Online Agile Training in Croatia

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.

This instructor-led, live training in Croatia (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 instructor-led, live training in Croatia (online or onsite) is aimed at marketing executives who wish to understand how to leverage Agile frameworks to optimize growth marketing strategies, create 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 techniques for tuning value.

This 2 day course is suitable for any IT professionals who are interested in using the Waterfall model and how people have traditionally tried to deal with its shortcomings - including, but not limited to, Agile approaches.

The aim of the 1st day is to give an overview of these approaches enabling you to decide what might suit them in your environment.

The 2nd day looks at project management techniques and good practices that have been identified from Agile, and which can be applied in a Waterfall or Agile context.

Training allows you to learn the knowledge, techniques, tools and practices for running projects based on Agile. The basis of the training is the presentation of elected Agile approaches, techniques, tools among others: Scrum Framework, Agile Project Management, Lean, Kanban and many others.

The training is dedicated to people interested in implementing Agile approaches in the organization, people participating in
projects, project managers implementing or planning to implement Agile approaches in projects.

The training consists of a substantive part, workshops, practical examples.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

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

This course focuses on the business analyst role to be successful on Agile projects. Course participants will learn how to cooperate with the Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master as well as with the Customer to facilitate the development process. Participants will go through a mock project practising common scenarios.

The iSQI Agile Essentials course is an internationally recognised qualification, Aimed at anyone involved in agile Projects and wants 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 is comprised of eight sections and takes participants through the lifecycle of an agile project from the release planning and writing user stories to the iteration review (showcase) and retrospective. The first day focuses on the key principles (55% of the day on theory, 45% exercises), the second is dominated by practical application (40% theory, 60% exercises).

Course Objectives

• Value the principles behind 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

Agile Software Testing is a series of testing practice that provides feesback to software quality issues in a timely and continuous manner following the principles of agile development.

Continuous Integration (CI) refers to all developers in a team merging their work several times a day.

This course provides a brief introduction to Agile software testing. It deals with foundational test concepts, within the context of Agile (Scrum) development and uses Crispin & Gregory's (More Agile Testing, 2014) Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary principles and practices of Agile testing.

TDD, or Test Driven Development, is an approach to developing software where coding, testing, and design occur in tandem throughout the software development cycle. Agile is a broader process and management approach to software development that emphasizes incremental delivery, team collaboration, continual planning, and continual learning.

In this instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote), participants will learn how to write high-quality C applications using a TDD and Agile development approach. Participants will put their knowledge into practice by carrying out a series of hands-on exercises to create a well-designed and well-tested C application.

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

• Install and configure development and testing tools needed to carry out TDD
• Design, develop and unit test a C application using a TDD approach
• Apply planning and management practices of Agile development

Audience

• Developers
• Project managers

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Notes

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

This 5 day course is for developers who wish to write high quality iOS applications in Swift. This is a hands on course which involves writing a number of increasingly complex high quality applications. Delegates will need to have an Apple copmputer with the latest version of OS X and Xcode installed. Delegates wishing to run applications on real devices, rather than emulators, will need to be registered with Apple as iOS developers and have their devices registered.

In this course, master the Agile Team Facilitation concepts, principles, and techniques, crucial for leading teams to higher maturity levels. Effective team meetings and collaboration are essential for success in an Agile environment, and the Agile Team Facilitator plays a pivotal role in guiding teams towards self-organization. Gain the facilitation mindset needed to design and conduct collaborative meetings, driving teams towards better results and maturity. This course serves as a stepping-stone towards becoming an Agile Coach, focusing on both skills and mindset transformation. Learn group facilitation tools and techniques to engage the audience and achieve desired outcomes in meetings and workshops.

Overview

This 2-day course provides a brief introduction to Agile software testing. It deals with foundational test concepts, within the context of Agile (Scrum) development and uses Crispin & Gregory’s (More Agile Testing, 2014) Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary principles and practices of Agile testing.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for development teams who want to improve their testing practices in an Agile context.

It is also suitable for those intending to pursue testing as a specific career and is a suitable pre-requisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

The training provides a 360° perspective on issues of Agile implementation and being a Leader of Change - from aspects related to implementing organizational culture through aspects related to transforming the environment, teams and attitudes. It allows you to learn the tools and techniques working with the environment, teams and allows you to "supervise" the work of the Agile Leader and "Agile thinking".

The training is dedicated to people interested in implementing Agile approaches in the organization, people participating in projects, project managers implementing or planning to implement Agile approaches in projects.

