360 Agile Training -Bellevue Washington
December 14th - 17th
Discount codes below

Many courses focus on Scrum/Agile Project Management, and a few courses focus on Agile Development Techniques, but very few attack both areas. The 360 Degree Agile Workshop brings the whole process together for your team

Day 1 is focused on Agile Project Management essentials. You will learn the key pieces of an agile lifecycle, and how to apply agile to your specific situation and environment. You will become a member of "Acme Media" in this highly interactive workshop, and practice using the Agile project management techniques you will learn. You can attend day 1 only if you like.

Days 2 through 4 are all about creating and designing great code. In this unique training we cover the critical skills needed to build software that can easily change. We identify and give names to the qualities that make software flexible so all team members can communicate with high fidelity. We then look at specific principles and practices which support the development of quality software. These techniques apply equally well to new development as they do to maintaining or extending existing systems. You can also choose to attend days 2 through 4 only.

Discount codes:
For day 1 only use FRIEND for $200 off.
For days 2 through 4 only use 2BEAGILE for $300 off.
For days 1 through 4 use GOAGILE for $500 off.

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About the instructors:

Greg Smith is a Senior Project Manager, ScrumMaster, and Agile coach with ten years of experience leading project teams to a more agile process. During his career, he has received numerous awards for his work in helping start-ups establish good software practices, and for helping large enterprises overcome bureaucracy and deliver urgent projects. Greg has worked for companies such as Philips Electronics, The Seattle Times, R.R. Donnelley, Washington Mutual, and JP Morgan Chase. Greg has been teaching Agile Project Management at Bellevue College since 2005. Greg is also a co-author of the top rated agile adoption book, Becoming Agile in an Imperfect World.

One of the nation’s leading Agile Software Development Coaches, David Bernstein has personally trained more than 6,000 developers for several Fortune 500 companies over the course of his 30-year career in software development and multimedia. In 1998 he founded MicroSurfer Corporation, whose Web-productivity software attracted rave reviews from the technology press. Over the last 5 years, David has trained developers at Microsoft, Boeing, Real Networks, SunGard and many others. David is also an award-winning video producer who has created an MTV Earth Day Special and co-produced several shorts with his filmmaker wife, Staci Bernstein.

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