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Leading SAFe®: Virtual In-House Training During this course, attendees gain the knowledge necessary to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise by using the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) and its underlying principles derived from Lean, systems thinking, Agile development, product development flow, and DevOps. Participants in the class gain insights into mastering business agility to thrive in competitive markets. They discuss how to establish team and technical agility and organize and re-organize around the flow of value. Attendees also learn and practice the skills to support and execute PI Planning events and coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs). Class participants will explore the importance of adopting a customer-centric mindset and Design-Thinking approach to Agile Product Delivery. Learners will also understand how to implement a Lean Portfolio Management function within their enterprise. What you will Learn After attending this class, attendees should be able to: Lead the transformation to business agility with SAFe® Become a Lean-Agile leader Understand customer needs Design Thinking Enable Agile Product delivery Implement Lean Portfolio Management Thrive in the digital age with business agility Become a Lean-Agile leader Establish Team and Technical Agility Build solutions with Agile Product Delivery Explore Lean Portfolio Management Lead the change Become a Certified SAFe® Agilist

SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager: Virtual In-House Training Develop the skillsets needed to guide the delivery of value in a Lean Enterprise by becoming a SAFe® 5.0 Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM). During this course, attendees gain an in-depth understanding of how to effectively perform their role in the Agile Release Train (ART) as it delivers value through Program Increments. Attendees explore how to apply Lean thinking to decompose Epics into Features and Stories, refine Features and Stories, manage Program and Team backlogs, and plan and execute Iterations and Program Increments. Attendees also discover how the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps culture contribute to the relentless improvement of the ART. What you will Learn To perform the role of a SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager, attendees should be able to: Articulate the Product Owner and Product Manager roles Connect SAFe® Lean-Agile principles and values to the PO / PM roles Decompose Epics into Features and decompose Features into Stories Manage Program and Team backlogs Collaborate with Agile teams in estimating and forecasting work Represent customer needs in Program Increment Planning Execute the Program Increment and deliver continuous value Becoming a Product Owner / Product Manager in the SAFe® enterprise Preparing for PI Planning Leading PI Planning Executing Iterations Executing the Program Increment Becoming a Certified SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager

About this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)  Accredited by the United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA), this 4 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course will provide an in-depth understanding of the principles, economics and flexibility of lubricant blending plants and how to operate a lubricants blending plant efficiently and economically. The latest developments and trends in lubricant blending and the advantages and disadvantages of lubricant blending equipment, facilities and operations will be discussed. The importance of testing components and products for each blend, lubricant blend quality control and product quality management will also be explained. The VILT course will also clarify the importance of lubricant product filling, packaging and warehouse storage, strategies for optimising existing lubricant blending plant facilities and how to avoid or minimise problems with lubricant blending and product quality. The VILT course is recognised under the UKLA Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme for Registered Lubricant Professional. *There will be an examination for this VILT.   Training Objectives This VILT course will enable you to: Learn about Mineral Oil Base Oils; API Groups I, II and III: Properties and Characteristics Acquire the knowledge about Synthetic Base Oils; API Groups IV and V: Properties and Characteristics Learn about Lubricant Additives: Properties and Characteristics Know the Lubricant Formulation and Ease of Blending Explore the Blending Plant Design: Grassroots Plants and Upgrading Existing Plants Learn about Blending Plant Equipment and Facilities and Their Operation Understand the Lubricant Blending Issues: Avoiding Problems Test and Analyse Base Oils and Additives Test and Analyse Blended Lubricants Explore the importance of Product Quality Control Understand the process of Lubricant Packaging and Filling Understand the process of Lubricant Storage Learn about Product Quality Management Target Audience This VILT course will be useful and applicable for: Middle and Senior managers to understand how and why to design and operate an efficient and profitable lubricant