There’s been a lot of great posts around the ‘net since my last post on Certification. Some notable ones include Ron Jeffries, George Dinwiddie’s and Chet Hendrickson. In Chet’s post, he asks the following question: The CSD is not a panacea; it is one more arrow in our quiver. When you get done mocking it,…
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The Proverbial Train Has Left the Station.
Ron Jeffries has up a post titled Opportunity to Advance the Craft about the Certified Scrum Developer program. He says: Here’s the good news: the camel has his nose well inside the tent. Here are some reasons why: and Whether we like it or not, the words ‘certified’ and ‘developer’ are going to be adjacent…
Developer Certification Isn’t About Hiring
In a recent post about Developer Certification, the author mentions hiring as the best way to find candidates, making developer certification about finding developers you can hire. And in many ways that makes sense – if you want the best, adjust your hiring process to find the best. But that’s not why the Certified Scrum…
Developer Certification (ala “Certified Scrum Developer”)
Earlier this week the Scrum Alliance accidently posted some documents related to the Certified Scrum Developer program being released this week. While the documents were apparently an earlier draft, and not the finished product, there were two important points that have been confirmed (or at least reinforced) – the existence of the Scrum Developer Certification…
They Could Have Been Contenders
There’s been a lot of talk in the agile community recently around Software Development Practices, or Engineering Practices, being in Scrum. Scrum, if you’ll remember, is brought up around the 3/3/3 – 3 Roles (ScrumMaster, Product Owner and “Otherâ€), 3 Artifacts (Burndown, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog) and 3 Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review)….