Agile Product Management - Growth Marketing Training Course

This course focuses on the business analyst role required to succeed on Agile projects. Course participants will learn how to collaborate effectively with the Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the Customer to facilitate the development process. Participants will work through a mock project, practising common scenarios.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (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 two-day course offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers foundational testing concepts within the context of Agile (Scrum) development, using Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary principles and practices of Agile testing.

Intended Audience

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

It is also well-suited for individuals planning to pursue testing as a dedicated career path and serves as an appropriate prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

JIRA Software is a powerful tool for project management, yet people often focus more on the tool itself than on the underlying methodology.

This instructor-led, live training introduces participants to the combined strengths of Jira and Confluence, demonstrating how they work together to serve one essential purpose: helping teams successfully deliver their products and projects. Participants will learn how to use these tools effectively to manage user requirements, testing, and communication—all centralised in one place.

The course covers Jira projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban and Scrum), planning and dependencies, the integration between Jira and Confluence, reporting, key and custom fields, issue types, screen configuration, and filtering.

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

• Create a Scrum or Kanban project
• Configure Jira to manage the project effectively
• Manage issues efficiently
• Build the necessary screens to handle different issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand how they interact
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports required by both the team and management

Lean is a methodology focused on maximising value while minimising waste in processes.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is designed for 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 within the context of banking processes.
• Use Lean tools to optimise requirements gathering and project execution.
• Implement and manage Kanban boards for effective workflow management.
• Identify and eliminate waste in banking and service-oriented processes.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Numerous exercises and practice sessions.
• Hands-on application of Lean and Agile tools in scenario-based cases.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training session for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for advanced-level Release Train Engineers (RTEs) seeking to deepen their understanding of their role and refine their skills.

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

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

This two-day course is designed to support teams operating within an Agile Release Train (ART) to function effectively in an Agile environment by utilising frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP. Participants will learn how to operate as Agile Teams, manage their backlogs, and successfully plan and deliver iterations. The course also highlights the team’s role within the ART and how to collaborate, plan, execute, and continuously improve alongside other teams.

The training equips teams to participate in a Program Increment (PI), covering both Team-level and Program-level events, with a particular emphasis on upcoming PI planning sessions. Completing the course also prepares participants for the certification exam to become a SAFe® Practitioner (SP).

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply SAFe principles to scale Lean and Agile practices across the organisation.
• Understand their team’s role within the Agile Release Train and how it contributes to overall objectives.
• Recognise other teams within the train, including their roles and interdependencies.
• Plan and execute iterations effectively.
• Demonstrate delivered value and continuously improve processes.
• Participate in and contribute to Program Increment planning.
• Collaborate and integrate work with other teams within the Agile Release Train.