Effective Agile Project Management with Jira & Confluence Training Course

This two-day course is designed for IT professionals interested in exploring the Waterfall model and understanding how practitioners have historically addressed its limitations, including through Agile methodologies.

The primary goal of the first day is to provide an overview of these various approaches, helping you determine which strategies are best suited for your specific environment.

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

The "Scrum for the Advanced Scrum Master + PSM II Preparation" training is aimed at experienced Scrum Masters who wish to expand their competencies, understand the deeper workings of Scrum, and become true leaders in the agile approach. The course covers an interpretation of the Scrum Guide consistent with Scrum.org’s vision, which is crucial in the context of the PSM II exam. Participants gain practical knowledge regarding completeness, the empirical approach, Scrum values, and the role of the Scrum Master as a leader. Additionally, the course prepares participants for the PSM II exam, which is based on the latest version of the Scrum Guide.

This programme centres on the business analyst's role to ensure success within Agile projects. Attendees will acquire skills to collaborate effectively with the Development Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and customers to streamline the development lifecycle. The curriculum includes a simulated project where participants practise handling common industry scenarios.

Who is this course for?

This two-day course is designed for IT professionals eager to adopt Iterative Agile and Scrum methodologies for managing software development projects. It is especially beneficial for project managers, team leaders, developers, and software development clients who wish to actively participate in and influence the development process.

This course is tailored for test managers, quality assurance personnel, testers, software developers, project managers, and senior management. It explains how Agile project management frameworks, particularly SCRUM, approach testing.

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

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 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.

This training course for the Certified Scrum Master focuses on helping you gain a deeper understanding of Scrum methodology and its implementation. This CSM training programme will help you establish yourself as a certified ScrumMaster, a credential awarded by the Scrum Alliance to professionals worldwide who have completed the CSM training and successfully passed the exam.

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya (online or onsite) guides participants through the deployment of a JIRA instance. Attendees will gain expertise in 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, applying security schemes, managing permissions, and troubleshooting. Additionally, participants will learn to install and customize the JIRA Service Desk, establish a knowledge base, manage service desk users, and handle service requests collaboratively.

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

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of JIRA administration.
• Customize JIRA to align with specific business requirements.
• Configure JIRA emails and notification settings.
• Manage and assign users, groups, and project roles.
• Oversee JIRA permissions and security schemes.
• Conduct JIRA troubleshooting.
• Deploy and tailor the JIRA Service Desk.

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

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya introduces the advanced capabilities of JIRA, including the creation and management of various JIRA project types, utilizing JIRA for agile projects, configuring agile boards, managing built-in and custom fields, creating and managing screens and filters, performing basic and advanced issue searching, applying screen schemes, managing and updating workflows, configuring and applying workflow schemes, performing analysis, and generating reports.

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

• Manage issues effectively.
• Create and run Scrum and Kanban projects.
• Manage built-in and custom fields.
• Understand and manage business processes, workflows, and workflow schemes.
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis.
• Generate and review reports.

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya 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 Kenya (online or on-site) is tailored for intermediate-level project managers who wish to effectively create, execute, and manage forms in Jira.

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

• Comprehend Jira’s core concepts, including issue types, workflows, and projects.
• Develop and manage custom fields to collect and organize data efficiently.
• Optimize form-related processes for various project types and teams.

This instructor-led, live training in Kenya (available 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 Kenya (online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate professionals looking to enhance their Jira capabilities. The curriculum covers integrating and utilizing the Xray plugin, managing user roles and permissions, optimizing data imports, and executing effective storage management.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Integrate and configure the Xray plugin for test management.
• Manage Jira user profiles and assign appropriate roles and permissions.
• Efficiently import data into Jira following best practices.
• Optimize Jira storage usage and implement data management strategies.

JIRA is a Java-based web application designed to facilitate project and issue tracking, thereby enhancing the agility of software development processes.

In this instructor-led live training, participants will learn how to leverage Jira to implement a Kanban approach to Agile practices within their organization.

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

• Grasp the core principles underpinning Agile and Kanban methodologies
• Utilize Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Customize Jira configurations to align with organizational requirements
• Execute basic and advanced searches and analytical tasks
• Generate and review project reports

Audience

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

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

Note

• For customized training requests for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.