Seminar Description:

The Scrum Alliance has begun the process of developing intermediate / middle level certification to provide a learning / career path to the over 70,000 professionals who have achieved Certified Scrum Master status. The Certified Scrum Developer designation combines both training and assessment to quantify a professionals understanding of Scrum principles and their skills in agile engineering.

In this web seminar we will provide a clear overview of what is involved in obtaining this new certification, why it is valuable and how it is different from previous certifications. We will detail the learning objectives that will be covered in the training portion and detail the agile engineering skills that are a critical requirement for a professional holding the CSD designation. ASPE-SDLC is excited to be among the first to offer the full compliment of courses to prepare candidates for the growing list of Scrum Alliance certifications. Please join us to learn more. This web seminar will include time for active participation in the form of questions with live response.

Seminar Presenter:

Steve Davis is a leading expert in Agile methods training, coaching, and consulting with over six years of Agile implementation experience and being a Course Director of six ASPE-SDLC Agile courses. Steve has taught over 5,000 professionals and has coached and consulted in over 50 Fortune 500 companies. Steve combines business leader, internal development, and professional service experience to provide his clients with a well-rounded picture of how Agile impacts in segments of a company. Steve is known for his pragmatic view of Agile implementation and understands how to weave organization's cultural needs with the critical organization structure elements necessary for Agile success. Steve has been there and done that in Agile and has a proven track record of success.

Seminar Description:

Agile Methods have taken software development by storm. Professionals are hoping to gain the efficiencies and quality that experts profess Agile methods provide. They are also looking for a higher quality working environment, including increased empowerment that Agile preaches. ASPE-SDLC and Davisbase consulting have taught over 10,000 professionals on Agile topics since 2006. To have a chance of success in Agile, you must learn what Agile really is and not what the evangelist, consulting firms, and tool vendors want you to know.

Seminar Presenter:

Bill Gaiennie has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Seminar Description:

As companies work to migrate their software development approach from Waterfall to Agile, they often begin to discover that the limited set of tools offered by the Agile (or Scrum) framework alone do not satisfy organizational needs.  Larger projects, more teams, and limited resources are often the hallmark and impetus to implement a Lean development approach where value streams and waste elimination drive the creation of better products, more profitable efforts, and fully utilized resource teams.  In this web seminar we will discuss the process, function, and benefits of utilizing Kanban and Lean to streamline your efforts.

Seminar Presenter:

Bill Gaiennie has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Seminar Description:

More than 2,000 project management professionals between January and March 2010 responded to a salary survey sponsored jointly by TenStep and ASPE-SDLC. This web seminar will present the findings. Four main areas will be covered: overall demographics, demographics specific to project management, salary details and salary analysis. You will learn if having your PMP increases your salary, if years of project management experience gives you a leg up, or if the industry you work in has an impact on what you get paid. Our goal is to provide you data to help you effectively and efficiently plan your career. Also, the data provided will allow managers to better understand the value of their project professionals in order to keep attrition low and production high.

Specific questions that will be answered:

• The ratio of men to women in Project Management
• The salary gap between equally skilled male and female project professionals
• What is/are the hot certification(s) for project professionals globally
• How many professionals work in organizations that have PMOs
• How much does the average project management professional make by worldwide geographic region
• How much in bonuses do project management professionals receive
• What is the outlook on compensation for project management professionals
• How much training does the typical project professional take each year

Seminar Presenter:

David Mantica, ASPE President
David Mantica has more than 18 years of experience in product development, marketing and executive management in the business-to-business for profit training industry. He has Product Managed the development of curriculum and courses that have been delivered throughout the world and which have generated over $150 million in revenue. He was instrumental in the development of the CompTIA Learning Alliance, chaired its Training Provider Task Force and held positions on the boards of the DSLcon and Frame Relaycon trade shows, and is currently on the Board of the IIOM. He helped found the TruSecure Certification offering, has written numerous articles for Certification Magazine, Outside Plant Magazine, & Communication News. David has spoken at major education and technology conferences including Comdex Chicago, OSP Conference, 1-jobs Career Fairs, ACUTA Conferences and at numerous IIBA and PMI regional chapter meetings. Also he has lead over 20 web seminars informing over 2500 business professionals on training and technology topics. David’s expertise is in understanding the business drivers that underscore the need for technology and in finding a marketing place for educational products to help professionals achieve competitive advantage through the alignment of business and IT.

Seminar Description:

If you had to justify software testing as a value based business function could you? Would your justification be based on tangible facts or fears about the consequences for not having the function?

