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 traditional methods for addressing its limitations, including Agile approaches.

The first day provides an overview of these methodologies to help you determine the best fit for your organization.

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

Business analysis is the process of studying, understanding, and defining business needs to develop solutions that meet those needs. It is a key element in the process of managing organizational change and designing new business solutions. Business analysis aims to ensure that technological, process, or organizational solutions align with business goals and requirements. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the effectiveness of projects and changes within an organization by ensuring that implemented solutions are accurate, feasible, and fully aligned with business requirements.

The course 'Scrum for the Advanced Scrum Master + PSM II Preparation' is aimed at experienced Scrum Masters who want to expand their competencies, better understand how Scrum works, and become true leaders in the agile approach. The course covers interpretation of the Scrum Guide in line with Scrum.org's vision, which is crucial for the PSM II exam. Participants gain practical knowledge about comprehensiveness, the empirical approach, the value of Scrum, and the role of the Scrum Master as a leader. Additionally, the course prepares for the PSM II exam, which is based on the latest version of the Scrum Guide.

This course concentrates on the essential skills required for a Business Analyst to thrive within Agile projects. Participants will learn how to effectively collaborate with the development team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and customers to streamline the development process. The curriculum includes hands-on practice through a simulated project, allowing attendees to navigate common scenarios encountered in Agile environments.

Who is this course for?

This two-day training is designed for IT professionals looking to apply Iterative Agile and Scrum methodologies in software development. It is especially beneficial for project managers, team leads, developers, and software stakeholders who want to take an active role in the development process.

This program is designed for test managers, quality assurance professionals, testers, software developers, project managers, and leadership teams. It provides a comprehensive explanation of how Agile project management frameworks, particularly SCRUM, integrate testing practices.

By the conclusion of the course, each participant will have designed and executed a test plan for a sample application, which may be a real client application if one is available.

This two-day course offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers fundamental testing concepts within the context of Agile (Scrum) development, utilizing Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore modern Agile testing principles and practices.

Target Audience

This course is designed for development teams seeking to enhance their testing practices in an Agile environment.

It is also ideal for individuals aiming to pursue testing as a dedicated career path and serves as a recommended prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

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

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain an in-depth understanding of JIRA administration.
• Customize JIRA to meet specific business requirements.
• Configure JIRA emails and notifications.
• Manage and assign users, groups, and project roles.
• Oversee JIRA permissions and security schemes.
• Conduct JIRA troubleshooting.
• Deploy and customize 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 Serbia explores the advanced capabilities of JIRA, including the creation and management of diverse JIRA projects, application for agile development, configuration of agile boards, administration of built-in and custom fields, setup of screens and filters, performance of basic and advanced issue searches, application of screen schemes, management and updating of workflows, configuration and application of workflow schemes, along with analysis and report generation.

By the end 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 introduces JIRA’s approach to software planning, tracking, and release management by guiding participants through the creation and management of a JIRA project.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Gaining insight into the core concepts and operational mechanics of JIRA’s user interface and workflows.
• Adding, modifying, cloning, linking, and prioritizing issues.
• Advancing issues through every stage of the workflow.
• Executing searches efficiently.
• Managing and customizing screens and filters.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level project managers aiming to effectively create, execute, and manage forms in Jira.

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

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

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level Jira administrators aiming to learn how to utilize Jira Service Management efficiently.

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

• Learn and comprehend the foundational aspects of Jira Service Management.
• Set up and configure a service desk along with request management.
• Oversee the backend and integrations of Jira Service Management.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level professionals aiming to enhance their Jira skills. The course focuses on integrating and utilizing the Xray plugin, managing user roles and permissions, optimizing data imports, and handling storage management effectively.

By the end of 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 provide project and issue tracking, thereby enhancing the agility of software development.

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

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

• Grasp the underlying principles of Agile and Kanban
• Utilize Jira to create and manage a Kanban project
• Customize Jira to align with organizational requirements
• Execute basic and advanced searches and analyses
• Generate and review reports

Audience

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

Format of the Course

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

Note

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