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	<title>Rod Claar</title>
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	<description>certified scrum trainer, agile coach, technologist</description>
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		<title>Agile Acceptance Testing: Mitigating the Risks of Enterprise Software Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the video from my talk at the ALM Summit at Microsoft last November. Check back here for the code and updates. For more information about my courses check the RippleRock site or the Effective AGILE Development site.]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=258</link>
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		<title>The PMO of the Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the PMO? Wikipedia says that the PMO is the Project Management Office and is defined as “in a business or professional enterprise is the department or group that defines and maintains the standards of process, generally related to project management, within the organization.”  It goes on to reference traditional project management methodologies like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=187</link>
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		<title>Setup Fitnesse for .NET Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When new pilots are in training one of the most unnatural things to learn is the repeating back of instructions to the control tower or Air Traffic Control.  Sometimes these instructions are pretty complicated and the pilot has to write the instructions down and read them back.  Obviously the reason this is so critical is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=134</link>
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		<title>Claiming PMI PDUs for Your Scrum Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you PMPs know, you need to continue to learn and progress to keep your PMP designation.  The good news is that your CSM and CSPO training probably qualify as PDUs with the PMI.  I say probably because it is the PMI that decides, not me!  ;&#62;) The process to claim your PDUs is pretty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=130</link>
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		<title>The Application Process for Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Developer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you have taken the required training for your Certified Scrum Developer from the Scrum Alliance and you are wondering how to actually get the certification.  Here is how it works today. This certification requires 5 days of training.  The first two days could be a CSM class or a CSPO class.  RippleRock and others [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=126</link>
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		<title>The Current Certified ScrumMaster Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting a lot of questions about how someone who has taken a Certified ScrumMaster class like my Certified ScrumMaster Workshop goes about actually securing their CSM. The CST will upload the list of attendees for each class and pay the fee for your initial Scrum Alliance membership.  This associates you with the class you attened.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=121</link>
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		<title>Effective Agile Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the launch of a new course designed to help enterprises deliver more business value faster by improving the quality of their software products with Agile Testing. Agile Testing is not a new idea, but with this new course, we are bringing all the concepts together in a team based course.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=113</link>
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		<title>Agile Technical Software Product Specification</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technical Software Product Specification In a Complex Regulatory or Standards Based Domain Our approach to the process used to develop technical specification in a complex regulatory or standards base domain includes appropriate, timely and effective inspect and adapt cycles. Software development professionals who believe in the principles of Scrum, Agile and XP often point to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=107</link>
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		<title>Clearing the air on Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a lot of negative comments about the new Scrum Alliance Certified Developer program lately. One web post referrs to the organizers of the program and presmuably the participants as &#8220;festering money-grubbers&#8221; . Let me clear a couple of things up about the CSD program. For full disclosure, I&#8217;m on staff with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=74</link>
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		<title>INDUSTRY VETERAN ROD CLAAR JOINS RIPPLEROCK TO LEAD THE NORTH AMERICAN AGILE PRACTICE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 26, 2010 &#8211; RippleRock recently recruited industry veteran trainer and Agile Coach Rod Claar. Rod is an internationally recognized leader in the area of software development. His special focus is on large teams and projects to increase the velocity of software development through coaching, training, and consulting. He has spent considerable time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rod-claar.net/?p=71</link>
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