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Better Software East 2011
Conference Training Classes

Benefit from all the Better Software 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 keynotes, 24 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

 Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level
(Sunday-Tuesday)


Certified ScrumMaster Training* 
*2-day Training (Sunday-Monday)

Product Owner Certification*
*2-day Training (Sunday-Monday)

Agile Testing Practices* 
*2-Day Training (Sunday-Monday)
 

Fundamentals of Agile Certification*
*2-Day Training (Monday-Tuesday)
 

Keynotes
Concurrent Classes
Networking EXPO
Bonus Sessions
Special Events
…and More!
 Agile Leadership Summit
 
 Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level 
 Sunday, November 6 - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 • 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
 Sunday, November 6 – Monday, November 7, 2011 • 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, November 6 – Monday, November 7, 2011 • 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, November 6 – Monday, November 7, 2011 • 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   
 Monday, November 7 – Tuesday, November 8, 2011 • 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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