The training consists of a content part, workshops, practical examples.

Objective:

Helping Business Analysts to understand how to efficiently model and validate their business processes and resources in order to increase business agility of their organization on the basis of their target architecture and changing market needs.

This 2 day training course aims at helping delegates to learn how to model their business processes and resources in order to adapt them to changes of their goals, strategies and impacted capabilities as part of the target architecture. On the basis of the key elements of business performance (strategies, tactics, KPI, business capabilities, etc...), delegates learn there how to elaborate a vision centric business process and resource cartography. Then, only using the appropriate BPMN and UML notation adapted to their language, they understand how to adapt them to changing strategies, tactics and policies.

Objective:

This training course aims at helping product managers, products owners, business analysts, system architects and developers understand how to efficiently Manage Requirements on the basis of the product vision till guiding developers accurately in implementing them.

More in detail, this course aims at assisting product managers in better defining the value propositions of their products on the basis of strategies and stakeholder needs. Business Analysts and product owners understand how to describe requirements of the product backlog then discover appropriate epics and user stories of the system while contributing to the required value creation. Along interactive case study exercises, participants learn how to describe in detail such requirements in order to validate correct understanding of needs and prepare system acceptance tests. Thus, only using a very common and productive UML profile, they learn to structure requirements in order to communicate efficiently with architects and developers through an iterative requirement gathering process.

Audience:

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

The training allows you to become familiar with the knowledge, techniques, tools and practices for running IT projects based on the following: Prince2, PMBook, Agile Project Management, Scrum and MSF approaches for CMMI and RUP, among others, the philosophy, organization of project work, roles and approaches to organizing project phases in practice.
During the workshop participants have the opportunity to learn and practice selected tools and techniques.
The training is dedicated to those interested in implementing project management approaches in the organization, people participating in IT projects , IT project managers implementing or planning to implement IT project management approaches.
The training consists of a substantive part, workshops, practical examples.

This instructor-led, live training in Croatia 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 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

Target group and training objectives:

• Management staff and managers of companies and teams
• Owners of small and medium-sized enterprises interested in new management methods, including agile goal-setting methods for the company and teams
• Managers and leaders of agile teams
• Startup leaders interested in an effective method of managing goals and monitoring company and team objectives

Forms of training:

• Presentation of OKR methodology
• Individual and group exercises
• Exchange of experiences, reflections, and ideas among the trainees

PAQ is a 3 day experiential exam preparation training course with a focus on honing 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.

Training allows you to learn the knowledge, techniques, tools and practices in project management and is based on the most respected international standards and best practices of project management - Traditional Project Management and Agile
supplemented by the personal experience and practice business experience of the trainer. The training cycle uses elements of selected methodological approaches - PRINCE2® and PMBoK® Guide, AgilePM®, SCRUM®. 
The training is dedicated to those interested in implementing project management approaches in the organization,
people participating in projects, project managers planning to increase efficiency.
The training consists of a substantive part, workshops, practical examples.

Training allows you to learn the knowledge, techniques, tools and practices in conducting projects based on Traditional Project Management - Prince2 and combination - approach with Agile among others Kanban and Scrum. The basis are proven project management approaches: Prince2, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Kanban.
The training is dedicated to those interested in implementing project management approaches in the organization,
people participating in projects, project managers planning to increase the effectiveness of project management.
The training consists of a substantive part, workshops, practical examples.
As part of the training, participants are prepared for certification through a test exam and have the opportunity to
to take the exam.
The exam at the end of the training allows you to obtain AgiPrince2Agile Foundation international certification.

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.

Develop the expertise to guide the delivery of continuous value in a Lean enterprise. Gain the skills to effectively perform the role of a SAFe Product Owner and Product Manager in the Agile Release Train (ART) as it delivers value through Program Increments; discover how the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps culture contributes to the relentless improvement of the ART.

Leverage Lean thinking to break Epics into Features and Stories, refine Features and Stories, manage Program and Team backlogs, and plan and execute Iterations and Program Increments.

"SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager with POPM Certification Training" is a two-day course that enables you to acquire the skills necessary to effectively manage the delivery of value in a principles-based enterprise Lean. Participants will learn the principles of Agile Release Train (ART), Program Increment planning, writing Epics, and how to effectively fulfill the roles of Product Owner and Product Manager. The training also covers topics related to Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps culture, enabling participants to effectively integrate into processes and continuously improve ART.

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