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This paediatric first aid course provides essential information related to the Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid (RQF). Participants will gain vital skills and knowledge necessary to respond effectively to emergencies involving infants and children, ensuring the safety and well-being of young individuals in critical situations.

Managing Benefits™ Foundation: In-House Training The APMG International Managing Benefits and Swirl Device logo is a trademark of The APM Group Limited, used under permission of The APM Group Limited. All rights reserved. Benefits are not simply just one aspect of project and programme management (PPM) - rather, they are the rationale for the investment of taxpayers' and shareholders' funds in change initiatives. Managing Benefits is designed to complement existing best practices in portfolio, programme and project management (such as PRINCE2®, MSP®, P3O® & MoP®), and consolidates existing guidance while expanding on the specific practices and techniques aimed at optimizing benefits realization. The purpose of the Managing Benefits guidance and certification scheme is to provide you with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices, and techniques, and to prepare you to take and pass the Foundation exam on the last day. Managing Benefits provides: An overview of benefits management - what it is, the case for doing it, and some common misconceptions that can limit its effectiveness in practice Descriptions of the seven principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are built, and examples of how they have been applied in practice Guidance on how to apply benefits management at a portfolio level, as well as at an individual project or programme level Details of the five practices in the Benefits Management Cycle and examples of how they have been applied in practice Advice on how to get started in implementing effective benefits management practices and sustain progress What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Define benefits, benefits management and related terms, and the objectives of benefits management Explain the principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are based Define the practices contained within the Benefits Management Cycle and relevant techniques applicable to each practice Describe key elements of portfolio-based benefits management, as well as the scope of key roles and responsibilities for benefits management and the typical contents of the main benefits management documentation Identify barriers to effective benefits management and strategies to overcome them, including the key success characteristics of benefits management Improve your ability to pass the APMG Managing Benefits Foundation Certification exam Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Overview of Managing Benefits The Benefits Management Model Key Benefits Management Practices What is Benefits Management? Definitions Value and Value Management Why do we need benefits management? Objectives Benefits Management Principles Align benefits with strategy Start with the end in mind Utilize successful delivery methods Integrate benefits with performance management Manage benefits from a portfolio perspective Apply effective governance Develop a value culture The Benefits Management Cycle Barriers to effective and efficient benefits management and overcoming them Key success characteristics of effective benefits management Key roles, responsibilities, and documentation Benefits Management Practice 1 - Identify and Quantify Benefits Management Practice 2 - Value and Appraise Benefits Management Practice 3 - Plan Benefits Management Practice 4 - Realize Benefits Management Practice 5 - Review Portfolio-based Benefits Management Implementing and Sustaining Progress APMG Managing Benefits Foundation Exam

QSIG training course description A concise overview of QSIG, covering the development, current use and future of this private network signalling protocol. What will you learn Describe the use of QSIG. Describe the evolution of QSIG. Describe functionality of the QSIGProtocol Stack. Describe functionality and use of the main Supplementary Services and Additional Network Functions within QSIG. QSIG training course details Who will benefit: Network/Systems Engineers Operators/Planners or anyone working within the QSIG Arena. Prerequisites: Telecommunications Introduction Duration 1 day QSIG training course contents Introduction What is QSIG? User benefits, flexible interconnection, public ISDN synergy, feature transparency-end to end intelligence, innovation specialist features - heterogeneous environment. Evolution of QSIG Evolution of QSIG, ISDN PBX Networking, Specification forum (IPNS), QSIG standardisation. The ITU-T reference model extended for corporate networks. QSIG Protocol Q Protocol stack, QSIG basic call layer 3 - SubLayer 1, QSIG Generic Functional layer 3 Sub-Layer 2 (GF), QSIG protocols for supplementary services & ANF's- Layer 3, Sub-Layer 3, Layer 3 Message Overview. Supplementary Services and ANFs QSIG supplementary services standardisation methodology. QSIG Services and additional network features: Advice of charge, Call Completion, (CCBS, CCNR), Call Forwarding and diversion (CFB, CFNR, CFU, CD), Services (CINT, CI, CO, CT, CW, DDI) Services cont. (DND, DNDO), Identification Services - (CLIP, COLP, CLIR, CNIP, CONP, CNIR), Other QSIG services and additional network features (Mobile, Multi Subscriber Number (MSN), Operator Services, Recall (RE), Sub-Addressing (SUB)), User to user signalling, compliance with services. Conclusion - QSIG1 FAQ's, European Computer Manufacturers Association. The Future.

