Agile Trainings, News & Events

Certified ScrumMaster Training, 23-24 February, Gurgaon

rudra8 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:07:40 +0000

After the grand success of our previous CSM training with trainer Sanjiv Augustine, we are pleased to announce another CSM training on 23 & 24 Feb this year in Gurgaon. Success of the event can be recognized by the fact that there was the wide participation from software industry and the class had an intense interaction during the session. The participants learnt the techniques to lead development teams towards Agile operations by managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and conducting retrospectives. All attendees who successfully completed their training were granted one-year membership in the SCRUM Alliance and registered as a Certified ScrumMaster with Scrum Alliance.

Date : 23rd & 24th February, 2011

Location : Gurgaon, exact venue details will be provided after registration.

Trainer : Sanjiv Augustine

Early Bird offer for CSM till 31^st Jan 2011

Individual @ Rs. 27,000/- + tax
Group of 3 & 4 @ Rs. 25,000/- + tax (per person)
Group of 5 & more @ Rs. 23,000/- + tax (per person)

Eligiblity Criteria:

Project Managers, Software Developers, Module Leads and Managers who are planning to use Agile methods or Scrum for managing software development projects. Participants must have basic knowledge of software development process to benefit from this training.

AgileNCR 2011, 25-26 February, New Delhi

rudra8 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:17:16 +0000

Xebia is pleased to announce the fifth edition of AgileNCR 2011 on 25th & 26th February in New Delhi (India). AgileNCR 2011 is the biggest community driven Agile Event in India, the purpose of this conference is to share knowledge and experiences with Agile developers and practitioners in India and abroad. The conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of Agile practices. For sure, this is a great source of information for all Agile enthusiasts, beginners and experts.

AgileNCR is the highly talked event in Agile software development community with a very elaborate media coverage. AgileNCR 2011 will be a two day conference with parallel sessions and this time we expect as many as 500+ attendees from around the country to participate.

Presence of thought leaders like Pete Deemer, Sanjiv Augustine, Jesse Fewell, Nilay Oza etc. on the single platform will be the major attraction of AgileNCR 2011. At AgileNCR 2011 you will not only learn about Agile, but will also get chance to collaborate with Agile gurus from all over world.

Days : 25th and 26th February, 2011

Venue : Wyndham Hotel And Resort, Plot No. 3, Dwarka City Centre, Sector – 10, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075

Fee:

For Delegates - Rs. 1600/- (upto Rs. 1000 for Group Registration)
For Students – Rs 800/- (upto Rs. 500 for Group Registration)

Intended For:

CEO, CTO, VP S/W Development, R&D Head, Project managers, Software architects, QA professionals, Software Developers, Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters & Academicians.

Certified ScrumMaster Training, 22-23 November, Gurgaon, India

rudra8 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:34:49 +0000

After the grand success of our previous CSM training with trainer Sanjiv Augustine, we are pleased to announce another CSM training on 22^nd & 23^rd Nov this year in Gurgaon. Success of the event can be recognized by the fact that there was the wide participation from software industry and the class had an intense interaction during the session. The participants learnt the techniques to lead development teams towards Agile operations by managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and conducting retrospectives. All attendees who successfully completed their training were granted one-year membership in the SCRUM Alliance and registered as a Certified ScrumMaster with Scrum Alliance.

Date : 22nd & 23rd November, 2010

Location : Gurgaon, exact venue details will be provided after registration.

Trainer : Sanjiv Augustine

Early Bird offer for CSM till 21^st Oct 2010

Individual @ Rs. 27,000/- + tax
Group of 3 & 4 @ Rs. 25,000/- + tax (per person)
Group of 5 & more @ Rs. 23,000/- + tax (per person)

Eligiblity Criteria:

Certified ScrumMaster Training | Registrations are open

rudra8 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:43:44 +0000

Registration for Certified ScrumMaster training to be held on 19th & 20th August is now open. Xebia is trying its best to make CSM trainings more affordable in India by making it available at very less price.

Early Bird offer till 31st July

Individual: Rs. 24000/- (inclusive of all taxes)

Group of 3 will get @: Rs. 66,000/- (effective 22,000)

Group of 5 will get @: Rs. 95,000/- (effective 19,000)

This two-day ScrumMaster certification course provides everything you need to begin leading or participating in a Scrum team. On completion, participants are granted a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, (www.scrumalliance.org) a valuable resource for Scrum information, and following the successful completion of a brief online examination, you will be registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs). This course will be taught by a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer and leading Agile practitioner Sanjiv Augustine.

Sanjiv Augustine is the author of several publications including Transitioning to Agile Project Management: A Roadmap for the Perplexed, The Lean-Agile PMO: Using Lean Thinking to Accelerate Agile Project Delivery and the book Managing Agile Projects (Prentice Hall 2005); and the founder and moderator of the Yahoo! Agile Project Management discussion group. Sanjiv is also a founder and advisory board member of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN), and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) ’s Agile Community of Practice.

Agile NCR 2010 | Agenda is Live

xebia — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:59:11 +0000

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Agile NCR 2010 | Registrations are Open

xebia — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:04:16 +0000

Registration for Agile NCR 2010, the biggest community driven event on Agile Software Development Methodologies in North India, are now open. Agile Methodologies have rapidly gained acceptance in Software Development Community. Agile approaches, based upon SCRUM and XP, have benefited enterprises ranging from large corporations to small start-ups. Xebia has been at the forefront of Agile movement in Europe and India. Xebia has setup Agile NCR platform in 2007 to encourage the knowledge and experience with Agile Software Development in India.

Leading speakers and practitioners from companies such as Ericsson, Xebia, ThoughtWorks and Intelligrape will share their experiences.

Day1 and Day2 Agenda for the event is available here.

