe the CSD program is a good thing and has the right focus for now. I am not sure where the CSD program will wobble through time so it needs to be watched.