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This year’s Gathering will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on 20-22 October 2008. The blurb sent by the Scrum Alliance reads:

“Transforming the World of Work” will be the focus of the upcoming Scrum Gathering October 20-22, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Scrum Alliance co-founders Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland are scheduled to lead Scrum Gathering participants in an in-depth look at all things Scrum. Experience first-hand practical and interactive sessions led by key industry experts and Scrum practitioners.

Concurrent multiple sessions are scheduled with topics designed for participants with any level of Scrum knowledge. Additionally, open space sessions will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information in a progressive, interactive experience. Peer-networking and social sessions are featured daily as part of the Scrum Gathering.

More information, conference schedules and registration details are available at the Scrum Alliance website.

Great news for people in Perth looking for Certified ScrumMaster training. You can now get a $200 discount on the course scheduled for 29-30 May 2008. All you have to do is register with the code CSMMay08.

Enter “CSMMay08” (without the quotes) in the text box labeled “CSM $200 off discount Coupon”. This discount will reduce the cost of the course to a very reasonably $1,400 (AUD).

Note: This course was originally scheduled for 26-27 May 2008.

Update 2008-05-14: Sadly, this Perth CSM course has been cancelled due to insufficient numbers.

An agile gathering is planned for Sydney on Thursday night with Alistair Cockburn. He’s in town for one night only.

Here is the current plan:

Note: Alistair will be arriving about 8:30pm.

Please email me* if you are planning to attend (please let me know if you’re interested in dinner as well) and I’ll keep you up to date and provide contact details.

Another useful resource, from Pete Deemer and Gabrielle Benefield.

The Scrum Primer is an in-depth introduction to the theory and practice of Scrum, and includes data on results from a large-scale corporate adoption of Scrum.

I have no idea, but Joe Little has made an attempt to put a figure on it and comes up with some interesting numbers!