EXPIRED: Agile Release Planning Workshop
Dates: May 05, 2016
Location: Montreal, QC
Course Location:
Novotel Montreal
1180 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Z1
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EXPIRED: Agile Release Planning Workshop

The Agile Release Planning Workshop is standalone, for 1 day.

This workshop is also the third day of our CSM (Certified ScrumMaster) or CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) courses. We do this Workshop frequently. Our goal is to make the courses much more useful by immediately following them with a practical workshop using real work.

This is key: we are using your real work to do Agile Release Planning.

The workshop is based on Joe Little’s book, Joe’s Agile Release Planning.

The Workshop covers 3 (three) main topics:

  1. Agile Release Planning
  2. Release Plan Refactoring (aka Product Backlog grooming and Product Backlog refinement)
  3. Rolling into the first sprint and the impact on the meetings in the first spring (as time permits.)

The Agile Release Planning topic (#1) includes the following with a real project or product work:

  • Agree on the Vision
  • Develop the Product Backlog
  • Estimate Business Value
  • Estimate Effort
  • Discuss Risks, Dependencies, Learning, Minimum Marketable Feature Set and other factors
  • Order the Work
  • ‘Complete’ the Release Plan
  • Discuss communication

Benefits:

  • Working with a real team on real work is an excellent way to start using Scrum.
  • The workshop brings out each person’s real issues and concerns.
  • The participants find that some concerns turn out to be insubstantial, and they dissipate. And we address the other concerns.
  • You are prepared to really start Scrum “on Monday.” For example you now have a decent Product Backlog.

Other Benefits:

The Trainer:

  •  Joe Little, an experienced Agile coach and Scrum Trainer (CST), will lead this Scrum course.
  • Joe has given this workshop over 100 times.
  • Joe has co-trained 8 times with Jeff Sutherland (one of the co-creators of Scrum), and we believe you get more ‘real Scrum’ because of this co-training.
  • Joe has an MBA and 20+ years of senior level Big 6 and related consulting experience.
  • Joe has in-depth practical experience in helping teams become very productive with Scrum and Agile.
  • He often co-teaches these courses with other great Scrum trainers. Take a look at Joe’s blog, Agile & Business.
  • Joe is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) associated with Scrum Alliance. You may want to ask about our Referral Program and about our Refresher Program.

Who Should Attend:

  • Anyone may attend
  • It is best if the whole Scrum Team and the related business stakeholders attend.
  • Others interested in Agile estimating and planning should attend

If you take the Workshop standalone, we recommend that at least one person from your group has taken either our CSM or CSPO course (some time before).

Prerequisites:

  • Have taken a CSM or CSPO course with Joe Little
  • Read most of Joe Little’s book: Joe’s Agile Release Planning
  • Discuss with a colleague who has attended a course, and come with that colleague

Registration and Fees:

  • Price for the workshop is $400.
  • There is a 10% discount for any group of 3 or more.
  • In addition, there is a 3% discount off the net due if you pay with cash (eg, at the beginning of the course).

The fee covers food and beverage (typically, a continental breakfast, AM break, lunch, and a PM break).

Please register using the ‘Register Now’ button (above right). If you register multiple people, please send us an email with their names and email addresses. You may also contact our office and we can discuss other payment methods, receipts, invoices, etc. Payment methods include USD check, money transfer, credit card, PayPal, over-the-phone (CC), cash, etc. All payments should be received before the Workshop starts. Once we receive payment you will be registered.

The Workshop date may be changed up until 16 days prior to the start date. We will advise you.

 

Refund Policy:

If for any reason you cannot make a course, you may send another person in your place for free, or you may move to another date for the same course for free. If you must completely cancel, 100% of the course fee will be refunded if you cancel more than 14 days in advance of the course. A 30% cancellation fee will be charged for refunds requested 14 or fewer days before the course start date.