Blacks United in Leading Technology - Nashville

Register Here, it's free. https://bit.ly/4thNTXBlackTechSymposium

Be enlightened by the 6 Keynotes, 45 Sessions, and evening Workshop presentations on the latest tech topics, career development, and how to get into tech.

Attend the Symposium's Day Two Morning Keynote on June 12th, at 9:30 am from Richard Reid, Senior Vice President, Business Development for Freeman’s Audio-Visual Division in Dallas, TX.

Learn of his triumphs, setbacks, successes and challenges in navigating the corporate ladder into executive management. This presentation chronicles the personal and professional journey of an individual shaped by early experiences as an Army brat, a passion for technology, and a relentless drive for leadership and excellence.

Participate in the Career and Vendor Expo daily from 5:00 - 6:30 pm. Meet other tech professionals in the daily virtual networking sessions.

Participate to win valuable door prizes. Let's all highlight North Texas' Black tech success and possibilities! The event is free to attend and has three concurrent daily sessions.

Register [HERE](Participate to win valuable door prizes. Let's all highlight North Texas' Black tech success and possibilities!).

Register Here, it's free. https://bit.ly/4thNTXBlackTechSymposium

Be enlightened by the 6 Keynotes, 45 Sessions, and evening Workshop presentations on the latest tech topics, career development, and how to get into tech.

We will spend time understanding how to determine which skills/abilities can relate to new opportunities. We will also construct a plan of action that will provide guidance and reduce the possibility of redundancy or wasted efforts/resources. Lastly, each participant will gain a sense of awareness and clarity regarding their ‘next steps’ toward achieving their goals which is understanding how to use what they currently have in conjunction with obtaining those new skills, abilities, and or training that will lead to positive future outcomes.

Register Here, it's free. https://bit.ly/4thNTXBlackTechSymposium

Be enlightened by the 6 Keynotes, 45 Sessions, and evening Workshop presentations on the latest tech topics, career development, and how to get into tech.

We’ll explore the concept of personal UX maturity, review strategies to help optimize your personal development and trajectory in UX, and drive an understanding of why personal UX maturity is critical to the discipline-at-large.

Attendees will learn the following:

• How to define and recognize the importance and landscape of UX maturity.
• Why personal UX maturity recognition and management is a necessity.
• How to evaluate and gauge your personal UX maturity level.
• How to continuously identify and target areas for personal growth.

Register Here, it's free. https://bit.ly/4thNTXBlackTechSymposium

Be enlightened by the 6 Keynotes, 45 Sessions, and evening Workshop presentations on the latest tech topics, career development, and how to get into tech.

In this session, attendees will learn and be able to ask questions about Understanding IT Government Contracting.

This is a Member's Only Event - Join Here if not a member
Your registration includes:

• 2-Day Virtual Training Class
• Training Materials
• Certified ScrumMaster class by Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
• Ask The Instructor: post-class tutoring for exam
• Access to RocketNine's Scrum Master Guide Videos: the beastly resource of videos, tips, ideas and research
• 2 year membership to Scrum Alliance
• 15 PMI PDUs and 16 Scrum Alliance SEUs
• Lifetime membership in the Global Scrum Community
• Plus, certification exam and membership fees are included!

## LAND THAT DREAM JOB

Earning a CSM credential from Scrum Alliance will make you a more valuable employee to current or future employers while empowering you to make a difference or impact positive change in their workplace.
Become certified as a Scrum Master and receive one of the HIGHEST PAYING certifications. The CSM Certification opens new career opportunities for you in multiple industries.
Scrum Alliance education and certifications give you endless ways to distinguish yourself as a Scrum and Agile practitioner.

## ABOUT THE CLASS

Rocket Nine's Results: 99% of our students pass the exam on their first try, and class feedback has been more than 9.5.

## WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

This two-day ScrumMaster certification course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum. The largest and most well-known of Agile project management, Scrum is a simple framework that has a small set of interrelated practices and rules, is not overly prescriptive and enables more effective teams.
This course shares industry-tested practices for evolving Product Backlogs, planning your Release and Sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and developing continuous improvement cycles. Participants will learn how to effectively plan and run daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and more.

## WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE:

CERTIFICATION - Pass the CSM exam and become a Certified Scrum Master
EDUCATIONAL UNITS - 15 PMI PDUs (category 3) and 16 Scrum Alliance SEUs
MEMBERSHIP - 2 Year membership to the Scrum Alliance and Lifetime membership in the Global Scrum Community

## WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Scrum Masters
Product Owners
IT Professionals
Managers
Testers
HR Managers
Developers
Business Analysts
Marketing Teams
Project Managers
Project Sponsors
Career Changers and Job Seekers
ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW SCRUM CAN IMPROVE YOUR WORLD OF WORK
ANYONE CAN ATTEND - NO PRE-REQUISITES

## COURSE LEARNING OUTLINE

### General Knowledge

• Agile Manifesto
• Scrum Foundations
• Scrum compared to Waterfall
• Scrum Values
• Applicability of Scrum

### Scrum Roles

• Overview of Scrum Roles
• Scrum Master as Servant Leader
• Rounding out the Scrum Team: Product Owner and the Development Team
• Impact on traditional roles

### Scrum Meetings

• Sprint Planning Meeting
• Daily Scrum Meeting
• Sprint Review Meeting
• Sprint Retrospective Meeting

### Scrum Artifacts

• Product Backlog
• Product Increment and the Definition of Done
• Sprint Backlog

### Integration

• ScrumMaster Responsibilities and Skills
• Scrum Simulation
• Class Retrospective

## YOU WILL LEAVE THIS EXPERIENCE KNOWING:

SCRUM FRAMEWORK: the events, roles, processes and artifacts as well as ways to apply them
BEING A SCRUM MASTER: including tips to being a better leader, coach and facilitator
TEAM BUILDING: leverage Scrum to create highly collaborative, sustainable and high-performance teams