In This Issue

• ScrumMaster/VersionOne Training - Atlanta in April
• Using Lean for Competitive Advantage
• A Few Good Managers [agile humor]
• Hardest Part of Being an Agile Project Manager
• V1: Agile Community Edition Released

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ScrumMaster & VersionOne Training by SPRiNT iT

VersionOne training partner, SPRiNT iT, will be holding a ScrumMaster Certification course with optional Versionone training on April 24-26th in Atlanta, GA. Save approximately $250 by taking as a combined course.

For more information on this training - CLICK HERE

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Using Lean for Competitive Advantage [video]

Interview with Mary & Tom Poppendieck

Lean software gurus Mary and Tom Poppendieck share their years of practical experience, as they speak on the history of Lean thinking, the value of fast delivery and deferred committment, their use of Value Stream Mapping to identify and reduce waste, the importance of identifying and dealing well with cross-organizational and inter-organizational boundaries, and how Lean relates to RUP and Scrum.

To view the interview CLICK HERE
http://www.infoq.com/interviews/poppendieck-lean-2007

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A Few Good Managers... [Agile Humor]

VersionOne's CEO, Robert Holler, posts a play on the movie A Few Good Men for agile managers - very funny.

To view the post CLICK HERE
http://www.agilechronicles.com/blog/2007/03/a_few_good_mana.html

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The Hardest Part of Being an Agile Project Manager

Brian Button is an Agile coach, team leader and long-time developer. He discusses the hardest part about managing a team of 5 devs, 1 tester, 2 designers and 1 customer.

To view the blog CLICK HERE
http://www.agileprogrammer.com/oneagilecoder/archive/2007/02/11/22180.aspx

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V1: Agile Community Edition Released

VersionOne recently released it's free, fully-functional 5-user Community edition. V1: Agile Community offers identical functionality to our enterprise product but is limited to 5 users and does not include support or upgrades.

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