Who Should Attend

• Product Developer
• Designer
• Executives
• Managers
• Middle Managers
• Senior Managers

Training Objectives

At the end of this training cum workshop the participants will have;

• Understand the fundamentals of Design Thinking in Project environment
• Learn how to process a structured thinking flow so not to waste time and achieve more result
• Learn, understand and create the core strategy tools in the 3 phases of design thinking and its implication
• Learn, understand and create the project charter to focus the thought process in the project.
• Learn, understand and draft the design brief to brainsteer the Service innovation process
• Learn, understand and identify insights from the data collected.
• Learn how to identify stakeholders,
• Learn, understand and establish service design criteria and brainstorm ideas in the service innovation process
• Learn, understand and develop testing methods using Prototypes and storyboards.
• Learn, understand and project the Financial Analysis of the Innovation

Course Outline

Agile teams use “just enough” planning and an incremental approach to accomplishing the work of the team. Every project and every team uses a custom agile methodology. This course discusses common foundational principles and practices used by agile methodologies, providing the student a flexible set of tools to use in any role (e.g. product owner, scrum master, project manager, team member) on any agile team.

Students can use the free plan of Atlassian Jira Software Cloud to complete the hands-on labs associated with this course. By the time you have completed this course, you will have a strong foundational understanding of agile principles and practices, and strong hands-on experience with Atlassian Jira Software Cloud. You will be the site administrator for your Jira account, so you will be able to perform basic administration tasks on your site. You should be able to continuously configure your Jira project(s) to match your team’s custom agile methodology. You can watch the videos and take the quizzes from your phone if you want, but the hands-on labs using Atlassian Jira Software Cloud require you to have a Windows, Mac or Linux computer. This course tries to be as concise as possible. It will probably take you about 6-12 hours to go through, but your mileage may vary. It is highly encouraged that you apply what you learn to managing personal agile projects after the course is complete.

Who Should Attend

• Agile Team members
• Agile Scrum Master or Facilitator 
• Project managers entering the Agile environment
• Managers of teams involved in Agile ways of working
• Consultants looking for a solid grounding in using Jira in Agile Environment

Training Objectives

This course mainly discusses agile and lean principles, the Kanban and scrum agile methodologies, and uses Atlassian Jira Software Cloud as the main software tool to apply hands-on learning of the topics. The course includes instruction on “classic” Jira projects as well as the new “next-gen” Jira projects. By the time you have completed this course, you will have a strong foundational understanding of agile principles and practices, and strong hands-on experience with Atlassian Jira Software Cloud.

Course Outline

Day One

1. Agile Overview I

This module provides an overview of the agile mindset. It introduces Atlassian Jira as a tool used to implement agile principles for team project work. Students will be provided a free Jira Software Cloud license in order to go through the hands-on exercises in this course. We cover the importance of visualizing work, and provide an overview of the kanban agile method. Students will create a custom kanban board.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the difference between waterfall and agile projects
• Identify benefits of agile projects
• Describe the kanban method
• Identify the benefits of kanban work-in-progress limits
• Use Jira to create a custom kanban board
• Describe a cumulative flow diagram

2. Agile Overview II

This module starts with an overview of scrum, including scrum concepts such as increments, sprints, sprint goals, backlogs, estimation, velocity, common scrum reports, roles and events. You will then execute a sprint using Jira. The rest of the module focuses more on the “why” of agile, and provided a foundational understanding of lean and agile principles. The Toyota Production System is discussed, as this could be considered as the foundation of lean thinking. The Agile Manifesto is also discussed in quite some detail.

Learning Objectives

• Describe scrum
• Use Jira to execute a sprint
• Describe a sprint goal
• Describe scrum events
• Differentiate a product owner and a scrum master
• Describe how scrum projects are estimated
• Identify example kanbans used in everyday life
• Describe the benefits of pull systems
• Identify ways to improve the flow of value
• Identify lean and agile principles

Day Two

1. Configure JIRA I

This module focuses on configuring Jira to match your agile process. This is a more hands-on module than the previous module. Every team has a unique, continuously evolving agile process. Their tools need to be able to adapt to these changes. We will start by discussing searching, then discuss Jira Query Language (JQL). A solid understanding of JQL helps with the rest of the course and in your continuing use of Jira after the course. We will discuss creating filters, custom issue types and configuring issues to show the information that your team cares about.