blending plant. Blending plant operators and specialists to improve and optimise current blending plant operations. Manufacturers of lubricants will understand how and why high quality components and effective testing during the entire blending process are important to final lubricant product quality and performance. Lubricant formulators will understand the importance of close communication and co-operation with blending plant managers and operators to minimise blending costs and to thereby maximise product profitability. Course Level Intermediate Training Methods The VILT course will be delivered online in 4 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 2 breaks of 10 minutes per day. Course Duration: 4 half-day sessions, 4 hours per session (16 hours in total). Trainer Your expert course leader (CChem, MRC) has worked as Sales, Technical Marketing Manager and Company Director with over 50 years of broad experience in the lubricants, fuels, petroleum additives, with four leading companies Chevron, Ethyl Petroleum Additives Ltd, Texaco Limited and Kuwait Petroleum (GB) Ltd. His major recent responsibilities have been concerned with leading the Oil Industry Association United Kingdom Lubricants Association, and acting in an advisory capacity as Technical Director to the Association. He has acquired a wide experience in technical, marketing and sales within the oil industry. The related experience gained with the oil additives industry has provided him with special additional insights. He has also led the Certificate of Lubricant Competence course for the United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA) for 11 years. He is a Chartered Chemist and a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

About this Training Course This separately bookable 3 full-day course is not designed to skill Oil & Gas engineers to be accountants, but to give the participants the confidence and ability to communicate with accountants and finance managers and to improve their own financial decision making. For technical professionals, a high level of single subject matter expertise is no longer sufficient for superior management performance. Oil & Gas technical professionals who wish to succeed in the resources industry are required to develop skills beyond their core functional knowledge. An understanding of financial information and management, and an awareness of the economic theory that drives value creation, are an integral part of the managers required suite of skills. This course can also be offered through Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) format. Training Objectives Workshop A: Finance for Non-Finance for Oil & Gas Professionals Attend this industry specific course and benefit from the following: Demystify financial jargon and fully interpret financial statements Understand Balance Sheets and Profit & Loss statements of Oil & Gas companies Discover the crucial distinction between cash flow and profit Understand how to make correct investment decisions using Net present Value and Internal Rate of Return Interpret oil and gas company financial reports using ratio analysis Learn the difference between cash costs and full costing of energy products Learn how to manage working capital for increased shareholder value Workshop B: Petroleum Fiscal Regimes and Applied Finance for Oil & Gas Industry Professionals Attend this advanced Training course to enhance your financial acumen from the following: Build and compare cash flow based models of both production sharing contract projects and royalty regime projects Gain an awareness of the different valuation methods for producing properties and undeveloped acreage Learn the industry specific accounting issues that apply when interpreting oil and gas company financial statements Understand how the physical characteristics of energy assets (e.g. reserves, reservoir quality) are translated into project valuations Learn how the investment analysts value oil and gas stocks and make buy/sell recommendations Target Audience This course is specifically designed for those with a non-finance background training from the Oil & Gas sector and requires only basic mathematical ability as a pre-requisite. It is presented in a manner that reduces the jargon to basic principles and applies them to numerous real-life examples. This course has been researched and developed for Managers, Superintendents, Supervisors, Engineers, Planners, Lawyers, Marketers, Team Leaders and Project Coordinators in the technical and non-technical departments in the Oil and Gas industry. Course Level Basic or Foundation Trainer Your expert course leader has presented over 300 courses and seminars in financial management. He began his career as a graduate in the Corporate Treasury of WMC Ltd having completed a degree in Applied Mathematics and Geology at Monash University. After five years with WMC, he pursued an MBA in finance and accounting at Cornell University in New York. He later gained a PhD in energy policy from the University of Melbourne. He worked for WMC Ltd in Perth as a Senior Financial Analyst in the Minerals Division and subsequently as an Energy Analyst in the Petroleum Division. In April 1997, he established an independent consultancy business providing advice to companies such as Woodside, Shell and Japan Australia LNG (MIMI). He spent many years as a consultant and commercial manager in the North West Shelf Gas project in Western Australia. Since 2006, he has been an Adjunct Fellow at the Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre where he teaches courses in valuation, financial statement modelling, and resources industry investment analysis. His background in geology and mathematics allows him to empathise with those who seek an understanding of finance but are approaching the learning experience with a technical mind. He receives consistently high ratings for his breadth of knowledge of the subject matter. He presents in a lively interactive style using real life examples and cases. