April 14 to 15: Scrum Master Certification course

[Rocky Teodoro]

Take part in the country’s first Scrum Master Certification Course, organized by Agile Philippines.

Scrum is an Agile software development methodology that deals with how projects are organized and planned. As many Western companies have found out, with Scrum, you can:
• improve your ability to respond quickly to market and customer needs
• cut down on your team’s inefficiency,
• develop more productive and happier employees

Who will be teaching the course?
Dutch Agile expert Bas Vodde, one of the authors of "Scaling Agile and Lean Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum" and "Practices for Large-Scale Agile and Lean Development" together with Craig Larman.

Where and when will it take place?
The Boardroom of the Dusit Hotel, Makati
April 14 to 15, 2009

How much will it cost?
Enrolment in the course costs PHP 50,000, inclusive of course materials, as well as lunch and snacks. Attendees who complete the course will receive an official certificate labeling them as Certified Scrum Masters (CSMs), and will be listed on the CSM registry of the Scrum Alliance, an organization of internationally recognized Scrum experts.

You can find out more about the Scrum Master Certification course at www.agile.ph. For inquiries and reservations, please e-mail [e-mail] or call 8920419.

[Janette Toral]

Hi Rocky. Thanks for sharing this. Just posted this in my blog. Are there a lot of opportunities for Scrum Masters?

[Rocky Teodoro]

Hi Janette. There are already a couple of local companies who are employing Agile practices. A lot of Western companies use Scrum and Agile, and with software development outsourcing still going strong despite the economic crisis, many of them will prefer IT professionals with Scrum experience.

Aside from this, many big companies have found Scrum to be the most effective and efficient way of managing different projects: Microsoft, Google, IBM, Siemens, Nokia, Accenture, and Yahoo, to name a few.

[Andrea]

Thanks so much for sharing...

Wow..