By the time people are more concerned about the exam or assessment they have stopped thinking critically and are just cramming more factoids in their heads. As adults we typically have more than enough information crammed in our heads. The question becomes “Can we make better use of what we already know or have experienced?”
VersionOne was kind enough to invite me as a presenter to a small conference event in Austin on December 7th 2009. The Austine keynote went well and I was lucky enough to be ranked as the best presenter at the event. There were 90+ people in attendance and 78 people filled in an evaluation.
You don’t have to be an expert to contribute something at IDSGE. Skills you bring may include: interaction design, product management, group facilitation, game design, usability evaluation, play testing, and a sense of fun.
There are an increased number of posts about agile adoption not working out for some folks in larger companies. As the numbers of scrum / agile implemenations sky roket so too will the number of stories where agile is not succeeding.
Watch the first Livestream presentation today on Scrum product development channel.
It is my experience that these groups are driven by people who are not use to some necessary deliberate (self included) structure.
…. structures help groups sustain their existence.
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Scrum is framework for managing complex product development. It is a management wrapper around that can be used for developing any product or managing any work. With Scrum, teams can regularly deliver a potentially shippable (releasable) set of functionality every sprint (iteration). Scrum uses a strategy of iterative and incremental delivery to provide the [...]
The Scrum Alliance is rolling out a new Scrum certification exam. As a Certified Scrum Trainer. I had the opportunity to proctor the exam. After delivering my first Kansas City CSM class 5 of my students elected to stay late and take the exam with me.
I have mixed feelings about the exam. Will it be [...]
Just recently I setup an account on Twitter, called Scrum_Coach. I’m not sure how this tool will work out or really it’s overall purpose in establishing and building a professional image around. I will be using this image for the things I do related to agile and scrum as a coach.