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

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Why Choose Complete Maya Beginner to Advanced Training? Maya's extensive toolkit includes modeling, animation, simulation, and more, amplifying your versatility and influence in the 3D production pipeline. Click here for more info: Website Beginners or those with basic 3D knowledge. No specific digital media background is required. Duration: 40 hours Training Approach: 1-on-1 Sessions. Schedule: Customize your schedule by pre-booking a convenient hour of your choice, available Monday to Saturday between 9 am and 7 pm Course Structure: I. Introduction to Maya (3 hours) Maya Overview and Applications Interface Navigation and Basic Tools Project Creation and Management II. Basic Polygon Modeling (6 hours) Fundamentals of Polygon Modeling Creating and Editing Basic Shapes Advanced Techniques: Extrusions, Bevels, and NURBS for Organic Shapes III. Intermediate Modeling (6 hours) Advanced Polygon Modeling: Booleans, Deformers, and Surfaces Architectural Model Creation Sculpting Tools for Organic Shapes IV. Texturing and Materials (6 hours) Introduction to Texturing and Material Application Texture Mapping, UV Unwrapping, and Shaders Painting Textures with 3D Paint Tool V. Lighting and Rendering (6 hours) Basic and Advanced Lighting Techniques Realistic Lighting Environments Camera Setup, Composition, and Rendering VI. Animation (9 hours) Keyframe Animation and Animation Curves Character Rigging and Animation Complex Character Rigs, Lip Sync, Facial Animation, Dynamics, and Simulations VII. Rigging (4 hours) Skeleton Creation and Joint Binding Weight Maps and Simple to Complex Rigging Systems VIII. Special Effects (4 hours) Particle Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Fire, and Explosions Advanced Simulations with nCloth and nParticles Paint Effects and Mash Networks IX. Advanced Rendering Techniques (2 hours) Render Layers, Passes, and Global Illumination Mental Ray Rendering and Settings X. Conclusion and Next Steps (1 hour) Course Review, Tips for Further Learning Q&A Session and Feedback Please note that the course outline is flexible and can be tailored based on the learners' needs and proficiency levels. Autodesk Maya Basics to Advanced Level Course: Modeling: Surfaces, Control Vertex, Polygons, Extrusion Techniques, Subdiv Modeling, and More Deformations: Twist, Lattice, Flare, Bend Tools Shapes: Lines, Pen Tools, Surface Manipulation Techniques Animations: Keyframe Setup, Path Animations, Skeletons, IK Handles, Skinning Dynamics and Special Effects: Particle Systems, Fluid Dynamics, Lighting Effects, and Advanced Simulations Texturing and Rendering: Diffuse and Bump Mapping, Reflections, Shaders, Lights, and Camera Techniques Fluid Effects and Ncloth: 2D and 3D Containers, Collision Effects, Wind Simulations, and Gravity Control Rendering: Image and Animation Rendering, Playblast, Resolution Controls, and Output Formats. Advanced Modeling: Master intricate 3D models, including polygon, NURBS, and architectural modeling. Expert Texturing: Create realistic textures, apply shaders, and utilize the 3D paint tool. 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Hands-On Learning: Our practical approach combines theory with step-by-step demonstrations, allowing ample time for hands-on practice on your computer with Maya. You'll retain all the files you create. Compatibility Across Platforms: Maya training caters to both Windows and Mac users, ensuring compatibility with various versions of Maya. Comprehensive Training Package: Participants receive an e-certificate upon successful completion, validating their Maya training. Lifetime Support: Enjoy a lifetime of email support post-training, ensuring assistance with any queries or challenges that arise. Tailored to Your Version: Training can be adapted to your preferred Maya version, ensuring you learn using the most relevant and up-to-date software features. Download Maya  https://www.autodesk.co.uk  Highly skilled mentors with practical experience. Cutting-edge facilities ensuring an immersive learning environment. Comprehensive courses spanning diverse design disciplines. 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  The CIPT is the first and only certification of its kind worldwide. It was launched by the IAPP in 2014 and updated in early 2023 to meet the growing need that only tech pros can fill-securing data privacy at all stages of IT product and service lifecycles.  