To promote the usage of Agile methods and practices in the Philippines, CodeLean, Inc. has sponsored an initiative aptly named Agile.ph. “The benefits will be huge for the local IT sector if Agile practices are adopted here, with the country being one of the world’s top software outsourcing destinations,” says Peter Andersen, CodeLean Scrum Master. Studies have shown that Agile methods improve companies’ ability to respond quickly to market and customer needs, cut down on inefficiency, and make employees happier and more productive.
Agile.ph has hit the ground running by bringing in Dutch Agile expert Bas Vodde to head a two-day course on Scrum, an Agile methodology that deals with how projects are organized and planned. The course will be held in the Boardroom of the Dusit Hotel, Makati City on April 14 to 15, 2009. The Certified Scrum Master course covers the what, how, and whys of the Scrum framework for product development. The course will enlighten Filipino IT professionals about the theoretical and practical use of Scrum. Bas will conduct the course through stories and discussion, encouraging participants to actively learn by asking practical questions about how to apply Scrum in their particular situations.
“With this first big event, we hope that the Agile.ph movement gains momentum and starts to make Agile practices more widely used in the country,” says Ole Ronberg, CodeLean CEO. CodeLean is a Danish software company that specializes in Agile development of software applications and web solutions, e-business solutions, and database-driven solutions. The company’s highly-skilled team of programmers and project managers has extensive experience working professionally with technologies and programming languages such as PHP, C++, VB.NET, C#, Ruby On Rails, and uses the Scrum project management methodology to ensure the timely delivery of quality software products and advanced web solutions to clients. For more information about CodeLean, visit www.codelean.com.
For inquiries about the Certified Scrum Master course, email info@codelean.com or call 8920419.