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Course Overview

PRINCE2® Portfolio Management Foundation provides advice and examples of how to apply principles, practices, and techniques that together enable the most effective balance of organisational change and business as usual.

This course engages with the students to ensure that theory is embedded and delegates feel confident in the practical application of PRINCE2® Portfolio Management.

Course Objectives

The objective of the course is to enable a student to understand the PRINCE2® Portfolio Management principles, cycles, practices, techniques, roles and documentation. This will enable them to work as an informed member of a Portfolio Office or in a range of Portfolio Management roles.

Specifically they will know and understand the:

Scope and objectives of portfolio management and how it differs from programme and project management
Benefits from applying portfolio management
Context within which it operates
Principles upon which successful portfolio management is based
Approaches to implementation, the factors to consider in maintaining progress, and how to assess the success of portfolio management
Purposes of the portfolio management definition and delivery cycles and their component practices and relevant techniques applicable to each practice
Purpose and key content of the major portfolio documents
Scope of key portfolio management roles

Course Content

odule 1 Overview

The definitions of portfolio and portfolio management
The portfolio management model and the relationship between the principles, cycles, practices and relevant techniques
The differences between portfolios and portfolio management on the one hand, and projects/project management and programmes/programme management on the other
The local circumstances that will affect how the MoP principles and practices will be adapted and how cost effective approaches can be adopted
The objectives and benefits of portfolio management

Module 2 Implement, sustain and measure

The three broad approaches to implementing portfolio management; when each approach to implementation is most relevant, the advantages of planned approaches to implementation
The benefits of assessing the impact of portfolio management
Seven steps (and their benefits) in a staged implementation of portfolio management
The factors to consider in sustaining progress
Approaches to assessing portfolio management maturity

Module 3 Strategic and organizational context

The 6 key functions/activities that portfolio management needs to co-ordinate with to achieve strategic objectives. Identify how portfolio management can:

Co-ordinate with ‘business as usual’, strategic planning, resource allocation and budgeting, project and programme management, performance management to deliver strategic objectives
Support effective corporate governance

Module 4 Portfolio management principles

The 5 principles upon which effective portfolio management is based

Senior management commitment
Governance alignment
Strategy alignment
Portfolio office
Energised change culture

Module 5 Portfolio definition cycle

The portfolio definition practices:

Understand
Categorize
Prioritize
Balance
Plan

Understand the terms and concepts relating to the portfolio definition cycle. The techniques of:

Three point estimating and reference class forecasting
Driver-based strategic contribution analysis
Multi-criteria analysis
Decision conferencing
Clear line of sight

What is involved and the keys to success

Module 6 Portfolio delivery cycle

The portfolio delivery practices:

Management control
Benefits management
Financial management
Risk management
Stakeholder engagement
Organisational governance
Resource management

The techniques of:

Management by exception
One version of the truth
Staged release of funding
Clear line of sight reporting
Champion-challenger model

What is involved, the main elements, and keys to success

Module 7 Roles and documentation

The purposes and responsibilities of the main portfolio management roles identified in PRINCE2® Portfolio Management.
The purposes of the main portfolio management documentation

Course Overview

PRINCE2 Agile® is the world’s most complete project management solution, combining the flexibility and responsiveness of agile with the clearly defined framework of PRINCE2®. PRINCE2 Agile® has been created for those organisations and individuals who use PRINCE2® but recognise the benefits of applying agile methods. It provides guidance on how to practically apply both PRINCE2® and agile, reducing conflict and implementing effectively.

This two day Practitioner course helps prepare you for the Practitioner exam which will assess your ability to apply understanding of the PRINCE2 Agile® project management method.

Course Objectives

After you complete this course you will be able to:

Tailor PRINCE2® to work in the best way possible in an agile context.
Blend and weave the principles, processes and themes of PRINCE2® with many of the common ways of working in an agile way.
Configure PRINCE2® when in different situations and to incorporate the agile frameworks, behaviours, concepts and techniques in the best way possible to increase the chances of successful project delivery.

Course Content

Fundamentals

Projects and BAU

What is Agile?

