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SUMMARY:Be Agile Workshop (ITS-2030)
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DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Two-day class -- June 3 and June 4\, 9 a.m. to 4 p
 .m. both days.</strong></p>\n<p>Enroll by visiting http://bit.ly/ITS-203
 0</p>\n<p>Technology Training\, with Silicon Bay Training\, bring you&#1
 60\;<strong>Be Agile Workshop</strong>&#160\;to help you accomplish task
 s in a more organized way\, prioritize items to address\, assign meaning
  to projects\, and how to embrace and adjust to change.&#160\;<strong>&#
 160\;</strong></p>\n<p>For a conceptual understanding of Agile\, please 
 visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development</p>\n<p>Ag
 ile is about uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it a
 nd helping others do it. In this two-day workshop\, topics covered inclu
 de implementing Scrum as its framework\, roles within Scrum\, the meetin
 gs\, and the many artifacts.</p>\n<p>There are many ways for an organiza
 tion to "Be Agile". There are numerous frameworks\, methodologies\, and 
 practices\, but in this workshop we will focus on Scrum. As a framework\
 , Scrum is extremely popular\, effective\, and a remarkable place to sta
 rt when becoming Agile.</p>\n<p>Agile and Scrum embrace change\, which h
 appens all the time. If we don't accept change\, how can we get it right
  for the customer?</p>\n<p><strong>Objectives:<br /> </strong>The goal o
 f this workshop is to cover the principles of Agile and demonstrate the 
 benefits through having students understand what "Agile" is and how to i
 mplement Scrum as a framework for being Agile.&#160\;</p>\n<p><strong>To
 pics will include:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Agile Principles</li>\n<l
 i>the Scrum Framework</li>\n<li>the roles within Scrum</li>\n<li>the mee
 tings</li>\n<li>the many artifacts</li>\n</ul>\n<p>By the end of the wor
 kshop\, participants will have gone through various games and activities
 \, seeing first hand how Agile and Scrum work.</p>\n<p><strong>Activitie
 s:</strong></p>\n<p>This course will be made up of a series of activitie
 s and exercises mixed with discussion and presentation materials. The fi
 nal activity will be a simulation exercise that puts the roles\, meeting
 s\, and artifacts to work. The final activity\, which will last a majori
 ty of the second day\, will put students into groups\, letting them expe
 rience Agile with Scrum firsthand!</p>
URL:http://events.stanford.edu/events/198/19869
LOCATION:Poplar Training Room
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