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Agile software development has gained many adherents in most developed countries; as they have found out, Agile methods improve their ability to respond quickly to market and customer needs, cut down on inefficiency, and result in more productive and happier employees. The benefits of Agile are indeed more relevant for us now that we are one of the world’s top software outsourcing destinations. Scrum, an Agile methodology that deals with how projects are organized and planned, is a topic of interest in particular.

To enlighten the country’s IT professionals in the theoretical and practical use of Scrum, CodeLean and Agile.ph are bringing in Dutch Agile expert Bas Vodde to head a two-day course on Scrum on April 14 to 15, 2009. Attendees who complete the course will receive an official certificate labeling them as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs), and will be listed on the CSM registry of the Scrum Alliance, an organization of internationally recognized Scrum experts. The course will be conducted in the Boardroom of the Dusit Hotel in Makati City.

The Certified Scrum Master course covers the what, how, and especially the whys of the Scrum framework for product development—from the theory to practice. Structured around stories and discussions, the course is for anyone who wants a deep understanding of Scrum: team members, Product Owners, Scrum Masters and other stakeholders. The first part covers the concepts of Scrum: background, overview, roles, empirical process control, and the key differences between Scrum and other ways of developing new products. The second part covers the practical side: making a backlog, planning, estimating, scaling, initiating a daily Scrum, and more. At the end of the course, participants will have concrete knowledge on how to implement Scrum and an understanding of why it is done that way.

Bas Vodde, the author of the "Scaling Agile and Lean Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum" and "Practices for Large-Scale Agile and Lean Development" together with Craig Larman, currently works for Odd-e, a small Singapore-based consulting company that trains Asian professionals in Agile and Lean development.

For inquiries and reservations, email info@codelean.com or call 8920419.

CodeLean Holds the First ScrumMaster Certification Course in the Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- CodeLean, Inc. recently held the Philippines’ first ever ScrumMaster Certification Course at Dusit Hotel in Makati City. The course was a success, with attendees from as far as Dubai, UAE flying in to participate. Dutch Agile expert Bas Vodde headed the two-day event, which was a mix of lectures, discussions, and participatory exercises designed to inculcate the values and philosophies of Scrum into the course attendees.

After attending the course, the participants were well-versed with both the theoretical and practical knowledge of Scrum—from the concepts and philosophies of Scrum down to the implementation and application of Scrum principles, as well as technical tips and advice for specific cases and situations.
With the conclusion of the course CodeLean CEO Ole Ronberg hopes that Agile practices will start to become more widespread in the Philippines’ software development industry. “We definitely plan to hold more local seminars and courses about Agile and Scrum in the future.” Aside from the ScrumMaster Certification Course, CodeLean has also sponsored an initiative named Agile Philippines to promote the usage of Agile methods and practices in the country.

CodeLean is a software and Web development house that specializes in Agile development of software applications and web solutions, e-business solutions, and database-driven solutions. For more information about CodeLean, visit www.codelean.com.