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Certified Agile Leadership (CAL1) Training in Chicago
September 26, 2016 no comments in Agile, Leadership, Training by

We had the privilege of hosting a Certified Agile Leadership (CAL1) class led by Michael Sahota in Chicago and the feedback has been incredible! This is the latest certification offering through the Scrum Alliance. Many people talk about the need for “mindset shift” but not many know what that really means. For true organizational transformation, if you’re an agilest, coach, trainer, or leader in any capacity, this is so much more than your typical training class… in 2-days, it will open your mindset to consider new possibilities that will truly transform the way you look at yourself, your own actions, your approach to leadership, and will show you how to inspire real change in organizations.

Webinar on Agile Lifestyle: Discover the Power of Personal Agility
August 29, 2016 no comments in Webinar by

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Discover how you can apply Agile beyond the workplace to all areas of your life. Learn how to create opportunity in the unknown. Uncover ways to incorporate Agile in your day-to-day life, communicate more effectively, and 10x your output. Find inspiration to push past limiting beliefs and achieve goals you never thought possible.

Maria Matarelli will be giving the opening keynote presentation at the Women in Agile – Agility Beyond Workplace conference on December 18, 2016 in Hyderabad, India.

For more details, check out: www.IndiaScrumCommunity.com

Presentation Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7ttdycrpjg&list=UUvvEjFI8Q6SSD_dzidlVU7w&index=35

Discover Agile from a Certified Scrum Trainer!
May 12, 2016 no comments in Uncategorized by

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
April 2, 2016 no comments in Uncategorized by

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:

Agile Marketing: Discover the Essentials
March 15, 2016 no comments in Agile Marketing, Training by

Math, marketing, chart.

Have you ever wondered about how to apply Agile outside of IT? There are many benefits to using Agile that could lead to even greater results if leveraged in other departments throughout your business. We have been exploring ways to apply Agile outside of IT to areas that can really benefit a business: Marketing.

What better place to leverage Agile than in Marketing? We have been developing products more efficiently and getting to market faster, why not enhance how we promote the products and reach our customers with Agile as well?

The Agile Marketing Academy was created from years of study on the relationship between marketing and sales while incorporating Agile techniques that have yielded such incredible results in product development, software development, and across various other industries. The Academy’s Case Study programs have yielded more than 300% revenue increase in less than 6 months and more than 780% growth in just a year by applying Agile Marketing. Imagine what this kind of growth could do for your company.

The Agile Marketing Academy is an organization that holds the standardized knowledge base and best practices for how corporations, business owners, and individuals leverage rapid learning cycles to enhance their marketing. These practices lead to marketing systems that maximize sales and results while delivering breakthrough performance and customer satisfaction. The Agile Marketing Academy is the certifying body for the Certified Agile Marketing Specialist (CAMS), Certified Agile Marketing Practitioner (CAMP), Certified Agile Marketing Coach (CAMC), and Certified Agile Marketing Trainer (CAMT).

We have held 2-day in person Certified Agile Marketing Specialist (CAMS) training courses around the world in Shanghai, Singapore, Thailand, India, and throughout the U.S. in Atlanta, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. as well as providing online training through our online training platform.

Discover the industry best practices in applying Agile to Marketing to get the results you want in business growth.

Learn more at: http://AgileMarketingAcademy.com

Announcing the Agile Marketing Academy!
January 20, 2016 no comments in Uncategorized by
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)
November 2, 2015 no comments in Uncategorized by

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
September 9, 2015 no comments in Uncategorized by

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.

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Discover Why You Need Agile
July 21, 2015 no comments in Uncategorized by

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
May 2, 2015 no comments in Uncategorized by

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.