CSM Resources
Congratulations on your completion of the Certified ScrumMaster course! This page provides some of the resources discussed in class for your ongoing use on your Scrum journey. ScrumMaster resources ScrumMaster Checklist! I also recommend the Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making I find The Oz Principle immensely valuable as a leader seeking individual and group accountability. I hope you do, too. The ScrumMaster is an agent of change in organizations. This is hard, really hard. While...
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User Story Examples: Getting the Requirements Right
For Agile teams, the biggest area of friction for agile teams is agreement on what constitutes a story. Product managers and product owners try to write market requirements in the form of a story when many developers really want product specifications.It seems so simple. Product managers and product owner write user stories; developers break them into tasks and develop the feature. But the difficulty facing many agile teams today is what, exactly, is a user...
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Portfolio Roadmap Example
Executives, sales people, and marketing leaders are often frustrated with the short-term focus in product management, particularly those using agile development methods. Leaders have no idea what is planned—if anything—beyond the next two-week sprint. And that’s why they ask for a roadmap. A portfolio roadmap has become the preferred way to show delivery plans over time. It’s not just a desired feature list by month; it’s bigger than that. It describes major blocks of work,...
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Certified ScrumMaster Online – Digitas
CERTIFIED SCRUMMASTER LIVE ONLINE In these special courses arranged exclusively for Digitas, you will learn Scrum from the comfort of your own location — and have fun along the way! We’ve learned what it takes to be effective in a virtual training environment. In this Scrum Alliance®-approved course, we put you at the center of the learning experience in two important ways: Our online learning format...
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Choosing an Online Certified Scrum Master Class
Choosing an online certified Scrum Master class has become more challenging with the proliferation of virtual trainers. This guide highlights the key considerations when making your choice.
Resources
FRAMEWORKS Frameworks for Agility Business Agility Frameworks for Leadership Framework for Career Evolution Frameworks for Cost Cutting Frameworks for Large-Scale Retrospectives Frameworks for Transformation Frameworks for Virtual Meetings Product The Profit Engine Framework Competitive Battlecards Frameworks for Product Owners Framework for Product Development Frameworks for Release Planning Product Roadmaps HOW TO... ...
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Certified ScrumMaster Online Edition
CERTIFIED SCRUMMASTER LIVE ONLINE If you want to learn Scrum from the comfort of your own home — and have fun along the way — this is the course for you. As the world's only provider of online, on-demand advanced ScrumMaster training, we've learned what it takes to be effective in a virtual training environment. In this Scrum Alliance®-approved course, we put you at the...
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Webinar: Why Does the Industry Lifecycle Matter?
Product Managers guiding the creation of software enabled solutions need to be aware of the Industry Lifecycle which provides a model for growth, maturation, and eventual decline of a collection of companies that serve common market needs. Join this webinar to learn all about the Industry Lifecycle.
Webinar: Why Arguing About Who Owns Pricing Models is the Wrong Argument!
One argument that often creates dysfunctional relationships between product marketing and product management is “Who owns pricing”. In this webinar we will discuss why arguing for ownership of pricing model decisions is less important than reaching an agreement on the use of the Profit Streams™ canvas to promote profits.
Webinar: Change How Customers Perceive Your Software Enabled Solution to Create More Profit
In episode two of the Product Management Minute, Jason and Carlton will explore the power of two frameworks that can help product leaders and teams improve the profitability of their solutions.