Agile Training in Transylvania

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 Transylvania (online or onsite) is designed for 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:

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

This instructor-led, live training in Transylvania (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 course emphasizes the business analyst role required to thrive on Agile projects. Participants will learn how to collaborate effectively with the Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Customer to streamline the development process. Through a simulated project, attendees will practice handling common scenarios.

This instructor-led, live training in Transylvania (online or onsite) is aimed at engineering and design professors who wish to understand, apply, and teach modern software development practices relevant to systems engineering, civil engineering, design, and architecture disciplines.

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.

The 'Agile Project Management' course focuses on the practical aspects of agile project management. Participants gain knowledge regarding the role of project managers in an agile organisation, organisational transformation, client engagement, increasing work predictability, and managing change. The programme covers Agile concepts such as Scrum and Kanban and discusses the roles of key stakeholders, i.e., the Product Owner, the Project Team, and the Scrum Master. Participants learn how to initiate and plan agile projects, monitor progress, implement agile project delivery practices, apply Kanban methods, and introduce Agile within traditional organisations.

JIRA Software is a robust tool for Project Management, yet users often focus more on the tool itself than on the underlying methodology.

This instructor-led live training introduces participants to the combined power of Jira and Confluence, demonstrating how these tools work together to help teams successfully deliver products or projects. Participants will learn to utilize these tools efficiently to streamline User Requirements, Testing, and Communication, all centralized in one place.

The course covers JIRA projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban & Scrum), planning and dependencies, Jira/Confluence integration, reporting, essential fields, custom fields, issue types, screens, and filtering.

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

• Create a Scrum or Kanban project
• Configure Jira to manage projects effectively
• Manage issues efficiently
• Design the necessary screens for handling different issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand their interaction
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports for both the team and management

This two-day program is tailored to assist teams belonging to an Agile Release Train (ART) in operating efficiently within an Agile setting. By leveraging frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and XP, participants will learn how to function as cohesive Agile Teams, effectively create and manage their backlogs, and successfully plan and deliver iterations. The curriculum places strong emphasis on understanding the team’s specific role within the ART, fostering collaboration, planning, execution, and continuous improvement in conjunction with other teams.

The training equips teams to actively engage in Program Increments (PI), addressing both Team-level and Program-level events, with a special focus on upcoming PI planning sessions. Upon course completion, participants will be well-prepared to take the certification exam to achieve the SAFe® Practitioner (SP) credential.

By the conclusion of the course, participants will be capable of:

• Implementing SAFe principles to scale Lean and Agile practices throughout the organization.
• Comprehending their team’s role within the Agile Release Train and its contribution to overarching objectives.
• Identifying other teams within the train, including their respective roles and interdependencies.
• Effectively planning and executing iterations.
• Showing delivered value and driving continuous process improvement.
• Actively participating in and contributing to Program Increment planning.
• Collaborating and integrating work with other teams within the Agile Release Train.