SCRUM Certification - 2 Day Course (October 24th & 25th)
http://www.igda.org/leadership/us201/register-2011/
Scrum and agile practices have helped many studios improve product development and the workplace environment. Learn to establish and improve Scrum in any studio by becoming a ScrumMaster in the only workshop that focuses on game development from the Certified Scrum Trainer with 15 years of game development experience.
This two-day course provides the fundamental principles of Scrum through hands-on experience and interactive project simulation. During the course, attendees will learn why such a seemingly simple process as Scrum can have such profound effects on an organization.
Attendees learn to apply practical, project-proven practices that have worked for numerous video game projects
· The essentials of getting a project off on the right foot
· How to build a product backlog and plan releases
· How to help both new and experienced teams be more successful
· How to successfully scale Scrum to large, multi-continent projects
with team sizes in the hundreds
· How to help producers, artists, designers and programmers work
together effectively
· How to work with publishers and others outside the team who may not be
familiar with Scrum
· Tips and tricks from an instructor with 15 years of game development
experience and 5 years of experience applying Scrum to game development
Participants who successfully complete the course, will become Certified ScrumMasters through the Scrum Alliance and receive a two-year membership in the organization where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.
