I will be presenting my half day Agile seminar this May in Sydney, Australia. I hope to see you there. I will also be speaking at the Sydney .NET User Group that evening on Silverlight 4.0 and giving out some Telerik swag.

Half-day Agile Seminar
Wednesday 19th May 2010
9:00am - 12:00pm
SSW Office, Sydney
Suite 10, 81-91 Military Road, Neutral Bay
Cost: No Charge

Agile Development, Tools and Teams

One of the most popular Agile project management and development methods, Scrum is starting to be adopted at major corporations and on very large projects. After an introduction to the basics of Scrum like: project planning and estimation, the Scrum Master, team, product owner and burn down, and of course the daily Scrum, Stephen (a certified Scrum Master) shows many real world applications of the methodology drawn from his own experience as a Scrum Master.

Negotiating with the business, estimation and team dynamics are all discussed as well as how to use Scrum in small organizations, large enterprise environments and consulting environments. Stephen will also discuss using Scrum with virtual teams and an off-shoring environment. We’ll then take a look at the tools we will use for Agile development, including planning poker, unit testing, and much more. There will be plenty of time for Question and Answer. This seminar is a jump start for a certified scrum master exam.

Agenda

• Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum
• Agile Estimation
• Implementing Scrum with remote and offshore teams
• Agile Tools, Test Driven Development, and Continuous Integration