Whether you work in the public or private sector, data privacy skills are quickly becoming a must-have-and that's a great opportunity for you.  The CIPT certification also holds accreditation under ISO 17024: 2012 About This Course   What will you learn?   Critical data protection concepts and practices that impact IT Consumer data protection expectations and responsibility How to bake privacy into early stages of IT products and services for cost control, accuracy and speed-to-market How to establish data protection practices for data collection and transfer How to pre-empt data protection issues in the Internet of Things How to factor data protection into data classification and emerging tech such as cloud computing, facial recognition and surveillance How to communicate data protection issues with partners such as management, development, marketing and legal.   This course has two programmatic modules, the first four areas focus on the fundamentals of data protection. The second module takes the fundamentals and puts it into practice.   MODULE 1: Fundamentals of Information Privacy   Unit 1: Common Principles and Approaches to Privacy This unit includes a brief discussion of the modern history of privacy, an introduction to types of information, an overview of information risk management and a summary of modern privacy principles.   Unit 2: Jurisdiction and Industries This unit introduces the major privacy models employed around the globe and provides an overview of privacy and data protection regulation by jurisdictions and industry sectors.   Unit 3: Information Security: Safeguarding Personal Information This unit presents introductions to information security, including definitions, elements, standards and threats/vulnerabilities, as well as introductions to information security management and governance, including frameworks, controls, cryptography and identity and access management (IAM).   Unit 4: Online Privacy: Using Personal Information on Websites and with Other Internet-related Technologies This unit examines the web as a platform, as well as privacy considerations for sensitive online information, including policies and notices, access, security, authentication and data collection. Additional topics include children's online privacy, email, searches, online marketing and advertising, social media, online assurance, cloud computing and mobile devices.    MODULE 2: Privacy in Technology   Unit 1: Understanding the Need for Privacy in the IT Environment This unit highlights the impact that regulatory activities, security threats, advances in technology and the increasing proliferation of social networks have on IT departments.   Unit 2: Core Privacy Concepts This unit reveals how privacy compliance becomes more attainable through developing information lifecycle plans, data identification and classification systems and data flow diagrams.   Unit 3: Regulations and Standards Impacting Privacy in IT This unit introduces privacy laws, regulations and standards that can help IT professionals design better privacy programmes and systems to handle personal information throughout the data lifecycle.   Unit 4: Privacy in Systems and Applications This unit develops an understanding of the risks inherent in the IT environment and how to address them.   Unit 5: Online Privacy Issues This unit presents information about online threats, threat prevention and the role of IT professionals in ensuring proper handling of user data.   Unit 6: De-identifying and Anonymizing Personally Identifiable Information This unit reveals the importance of personally identifiable information and methods for ensuring its protection.   Unit 7: Cloud Computing This unit evaluates privacy and security concerns associated with cloud services, and standards that exist to advise on their use. Prerequisites   There are no prerequisites for this course but attendees would benefit from a review of the materials on the IAPP site. What's Included?   1 years membership of the IAPP  Refreshments & Lunch (Classroom courses only) Participant Guide Official Study Guides Official Practice Exam Official Q&A The Exam Fees Who Should Attend?   The CIPT credential shows you've got the knowledge to build your organisation's data protection structures from the ground up. With regulators worldwide calling for tech professionals to factor data protection into their products and services, the job market for privacy-trained IT pros has never been stronger. As a result, the CIPT is targeted towards; Data Protection Officers IT Managers and Administrators Records Managers System Developers IT Security specialists Accreditation Our Guarantee   We are an approved IAPP Training Partner. You can learn wherever and whenever you want with our robust classroom and interactive online training courses. Our courses are taught by qualified practitioners with a minimum of 25 years commercial experience. We strive to give our delegates the hands-on experience. Our courses are all-inclusive with no hidden extras.  The one-off cost covers the training, all course materials, and exam voucher. Our aim: To achieve a 100% first time pass rate on all our instructor-led courses. Our Promise: Pass first time or 'train' again for FREE. *FREE training offered for retakes - come back within a year and only pay for the exam.