 Learning Objectives

• Use basic search to search for issues
• Use autocomplete to help create JQL queries
• Identify the purpose of functions in JQL queries
• Use different types of operators in JQL queries
• Create quick filters
• Configure a board
• Create a custom issue type
• Describe reasons to create an issue type
• Add labels to issues
• Configure the fields shown on screens for a project
• Create and use a custom field

2. Configure JIRA II

In this module, we continue configuring Jira in order to be able to match the tool to our team’s custom agile process. We will discuss and create epics, which are large issues that may contain other issues. We will discuss and create versions, which are a set of issues that usually make up a product update. We discuss users and permissions. Since you are the administrator of the free Jira Software Cloud that you use for this course, you should know how to invite users to your site and configure permissions so that the right access is granted to users. We end the course with a final project. You will be asked to configure Jira to keep up with your team’s continuous changes to their agile process.

 Learning Objectives

• Describe an epic
• Identify benefits of epics
• Create and manage epics
• Describe versions
• Identify benefits of versions
• Create two-stage and kanban board releases
• Invite a user to your site
• Describe Jira’s permissions model
• Describe project roles
• Identify the benefits of project roles
• Assign project roles
• Configure Jira to keep up with a team’s changing agile process

Who Should Attend

• Agile for Leaders course is designed for leaders and managers who want to grow their organization’s ability to respond to market opportunities, competitive pressures, or opportunities for innovation, improved effectiveness and efficiency.

Training Objectives

Leaders will understand how agility adds value to their organization and why their support in creating the proper culture is essential to success. They will be prepared to support and enable teams by providing guidance and removing impediments that are beyond the team’s ability to address.

Course Outline

This 1 day workshop shall equip leaders and managers of Agile teams by providing participants with:

• An overview of what “Agile” is and why organizations need it to thrive in a changing world.
• The means to identify the potential opportunities, challenges and impacts of Agile in terms of business value and why this is so important to the next generation organization.
• An understanding of techniques to support teams to sustain long-term agility including the role that leaders play, shifts in thinking, and the relationship between complexity and empiricism.
• Ways to continue the development of the people to help them grow and prosper in an agile way of working

Want to know what Agile is all about? If you’re new to the Agile world and need a solid introduction to the Agile way of thinking and doing – our Agile Fundamentals course is a perfect fit. Ideal for both business and technical teams, this course examines the roles and responsibilities of team members working in an Agile way. It delves into the specific practices used in Agile projects, explains the theory and concepts behind the Agile approach, and prepares you to work confidently and effectively in an Agile environment. This course covers the philosophy, values, principles and background of the Agile methodology. It presents a structure for defining value and ensuring the project delivers the right product at the right time for the right customer. This is one of our most popular Agile course for individuals, teams, and organizations seeking introductory agile training.

Our philosophy is to train and consult professionals not only based on theoretical knowledge, but also based on real-case scenarios and agile PM practitioner experience. This approach shall effectively impart knowledge, best practices and skills to professionals in their daily work in respective industries with the aim of making you a better professionals.

Who Should Attend

• Team members starting out in an Agile workplace
• Project managers entering the Agile environment
• Managers of teams involved in Agile ways of working
• Consultants looking for a solid grounding in an Agile approach

Training Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to demonstrate the application of the following;

• The background to participating in an Agile workplace
• The roles and responsibilities of a typical Agile team
• The various tools available to Agile teams to facilitate conversation about priorities
• How Agile teams cooperate and collaborate to deliver business value
• The important interpersonal skills Agile environments encourage and foster
• How discipline and standards contribute to agility

Course Outline

Day One

Part 1: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework

• Empiricism
• Scrum Values
• Roles
• Events
• Artifacts
• Done
• Scaling

Part 2: Developing People and Teams

• Self-Organizing Teams
• Facilitation
• Leadership Styles
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Teaching

Day Two

Part 3: Managing Products with Agility

• Forecasting & Release Planning
• Product Vision
• Product Value
• Product Backlog Management
• Business Strategy
• Stakeholders & Customers

Part 4: Developing & Delivering Products Professionally

• Emergent Software Development
• Managing Technical Risk
• Continuous Quality
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Delivery
• Optimizing Flow

Part 5 Evolving the Agile Organization

• Organizational Design & Culture
• Portfolio Planning
• Evidence Based Management

Day Three: Agile Simulation

Step 1
Requirements Definition and Analysis of Concepts:
Analysis of concepts and requirement definitions by using various data gathering tools and
determine the current state and your expectations.

Step 2
Planning of Sprints:
Arrange teams and tools needed to optimize production by determining the appropriate
duration for each sprint and choosing the right practices.

Step 3
Collaborative design development:
From the beginning of the process, the end user’s involvement and feedback is critical to
ensure the value delivery is within expectation and product improvement can be done
frequently

Step 4
Create and Implement:
Frequent development delivery through sprints. Feedback on testing & appropriate changes
are imperative to ensure that product values are meeting end users’ demand and
expectation.

