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Professional Scrum Trainer Spotlight - David Sabine
Aug 24, 2023
Professional Scrum Trainer David Sabine discusses his journey from being a musician to becoming a Scrum trainer. They also explore the challenges of adopting Scrum in a college environment and the positive impact of agile practices. David shares their experience of joining a tech hub and working in small cross-functional teams, and their motivation to become a Professional Scrum Trainer.
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- David Sabine's introduction to Scrum in 2007 led him to become a Scrum Master, despite facing challenges in implementing it in a large organization.
- David Sabine's background in education and passion for teaching led him to become a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) and share his knowledge with the agile community.
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David's Scrum Journey
David Smeen, a professional Scrum trainer, shares his journey to becoming a PST and his introduction to Scrum. He grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, and moved around before settling in London, Ontario, where he currently resides. David discovered Scrum in 2007 while working at a college in northern Alberta. Impressed by its common-sense approach, he became a Scrum Master and soon realized the challenges of implementing Scrum in a large organization. Despite facing compromises, he continued to embrace agile practices and joined my planet digital in 2012, where he applied Scrum in curriculum development and product ownership roles.
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