Location and Dates:

Gurgaon, 17th & 18th July 2010

Venue:

Ansal Institute of Technology

Sector 56

Gurgaon

Registration are Open Now:

Certified ScrumMaster Training, 19-20 August, Gurgaon, India

rudra8 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:35:15 +0000

Xebia India is pleased to announce the two-day ScrumMaster certification course, which provides everything you need to begin leading or participating in a Scrum team. On completion, participants are granted a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, (www.scrumalliance.org ) a valuable resource for Scrum information, and following the successful completion of a brief online examination, are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs).

Date : 19th & 20th August, 2010

Location : Gurgaon, exact venue details will be provided after registration.

Fee : Rs. 24,000 (including all taxes, with our early bird special!) and for any bulk booking or group discount contact us.

Trainer

Sanjiv Augustine is the author of several publications including Transitioning to Agile Project Management: A Roadmap for the Perplexed, The Lean-Agile PMO: Using Lean Thinking to Accelerate Agile Project Delivery and the book Managing Agile Projects (Prentice Hall 2005); and the founder and moderator of the Yahoo! Agile Project Management discussion group. Sanjiv is also a founder and advisory board member of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN), and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) ’s Agile Community of Practice.

Course Description

You will learn the essential concepts and tools of Scrum, differences between agile processes and traditional “waterfall” methodologies, and how to build a roadmap for adopting Agile at your organization. Participants will learn how to lead development teams towards agile operations by: managing product backlogs, planning releases and sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and conducting retrospectives. This course is taught by a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer and leading Agile practitioner Sanjiv Augustine.

Who Should Attend

Product and Line Managers, Project Managers, Software Developers, Module Leads and Managers who are planning to use Agile methods or Scrum for managing software development projects. Participants must have basic knowledge of software development process to benefit from this training.

Agile NCR 2010, 17-18 July, Gurgaon

xebia — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:01:35 +0000

Xebia and ASCI are pleased to announce the fourth edition of Agile NCR 2010, which has become the biggest Agile event in North India. This event will take place on 17th & 18th July 2010 in Gurgaon.

The journey so far…

2007: Small on-campus event completely sponsored and organized by Xebia

2008: Mega event sponsored by GoodAgile, ASCI, SabreHoldings, Xebia Organized by Xebia at AIT Institute, Gurgaon

2009: Ericson and Xebia came together to sponsor the event organized at The Park Premier Hotel, with a turnout of audience from 32 companies

Last year, Agile NCR 2009 witnessed great enthusiasm with the theme – Been there, done that!

This time the conference intends to cover the following themes:

Agile Tutorials : Basics of Agile for Newbies.
Agile Adoption Challenges : For those who are adopting Agile or planning to adopt. Experience reports.
Software Craftsmanship: Engineering skills for Agile and dangers of not having them
Post Agile : For those who are interested in what is next. Lean, Kanban, Velocity and Flow

Call for Papers

Please submit your paper abstracts in not more than 400 words to agilencr at gmail dot com. We welcome presentation proposals from industry, academia and professional bodies. Papers should be orginal and not presented in a public event elsewhere. The last date of paper abstract submission is 20th June 2010.

Agile Community Event, 27 May, Gurgaon, India

xebia — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:03:09 +0000

Workshop – “The state of Agile Research ( results from FLEXI)” to be conducted by Dr. Nilay Oza on 27th May, 2010 at Xebia India office.

Date : 27 May 2010

Time : 11:30 – 12:30 The state of agile research (Results from FLEXI).

Location: Xebia office, Gurgaon

Dr. Nilay Oza is a Senior Research Scientist and Team Leader at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He has authored several books on offshore software outsourcing and Agile software development and has been involved in numerous research projects. He heads VTT’s key project on Agile research, FLEXI – Flexible Integration in Global Product Development.”

FLEXI is a pan-European research project with more than thirty academic and industry partners and worth 25+ million Euros in size. It aims to improve the competitiveness of the European software intensive industry by providing a flexible, rapid and Agile approach to product development. This ensures efficient creation of reliable and safe embedded systems and services in global development complex. The main contribution of FLEXI approach can be expressed as ‘From idea to product in 6 months’ when applied on a company level. Focus areas of FLEXI project include innovation and partnership management, efficient release definition mechanisms, and continuous integration across global and Agile partner ecosystem.

Overall goals of the FLEXI are:

To improve the innovation capabilities of European software intensive industry by agility, decision making tools and partnering.
To deliver business and product flexibility by establishing efficient partner ecosystems.
To scale up Agile product development in large, multi-site and global settings.
To enable smooth integration of complex systems and products in order to save costs and calendar time. Continuous integration provides online visibility to product’s status and quality.

Registration:

We have just 10 seats available for the external participants. The registration is free but required in advance.

Certified ScrumMaster Training, 9-10 June, Gurgaon, India

xebia — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:30:43 +0000

Xebia India brings renowned Scrum trainer, Pete Deemer, to North India to conduct two-day Certified ScrumMaster training. The training course provides a comprehensive and in-depth training in Scrum theory and practice, taught by a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer.

Days : 9th and 10th June, 2010.

Location : Xebia IT Architects India Pvt. Ltd, ParkCentra, Sector-30, Gurgaon.

Trainer : Pete Deemer, GoodAgile.

Course Description:

The course format is divided equally between lecture, discussion, and exercises, with frequent opportunities to ask questions.

In addition to Scrum theory and practices, the course also includes coverage of the following topics:

Release planning and estimation using Scrum
Managing Scrum projects to on-schedule completion
Multi-location (distributed) development using Scrum
Using Scrum in a fixed bid environment; business metrics and Scrum
Strategies for successful corporate adoption of Scrum.

Attendees who are Project Management Institute PMP’s are eligible for 14 Professional Development Units.