I spent two days in the beginning of June in a Certified ScrumMaster course which was held in the Helsinki. I was very fortunate as the course was led by two brilliant experts: co-creator of Scrum, Jeff Sutherland and Agile Development consultant, Jens Østergaard.
I have been involved in Scrum projects for few years now. My experience has been based on books, articles and blogs on the subject. On the course I was able to share my experiences with other ScrumMasters and I got really good ideas that I took back with me to improve our team’s Scrum process.
It was really valuable to listen Mr. Sutherland’s “war stories” as he has a long track record on coaching many software development teams in wide variety of companies. It was also a pleasure to listen to and have training sessions led by Mr. Østergaard as he is very talented speaker and knows how to get group’s attention.
On a side note: When I was searching for random blog posts about Scrum, I found this excellent posting by Tobias Mayer: When is Scrum not Scrum
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