For decades testing has founded its existence on defect finding, utilizing systematic methods to support it’s efficiencies and the spirit of being a necessary part of the software engineering enterprise. Yet despite these noble values problems continue to exist, software delays occur and software testing continues to fall short in terms of the level of service it is providing. In this session age old norms will be challenged. Rather than looking to test processes and technologies as the answer looking at the role of testing as it relates to business contribution. Are we trying to do much from outside the business and not enough from within the development of software? Years of tedious and repetitive testing service has failed to address and promote improvements to the discipline. Current conditions are forcing us to reexamine the way we do things at all levels, including professional software testing.

Seminar Presenter:

Jerry Durant has been involved in Information Technology for over 30 years. During this time he has worked for and represented some of the leading companies throughout the world. These include AT&T, Bell Laboratories, SAS Data Denmark, Ericsson Telecom, Honk Kong Telephone, British Telecom, EG&G, British Telecom, World Bank, AETNA Insurance, Bank of America, Rockwell Automation, Microsoft, Boeing, Puritan Bennett, Eli Lilly, Glaxo, Unisys and Hewlett-Packard to name a few.

Seminar Description:

Many of today’s accredited Project Management Professionals (PMPs) are finding themselves leading and managing Agile development teams, only to find that many of the tools and techniques applied when utilizing a traditional project management approach no longer work as effectively or at all. In order to do more than survive in this iterative development environment, today’s PMP must employ additional project management tools and techniques to effectively lead their teams and deliver their projects.

This hour long webinar will explore how today’s PMP can easily and successfully make the transition to an effective Agile PMP.

Seminar Presenter:

Bill Gaiennie has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Seminar Description:

As teams embrace the agile lifecycle, short feedback cycles become a crucial component that allows teams to effectively inspect, adapt and improve. Continuous Integration is a process that supports the team and provides that critical feedback as they incrementally develop and deliver software. Continuous Integration is as much an attitude as it is a process that embodies the team values and helps to team to adhere to those values.

In this web seminar we will discuss both the attitude and process of CI. We will discuss how to get started with CI, some common tools and techniques. We will show how adopting Continuous Integration will support the team and start to provide that crucial feedback.

Seminar Presenter:

Andy Painter has over 15 years of professional software development experience. Andy has experience as an entrepreneur, developer, technical lead, architect and project lead. His hands on experience with all aspects of the application development cycle utilizing a myriad of methodologies, languages and tools provides a real world perspective on applying Agile concepts.
Andy has participated in the development and deployment of large enterprise systems in the retail, financial, and defense industry. He is well versed in both traditional and leading edge development methodologies as well as agile testing techniques. Andy has coached individual agile teams and actively involved in large-scale Agile Enterprise transformations. He has a unique ability to work at a very detailed level, coaching project teams while still communicating effectively and building trust with senior executives. Andy has very broad experience in Project Management, Quality Assurance, Team Development, Development, and more. Complementing his broad experience is very deep experience with XP techniques and practices, such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Pair Programming. With over two years of Agile Implementation, Coaching and Training experience, he has worked with agile teams of varying size and maturity, from Fortune 50 to startup. Andy is currently a Certified Scrum Master.

Seminar Description:

As teams constantly develop small incremental features by adding, modifying, refactoring, and re-designing existing software, many challenges emerges with each and every iteration. Among these challenges is ensuring previously delivered functionality is still correct and newly created functionality works as expected within a single iteration. Test Driven Development (TDD) can help address these issues with greater safety and confidence while supporting the team to create better quality software and simpler designs. TDD is built on a set of values that testing and quality are paramount, change is expected and both are constantly embraced.

In this web seminar, we will discuss these benefits, the TDD Cycle, how to get started and challenges facing teams adopting TDD.

Seminar Presenter:

Andy Painter has over 15 years of professional software development experience. Andy has experience as an entrepreneur, developer, technical lead, architect and project lead. His hands on experience with all aspects of the application development cycle utilizing a myriad of methodologies, languages and tools provides a real world perspective on applying Agile concepts.
Andy has participated in the development and deployment of large enterprise systems in the retail, financial, and defense industry. He is well versed in both traditional and leading edge development methodologies as well as agile testing techniques. Andy has coached individual agile teams and actively involved in large-scale Agile Enterprise transformations. He has a unique ability to work at a very detailed level, coaching project teams while still communicating effectively and building trust with senior executives. Andy has very broad experience in Project Management, Quality Assurance, Team Development, Development, and more. Complementing his broad experience is very deep experience with XP techniques and practices, such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Pair Programming. With over two years of Agile Implementation, Coaching and Training experience, he has worked with agile teams of varying size and maturity, from Fortune 50 to startup. Andy is currently a Certified Scrum Master.

