VersionOne and 3Back offered their first co-hosted Certified ScrumMaster training event in San Mateo, California. This was the first time these two companies co-hosted a joint public event. The event was nothing short of spectacular and continued to show a proven track that these two agile oriented companies are leaders in their complementary market niches. Both companies continue to raise the bar of what passes for excellence in Scrum (Agile) training, tools and implementations.
“It was an awesome course with great feedback from the students. The explosion of energy and questions in this course clearly placed this event as one of the best courses we have ever run. This course offered a foundation in Scrum training that exceeded expectations and showed up clearly in the evaluations.” said Doug Shimp Senior Consultant
There were 11 folks in attendance and each person provided an evaluation.
See for yourself 
Handwritten Scanned Evaluations
The ScrumMaster course in Austin, Texas was held August 6-7, 2008 with 13 folks in attendance.
One thing that characterized this course was the breadth of diversity, experience, backgrounds and work cultures. We had everything form small start ups, gaming, big business and government. All of these varied views made for a rich tapestry of conversation and very engaging dialog.
“If I were to choose one word for the
Austin course it was unique. I love the notion that evolved during the course of creating a Scrum Tycoon game that really teaches the agile way.” said Doug
We will be offering another Scrum training course for ScrumMaster’s and Certified Scrum Product Owners in a few months and are looking forward to the next opportunity to interact with the unique perspectives that Austin’s lively culture provides.
Our ScrumMaster training course in Minneapolis got off to a great start.
What an awesome scrummaster jam session we had
Jam works as a word because we were piled into the room was on the small side. The interesting thing was that a tight room caused a different synergy among participants. As a group of 13 we were able to stay more connected and work
well together. With a small room we were easily able to hear each other and see detailed face expression which improved our communication bandwidth. After having done several of these types of trainings it was bit of a surprise at how a smaller room improved our ability to gel and connect. I have seen larger rooms with an extra 4+ ft of width and the same number of people. We were not able to connect as easily and we certainly did not achieve the same level of synergy.
Lesson learned, small rooms are tight but, they can help a team connect.
All the best
- Doug
We ran another Certified ScrumMaster course in Cupertino, CA (San Jose Area). The course was delivered by Michele Sliger from Sliger Consulting and Doug Shimp from 3Back.
Scrum Framework!
This course was another great success. We continue to validate our model that courses taught by two instructors are more powerful and enriching for both the students and the instructors. We found out yet again that we learn as much as the students learn when the course is run right.
The highlight in this course for me, and there were many, was “Agile Mind”. After our last retrospective the class noted what they didn’t expect to learn and did learn “Agile Mind”
For those interested in the next step of certification the Scrum Alliance has outlined the CSP
Thank you to all participants for making this a great course.
All the best
- Doug and Michele