The PRINCE2 Agile® Journey

The PRINCE2 Agile® Hexagon – what to fix and what to flex?

Starting Up a Project and Initiating a Project

Assessing value, Cynefin

Requirements and User Stories

Prioritisation (including MoSCoW)

Change (including the feedback loop)

Organisation

Servant Leadership

Principles and behaviours

The Agilometer and Risk

Managing Product Delivery

The Scrum Framework

Plans and Progress

Estimation, Burn charts and Information Radiators

Work Packages

Quality (including the definition of ‘Done’)

Controlling a Stage and Managing a Stage Boundary

Frequest releases and Retrospectives

Directing a Project

Closing a Project

The PRINCE2® Management Products

Rich communication (including Workshops)

Kanban and The Kanban Method

Lean Startup

General guidance (including Project Health Check, transitioning, Project Managements hints and tips)

Course Overview

is five-day course is a combination of the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner courses and provides both exams. It provides delegates with a thorough understanding of the PRINCE2 Agile® methodology. During the course we introduce the PRINCE2® methodology and concepts of common agile ways of working, discuss how to blend PRINCE2® with Agile, the purpose and context for blending PRINCE2® and the agile way of working, evaluate the focus areas to a project in an agile context, fix and flex the six aspects of a project in an agile context and be able to apply or tailor the PRINCE2® for a project in an agile context.

All relevant course materials are provided, including the official publication PRINCE2 Agile® and both web proctored exam vouchers.

Course Objectives

After you complete this course you will be able to:

Prepare for the PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation Exam
Prepare for the PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Exam
Understand the key aspects of PRINCE2®
Understand basic concepts behind common agile ways of working
Demonstrate the purpose of combining PRINCE2® with agile
Be able to fix and flex the six aspects of a project in an agile context
Incorporate the areas that can support a PRINCE2 Agile® implementation
Blend, apply and weave the principles, processes and themes of PRINCE2® with many of the common ways of working in an agile way.
Configure PRINCE2® when in different situations and to incorporate the agile frameworks, behaviours, concepts and techniques in the best way possible to increase the chances of successful project delivery.

Course Content

Foundation Contents

Overview of PRINCE2®

PRINCE2® Principles
PRINCE2® Processes and Themes
PRINCE2® Management Products
PRINCE2® Journey with Agile

An Introduction to Agile

Agile Manifesto
Waterfall vs Agile
Agile basics and framework
Agile behaviours, concepts and techniques

Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

What PRINCE2 Agile comprises of
Eight PRINCE2 Agile® Guidance Points

What to fix and what to flex

Performance targets and tolerance
The “Hexagon”
The five targets

Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles

Applying PRINCE2® principles
PRINCE2 Agile® behaviours

Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes

Tailoring the PRINCE2® Themes
Tracking progress with burn charts

Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

Relating agile processes to PRINCE2® processes
Tailoring starting up a project and initiating a project
Tailoring controlling a stage and managing product delivery processes
Scrum overview and Lean Startup
Tailoring managing a stage boundary process
Tailoring closing a project process
Tailoring directing a project

Focus Areas

Agilometer
Requirements
Rich Communication
Workshops
Frequent releases

Practitioner Contents

Fundamentals
Projects and BAU
What is Agile?
The PRINCE2 Agile® Journey
The PRINCE2 Agile® Hexagon – what to fix and what to flex?
Starting Up a Project and Initiating a Project
Assessing value, Cynefin
Requirements and User Stories
Prioritisation (including MoSCoW)
Change (including the feedback loop)
Organisation
Servant Leadership
Principles and behaviours
The Agilometer and Risk
Managing Product Delivery
The Scrum Framework
Plans and Progress
Estimation, Burn charts and Information Radiators
Work Packages
Quality (including the definition of ‘Done’)
Controlling a Stage and Managing a Stage Boundary
Frequest releases and Retrospectives
Directing a Project

Course Overview

To complement the PeopleCert PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner qualification, the Introduction of the PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation certification reinforces PRINCE2 Agile®’s unrivalled reputation as the world’s most complete agile project management method; combining the benefits of agile ways of working, with the governance and structure of the PRINCE2® method.

