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Agile2019

Join Maria Matarelli and Nic Sementa at Agile2019 in Washington, D.C. August 5-9. Maria Matarelli and Nic Sementa will be representing Agile Marketing Academy with Comparative Agility. Comparative Agile Marketing provides change leaders with the insights they need to create an environment tailored for marketing professionals in an environment of constant change and volatility. The significant benefits of agile are increasingly being adapted by marketing professionals across the world. Maria Matarelli and Nic Sementa were among the first domain experts to introduce agile concepts to marketing organizations across the world and the impact has been undeniable. By transforming traditional marketing processes into more agile ways of working, companies are seeing significant increases in brand awareness, effectiveness and customer acquisition. Comparative Agile Marketing also quickly reveals where your efforts need attention and identifies where you can make the most impact to embrace a more adaptive way of operating as a marketing organization.

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Training in Bangkok Thailand

We just finished an incredible Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) class in Bangkok, Thailand this last week! Check out the recap video here! Everyone loves how interactive and fun this class is – learning in the best and most engaging way possible! We teach companies around the world how to apply Agile methods for maximum results! More details: www.formulaink.com/agiletraining

We had several Senior Project Managers, Project Management Office (PMO) Managers, Senior Business Analysts, Practice Leads, Solution Engineers, Application Analysts, Product Owners, ScrumMasters, and Developers in our group of attendees.

Some of the feedback we heard from attendees:

“You would be amazed how much you will learn even if you have been practicing for some time.”
– Ahmad, ScrumMaster
“I liked it and will recommend anyone who wants to know more about Scrum to join.”
– Ruangyot, Front end Developer
“I think I see a more clear picture from the case study example to adapt with my team in our organization.”
– Jarupat, Application Analyst
“This class will give you an idea of what Agile means and what you can apply in your real life, not only work.”
– Natika, Senior Project Manager

Check out the video from the class:

Discover Agile from a Certified Scrum Trainer!

Maria Matarelli Certified Scrum Trainer

Maria Matarelli is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and travels the world on one-way tickets to work with organizations across a variety of industries to learn about their project management challenges, drive change, and uncover better ways to work.

Agile is one of the fastest growing project management techniques being used by companies all over the world that gets incredible results. Rather than planning everything out for a project up front and delivering it all at the end, Agile is an iterative development approach that challenges you to look at what can be delivered now to get to market faster, deliver value incrementally, and regularly inspect and adapt to enhance the way you work and ensure that you are delivering the highest value features.

Scrum is the most commonly used Agile approach by organizations around the world. More than 58% of companies that use Agile, use the Scrum Framework according to Version One’s yearly State of Agile survey.

Maria helps companies understand the foundations of Agile while leading Executive Agile workshops, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) classes, and more. After working with companies adopting Agile from Chicago to New York, Panama, Trinidad, London, Shanghai and many other locations, Maria brings a global view to organizational challenges and Agile adoption.

There are only 199 Certified Scrum Trainers (CST) in the world and one of the biggest challenges organizations face is in bridging the gap between traditional project management environments. It can be a great advantage to work with a trainer that has experience first hand working with both traditional projects and also with large enterprise Agile transitions.

If you are looking for training in Agile or Scrum, traditional sourcing methods may not get you to the right person with the right expertise. Come directly to the source and learn from a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST). Maria and her team can provide Agile resources, training, and learning solutions that can help your organization truly transform.

Contact Maria and her team directly at 773-492-1465 or email inspiration@formulaink.com

Tools for Online Collaboration with Distributed Teams

Distributed Teams

It can be challenging to work with a distributed team when planning and working on a project together. Enclosed are some resources that may help you collaborate with geographically separated team members. Please share other resources that you may use to collaborate with a distributed team in the comments.

For Brainstorming, Prioritization, and Retrospectives:

Estimation:

Announcing the Agile Marketing Academy!
It has been really exciting to see the benefits and incredible results of Agile applied to Marketing! While applying Agile frequently in the IT and Software Development arenas, it has been exciting to explore more applications of Agile outside of IT.
 
After seeing great results with clients using Agile in their Marketing efforts, we launched a case study program to pull together the best practices we have seen over the last few years. We have an online program designed specifically for entrepreneurs and a 2 day in-person training course for larger organizations.
Discover more on how you can leverage Agile outside of IT, aligning other areas of the business with common language and terminology. Learn how to begin applying Agile to Marketing at your organization.
 