Are you looking to create the perfect business strategy to put you higher than your competitors? Are you tired of not hitting your strategic objectives? If your answers to above questions are 'yes', this course helps you a lot.    What you will learn: To build your own ‘blue ocean strategy’ to avoid fierce competition & price wars. To understand strategy process and strategy mapping. To appropriately position your company in the marketplace. To make the competition irrelevant.   How you will benefit from this workshop: You will gain key insights into the strategy articulation process. We help you develop your leadership skills with some practice. You will learn how to use the Balanced scorecard to map your strategy. You will learn how effective your current differentiation is and how to improve that.

About this Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) The energy industry has started its journey to be more data centric by embracing the industry 4.0 concept. As a result, data management - which was considered until recently as a back-office service to support geoscience, reservoir management, engineering, production and maintenance - is now given the spotlight! To become an active stakeholder in this important transition in E&P data management, it is necessary to understand the new technical opportunities offered by the Cloud, Artificial Intelligence and how data governance can pave the way towards more reliable and resilient processes within E&P domain. Several key questions that need to be addressed: Why place more focus on data assets? Is data management just about serving geoscientists or engineers with fresh data? What is the value of data management in the E&P sector for decision making? How to convince the data consumers that the data we provide is reliable? Is the data architecture of my organization appropriate and sustainable? The purpose of this 5 half-day Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) course is to present the data challenges facing the energy organizations today and see how they practically solve them. The backbone of this course is based on the DAMA Book of Knowledge for Data Management. The main data management activities are described in sequence with a particular focus on recent technological developments. Training Objectives Upon completion of this VILT course, the participants will be able to: Understand why the data asset is now considered as a main asset by energy organizations Appreciate the importance of data governance and become an active stakeholder of it Understand the architecture and implementation of data structure in their professional environment Get familiarized with the more important data management activities such as data security and data quality Integrate their subsurface and surface engineering skills with the data managements concepts This VILT course is unique on several points: All notions are explained by some short presentations. For each of them, a set of video, exercises, quizzes will be provided to help develop an engaging experience between the trainer and the participants A pre-course questionnaire to help the trainer focus on the participants' needs and learning objectives A detailed reference manual A lexicon of terms for data-management Limited class size to encourage the interactivity Target Audience This VILT course is intended for: Junior/new data managers Geoscientists Reservoir engineers Producers Maintenance specialists Construction specialists Human resources Legal Course Level Basic or Foundation Training Methods The VILT course will be delivered online in 5 half-days consisting 4 hours per day, with 2 breaks of 10 minutes per day. Course Duration: 5 half-day sessions, 4 hours per session (20 hours in total). Trainer Your expert course leader is a geologist by education who has dedicated his career to subsurface data management services. In 2016, he initiated a tech startup dedicated to Data Management using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. He is heavily involved in developing business plans, pricing strategies, partnerships, marketing and SEO, and is the co-author of several Machine Learning publications. He also delivers training on Data Management and Data Science to students and professionals. Based in France, he was formerly Vice President, Sales & Marketing at CGG where he was in charge of the Data Management Services strategy, Sales Manager at Spie O&G Services where he initiated the Geoscience technical assistance activities and Product Manager of interactive seismic inversion software design and marketing at Paradigm.       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