The introduction of PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation will enable everyone to benefit from guidance on delivering, managing or working within agile projects and project teams, without the need for any prior knowledge of PRINCE2®.

This 3-day course determines how to use PRINCE2® with Agile ways of working as a foundation certification course.

Course Objectives

After you complete this course you will be able to:

Prepare for the PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation Exam
Understand the key aspects of PRINCE2®
Understand basic concepts behind common agile ways of working
Demonstrate the purpose of combining PRINCE2® with agile
Be able to fix and flex the six aspects of a project in an agile context
Apply the PRINCE2® principles and tailor the themes, processes and management products to a project in an agile context
Incorporate the areas that can support a PRINCE2 Agile® implementation

Course Content

Introduction

Part 1

Overview of PRINCE2®

PRINCE2® Principles
PRINCE2® Processes and Themes
PRINCE2® Management Products
PRINCE2® Journey with Agile

An Introduction to Agile

Agile Manifesto
Waterfall vs Agile
Agile basics and framework
Agile behaviours, concepts and techniques

Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

What PRINCE2 Agile® comprises of
Eight PRINCE2 Agile® Guidance Points

What to fix, and what to flex

Performance targets and tolerance
The “Hexagon”
The five targets

Part 2

Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles

Applying PRINCE2® principles
PRINCE2 Agile® behaviours

Agile and the PRINCE2®Themes

Tailoring the PRINCE2® Themes
Tracking progress with burn charts

Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

Relating agile processes to PRINCE2® processes
Tailoring starting up a project and initiating a project
Tailoring controlling a stage and managing product delivery processes
Scrum overview and Lean Startup
Tailoring managing a stage boundary process
Tailoring closing a project process
Tailoring directing a project

Part 3

Focus Areas

Agilometer
Requirements
Rich Communication
Workshops
Frequent releases

Course Overview

New to the Scaled Agile Framework®?

Leading SAFe® offers an introduction to the foundations of SAFe and provides the principles and practices to confidently drive your Lean-Agile transformation. This two-day course and resulting certification equip you with the guidance and tools to build a culture of resiliency and a shared language that engages employees and focuses on customers so that organizations can work with agility at scale.

After this course, you will have a good understanding of both the principles and practice, with the Framework supporting Lean-Agile Programmes, Agile Scaling, Lean-Agile Program Portfolio Management, and Leadership in Scaling. In short, forming a complete Agile Enterprise.

Leading SAFe® answers the questions:

What is SAFe?
What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?
How does an organization get started with the Scaled Agile Framework®?

Course Objectives

How to realize the benefits of SAFe, including:

How to establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value
How to align massive organizations around clear, common objectives
How to participate successfully in critical SAFe events, such as PI Planning
How to adopt a customer-centric mindset

Course Content

Introducing SAFe
Embracing Lean-Agile mindset
Understanding SAFe principles
Implementing an ART
Experiencing PI Planning
Executing and releasing value
Building an agile Portfolio
Building Really Big Systems
Leading a Lean-Agile enterprise

Course Overview

Learn advanced strategies, tools, and techniques for managing complex projects.
Managing a complex project means not only having fantastic project management skills, but also understanding how to deal with the chaos of today’s workplace. Technology, requirements, partnerships, and competitive strategies are continually updating and transforming and a strong project manager must learn how to adapt to these changes while leading the project to successful completion. This class will help you master dealing with these complexities and lead with success.

Learn to determine the level of complexity of your project, develop tactics to manage that complexity, and discover strategies for taking your project team “to the edge of chaos” where innovation and creativity happen. Avoid being caught off guard by change, and prepare yourself with ways to optimize your team’s performance and manage the unknown.

In class activities that comprise 75% of this course, you will practice determining complexity and learn how to keep your approach flexible to manage the constant adjustment of complex projects in today’s workplace.

