Hilton Garden Inn, Beaverton

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Training gives you all the tools and information you need to effectively apply Agile Scrum Project Management principles to your project or program.

Students will learn how to:

* Maintain and use a burndown chart
* Manage Product Backlogs
* Plan Releases and Iterations (Sprints)
* Conduct Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews & Retrospective meetings
* Track and Report progress
* Effectively apply the principles of the Agile Manifesto

This is an introductory course. Participants should come prepared with basic knowledge of the Scrum framework. Proactive students are encouraged to read the Agile Manifesto & Principles (www. agilemanifesto.org and www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html), and one of the following:

* Agile Software Development with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle
* Agile Project Management with Scrum, by Ken Schwaber

Register and learn more: http://oregontrainingnetwork.com/training-topics/agile-scrum-master/

Scrum increases the emphasis on assessing and driving business value through close collaboration with the delivery team. The Scrum Product Owner establishes the interaction between the business and the delivery team that is so essential to increasing productivity within an Agile organization. Product Owners who assume this crucial role have the ability to guide the team and the process to gain the full benefit of Agile delivery.

When the capabilities of the Product Owner are optimized, an Agile team will experience immediate benefits that lead to improved effectiveness and customer satisfaction as well as increased return on investment (ROI).

* Boost Product Owner capabilities
* Optimize Agile teams
* Increase Scrum functionality
* Enhance planning and scheduling
* Gain practical, proven techniques
* Improve estimating skills and results
* Maximize delivery capabilities
* Reduce risk
* Improve ROI
* Leverage proven experience
* Obtain thought-leader guidance and insight

November 4, 2010, Hilton Garden Inn, Beaverton/Portland, Oregon

December 2, 2010, Silver Cloud Inn, Redmond, Washington

Instructor: Peter Rysavy

This course is technical in nature, but more than anything, it is designed to communicate the greatest opportunities and strategic directions of this rapidly developing market environment. It also covers in significant detail the present and anticipated capabilities of different wireless technologies.

Peter Rysavy has been consulting in wireless for sixteen years, and through multiple engagements and a vast number of clients, has a unique and comprehensive perspective.

This one-day course covers:

* 3G, Evolved 3G, 4G, IMT-Advanced, Wi-Fi Advances
* Capabilities, capacities, architectures
* Emerging platforms and implications
* Mobile application architectures
* Most significant new developments such as Wi-Fi offload, femtocells, network neutrality, …
* Greatest opportunities for both industry and business users
* Strategic industry directions

Registration Fee: $395 per person. IEEE Discounted rate $325. The discounted rate for a group of three or more people attending from the same organization is $325.

Customized private versions of this course are also available.

Speaker(s): Peter Rysavy,

Location: Bldg: HILTON GARDEN INN-PORTLAND/BEAVERTON 15520 NW Gateway Court Beaverton, Oregon 97006