DASA DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale: In-House Training DevOps embodies both cultural changes and practices through which organizations can facilitate the IT functions of software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The DevOps movement advocates automation and phase-based monitoring practices. Its objectives include: Decreasing development cycles · Increasing deployment frequency Improving the reliability of releases Developing a closer alignment with business objectives The DASA DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale course (formerly known as DevOps Practitioner) is designed to provide individuals with the core education necessary to put DevOps into practice. With the help of DevOps theory, pragmatic examples and exercises, and interactive group discussions, the course will help you understand how to apply the necessary skills to practice DevOps. Building on the knowledge learned on theFundamentals course (the 'why'), you will learn the 'how'. The DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale course focuses on improving the skill set of the DASA competency model, which includes competencies like Courage, Teambuilding, DevOps Leadership, and Continuous Improvement. On completion of the DASA DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale training and passing the exam, the certification is awarded. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Explain the importance of DevOps culture and the aspects that can influence it Explain why courage, teambuilding, leadership, and continuous improvement are required in a DevOps environment Explain why courage is essential to enable trust, honesty, and experimentation Identify and evaluate different types of behavior in a DevOps environment Recognize the signals indicating impediments and/or team dysfunctions Describe how to form good DevOps teams and assess their maturity List the effects of happiness and motivation on team performance Identify how leaders encourage feedback and transparency Discuss the factors that leaders can influence to build trust Explain how and why leaders promote a 'safe to fail' environment Analyze value streams to improve throughput and flow Facilitate the tools for continuous improvement: structured problem-solving workshops, Story Mapping sessions, and retrospectives TEAMBUILDING Teambuilding is about understanding the other's point of view, collaboration, mutual accountability, common purpose, and the ability to integrally support the service/product. Design Teams Characteristics of a DevOps team Skills of a DevOps Team Self-organization and autonomy Rules to consider when designing DevOps teams Build Teams Effects of happiness and motivation on performance Feedback Creating high-performance teams Governance Governance within teams and between multiple teams Governance between organizations DevOps contracts DEVOPS LEADERSHIP This module describes how to facilitate teams to high performance, DevOps behavior, transparency, and a service lifecycle mindset. Build Culture Creating the right environment and providing vision and purpose Stimulating the right behavior Servant leadership: giving control, supporting, and inspiring Create Purpose Defining and aligning purpose Purpose of having a purpose Alignment versus autonomy Be a Servant Leader Give control to the team Inspire and support the team Focus on Success Output versus outcome Measuring and steering COURAGE The Courage module is about coaching courageous behavior, proactivity, reflection, trust, open discussions, experimentation, fail fast, and the courage to change. Build Courage The importance of courage Courage in relationship with leadership and feedback Enabling courage at the team level Dealing with failure Think Different Courage day to day Encourage critical thinking Techniques to promote courageous behavior VALUE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC ACTION This module describes the important aspects that are relevant to identify and deliver the required and expected value for all relevant stakeholders. Aspects of Value and Managing Expectations The different aspects of value Stakeholder management Customer collaboration and using customer feedback How to do prioritization CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Continuous improvement describes the importance of a Kaizen mindset, quality at the source, first time right, knowledge-sharing, and the ability to adapt. Build Flow Understanding the importance of flow Using Lean to optimize flow Kaizen as a mindset Radical change versus Kaizen Using Pull to optimize flow Continuous Improvement Tools Kaizen Event Value Stream Mapping Visual Management Retrospective Daily Standup Five Times Why