Course Objectives

Systems thinking and project management
Chaos theory and project management
Skills needed to lead a complex project
Complexity theory and how to assess your project complexity
Right structure for complex projects
Assessing risk for complex projects

Course Content

1. The Complex Project

Systems Thinking
Chaos and Complexity Theory
How these relate to project management

2. Leading Complex Projects

Skills required
Complex project competency self-assessment
PMI® competencies
Start personal mastery plan

3. Fundamentals of Complexity Theory

What is complexity?
Types of complexity
Fitness landscape
Chaos as it relates to complexity theory
Complexity theory
Linear and non-linear systems
Complex adaptive systems

4. Assessing Your Project Complexity

Complex project toolkit
Elements of project complexity
Organization breakdown structure
Work breakdown structure
Use the complexity assessment tool (CAT)
Strategies of planning and managing complex projects

5. Structuring Your Project for Success

Selecting the right project management methodology
How to incorporate that methodology into your current processes

6. Risk Planning and Management

Types of risks in complex projects
Approaches to identification
Risk assessment and response planning

7. Leading Complex Projects

Assess your leadership competencies
Applying adaptive leadership to complex projects
Communicating a vision
Implementing strategies to encourage innovation and build a cohesive team
Types of personal behaviors and how to get the most out of people
Identifying techniques for leveraging complexity

Hands-On Activities:

Develop Your Personal Mastery Plan
Assess Project Complexity
Stakeholder Analysis and Planning
Risk Identification and Response Planning
OBS

PMI is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Course Overview

This 2-day course is designed for project managers who want to effectively lead artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives.

Learners will identify the unique characteristics and challenges of AI/ML projects, understand common AI/ML terminology, evaluate and mitigate AI-specific risks, and lead and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams as well as key business stakeholders. Using MLOps principles to guide project planning and execution, at the end of this course you will be able to design comprehensive project plans that address the unique challenges of AI/ML development, assess the feasibility and resource requirements of proposed AI/ML initiatives, break down complex AI/ML projects into manageable phases and deliverables, and critique project progress using appropriate technical and business metrics.

Course Objectives

Identify the unique characteristics and challenges of AI/ML projects
Apply appropriate methodologies for AI/ML project management
Effectively scope and plan AI/ML initiatives
Manage stakeholder expectations around AI/ML outcomes
Lead cross-functional teams of data scientists, engineers, and domain experts
Evaluate and mitigate AI-specific risks
Monitor and measure AI/ML project success
Describe the key roles and responsibilities within AI/ML project teams
Explain the differences between traditional software and AI/ML project lifecycles
Interpret common AI/ML terminology including neural networks, supervised/unsupervised learning, model training, and inference
Implement appropriate project management methodologies for different types of AI/ML initiatives
Demonstrate effective communication strategies with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Use MLOps principles to guide project planning and execution
Break down complex AI/ML projects into manageable phases and deliverables
Differentiate between various types of AI/ML project risks and their potential impacts
Examine data requirements and quality criteria for ML model development
Assess the feasibility and resource requirements of proposed AI/ML initiatives
Critique project progress using appropriate technical and business metrics
Judge the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies in AI/ML contexts
Design comprehensive project plans that address the unique challenges of AI/ML development
Develop stakeholder management strategies that account for AI/ML uncertainties
Formulate data-driven decision-making frameworks for project governance

Course Content

Essential AI/ML Terminology and Concepts
Understanding AI/ML Project Fundamentals
AI/ML Project Lifecycle and Methodologies
Scoping and Planning AI/ML Projects
Building and Managing AI/ML Teams
Risk Management in AI/ML Projects
Stakeholder Management and Communication
Monitoring and Measuring Success
Prompt Engineering for Project Managers
Deployment and Production Considerations

Course Overview

Practice using the tools and techniques of formal project management.

IT projects come with distinct challenges for all project team members, and most of all for the project manager. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals and best practices of project management methodology as applied to IT initiatives. Using real-world scenarios and hands-on exercises, you will apply practical project management principles to successfully take a project from planning to rollout.

Practice essential project management skills to help you mitigate time, budget, quality, and scope constraints. Determine product scope through effective identification of requirements, assess and manage stakeholder expectations, identify and manage risks, and meet quality standards while navigating change requests. Examine important aspects of IT projects, including communication needs of virtual teams, security, and testing. Avoid the most common pitfalls of IT project success to deliver optimal business value for your IT projects.

Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.

PMI is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

This is a BYOD course. Students should bring a PC, Mac, or tablet to class in order to access digital course materials. Students can download a copy of the course materials in their MyGK account.

Course Objectives

Articulate the relevance of core project management competences.
Identify key project goals and assumptions and set the stage for value delivery.
Understand how to identify stakeholders and assess how to engage with them during the project.
Meet stakeholder informational needs by creating an actionable communication plan.
Articulate product scope as part of the charter.
Become familiar with the process of eliciting and capturing requirements.
Create the WBS and dictionary that would deliver the scope in the project charter.
Perform a more detailed and systematic assessment of risk.
Articulate guiding quality characteristics for the project.
Sequence activities, create schedule, and estimate the cost of the project.
Prepare to oversee go-live.
Manage change in projects.
Track value delivery in projects.
Understand the basics of a project retrospective.

Course Content

Match competence to scenario
Evaluate a project business case
Identify and assess stakeholders
- Stakeholders
- Resource management
- Teams
Develop a communication plan
Define product scope
- Project charter
- Product and project scope
Decompose product scope into stakeholder requirements
- Requirements
Create WBS and dictionary
- Work
- Work breakdown structure
Create risk register
- Risk identification and management
Establish quality metrics
Create an initial schedule and budget
- Effort and duration
- Estimating effort
- Level of accuracy in estimates
- Team-based estimation
- Scheduling
- Estimating cost
Review and disposition a change request
- Change management
Plan a project rollout
- Testing
- Release management
Use metrics to reassess the business case
- Delivering business value
Close out a project

Course Overview

The ISTQB Agile Foundation Extension Certification course extends the broad understanding of testing acquired at Foundation Level and covers those topics which are considered to be essential knowledge for a test professional working on agile projects.

This intensive two-day tutor-led course contains lectures, exercises and practical work and includes a high proportion of hands-on practical team-based activities to allow candidates to get a true feel for how agile projects work in the real world. This course has been rated at SFIAplus level 4.

Course Objectives

After successfully completing the course and passing the exam, delegates should be able to demonstrate the following business-based outcomes:

Collaborate in a cross-functional Agile team being familiar with principles and basic practices of Agile software development.
Adapt existing testing experience and knowledge to Agile values and principles.
Support the Agile team in planning test-related activities.
Apply relevant methods and techniques for testing in an Agile project.
Assist the Agile team in test automation activities.
Assist business stakeholders in defining understandable and testable user stories, scenarios, requirements and acceptance criteria as appropriate.
Work and share information with other team members using effective communication styles and channels.

In general, a Certified Tester Foundation Level – Agile Tester is expected to have acquired the necessary skills to working effectively within an Agile team and environment.

In addition, Foundation level Agile Testers should be able to demonstrate their skills in the following areas once they have completed the course and passed the exam:

The Fundamentals of Agile Software Development
The different agile approaches
The Differences between Testing in Traditional and Agile Approaches
Testing in Agile Projects
Roles and skills of a tester in Agile Projects
Agile testing techniques and methods
Assess product quality risks within an Agile project
Estimate testing effort based on iteration content and quality risks
Tools in Agile Projects

Course Content

ISTQB Agile Tester

There are three chapters with examinable content. The top-level heading for each chapter specifies the time for the chapter; timing is not provided below chapter level. The syllabus is distributed across the three chapters as follows:

– Chapter 1: 150 minutes Agile Software Development

– Chapter 2: 105 minutes Fundamental Agile Testing Principles, Practices, and Processes

– Chapter 3: 480 minutes Agile Testing Methods, Techniques, and Tools

Course Overview

A DevOps Leader is a tactical or strategic individual who helps design, influence, implement or motivate the cultural transformation proven to be a critical success factor in DevOps adoption. This individual understands the human dynamics of cultural change and is equipped with practices, methods and tools to engage people across the DevOps spectrum.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Content

Number of questions: 40 multiple choice questions

Pass mark: 65% (26 out of 40)

Open book/notes: no

Exam duration: 90 minutes (additional time if English is not a candidate’s native language)