After pulling together the best practices of Agile applied to Marketing, we are excited to announce the launch of the Agile Marketing Academy!
 
Agile Marketing Academy Home Page Launch
How to Claim PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs)

After completing one of our certification courses such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or another Agile training class, you are eligible for 14 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for 2 day classes, or 7 PDUs for 1 day classes if you have one of PMI’s certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or others.

Below are the instructions for claiming your PDUs.

1. Log into your PMI membership profile at PMI.org

2. Click on “My Profile” and select “Report PDUs”

3. Select “Category B: Continuing Education” and click “Next”

How to Claim PMI PDUs Part 1

4. On the next screen (see image below), fill in the name of the class if it is Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Executive Agile, Agile for Teams, Agile Marketing, or whatever the name was of the course.

5. Enter the dates of the class.

6. If your class was 2 days in length, enter 14 hours (7 hours per day while removing the hour spent for lunch). If your class was 1 day in length, enter 7 hours.

7. Enter the provider name as “Formula Ink”

8. Enter the phone number, URL, and email address as shown in the example image below.

9. If you are PMP(R) or PgMP(R) certified, enter the PDUs claimed in this box. If you are PMI-ACP certified, you can also enter the PDUs claimed in this box.

10. Check the box to confirm the information is accurate.

11. Hit “submit”.

How to Claim PMI PDUs Part 2

 

You can find more information on PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs) at the link below:
https://www.pmi.org/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/PDU-Category-Structure-6-pager-FINAL-Aug-2013.ashx

 

 

About Formula Ink

Formula Ink is an international consulting and training company based in Chicago, IL, though we travel all over the world from Sweden to Vancouver, Morocco to Istanbul, working with companies across all industries to discover a better way to work. In today’s dynamic market, it is more important than ever before to streamline your processes, increase your efficiency, and get results. We’ve worked with some of the largest companies in the world, and over the years, we have seen companies at all levels struggling with delivering projects on time and within budget. We’ve helped organizations increase their speed to market by more than 80% using cutting edge Agile techniques. Discover how you can get an edge in your market. Contact us today and learn more.

Discover Why You Need Agile

Have you heard of Agile? Its one of the fastest growing project management techniques being used by companies all over the world that gets incredible results.

Whether you’re developing new products, looking to streamline existing processes, or looking to increase your effectiveness in sales and marketing, we can show you how applying Agile in any of these areas to enhance the way you work.

Rather than planning everything out for a project up front and delivering it all at the end, Agile is an iterative development approach that challenges you to look at what can be delivered now to get to market faster, deliver value incrementally, and regularly inspect and adapt to enhance the way you work and ensure that you are delivering the highest value features. Agile gets results. We’ve helped start up companies increase sales by more than 300% in less than 6 months, we’ve helped organizations increase their speed to market by more than 80%, and Fortune 100 clients streamline processes and reduce budgets by more than 50% on multi-million dollar projects.

Contact us today and speak with one of our experienced consultants to see how we can help you and your team achieve a higher level of performance. We help businesses achieve organizational transformation for breakthrough performance results.

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Get a Glimpse of our Interactive Agile Training

Discover the benefits of Agile and learn by doing through hands-on, experiential training. Learn techniques to cut through extra process and get results. At Formula Ink, we offer 2-Day Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 2-Day Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification training, Agile for Executives, Agile for Teams, Release Planning and User Story Writing Workshops, Agile Assessments and much more.

Learn more about our Agile solutions and discover key elements for increasing your speed to market that you can begin to immediately apply in your work environment.

Agile Immersion

If you’ve wanted to learn about Agile or if you are currently using Agile and would like to sharpen your skills, join us on Saturday, April 4, 2015 in downtown Chicago for an Immersive Lab as we walk through a simulated project. Sometimes, the best way to learn is to experience a project in action.

We will have Alistair Cockburn, co-creator of the Agile Manifesto and Agile thought leader, Aakash Srinivasan, an Agile Coach and Trainer from Washington, D.C. who has worked with NASA, Freddie Mac, Capital One, and several other Fortune 100 companies, and Larry Suda from New York who has developed an immersive simulation to walk people through an Agile project while dissecting the people-side and leadership aspects necessary to lead in this servant leadership driven environment.

This is a FREE event!! Space is limited, so reserve your spot now if you would like to attend!

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1bN0zaP