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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (PRWEB) AUGUST 25, 2015
The Braintrust Consulting Group, a worldwide leader in Agile transformations, invites IT and Project Management Professionals to register for upcoming Scrum certification classes including Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) the week of September 21-25, 2015 in Nashville, TN.
The Braintrust Scrum certification classes are intended to teach attendees how to learn, plan, and implement Agile processes with the goal of increasing predictability of delivery, decreasing time-to-market, and improving overall client satisfaction. All certification classes are full of practical, real world techniques that attendees can implement immediately.
Braintrust President, Brian Rabon said, “At Braintrust, we’re passionate about Agile. Braintrust is proud to return to Nashville to present these expert-led classes. Scrum certification is one of the leading project manager training certifications for IT professionals, and Braintrust certification classes stand apart because of our unique approach to training. We focus on hands-on-exercises and utilize the latest brain science techniques from the field of Accelerated Learning.”
Braintrust’s Certified ScrumMaster (September 21-22) class is an in-depth two-day immersion into the world of Scrum. This class is ideal for IT Professionals (Architects, BAs, DBAs, Developers, Testers, etc.), IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs), and Project Managers. Members of the Project Management Institute will earn 14 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward maintaining their existing credentials by attending this class.
To learn more about Braintrust’s Certified ScrumMaster training or purchase a ticket through Eventbrite, please visit http://www.braintrustgroup.com/class/certified-scrummaster-csm-nashville-tn-21-22-september-2015/.
Braintrust’s Certified Scrum Product Owner (September 23-24) class offers attendees a two-day in-depth immersion into the world of Agile Product Management. This class is ideal for Product Managers/Business Analysts, Functional/Operational Managers, Project Sponsors, and IT Leadership (Managers/Directors/VPs/CIOs/CTOs). Members of the Project Management Institute will earn 14 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward maintaining their existing credentials by attending this class.
To learn more about Braintrust’s Certified Scrum Product Owner training or purchase a ticket through Eventbrite, please visit http://www.braintrustgroup.com/class/certified-scrum-product-owner-cspo-nashville-tn-23-24-september-2015/.
Kate Megaw, CST, PMP, will lead the Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Product Owner classes. Megaw holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Management from The Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Kate Megaw is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) from the Scrum Alliance and a Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) with The Braintrust Consulting Group. With over 12 years of industry experience, Megaw has managed and led teams for global companies like XcitekSolutionsPlus (XSP) and H&R Block.
Braintrust’s Certified Scrum Developer-Agile Engineering (September 23-25) is a three-day class aimed at helping software development professionals and teams become more effective when implementing Scrum and other Agile methodologies. Agile Engineering is specifically designed to deliver the core Agile Development Practices Learning Objectives of the CSD program and prepares the participant to successfully pass the Scrum Alliance CSD Candidate Assessment. This class fulfills 21 of the required 35 hours and can be paired with the prerequisite Certified ScrumMaster class to complete the Scrum Alliance requirements.
To learn more about Braintrust’s Scrum Developer certification training or purchase a ticket through Eventbrite, please visit: http://www.braintrustgroup.com/class/certified-scrum-developer-agile-engineering-ae-nashville-tn-23-25-september-2015/.
Erick Fleming, CSM, JCD, MCT, MSCD, will lead the CSD course. Fleming is a certified .NET and Java Developer with over 17 years of programming and training experience and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems from the University of South Florida. He has spent most of his career training and consulting with organizations on technologies ranging from .NET and Java to Linux and other open source tools, and specializes in cloud-based web solutions.
Attendees are encouraged to register through the website in advance. Individual attendee, early bird, and group pricing are available. To learn more about the Agile approach to training and other upcoming classes in the Nashville area, please visit http://braintrustgroup.com/tour/nashville/. 
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About The Braintrust Consulting Group 
The Braintrust Consulting Group is the premiere leader in training and coaching in the field of Agile. Through practical, hands-on training and enterprise and team coaching, Braintrust’s experienced instructors lead professionals through the process of planning and implementing Agile processes, such as Scrum and Kanban. The Braintrust approach blends people, process, tools, and training into one seamless formula in order to increase predictability of delivery, decrease time-to-market, and improve overall client satisfaction. A worldwide leader in Agile transformations, Brainstrust is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Birmingham, Alabama, and Los Angeles, California.