Step 5
Review and Monitor:
Ensure that you are reviewing and monitoring key metrics for project success measurement

In project and program management it is inevitable that something can and will go wrong. This gets worse in complex and difficult project. The difference in successful project management is adequately assessing the risks and then executing a successful risk response. Organizations must have solid project risk management best practices in place in order to deliver projects within specified time frames, budgets, and quality requirements.

Studies suggest that 90% of project problems can be foreseen through the application of proper project risk management techniques. Proactively identifying and controlling risk greatly increases the accuracy of the project’s scope, schedule, and budget, as well as reduces the amount of time the team spends putting out fires.

This course will focus on improving the project manager’s risk management expertise from initial planning through project closure, with the introduction of important tools and techniques that can tackle both, complex and simple projects. It based on Project Management Institue (PMI)® standard and best practises. Participants will apply all course principles to a work-related case study taken directly from their work environment. At course completion, participants will be able to identify, analyse, respond to, and control project risks.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to plan, identify, assess and validate and improve project control measure through project risk management processes, determine appropriate contingency and proactively facilitate the developing prevention/ corrective action for better decision making.

As some of the project scope, costs and schedules are established without adequate engagement, this course will train the participants to control these triple constraints in any level of complexity of a project.

Among others of this training objectives are as follows: –

• Train the participants to validate project information
• Train the participants to foster clear understanding of challenges ahead
• Train the participants to improve project communication
• Improved customer satisfaction
• Encourage lesson learned

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Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential is one of the most important industry recognized certifications for Project Managers, governed by Project Management Institute’s (PMI)® . Globally recognized and greatly in demand, having PMP® Certification demonstrates that you have experience, education and the competency to lead and direct complex projects at any level. This recognition is also seen through increased marketability to employers and higher salary levels.

This 5-day program will be based on new PMP ECO (Exam Content Outline) which starts from January 2021, and it enables candidates to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply formalized and standard-based approach to project management, and seek career advancement by moving into formal project manager role, as well as to prepare and apply for the Project Management PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification Exam. The skills and knowledge you gain in this course will help you avoid making costly mistakes and increase your competitive edge in the project management profession.

PM Advance philosophy is to train and consult professionals not only based on theoretical knowledge, but also based on real-case scenarios and PM practitioner experience. This will effectively impart the knowledge and the best practice skills to professionals in their daily work in respective industry.

Training Benefits provided:

• 5 Days of intense classroom training by an PMI® Authorized certified trainer with hands-on industry experience
• 35 contact hours certificate satisfying a key prerequisite for the PMP® exam
• Hardcopy Training manual based on New PMP Exam Content Outline – January 2021
• Discussion, Videos and Review Questions
• Post Training Coaching (5 touch-points of topical refresher session and Mock Questions discussion)
• HRDC Claimable Course.
• 1000 PMP Questions Bank based on new ECO in the form of:
  • Matching Questions [Drag & Drop]
  • Agile Questions
  • Situational Questions
  • Fill in the blank Questions
  • Multiple responses Questions

Course Content

Lesson 1: Business Environment

• TOPIC 1A | FOUNDATION
• TOPIC 1B | STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT
• TOPIC 1C | PROJECT BENEFITS AND VALUE
• TOPIC 1D | ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
• TOPIC 1E | PROJECT GOVERNANCE
• TOPIC 1F | PROJECT COMPLIANCE

Lesson 2: Start the Project

• TOPIC 2A | IDENTIFY AND ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS
• TOPIC 2B | FORM THE TEAM
• TOPIC 2C | BUILD SHARED UNDERSTANDING
• TOPIC 2D | PROJECT APPROACH

Lesson 3: Plan the Project

• TOPIC 3A | PLANNING PROJECTS
• TOPIC 3B | SCOPE
• TOPIC 3C | SCHEDULE
• TOPIC 3D | RESOURCES
• TOPIC 3E | BUDGET
• TOPIC 3F | RISKS
• TOPIC 3G | QUALITY
• TOPIC 3H | INTEGRATE PLANS

Lesson 4: Lead the Project Team

• TOPIC 4A | CRAFT YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• TOPIC 4B | CREATE A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TEAM ENVIRONMENT
• TOPIC 4C | EMPOWER THE TEAM
• TOPIC 4D | SUPPORT TEAM MEMBER PERFORMANCE
• TOPIC 4E | COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS
• TOPIC 4F | TRAINING, COACHING, AND MENTORING
• TOPIC 4G | MANAGE CONFLICT

Lesson 5: Support Project Team Performance

• TOPIC 5A | IMPLEMENT ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS
• TOPIC 5B | SUPPORT PERFORMANCE
• TOPIC 5C | EVALUATE PROJECT PROGRESS
• TOPIC 5D | MANAGE PROJECT ISSUES AND IMPEDIMENTS
• TOPIC 5E | MANAGE PROJECT CHANGES