AgilePM® Practitioner: In-House Training This course offers preparation for the Practitioner-level examination to gain the APMG-International™ / Agile Project Management Practitioner Certification. Agile Project Management (AgilePM) is the result of collaboration between APMG-International and The DSDM Consortium. DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method) is the longest-established Agile method, launched in 1995, and is the only Agile method to focus on the management of Agile projects. The method has evolved over the years and the DSDM Agile Project Framework is the latest version of which AgilePM is a subset. DSDM has always operated predominantly in the corporate environment and has consistently demonstrated its ability to successfully work with and complement existing corporate processes. APMG-International is a global Examination Institute accredited by The APM Group Ltd. It is one of the Examination Institutes accredited by AXELOS. APMG-International has regional offices located in Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Malaysia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Their portfolio of qualifications includes the Best Practice qualifications of ITIL®, PRINCE2®, MSP®, M_o_R®, and P3O®. AgilePM is one of their specialist management qualifications, which also include Change Management and Service Catalogue. The course covers all the Practitioner elements of the AgilePM Handbook v2 with: Clear explanations of the method and practical examples provided by your course tutor Sample exam paper for the Practitioner-level exams to enrich your knowledge and understanding A case study to allow you to practice the application of the method to an agile project The Traditional Classroom option includes the Practitioner exam to provide you with the right opportunity to verify your new skill set by way of a professional qualification The Virtual Classroom option includes a Practitioner exam voucher to allow you to choose the date and time of your online exam to verify your new skill set by way of a professional qualification What You Will Learn You will learn how to: Identify and apply the concepts, tools, and techniques described in Section 2 (Digging Deeper) of the APMG-International's Agile Project Management Handbook (v2.0) to agile projects Tailor and customize AgilePM to suit the needs of different projects Use AgilePM in conjunction with other project management methods such as PRINCE2® Prepare yourself for the Practitioner exam in AgilePM Roles and Responsibilities - The PM View The roles Key project manager relationships Agile Project Management - Through the Lifecycle The DSDM process and the project lifecycle Project management focus phase by phase The Effective Use of Products The products Deliver on Time - Combining MoSCoW & Timeboxing Ensuring effective prioritisation Bringing MoSCoW and timeboxing together People, Teams, and Interactions Effective communication Collaboration Requirements and User Stories What is a requirement? User stories Estimating - How and When Coping with uncertainty Estimating through the lifecycle Project Planning through the Lifecycle Planning in a DSDM project Planning activities phase by phase Quality - Never Compromise Quality What do we mean by quality? Solution and process quality Risk Management Project risk How DSDM helps mitigate project risk Tailoring the Approach The project approach questionnaire Summary and Next Steps

This fun one day course is for a small group of students looking to develop the skills and knowledge to make a box cushion. All materials and equipment will be provided and the course will take place in our purpose built workshop in Almondbury

Management of Portfolios (MoP®) Practitioner: In-House Training In this MoP® Practitioner course, participants will have sufficient knowledge and understanding of how to apply and tailor the MoP guidance and to analyze portfolio data, documentation, and roles in relation to a given situation. MoP helps organizations ensure if the investments are done in the right, change initiatives, and implementing them correctly. This is achieved by: Prioritizing the programs and projects in terms of their contribution to the organization's strategic objectives and overall level of risk Managing the programs and projects consistently to ensure efficient and effective delivery Maximizing the benefit by providing the greatest return from the investment made What you will Learn Define the business case to get senior management approval for portfolio management Plan the implementation of portfolio management Select and adapt MoP principles, practices, and techniques to suit different organizational environments Evaluate examples of MoP information including documents and role descriptions Analyze the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario Introduction Overview MoP Portfolio Definition Portfolio Management Roles Portfolio Management Documents MoP Practitioner Assignments Portfolio Management Documents Portfolio Delivery How to Implement Practice Exam MoP Practitioner Exam (taken online, after the class has ended)

Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® (A-CSPO®): In-House Training All Advanced CSPO courses are taught by Educators approved by the Scrum Alliance. Taking an Advanced CSPO course, meeting the learning objectives, and accepting the license agreement designates you as an Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner. Please review your trainer's course description below to determine which learning objectives this course satisfies. What you will Learn You'll learn to: Manage multiple business initiatives from competing stakeholders Clearly order and express Product Backlog items Define a clear product vision that ensures your product remains focused on the features your customers and end users will actually use Communicate effectively with various stakeholder groups to achieve alignment Identify the crucial opportunities and avoid wasting time Define and validate business value Increase your credibility as a product expert and become recognized as a person who delivers real business results Benefits Build on your foundational knowledge with enhanced implementation skills Distinguish yourself in the global marketplace Stand out in your industry as a member of the Scrum Alliance globally-recognized community Show advanced value to your employer (or potential employer) as a highly trained Agile professional