What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What is the career path for the scrum master?” Mr. Agile® says, “The career path of the scrum master isn’t necessarily that different than…”
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Postponed: Lunch and Learn in Las Vegas: Agile Estimation
We are postponing this event until further notice due to COVID-19 and recommendation by the CDC for social distancing. Platinum Edge in partnership with the International Innovation Center will be hosting a free Lunch and Learn in Las Vegas. Our Founder Mark Layton will be speaking about Agile Estimation: An overview of relative estimation and why it is structurally more accurate than precise estimation.
COVID-19 Updates
Platinum Edge is temporarily postponing in-person private and public certification classes and instead offering live online instructor-led certification classes. Scrum Alliance has authorized live online training for full certification during this challenging time.
Ask Mr. Agile®: What is the best way to utilize a small team with oversight of multiple products?
What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “What is the best way to utilize a small team with oversight of multiple products?” Mr. Agile® says, “This is a very common challenge. The main thing that we’re looking for…”
PMI Region 5 LIM
Platinum Edge is excited to sponsor and attend this years PMI Region 5 Meeting in North Carolina.
The State of Scrum in Sacramento
Spurring this unprecedented growth are benefits from scrum — an agile framework designed to help team members adapt to creative challenges while delivering top-notch value. Today, we’re sharing a scrum overview, focusing our attention on how it’s updating and transforming the city of Sacramento into far more than the state capital.
What is the first step toward becoming more agile? An Agile Assessment!
An agile assessment will also look at missed opportunities as well as how well the organization deals with failure and learning from reality, especially when the news is not so good.
Invest in Certified Scrum Product Owner Training. Here’s Why.
The most successful product deliveries involve customer-focused business and technical people working together daily throughout the discovery and development of the product. Strong product ownership is what drives this. Scrum is an effective framework for aligning what we traditionally have referred to as the “two sides of the organization–IT and the business.”
Ask Mr. Agile®: Can the product owner become the customer as well?
What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “Can the product owner become the customer as well?” Mr. Agile® says, “Many times the product owner is coming from the funding organization, so they…”
Certified ScrumMaster for Veterans in Washington D.C.
Platinum Edge, LLC is excited to celebrate the new year by announcing their annual Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) class for veterans – a heavily discounted two-day certification course aimed at improving project management skills and making veterans more competitive in the job market. The class will take place at The George Washington University on February 19th and 20th, 2020.
Ask Mr. Agile®: How do agile organizations manage third party vendor contracts?
What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do agile organizations manage third party vendor contracts?” Mr. Agile® says, “Under an agile approach you’re actually going to have a lot more control as a buyer…”
Platinum Edge Now Offering A-CSM℠ Training
Platinum Edge expands class offerings with Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM℠) training classes.