Seminar Description:

Agile software development is no longer a domain occupied solely by trend setting, trail blazing software shops, it has made the jump to the mainstream where it is being practiced in nearly ever industry and by every size of organization. But with its wider adoption, the underlying principles of Agile are often lost by teams, resulting in what we call ‘Cargo Cult Agile Teams’. These Cargo Cult Agile teams seem to do all of the right things, using all the right terms, but do not experience the amazing resulting benefits that other Agile teams do.

This one hour presentation will explore how teams can successfully implement an Agile approach without unwittingly becoming one of the Agile transition victims we call Cargo Cult Agile teams. Has your team been attempting to implement an Agile approach with less than consistently successful results? Spend an hour to discover how you can begin to turn the ship around and head in the right direction.

Seminar Presenter:

Bill Gaiennie has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Seminar Description:

Testing in an Agile environment can be a daunting task. Testing is a crucial activity to help maintain and ensure the quality of our software. How do teams stay on top of the constant set of feature changes, continually retest, and still meet their iteration goals and commitments. We will discuss some of the common challenges facing Agile teams and their testing efforts. We will discuss how different testing techniques, collaboration techniques, automation, and tools can support the team in creating a quality product while overcoming those challenges.

Seminar Presenter:

Andy Painter has over 15 years of professional software development experience. Andy has experience as an entrepreneur, developer, technical lead, architect and project lead. His hands on experience with all aspects of the application development cycle utilizing a myriad of methodologies, languages and tools provides a real world perspective on applying Agile concepts.
Andy has participated in the development and deployment of large enterprise systems in the retail, financial, and defense industry. He is well versed in both traditional and leading edge development methodologies as well as agile testing techniques. Andy has coached individual agile teams and actively involved in large-scale Agile Enterprise transformations. He has a unique ability to work at a very detailed level, coaching project teams while still communicating effectively and building trust with senior executives. Andy has very broad experience in Project Management, Quality Assurance, Team Development, Development, and more. Complementing his broad experience is very deep experience with XP techniques and practices, such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Pair Programming. With over two years of Agile Implementation, Coaching and Training experience, he has worked with agile teams of varying size and maturity, from Fortune 50 to startup. Andy is currently a Certified Scrum Master.

Seminar Presenter:

Bill Gaiennie has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.

Seminar Description:

Pair Programming or even more generally Pairing is often misunderstood and rejected without consideration or understanding of the immense benefits it brings to a team and organization. Management will often react with “I'm not paying for 2 resources to do the work of 1”? We will discuss how to address management resistance to Pairing and individual resistance by discussing the immense benefits pairing can bring to an Agile team.

If your team is suffering from resources constraints, limited domain knowledge,  low productivity, or simply completing your stories within the Iteration, don’t miss this web seminar. We will discuss how this works for developers, testers, business analysts, and more. We’ll discuss how Pairing can help to solve this impediments and get your team and project on track.

Seminar Presenter:

Andy Painter has over 15 years of professional software development experience. Andy has experience as an entrepreneur, developer, technical lead, architect and project lead. His hands on experience with all aspects of the application development cycle utilizing a myriad of methodologies, languages and tools provides a real world perspective on applying Agile concepts.
Andy has participated in the development and deployment of large enterprise systems in the retail, financial, and defense industry. He is well versed in both traditional and leading edge development methodologies as well as agile testing techniques. Andy has coached individual agile teams and actively involved in large-scale Agile Enterprise transformations. He has a unique ability to work at a very detailed level, coaching project teams while still communicating effectively and building trust with senior executives. Andy has very broad experience in Project Management, Quality Assurance, Team Development, Development, and more. Complementing his broad experience is very deep experience with XP techniques and practices, such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Pair Programming. With over two years of Agile Implementation, Coaching and Training experience, he has worked with agile teams of varying size and maturity, from Fortune 50 to startup. Andy is currently a Certified Scrum Master.

Seminar Description:

One of the most important foundational components for effectively utilizing an Agile approach is the team retrospective, yet it is often poorly executed by teams, resulting in little to no value. Conducting an effective, efficient team retrospective isn’t difficult, but many teams and Scrum Masters forget to focus on a few key areas essential for an effective forum. This hour long webinar will share with you the secrets employed by successful Agile teams and great Scrum Masters in their mission for continuous, incremental improvement.

Seminar Presenter:

Bill Gaiennie has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.