SAFe® for Teams Training Course

This intensive two-day course is designed for IT professionals seeking to understand the Waterfall model and explore traditional methods for addressing its limitations, particularly through Agile approaches.

On the first day, participants will gain a comprehensive overview of these methodologies, empowering them to determine which approach best fits their specific organizational context.

The second day focuses on project management techniques and best practices derived from Agile principles, demonstrating how they can be effectively integrated into both Waterfall and Agile environments.

Business analysis is the process of studying, understanding, and defining business needs to develop solutions that meet those needs. It is a crucial element in the change management process within an organization and in designing new business solutions. The purpose of business analysis is to ensure that technological, procedural, or organizational solutions meet the business goals and needs. It plays a key role in ensuring the effectiveness of projects and changes in the organization by guaranteeing that implemented solutions are accurate, feasible, and fully aligned with business requirements.

The "Scrum for Advanced Scrum Masters + PSM II Preparation" course is aimed at experienced Scrum Masters seeking to broaden their competencies, gain a deeper understanding of Scrum's mechanics, and become true agile leaders. The curriculum covers interpretations of the Scrum Guide consistent with Scrum.org's vision, which is crucial for the PSM II exam context. Participants acquire practical knowledge regarding complexity, the empirical approach, the value of Scrum, and the role of the Scrum Master as a leader. Additionally, the course prepares attendees for the PSM II exam, which is based on the latest version of the Scrum Guide.

This course is designed to equip business analysts with the skills needed to thrive on Agile projects. Participants will learn how to effectively collaborate with the development team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and customers to streamline the development process. The training includes a simulated project where participants practice handling common scenarios.

Target Audience:

IT Directors, Project Managers, Technical Team Leaders, Analysts, Software Developers, and Testers.

Learning Objectives:

This training is designed to help participants gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience with Kanban workshops and the fundamental principles of Agile methodologies.

This course is designed for professionals who wish to integrate Agile methodologies (particularly SCRUM) with Lean and Kanban principles to effectively oversee their projects.

It bridges the disciplines of product design and software development.

Target Audience

This two-day course is designed for IT professionals seeking to implement Iterative Agile and Scrum methodologies for managing software development. It is especially beneficial for project managers, team leaders, developers, and clients who wish to actively participate in the software development process.

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

By the end of the course, participants will design and execute a test plan for a sample application (which can be an actual client application if available).

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

Intended Audience

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

It is also appropriate for individuals aiming to pursue testing as a dedicated career path and serves as a prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

This live, instructor-led training in Slovakia (available online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of Scrum and successfully pass the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification exam.

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

• Master the core fundamentals and concepts of Scrum.
• Develop essential competencies to manage internal and external disruptions during project development.
• Gain thorough expertise in all Scrum ceremonies.
• Achieve proficiency in executing Scrum practices.
• Approach the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification Exam with confidence.

JIRA Software is a powerful tool for Project Management and people tend to focus more on the tool than the method itself.

This instructor-led, live training introduces the participants to the power of Jira and Confluence, working together to serve the only purpose of helping the team to deliver successfully the product / project. The team will learn how to properly use these tools to be more efficient handling User Requirements, Testing, Communication, centralized in one place.

Will be studied JIRA projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban & Scrum), planning and dependencies, Jira/Confluence linkage, reporting, important fields and custom fields, issue types, screen & filtering.

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

• Create a Scrum or Kanban project
• Configure Jira to manage the project properly
• Manage issues effectively
• Build the necessary screen to handle issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand their interaction
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports necessary for the team and the management

Kanban Management Professional 1 (KMP1) is an intensive, two-day program that blends instruction, collaborative discussion, and a fully immersive simulation to demonstrate how the Kanban Method enables individuals, teams, and organizations to effectively manage and enhance the delivery of products and services to their customers.

The Kanban Method offers pragmatic, actionable, and evidence-based guidance for successful evolutionary change. It builds upon your current practices, fostering gradual improvement while respecting existing roles, responsibilities, and job titles. By encouraging leadership at all levels, it allows organizations to evolve business processes incrementally, define and utilize relevant metrics to track progress, and significantly mitigate the risks associated with complex change initiatives.

Upon completing this course, you will possess a solid understanding of Kanban principles and general practices, along with the practical skills needed to apply Kanban with confidence within your organization.

What Will You Learn?
- Identify internal and external sources of dissatisfaction
- Analyse demand vs 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 designed 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
People working in operations or support
Business analysts
High-level management
Anyone interested in implementing Agile in their organisation

JIRA is a web application built on Java that facilitates project and issue tracking to enhance the agility of software development.

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

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the principles underlying Agile and Kanban methodologies
• Utilize Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Tailor Jira to meet their organization's specific requirements
• Execute basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports

Audience

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

Format of the Course

• A combination of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

Note

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

Kanban is a method for managing workflow.

This instructor-led live training, available either online or on-site, caters to both novice and experienced participants. The insights and tools you will acquire can be directly integrated into your daily operations to enhance workflow efficiency.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Boost the volume of work items completed within a specific timeframe.
• Decrease the duration required to finish work items.
• Enhance the predictability of work delivery (providing more accurate responses to 'When will it be finished?').
• Monitor flow metrics (throughput, lead time, work in progress, and age of work items).
• Apply flow visualization techniques (Cumulative Flow Diagram, Lead Time Histogram, and Work Aging Chart).
• Leverage statistical forecasting techniques, including Monte Carlo simulations and Service Level Agreements.
• Systematically design a Kanban System using the STATIK methodology.
• Comprehend Little's Law, which explains the dynamics of value flow.

Is your organization finding it difficult to implement Agile practices? Does the transformation feel too rigid and prescriptive? Are your teams feeling overworked and less productive, yet too resistant to a complete overhaul?

Opt for the \u201cAlternative Path to Agility\u201d by adopting an evolutionary and humane Change Management Method that enhances rather than disrupts your existing processes.

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

If your team is overwhelmed, Kanban can help you regain control of your work. It is a technique for dynamically managing your process and identifying bottlenecks.

This training equips you with the skills and knowledge necessary to apply Kanban in your daily work, teaching you how to decide what to work on now, what to postpone, and what to eliminate from your to-do list permanently.

Learning Outcomes

This one-day course teaches the fundamentals of the Kanban Method\u00ae and serves as the entry point to an alternative path to agility.

Attendees should become familiar with the Kanban Method. They should be able to design and implement a basic Kanban board. They should be able to understand work item types and the risks associated with specific work items. They should be familiar with a variety of different Team Kanban board designs and styles and know how to choose a design that is best suited for their context. They should be aware of the training roadmap and the value and benefits to be derived at each step on the \u201calternative path to agility.\u201d

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for any professional who is part of a product development or knowledge work environment and who is interested in discovering how Kanban can help improve working environments. Kanban works across multiple functions of an organization, from senior members of staff looking to adopt Lean Management to members of delivery teams willing to improve their working practices. Previous attendees to our classes have been in roles such as:

• 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 & Software Developers & Testers
• Agile Coaches & Practitioners (Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgilePM, etc.)
• Other roles such as HR and Finance professionals