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CSD already being offered from Microsoft in October

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Ralph Jocham

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Sep 25, 2009, 4:32:28 AM9/25/09
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Hi All,
today my company got an invitation to sent developers to a CSD training in Europe given by
Microsoft. With Microsoft being a STO (Scrum Training Organization). The course is 5 days
and costs about 3K EUR. 

It is being held 26.-30. October with focus on .Net . With the offer was also an official SA
letter which described the idea and reason behind the course.

Am I missing something. Is this whole exercise of any value? Somehow I have the feeling
that the cards are already dealt and all this effort is only window dressing to make the 
already decided product look better.

Thanks,
Ralph

D. André Dhondt

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Sep 25, 2009, 4:45:18 AM9/25/09
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>Is this whole exercise of any value?

Yes.  The fact that there are 3 certs out there now (WAQB, CSD, and AIPMM) suggests to me that this perceived threat is real--and I refuse to stand by silently as someone in Redmond or at the SA decides how to define the most widely recognized credential for agility.  This is our line of work, and it should be us that defines the craft--in some relational model, not hierarchical!

For the moment, let's see how much support we can really generate for a relational assessment scheme.  Who will join WeVouchFor.org?  If we start there, we'll start generating real feedback towards what we need to be happy.  See you at http://www.wevouchfor.org !


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Kurt Häusler

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Sep 25, 2009, 5:39:12 AM9/25/09
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You got any links for that course?
I find it strange that there would already be something so concretely
planned, without it being announced first on the scrum alliance site.

If I search for microsoft and csd, I get something completely different.

The course might not be that bad.

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