SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager with POPM Certification Training Course

This two-day course is ideal for IT professionals interested in the Waterfall model and traditional methods used to address its limitations, such as Agile methodologies.

The first day provides an overview of these approaches, helping you determine which may be best suited for your environment.

On the second day, we explore project management techniques and best practices derived from Agile that can be effectively applied in both Waterfall and Agile settings.

This course is designed to equip business analysts with the skills needed for success in Agile projects. Attendees will gain insights into collaborating effectively with the Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Customer to streamline the development process. The training includes practical exercises through a simulated project, covering typical scenarios.

The iSQI Agile Essentials course is a globally recognized certification designed for individuals engaged in agile projects who wish to gain proficiency in working within an agile setting. This includes Project Managers, Quality Managers, Software Development Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, IT Directors, and Management Consultants. The course consists of eight modules that guide participants through the entire lifecycle of an agile project, from release planning and creating user stories to iteration reviews (showcases) and retrospectives. On the first day, the focus is on key principles (55% theory, 45% exercises), while the second day emphasizes practical application (40% theory, 60% exercises).

Course Objectives

• Comprehend the foundational principles of the agile manifesto and its approach to software development.
• Recognize the roles within an agile team.
• Learn how to contribute as part of an agile team in defining measurable requirements.
• Implement Whole Team quality methods to ensure that acceptance criteria are met.
• Understand the significance of effective iteration reviews and learn how to foster continuous improvement through retrospectives.

Agile Software Testing is a set of testing practices that delivers prompt and ongoing feedback on software quality issues, adhering to the principles of agile development.

Continuous Integration (CI) involves all team developers merging their work multiple times daily.

This course offers an introductory overview of Agile software testing. It focuses on fundamental testing concepts within the Agile (Scrum) development methodology, utilizing Crispin & Gregory's (More Agile Testing, 2014) Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to examine modern Agile testing principles and practices.

Overview

This 2-day course offers an introductory look into Agile software testing. It covers fundamental test concepts within the framework of Agile (Scrum) development, utilizing Crispin & Gregory’s (More Agile Testing, 2014) Agile Testing Quadrants model to delve into modern principles and practices in Agile testing.

Intended Audience

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

It is also ideal for individuals looking to specialize in testing as a career path, serving as a suitable prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester certification.

Objective:

This training is designed to assist Business Analysts in effectively modeling and validating business processes and resources. The goal is to enhance the agility of their organization by aligning these models with target architecture and evolving market demands.

Over two days, this course will guide participants on how to model their business processes and resources to accommodate shifts in goals, strategies, and impacted capabilities within their target architecture. By focusing on critical aspects of business performance such as strategies, tactics, KPIs, and business capabilities, delegates will learn to create a vision-centric map of business processes and resources. Using the appropriate BPMN and UML notations tailored to their needs, participants will gain insights into adapting these models in response to changes in strategy, tactics, and policies.

Objective:

This training course is designed to assist product managers, product owners, business analysts, system architects, and developers in effectively managing requirements from the initial product vision through accurate guidance for implementation.

In more detail, this course aims to help product managers articulate the value propositions of their products based on strategic goals and stakeholder needs. Business analysts and product owners will learn how to define product backlog requirements, identify relevant epics and user stories, and contribute to creating necessary value. Through interactive case studies, participants will gain skills in detailing these requirements to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs and prepare system acceptance tests. By utilizing a widely used and efficient UML profile, they will also learn how to organize requirements for effective communication with architects and developers throughout an iterative requirement gathering process.

Audience:

• Product Managers
• Product Owners
• Business Analysts
• Anyone Interested in the Requirements Management Process

This instructor-led, live training in the UAE 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, often leading people to focus more on the tool itself rather than the methodology.

This instructor-led live training aims to introduce participants to the capabilities of Jira and Confluence when used together. The goal is to support the team in successfully delivering their product or project. Participants will learn how to effectively utilize these tools for managing user requirements, testing, and communication all within a centralized platform.

The course will cover topics such as setting up JIRA projects, creating Confluence spaces, understanding workflows and boards (Kanban and Scrum), planning and dependencies, integrating Jira with Confluence, reporting, key fields and custom fields, issue types, screens, and filtering techniques.

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

• Create a project using either Scrum or Kanban methodologies
• Configure Jira for effective project management
• Effectively manage issues within the system
• Design necessary screens to handle different issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand how they interact with each other
• Conduct both basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review essential reports for team and management purposes

PAQ is a three-day experiential training program designed to prepare participants for their exam while enhancing practical skills that can be directly applied in their workplace.

The exam consists of a ‘hands-on’ evaluation where candidates are provided with a product backlog release, which includes user stories and related design documentation, along with a 'multi-drop' application containing defects. Candidates will receive clear instructions on the expectations for the practical portion of the assessment and will have the chance to produce the necessary work products. Each practical assessment will also include one or two scenario-based questions that require written responses (up to five questions in total), covering various competencies. These written answers, along with the responses to the product backlog release, will be evaluated by an independent assessor. The entire assessment lasts for 2.5 hours.

This Leading SAFe Agilist certification helps you to be a major stakeholder in your organization’s success. The certification not only allows you to execute and deliver value through Agile Release Trains but also to lead a Lean-Agile transformation, which is why it is highly valued in various industry sectors.

Acquire the knowledge to steer the consistent delivery of value within a Lean organization. Build the abilities necessary to excel as a SAFe Product Owner and Product Manager in the Agile Release Train (ART) while it delivers value through Program Increments; understand how the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps culture enhance the ongoing improvement of the ART.

Utilize Lean principles to decompose Epics into Features and Stories, refine these elements, oversee Program and Team backlogs, and plan and execute Iterations and Program Increments.

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 teaches teams who are part of an Agile Release Train (ART) how to work in an Agile environment using Scrum, Kanban, and XP. The teams will learn how to become Agile Teams, build their backlog, and plan and execute iterations. Agile teams learn about their ART and their role in it, planning, executing, and improving with other teams.

This class prepares teams to run a Program Increment (PI), including all meetings at the Team and Program level with a specific focus on the upcoming PI planning. Attending the class prepares participants to take the exam and become a certified SAFe® Practitioner (SP).

After this course, you should be able to:

• Apply SAFe to scale Lean and Agile development in your enterprise

• Know your team and its role on the Agile Release Train

• Know all other teams on the train, their roles and the dependencies between the teams

• Plan iterations

• Execute iterations, demo value, and improve your process

• Plan Program Increments

• Integrate and work with other teams on the train