This is not a textbook. It is a participant guide including the printed slides and exercises for a Scrum Master Certification course. This manual can be used alone or in conjunction with our two-day course. This course will also help you prepare for the Professional Scrum Master Certification from Scrum. org (PSM 1) If you are interested in purchasing the PowerPoint versions of the slides and soft copies of the exercises for this course or to get more details on the Agile Games, Ice Breakers and the associated Agile practice exams, please contact us at dan@capeprojectmanagement.com Scrum is...

This is not a book. It is the participant guide containing the slides and exercises for a two-day Product Owner and User Story training course which covers the key components of Scrum and addresses the role of the Product Owner on Scrum teams and how to effectively create and manage User Stories. The Product Owner role is critical to maximizing Return on Investment (ROI) from agile projects and is one of the most challenging and rewarding agile roles. Many Product Owners come from business areas of the organization and have limited familiarity with elements of software development, project...

UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW PMI-ACP EXAM CONTENT: July 15, 2015, PMI launched a new version of the PMI-ACP exam. This participant guide reflects the new content outline. This course has been undergone a major revision including 100 additional slides and 250 embedded practice questions and answers. This participant guide is designed to complement Cape Project Management's course, All About Agile: Preparing for the PMI-ACP Exam. This guide is not intended to be a standalone artifact in preparing for the PMI-ACP exam. Contained in this guide are the slides, exercises and practice exam questions used...

This manual contains the slides and exercises for a one-day Scrum Training for Team members which covers the key components of Scrum and addresses the role of the development Team in Scrum. Please use the "Look Inside" feature from Amazon before purchasing. These manuals which are part of the Agile Education Series developed by Dan Tousignant are the participant guides used in his public, onsite and virtual training classes worldwide and are intended for those readers who are aspiring Agile trainers, Scrum practitioners, or those interested in previewing the courses. These guides are not...

UPDATED: 50 new questions to reflect PMI's new exam content outline that went into effect beginning July 15, 2015. This is a self-study guide with 370 practice questions to help you prepare for both the Project Management Institute's Agile Certified Practitioner exam (PMI-ACP) and Scrum.org's Professional Scrum Master assessment (PSM 1). In addition, there is a comprehensive Agile glossary and web resources listing to provide you with additional background when studying for either exam. If you are interested in our online practice exams, please visit Cape Project Management, Inc. on the web...

This manual contains the slides and exercises for a one-day course which covers advanced Scrum and Agile techniques for experienced Scrum Masters and Agile coaches. This course assumes you have taken traditional Scrum Master training and want to develop your Agile coaching skills. This course includes exercises in organizational Agile assessments, Scrum Master self-assessments and techniques for one-on-one coaching. Additionally, this manual contains training content on other Agile practices including Lean and XP as well as addressing issues with organizational readiness for Agile. Please use...

This participant guide contains the slides and exercises for a two-day Kanban training. This training takes the concepts of Open Kanban and combines them with other best-practice Agile techniques to deliver a complete Kanban implementation approach. While not as prescriptive as Scrum, Kanban provides an evolutionary approach to improving your software development processes. Please use the "Look Inside" feature from Amazon before purchasing. These manuals which are part of the Agile Education Series developed by Dan Tousignant are the participant guides used in his public, onsite and virtual...

This course provides executives with an understanding of Agile and Scrum key components and what is needed at the management level to achieve the best business results and fastest ROI. Some key agile concepts which are critical for executives to understand and support are: - The productivity and creativity of self-organizing teams - The simplicity of Scrum reporting - The risk mitigation due to business-driven iterative development - The role of the executive in ensuring a successful Agile implementation Please use the "Look Inside" feature from Amazon before purchasing. These manuals which...

This is not a book It is the participant guide included slides and exercises for those people taking or offering the course, Implementing Agile Using Scrum This course is based upon a combination of slide-based lecture and interactive case studies in which participants apply Scrum techniques. The content includes: The Scrum Framework The Scrum Product Lifecycle Scrum Time boxing The Team and Scrum Master The Product Owner Defining "Done" Undone Work Activities and Interactions Product Backlog Planning Sprint Planning Sprinting Sprint Reviews The Role of the Product Owner in the Product...