Program Management Skills: In-House Training Program managers coordinate and give oversight to the efforts of marketing groups, project teams, product delivery, maintenance and support, operations and staff from various functional groups, including suppliers, business partners, and other external bodies. The goal is to ensure that proposed business transformation, through the delivery of complex products and processes, is implemented to realize the organization's strategic benefits and objectives, for which the program was selected. The goals of this course are twofold: To provide participants with key program management principles and techniques, recognized as best practices, to enable more effective program management; and to leverage core elements of the program management life cycle, processes, tools and techniques, to enable program management effectiveness. The participant will learn and apply the principles of program management through discussions, activities, and case study exercises. What You Will Learn At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Maximize the transformational impact of a program according to the business needs Explain management principles and techniques and apply them within a program context Implement program governance and organization that will produce expected benefits Plan for and manage benefit realization, risks, issues, and quality Manage component projects' interdependencies that are linked to both program and strategic objectives Engage program stakeholders effectively. Improve communication and action planning effectiveness for programs in organizations Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts Fundamental definitions and concepts Program challenges and benefits Program best practices and success criterion Stakeholder management Governance: program management office and program boards Standard for Program Management overview Vision, Leadership, and the Business Case What is vision, why, and how? Leadership vs. Management Program business case Program Organization and Governance Program organization Program governance Program board roles and responsibilities Benefits Management Benefits explored Benefits management Benefits realization Program Management Planning Program management plan Program blueprint and roadmap Program component dossier Program tranches Program estimating Program scheduling Program Monitoring and Controlling Program Control - An Overview Program Monitoring and Controlling Monitoring and Controlling Transition Program Risk and Issue Management Risk and issue management overview Program risk management Program issue management Program Quality Management Program quality management overview Program quality management principles Program Stakeholder Management Stakeholder engagement overview Stakeholder engagement planning EI, trust, communication and stakeholder engagement Program Closure and Benefits Sustainment Program closure overview Closing the program Program benefits sustainment Summary What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?

Microsoft Project Blue Belt® 2013: In-House Training This course introduces Project Server 2013 features that expedite scheduling projects and simplify managing tasks within an enterprise environment. Learn different aspects of Project Server and their benefits to varying roles in the enterprise, and gain hands-on experience and insights on best practices from SMEs around the world. This course introduces Project Server 2013 features that expedite scheduling projects and simplify managing tasks within an enterprise environment. Learn different aspects of Project Server and their benefits to varying roles in the enterprise, and gain hands-on experience and insights on best practices from SMEs around the world. What you Will Learn You'll learn how to: Identify the project's life cycle Understand the Enterprise Project Management (EPM) environment Apply the basic project management principles to selecting, initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing your Project 2013 schedules Take advantage of new features Explain Project Server 2013 views and project sites Meet deadlines and budget restrictions Keep the workloads of your resources within their available limits Efficiently update your schedule Take advantage of the standard reports, custom views, and visual reports for your projects Take a brief look at the Business Intelligence potential Efficiently and effectively manage your project(s) and programs Work comfortably within Project Server 2013 or Project Online Getting Started with Microsoft® Project Server 2013 Describing the EPM context Discovering Project Server 2013 and Project Online Differentiating the users of Project Server 2013 Working with Project Professional 2013 and Project Server 2013 Recognizing the Life Cycle within EPM Projects and Portfolio Management Portfolio management and governance Originating new initiatives within EPTs and workflows Prioritizing initiatives, analyzing scenarios, optimizing, and selecting the portfolio Initiating Projects Initiating processes with Project Professional, SharePoint lists, Enterprise Projects, and Resource Plans Importing projects and managing project owner and permissions Planning Projects - Scope and Schedule Management Planning context and framework Scheduling in PWA Using the Deliverables feature Planning Projects - Staffing Management Plan Building a project team Managing resource availability Reviewing the assignment cycle Resolving resource overallocation Planning Projects - Cost Components, Baseline, and Consolidated Schedules Developing components of the Cost Management Planning processes Working with the baseline in projects and programs or master schedules Improving the Collaboration in the Project Sites Creating the Project Sites Developing components of the Risk Management Plan and Issues Tracking Linking planning documents Additional apps and customization Executing Projects Understanding executing processes Managing resources using Build Team and other features Working with timesheets Reporting administrative time Configuring personal settings Monitoring and Controlling Projects - Tracking Task and Project Progress Understanding the Monitoring and Controlling processes Task progress and updates in PWA including considerations for different tracking methods Task progress and updates in Project Professional 2013 Monitor and Control Projects - Measuring Performance and Reporting Progress Understanding status reports Reviewing performance metrics and progress reports Taking advantage of preloaded reports at the Business Intelligence Center Considerations for defining custom reports Closing Projects Reviewing the closing processes and closing tasks to updates Supporting the closing process

Performance Development Coaching provides a safe space for individuals to explore new ideas and techniques without judgement, fostering personal growth and benefiting the wider business. Sessions are confidential, 90 minutes long, and tailored to individual developmental needs, with a bi-weekly schedule of six sessions suggested. These sessions are conducted via Zoom, with face-to-face options available in East Anglia and London; email engage@puritas.org.uk for details.