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Best practices & tools to effectively manage software engg team.
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 06:00 PM   $782   Product School, 1412 Broadway, 22nd Fl
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Scrum Master Certificate (SMC) Masterclass is a 1-day course that covers the best practices and tools to effectively manage a software engineering team. These tools relate to behavioral shifts, working with multiple teams in fast-growing technology companies.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 22.0799px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The class will be taught by <A STYLE="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://www.productschool.com/?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=workshop&utm_campaign=ws_ny_05_20_2016_scrum" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Product School</A> founder and CEO, <A STYLE="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" TITLE="Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia" HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/villaumbrosia" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia</A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.656;">. Each class is intentionally limited to 14 students to provide the best possible learning experience.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.972176; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prerequisites:</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.972176; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The class is geared towards helping you make a transition to a Product Manager career path in a software company. We welcome talented professionals with 5+ years of relevant experience that want to learn how to work with software engineers.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.972176; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Class syllabus:</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1- Introduction to Scrum</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This module covers the rationale for Agile/Scrum, along with an overview of roles, meetings, and most popular tools.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2- Backlog Review Meeting</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This module covers how to recognize well-formed Product Backlog Items, user story examples, a team effort estimation game (story point estimation), decomposition of large PBIs (e.g. "epics") into smaller ones (e.g. "user stories"), acceptance criteria, definition of done, Product Backlog prioritization, the Scrum Product Owner role, and team self-organization.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3- Sprint Planning Meeting Duration</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This module covers the first official meeting in the Scrum cycle. Subtopics include the difference between the Product Backlog vs. the Sprint Backlog, how to break PBIs into Sprint Tasks, timeboxing, what is a "potentially shippable product increment", definition of done, planning for testing within a Sprint, limiting Work In Progress (WIP), team volunteerism, and commitment-based planning.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4- Daily Scrum Meeting</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This module covers the second and most frequent meeting in the Scrum cycle. Subtopics include effective use of the taskboard, team self-organization, how to incorporate varying skills on one team, the Scrum Master role during Sprint Execution, pros and cons of involving the Product Owner each day, the three questions, and keeping the meeting short.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5- Sprint Review/Demo Meeting</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This module covers the meeting held after the execution of each Sprint in which the team conducts a live demonstration of the working product increment for the Product Owner. For those outside the team, this is the most visible part of Scrum. Subtopics include: Acceptance criteria and definition of done, velocity, transparency, how to involve external stakeholders, and emergent requirements in the Product Backlog.</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6- Sprint Retrospective Meeting</SPAN></P>
<P DIR="ltr" STYLE="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This module covers the final meeting associated with each Sprint. In this meeting, the team reflects on the Sprint to raise its own awareness of what transpired. It ends with agreements about specific adaptations for future Sprints.</SPAN></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Whats difficulty level are we talking about here?</STRONG></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">The Scrum Master Certificate (SMC) Masterclass is a 1-day course thats been developed for professionals with little to no experience in product management.</SPAN></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Can I expense this for my company or write it off for my business?</STRONG></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Yes, and we can help you prepare any additional documentation that your employer may need.</SPAN><BR></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Whats included in the price?</SPAN></STRONG></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The price includes access to the the Scrum Master Certificate (SMC) Masterclass, the certificate and lifetime access to our </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="https://productschool.perkhub.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">perks platform</A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, worth $2,500</SPAN><BR></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">How can I obtain the The Scrum Master Certificate (SMC)?</SPAN></STRONG></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Upon completion of the class, you'll earn the Scrum Master Certificate (SMC) by Product School. You will be able to use it in your LinkedIn profile and resume.</SPAN><BR></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Why should I attend Scrum training instead of just reading books and online articles?</SPAN></STRONG></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">You'll spend most of your class time in interactive team activities going beyond the basic concepts into practical application and case studies.</SPAN><BR></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I already do some kind of Scrum at my company, how can this certificate benefit me and my team?</SPAN></STRONG></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Each agile company adapts Scrum to their own needs, and this is a great opportunity to take a step back and learn how you can incorporate some of the best practices to your current process. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to learn how each of the companies represented in class apply Scrum.</SPAN></P>
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<P><A TITLE="Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia" HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/villaumbrosia" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia</A> is the Founder and CEO at <A HREF="http://www.productschool.com/?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=workshop&utm_campaign=ws_ny_05_20_2016_scrum" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow">Product School</A>. He has 8 years of experience building teams and digital products on 3 Continents. He is a three times company Co-founder. Before Product School, he was the Lead Instructor of Product Management at General Assembly and Co-founder and CEO of Floqq (invested by 500Startups), the biggest marketplace for online video courses in Latin America.</P>
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