SAFe® for Teams Training Course

This two-day course is designed for IT professionals who are interested in exploring the Waterfall model and the various methods traditionally used to address its limitations, including but not limited to Agile approaches.

The first day of the course provides an overview of these methodologies, helping you determine which ones might be suitable for your specific environment.

The second day focuses on project management techniques and best practices derived from Agile methodologies, which can be effectively applied in both Waterfall and Agile contexts.

Business Analysis is the process of examining, understanding, and defining business needs to develop solutions that meet those needs. It is a key element in the process of managing organizational changes and designing new business solutions. Business analysis ensures that technological, process-related, or organizational solutions meet business goals and needs. It is crucial for the effectiveness of projects and organizational changes by ensuring that the introduced solutions are appropriate, feasible, and fully aligned with business requirements.

The training "Scrum for Advanced Scrum Masters + Preparation for PSM II" is aimed at experienced Scrum Masters who want to expand their competencies, gain a deeper understanding of how Scrum works, and become true leaders in an agile approach. The course covers the interpretation of the Scrum Guide according to the vision of Scrum.org, which is crucial for the PSM II exam. Participants gain practical knowledge about comprehensiveness, empirical approaches, Scrum values, and the role of the Scrum Master as a leader. Additionally, the course prepares participants for the PSM II exam, based on the latest version of the Scrum Guide.

This course is designed to help business analysts excel in Agile projects. Participants will gain insights into effectively collaborating with the team, product owner, scrum master, and customers to streamline the development process. Through a simulated project, attendees will practice handling typical scenarios.

Target group:

IT Director, Project Manager, Technical Team Leader, Analyst, Software Developer, Tester

Learning objective:

The goal of this training is to gain a deep understanding and practical experience in the key aspects of Kanban and Agile methodologies.

This course is designed for individuals who need to integrate Agile methodologies, particularly SCRUM, with Lean and Kanban to effectively manage their projects.

It brings together the principles of product design and software development.

Who Should Attend?

This two-day course is ideal for any IT professionals looking to implement Iterative Agile and Scrum methodologies for managing software development. It is especially beneficial for project managers, team leaders, developers, and clients who are involved in the software development process and wish to have a stakeholding role.

This course is designed for test managers, quality assurance professionals, testers, software developers, project managers, and management to explain how Agile project management frameworks, particularly SCRUM, handle testing.

By the end of the course, each participant will design and execute a test plan for a sample application. If available, this can be an actual client application.

This 2-day course offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers fundamental testing concepts within the context of Agile (Scrum) development, using Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore modern principles and practices of Agile testing.

Intended Audience

This course is designed for development teams looking to enhance their testing practices in an Agile environment.

It is also ideal for individuals aiming to pursue a career in testing and serves as a suitable prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

This instructor-led, live training in Slovakia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner to intermediate-level professionals who wish to gain a deeper understanding of Scrum and pass the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Master the fundamentals and concepts of Scrum.
• Gain core competencies to handle internal and external distractions in project development.
• Master the ins and outs of all Scrum ceremonies.
• Gain proficiency in executing Scrum.
• Take the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification Exam with confidence.

JIRA Software is a robust tool for Project Management, and it's common for people to focus more on the tool itself rather than the underlying methodology.

This instructor-led, live training introduces participants to the powerful capabilities of Jira and Confluence, which work together to support the team in successfully delivering their product or project. The training will help the team use these tools more effectively for managing User Requirements, Testing, Communication, all centralized in one place.

The course covers topics such as JIRA projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban and Scrum), planning and dependencies, Jira/Confluence integration, reporting, important fields and custom fields, issue types, screens, and filtering.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create a Scrum or Kanban project
• Configure Jira to manage the project effectively
• Manage issues efficiently
• Design the necessary screens for handling issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand their interaction
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports essential for both the team and management

Kanban Management Professional 1 (KMP1) is a highly interactive two-day course that combines instruction, group discussions, and an immersive simulation to demonstrate how the Kanban Method helps individuals, teams, and organisations manage and improve the delivery of products and services to their customers.

