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Agile Dev Practices West 2012
Conference Training

Combine In-Depth Training with Your Conference and Save   

Benefit from all the Agile Dev Practices West Conference has to offer by combining your conference with multi-day training classes. Delivered by top experts in the industry, training classes allow you to go in-depth in the subject of your choice. After your training concludes, attend the conference on Wednesday and Thursday and select from 6 keynotes, 32 concurrent sessions, the Networking EXPO, and more! Plus, you save an additional $300 when you combine any training with your conference registration.

See the week’s schedule and classes below.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Agile Testing Practices*

Fundamentals of Agile Certification*

Product Owner Certification *

Keynote Presentations
Concurrent Sessions
Networking EXPO
Bonus Sessions
Special Events
…and More!

Agile Leadership Summit

Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level Training

Certified ScrumMaster Training (CSM) + PMI-ACP

* Two-day Training (Sun.-Mon.)

 
 Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level 
 Sunday, June 10 - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 • 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.


In the Software Tester Certification—Foundation level training you will learn:

  • Fundamentals of software testing—Concepts and context, risk analysis, goals, process, and psychology
  • Lifecycle testing—How testing relates to development, including models, verification and validation, and types of tests
  • Static testing—Reviews, inspections, and static tools
  • Test design techniques—Black-box test methods, white-box techniques, error guessing, and exploratory testing
  • Test management—Team organization, key roles and responsibilities, test strategy and planning, configuration management, defect classification and management
  • Testing tools—Tool selection, benefits, risks, and classification
 
   
 Certified ScrumMaster Training (CSM) + PMI-ACP
 Sunday, June 10 – Tuesday, June 12, 2012 • 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

In Certified ScrumMaster Training you will:

  • Be a servant leader
  • Build a roadmap of success for adopting agile
  • Plan and execute short development iterations to get to market early and often
  • Quickly change direction in response to competitive pressures and marketplace changes
  • Adapt via an inspect-and-adapt feedback cycle, project retrospectives, and plus-delta feedback
  • Break down the barriers between development and the business
  • Focus on customer satisfaction and interaction instead of plans and artifacts
  • Make the paradigm shift from top down to distributed control
  • Use progressive elaboration via rolling-wave planning instead of single-pass waterfall delivery
  • Build a cohesive agile team via appropriate team structure, workplace design, and team roles
 
 
 Product Owner Certification
 Sunday, June 10 – Monday, June 11, 2012 • 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

In Product Owner Certification training you will:

  • Describe, manage, and prioritize features on a backlog effectively
  • Balance competing needs across broad groups of stakeholders
  • Plan sprints and releases, and forecast delivery dates for major milestones
  • Facilitate effective creation and sharing of complex product visions
  • Scale Scrum to work with multiple teams
  • Ensure maximum return on investment (ROI)
 
 
 Agile Testing Practices  
 Sunday, June 10 – Monday, June 11, 2012 • 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

In Agile Testing Practices training you will:

  • Learn the fundamentals of agile development models
  • Discover how testing is different in agile environments
  • Learn the basis of agile testing—the user story and how to test it
  • Explore key agile testing practices—ATDD, TDD, and ET
  • Examine technical and team skills you need for success
  • Recognize the main agile testing challenges and how to address them
 
 
 Fundamentals of Agile Certification
 Sunday, June 10 – Monday, June 11, 2012 • 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

In Fundamentals of Agile Certification training you will:

  • Explore agile software development methodologies and approaches
  • Understand differences between agile and traditional methodologies
  • Learn how agile practices and principles improve the software development process
  • Discover the major steps required to successfully plan and execute an agile software project
  • Explore the leading agile development best practices
 

  



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