Effective Agile Project Management with Jira & Confluence Training Course

This two-day course is designed for IT professionals interested in the Waterfall model and the various strategies employed to address its limitations, including but not limited to Agile approaches.

The first day provides an overview of these methodologies, helping you determine which approach best fits your organizational context.

The second day focuses on project management techniques and best practices derived from Agile that can be effectively applied within both Waterfall and Agile environments.

Business analysis is the process of investigating, understanding, and defining business needs in order to develop solutions that meet those needs. It is a key element in the change management process within an organization and in the design of new business solutions. The goal of business analysis is to ensure that technological, process, or organizational solutions align with business goals and needs. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of projects and organizational changes by ensuring that implemented solutions are accurate, feasible, and fully meet business requirements.

The course "Scrum for the Advanced Scrum Master + Preparation for PSM II" is aimed at experienced Scrum Masters who wish to expand their competencies, gain a deeper understanding of how Scrum functions, and become genuine leaders within an agile framework. The course covers interpretations of the Scrum Guide aligned with Scrum.org’s vision, which is crucial for passing the PSM II exam. Participants gain practical knowledge about complexity, empirical approaches, 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 delves into the essential role of the business analyst in achieving success within Agile environments. Participants will learn how to effectively collaborate with the development team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and customers to streamline the development process. The curriculum includes a simulated project where attendees can practice handling common scenarios encountered in Agile settings.

Who should attend?

This two-day course is ideal for IT professionals eager to adopt Iterative Agile and Scrum methodologies for managing software development. It is especially beneficial for project managers, team leaders, developers, and stakeholders in software development who wish to take an active role in the development process.

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

By the end of the course, each participant will design and execute a test plan for a sample application (which may be a real client application if available).

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

Intended Audience

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

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

This instructor-led live training in Norway (online or onsite) guides participants through the deployment of a JIRA instance. Attendees will master advanced JIRA usage, including installation, configuration, upgrading, and migration. The course covers customizing JIRA for specific projects, managing users, groups, and project roles, configuring dashboards, setting up emails and notifications, implementing security schemes, and handling permissions. Additionally, participants will learn troubleshooting techniques, install and customize the JIRA Service Desk, establish a knowledge base, manage service desk users, and collaborate on handling service requests.

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

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of JIRA administration.
• Tailor JIRA to meet specific business requirements.
• Configure emails and notifications within JIRA.
• Oversee and assign users, groups, and project roles.
• Administer JIRA permissions and security schemes.
• Conduct effective JIRA troubleshooting.
• Deploy and customize the JIRA Service Desk.

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be equipped to independently manage, optimize, and customize JIRA in a corporate setting.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway covers the advanced capabilities of JIRA, including the creation and management of various JIRA project types, the use of JIRA for agile projects, the configuration of agile boards, the management of built-in and custom fields, the creation and management of screens and filters, the execution of basic and advanced issue searches, the application of screen schemes, the management and updating of workflows, the configuration and application of workflow schemes, as well as analysis and report generation.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Effectively managing issues.
• Creating and executing Scrum and Kanban projects.
• Administering built-in and custom fields.
• Understanding and managing business processes, workflows, and workflow schemes.
• Conducting basic and advanced searches and analyses.
• Generating and reviewing reports.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway introduces JIRA's approach to software planning, tracking and releasing as it walks participants through the creation and management of a JIRA project.

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

• Understand concepts and functionality behind JIRA's user interface and workflows.
• Add, modify, clone, link, and prioritize issues.
• Progress issues through the entire workflow.
• Perform searches.
• Manage and customize screens and filters.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level project managers aiming to effectively create, execute, and manage forms in Jira.

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

• Grasp Jira's fundamental concepts, such as issue types, workflows, and projects.
• Design and oversee custom fields to efficiently collect and structure data.
• Streamline form-related processes tailored to diverse project types and teams.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level Jira administrators who wish to learn how to use Jira Service Management efficiently.

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

• Learn and understand the fundamentals of Jira Service Management.
• Set up and configure a service desk and manage requests.
• Manage Jira Service Management backend and integration.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway (online or onsite) is designed for professionals at beginner to intermediate levels who aim to upgrade their Jira expertise. The course covers integrating and leveraging the Xray plugin, managing user roles and permissions, optimizing data imports, and implementing effective storage management strategies.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Integrating and configuring the Xray plugin for test management purposes.
• Managing Jira user profiles and assigning relevant roles and permissions.
• Importing data into Jira efficiently in accordance with best practices.
• Optimizing Jira storage usage and establishing data management strategies.

JIRA is a Java-based web application designed to provide project and issue tracking, thereby enhancing 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 methodologies within their organization.

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

• Grasp the principles underpinning Agile and Kanban
• Utilize Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Tailor Jira to meet the specific requirements of their organization
• Conduct both basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports

Audience

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

Format of the Course

• The course combines lectures and discussions with exercises and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

Note

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