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.

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.

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.

This two-day course provides an in-depth understanding of Lean-Agile principles and practices within the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

You will learn how to deliver and release value using Agile Release Trains, construct an Agile Portfolio, and lead a Lean-Agile transformation at the enterprise level.

The course will equip you with a solid grasp of the Lean-Agile mindset and the ability to apply SAFe principles and practices to support Agile teams, programs, program portfolio management, and coordinate large Value Streams. By attending this class, you will be well-prepared to take the exam and earn certification as a SAFe® Agilist (SA). Associated Certification: SAFe Agilist (SA)

This course is designed with a workshop approach to provide delegates with ample opportunities to practice Scrum and Agile methodologies.

This course is also referred to as SCRUM awareness training.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for managers, executives, and other decision-makers who are interested in understanding how to evaluate the benefits of implementing the methodology or want to gain insight into what their team is doing.

It is also appropriate for clients involved in software development who wish to have a stake in the development process.

This course is designed for: Product owners, managers, or anyone interested in Agile planning and estimation techniques.

The Scrum Product Owner (SPO) course combines presentations, discussions, and hands-on exercises to explain and demonstrate the role of an Agile team through practical experience. It covers all aspects of a product owner's involvement in the life cycle of an Agile product, including quickly gathering requirements, writing user stories, estimating story points, tracking progress, release planning, reporting, forecasting, scaling, and more.

Scrum is a popular method for managing projects within the Agile approach. Scrum is a framework that enables teams working on a project to deliver a valuable product in a flexible and efficient manner. The main features of Scrum are transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Scrum allows for quick responses to changes, flexible adaptation to client needs, and an iterative product development process, which often leads to better quality and client satisfaction. Roles within the team: Product Owner: A person representing the client's interests and defining task priorities in the product. Scrum Master: A person supporting the Scrum team, ensuring the process is followed and removing obstacles. Development Team: A team responsible for delivering the product.

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