SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager with POPM Certification 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.

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.

The iSQI Agile Essentials course is an internationally recognised qualification. It is designed for anyone involved in Agile projects who wishes to become familiar with working in an Agile environment. This includes Project Managers, Quality Managers, Software Development Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, IT Directors, and Management Consultants. The course comprises eight sections and guides participants through the lifecycle of an Agile project, from release planning and writing user stories to the iteration review (showcase) and retrospective. The first day focuses on key principles (55% of the day on theory, 45% exercises), while the second day is dominated by practical application (40% theory, 60% exercises).

Course Objectives

• Value the principles behind the Agile Manifesto and its approach to software development
• Appreciate the roles within an Agile team
• Understand how to contribute as an Agile team member to quantifiable requirements
• Apply Whole Team quality methods to ensure acceptance criteria are met
• Appreciate the importance of effective Iteration Reviews and how to contribute to continuous improvement through retrospectives

This instructor-led, live training in Norway (online or on-site) is designed for marketing executives who wish to understand how to leverage Agile frameworks to optimize growth marketing strategies, develop customer-centric products, and achieve scalable growth.

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

• Understand the key frameworks used in agile product management.
• Analyze the potential demand for new products and services.
• Learn how to price new products and apply techniques for tuning value.

Agile Software Testing encompasses a set of testing practices designed to deliver timely and continuous feedback on software quality issues, aligning with the principles of agile development.

Continuous Integration (CI) involves all team members merging their work multiple times a day.

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

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.

Objective:

Empowering Business Analysts to efficiently model and validate their business processes and resources, thereby enhancing their organization's business agility. This is achieved by aligning with the target architecture and responding effectively to evolving market demands.

Spanning two days, this training course equips delegates with the skills to model business processes and resources, enabling adaptation to shifts in goals, strategies, and affected capabilities within the context of the target architecture. Leveraging core elements of business performance—such as strategies, tactics, KPIs, and business capabilities—delegates will learn to develop a vision-centric map of business processes and resources. They will then explore how to adapt these mappings to changing strategies, tactics, and policies using appropriate BPMN and UML notations tailored to their professional language.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway covers the concepts, tools and techniques needed to carry out continuous integration of your software projects in an Agile environment. Participants carry out a series of hands-on exercises throughout the course to apply their knowledge in real situations. Interaction among instructor and participants is encouraged. Real-world cases are discussed and specific issues and questions are addressed and resolved in class.

JIRA Software is a robust tool for project management, yet participants often concentrate more on the software itself rather than the underlying methodology.

This instructor-led live training reveals the synergistic power of Jira and Confluence, demonstrating how they work together to help teams deliver products and projects successfully. Participants will learn to utilize these tools effectively to enhance efficiency in handling user requirements, testing, and communication, all centralized in one location.

The curriculum covers JIRA projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban & Scrum), planning, dependencies, the linkage between Jira and Confluence, reporting, essential fields and custom fields, issue types, as well as screens and filtering.

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

• Create Scrum or Kanban projects
• Configure Jira for effective project management
• Manage issues with efficiency
• Design necessary screens to handle various issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand their interplay
• Conduct basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports required by the team and management

Lean is a methodology focused on maximizing value while minimizing waste in processes.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level banking and process management professionals who wish to apply Lean and Agile tools to improve efficiency in managing requirements, projects, and operational processes.

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

• Understand and apply Lean principles in the context of banking processes.
• Use Lean tools to optimize requirements gathering and project execution.
• Implement and manage Kanban boards for effective workflow management.
• Identify and eliminate waste in banking and service-oriented processes.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on application of Lean and Agile tools in case-based scenarios.

Course Customization Options

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

The PAQ certification prepares you for a three-day experiential exam training course that focuses on refining practical skills that can be implemented back in the workplace.

The exam takes the format of a 'hands-on' assessment where candidates are given a product backlog release which includes user stories, associated design documentation plus a 'multi-drop' application seeded with defects. Candidates will be given instructions as to what is expected of them during the practical assessment and the opportunity to create the work products required. Each practical assessment will contain 1or 2 additional scenario-based questions requiring written answers (up to 5 questions in total) that cover a selection of competencies. These written answers will be marked along with the answers to the product backlog release by an independent assessor. Assessment duration is 2.5 hours.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level Release Train Engineers (RTEs) who wish to deepen their understanding of their role and improve their skills.

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

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE).
• Learn how to facilitate Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and drive continuous delivery.
• Develop skills in planning and executing Program Increment (PI) events.
• Gain expertise in managing risks, dependencies, and impediments.
• Acquire techniques to foster relentless improvement and Agile transformation.

This two-day course teaches the Lean-Agile principles and practices of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

You’ll learn how to execute and release value through Agile Release Trains, how to build an Agile Portfolio, and how to lead a Lean-Agile transformation at enterprise scale.

You will gain an understanding of the Lean-Agile mindset and how to apply the principles and practices of SAFe to support Agile teams, programs, program portfolio management, and to coordinate large Value Streams. Attending the class prepares you to take the exam and become a certified SAFe® Agilist (SA). Associated Certification: SAFe Agilist (SA)

This two-day course is designed to help teams that are part of an Agile Release Train (ART) operate effectively within an Agile environment by applying frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP. Participants will learn how to function as Agile Teams, create and manage their backlogs, and successfully plan and execute iterations. The course also emphasizes understanding the team’s role within the ART and how to collaborate, plan, execute, and continuously improve alongside other teams.

The training prepares teams to participate in a Program Increment (PI), covering both Team-level and Program-level events, with a particular focus on upcoming PI planning sessions. Completion of the course also prepares participants for the certification exam to become a SAFe® Practitioner (SP).

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply SAFe principles to scale Lean and Agile practices across the organization.

• Understand their team’s role within the Agile Release Train and how it contributes to overall objectives.

• Recognize other teams within the train, including their roles and interdependencies.

• Plan and execute iterations effectively.

• Demonstrate delivered value and continuously improve processes.

• Participate in and contribute to Program Increment planning.

• Collaborate and integrate work with other teams within the Agile Release Train.