Folks,

Jens Østergaard from Scrum Training Institute is in town and is going to give a talk to our group on Why is Scrum So Hard. The event will be at Marakana in Potrero Hill and pizza will be provided.

(Jens is also teaching a Certified Scrum Master class in San Francisco on August 20 and you can still register with $400 off coupon code: SFAgile).

About the Speaker:
Østergaard has spent more than 20 years as a developer, DBA, team manager, project manager and ScrumMaster, developing software primarily in financial services organizations. Østergaard was the world’s first certified CSM/Practitioner, and has led a number of highly successful Scrum projects. Østergaard has a Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis from Linköping University, Sweden.

Jens Østergaard is an Agile Developer consultant who helps organizations understand the fundamentals of Scrum, argue that organizations should keep Scrum as pure as possible, until they fully understand the mechanism that drive development forward.

Having more than 20 years of experience as developer, dba, team manager, project manager and ScrumMaster, primarily in financial organizations, he has worked with all aspects of software development. Jens has managed several Scrum projects, and became a fully qualified CSM Trainer, in Copenhagen, 2004. Apart from consulting and training, Jens gives popular presentations about Scrum, at conferences and for organizations.

Jens’ base is in Europe, where he is self-employed. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis at Linköping University, Sweden, and one year at graduate school, business department, in Madison, Wisconsin.

You can read more about Jens Østergaard at scrum.dk.