The Kanban Method offers practical, actionable, evidence-based guidance for successful evolutionary change. It begins with your current processes and promotes gradual change while respecting existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles, and encouraging leadership at all levels. This approach enables organisations to evolve business processes smoothly, define and use relevant metrics to measure progress, and significantly reduce the risks associated with complex change programmes.

By the end of this course, you will have a solid understanding of Kanban principles and general practices, along with the skills needed to confidently apply Kanban in your organisation.

What Will You Learn?
- Identify internal and external sources of dissatisfaction
- Analyse demand versus capability
- Model the knowledge discovery process
- Design kanban systems and their visualisations
- Identify and prioritise improvements
- Choose cadences for activities
- Identify classes of service

Who Is This Course For?
This course is suitable for anyone involved in product development or knowledge work, including but not limited to:
Programme and delivery managers
Product and project managers
Product developers, software developers, and testers
Operations and support staff
Business analysts
High-level management
Anyone interested in implementing Agile in their organisation

JIRA is a Java-based web application that offers project and issue tracking to enhance the agility of software development.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use Jira to implement a Kanban approach to Agile within their organization.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles behind Agile and Kanban
• Use Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Customize Jira to meet the specific needs of their organization
• Perform both basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports

Audience

• Product managers
• Software developers
• Test engineers
• Business analysts

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, with exercises and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Kanban is a workflow management method.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at both beginner-level and advanced-level participants. The knowledge and tools provided can be applied in your daily work to optimize workflow efficiency.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Increase the number of work items completed per unit of time.
• Reduce the time required to complete work items.
• Improve work predictability (providing better answers to "When will it be done?").
• Manage flow metrics (throughput, lead time, work in progress, work item age).
• Use flow charts (Cumulative Flow Diagram, Lead Time Histogram, Work Aging Chart).
• Utilize statistical forecasting methods, such as Monte Carlo simulations and Service Level Agreement.
• Design a Kanban System in a methodological way (STATIK).
• Understand Little's Law, which describes the nature of value flow.

Are you facing challenges in implementing Agile within your organization? Is the transition too rigidly defined? Are your teams feeling overwhelmed and less productive while also resisting a radical change?

Consider taking the “Alternative Path to Agility” by adopting an evolutionary and humane Change Management Method that enhances your processes without overhauling them.

The Kanban Method offers practical, actionable, and evidence-based guidance for successful evolutionary change. It begins with your current practices and respects existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles. This approach enables organizations to gradually evolve their business processes, define and utilize relevant metrics to measure progress, and significantly reduce the risks associated with complex change initiatives.

If your team is feeling overwhelmed, Kanban can help you regain control of your work. Kanban introduces a dynamic way to manage your processes and identify bottlenecks.

This training equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to apply Kanban in your work. You will learn how to determine what tasks to focus on now, what to defer, and what to remove from your to-do list permanently.

Learning Outcomes

This one-day course provides an introduction to the Kanban Method® and serves as a starting point for an alternative path to agility.

Participants will become familiar with the Kanban Method, including how to design and implement a basic Kanban board. They will understand work item types and the associated risks. They will also explore various Team Kanban board designs and styles and learn how to select the most suitable one for their context. Additionally, they will gain awareness of the training roadmap and the value and benefits at each step of the “alternative path to agility.”

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for any professional involved in product development or knowledge work who is interested in discovering how Kanban can improve their working environment. Kanban is applicable across various functions within an organization, from senior management looking to adopt Lean Management to team members aiming to enhance their practices. Previous participants have included:

• Senior Management Positions (CxO)
• Program and Project Managers
• Product Managers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts
• Scrum Team Members
• Scrum Masters, Team Leads, and Change Agents
• Product and Software Developers and Testers
• Agile Coaches and Practitioners (Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgilePM, etc.)
• Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals