The Fall 2007 Gathering.
As some of you might know the Scrumgathering in November is being organised by the Scrumalliance and Conchango agreed to help as best as possible. After some preparation time the Scrumallaiance has now released some more information on the format of the gathering. The autumn gathering will offer not only Open Spaces but also tracks of structured sessions. If you are interested in submitting a track, please read the call for papers carefully and ensure your suggestion makes it to the Scrumalliance on time.
The CSC Program
To quote from the recently posted article (you can only read it when you are logged in):
"The Scrum Alliance is seeking feedback on a proposed new certification program for Scrum coaches who are guiding organizations in adopting, transitioning, implementing or scaling Scrum. The Certified Scrum Coach Program, or CSC for short, is an experience and skills-based program designed to distinguish individuals who have aided organizations in successfully applying Scrum to improve their effectivenes"
You can read the full article by following this link. Along with the article a PDF document has been published and an email address has been made available to send comments to. You may download the PDF from the link below, these are the original instructions, please follow them carefully if you wish to comment.
- "Download the Certified Scrum Coach Program Draft Proposal (PDF document).
- Comments may either be made on the website accompanying this article or emailed independently to csc-feedback@scrumalliance.org.
- All feedback must be received by July 15, 2007.
- Please do not discuss this proposal on the ScrumDevelopment Yahoo! Group. That group exists to guide Scrum Masters in the practice of Scrum, not to discuss Scrum program effectiveness or changes"
As I have been personally involved in the process of shaping this certification program, I am quite confident that it could add value to the ongoing discussion around certification and skill based versus knowledge based approaches.
The Agile Alliance – 2007 Agile Alliance Elections
The Agile Alliance has a split Board of Directors, elected for two years but serving alternate years. That means the community is going to elect new directors this year. Every member of the Agile Alliance and those people within Conchango who choose to make use of our corporate membership are entitled to vote. A list of qualified candidates has been posted to the Agile Alliance's web-site. As you will be finding my name on the list as well, you can have a look at my statement or you can watch the video instead. Other candidates include Diana Larsen, Esther Derby, Laurent Bossavit, Jeff Langr and many more. I would strongly suggest you read the statement and that you vote. Six of these people on the list will have a major stake in how to take the Agile Alliance forward into 2008.