I've been in Brisbane the last couple of days doing a Certified Scrummaster course. The course was run by Jens Østergaard in association with the Scrum Alliance.
Arrived on Wednesday morning and was surprised to find we had 2 trainers - Jens had bought along his colleague Arne Åhlander to co-train. I really like having 2 trainers. Not only does it give the trainers a little bit of a rest so they are always "fresh", but we get twice the perspective on things, twice as many people to ask questions of and it's just nice to hear a different voice sometimes.
The course was extremely practical - lots of exercises and examples, and there were great people on the course. I was surprised to find I was not the only Gold Coast person - GCCC had 4 or 5 people that they sent along (what a refreshing thought to think our governments are thinking about Agile/Scrum - maybe we'll finally get value for our taxes). As usual, no matter how hard I tried, I ended up asking way too many questions and commenting.... I just couldn't help myself. My apologies to any of my fellow attendees who I might have annoyed, that's just me being me - I don't think I can change this... and maybe I shouldn't.
At the end of the course I told Jens a little bit about OSDC, Linux Australia, Barcamps and all the other things I have been involved in - he was really interested - and I think there would be a lot of Agilists in the open source community that would benefit from engaging more with the Scrum community. Jens is happy to talk or find someone from Scrum Alliance to talk at our various events - so if anyone from OSDC/LCA/Barcamps is reading this, please get in touch with him - he is a great contact.
