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Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is geared for attendees with solid Python skills who wish to learn and use basic machine learning algorithms and concepts Overview This 'skills-centric' course is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture, with extensive practical exercises designed to reinforce fundamental skills, concepts and best practices taught throughout the course. Topics Covered: This is a high-level list of topics covered in this course. Please see the detailed Agenda below Getting Started & Optional Python Quick Refresher Statistics and Probability Refresher and Python Practice Probability Density Function; Probability Mass Function; Naive Bayes Predictive Models Machine Learning with Python Recommender Systems KNN and PCA Reinforcement Learning Dealing with Real-World Data Experimental Design / ML in the Real World Time Permitting: Deep Learning and Neural Networks Machine Learning Essentials with Python is a foundation-level, three-day hands-on course that teaches students core skills and concepts in modern machine learning practices. This course is geared for attendees experienced with Python, but new to machine learning, who need introductory level coverage of these topics, rather than a deep dive of the math and statistics behind Machine Learning. Students will learn basic algorithms from scratch. For each machine learning concept, students will first learn about and discuss the foundations, its applicability and limitations, and then explore the implementation and use, reviewing and working with specific use casesWorking in a hands-on learning environment, led by our Machine Learning expert instructor, students will learn about and explore:Popular machine learning algorithms, their applicability and limitationsPractical application of these methods in a machine learning environmentPractical use cases and limitations of algorithms Getting Started Installation: Getting Started and Overview LINUX jump start: Installing and Using Anaconda & Course Materials (or reference the default container) Python Refresher Introducing the Pandas, NumPy and Scikit-Learn Library Statistics and Probability Refresher and Python Practice Types of Data Mean, Median, Mode Using mean, median, and mode in Python Variation and Standard Deviation Probability Density Function; Probability Mass Function; Naive Bayes Common Data Distributions Percentiles and Moments A Crash Course in matplotlib Advanced Visualization with Seaborn Covariance and Correlation Conditional Probability Naive Bayes: Concepts Bayes? Theorem Naive Bayes Spam Classifier with Naive Bayes Predictive Models Linear Regression Polynomial Regression Multiple Regression, and Predicting Car Prices Logistic Regression Logistic Regression Machine Learning with Python Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning, and Train/Test Using Train/Test to Prevent Overfitting Understanding a Confusion Matrix Measuring Classifiers (Precision, Recall, F1, AUC, ROC) K-Means Clustering K-Means: Clustering People Based on Age and Income Measuring Entropy LINUX: Installing GraphViz Decision Trees: Concepts Decision Trees: Predicting Hiring Decisions Ensemble Learning Support Vector Machines (SVM) Overview Using SVM to Cluster People using scikit-learn Recommender Systems User-Based Collaborative Filtering Item-Based Collaborative Filtering Finding Similar Movie Better Accuracy for Similar Movies Recommending movies to People Improving your recommendations KNN and PCA K-Nearest-Neighbors: Concepts Using KNN to Predict a Rating for a Movie Dimensionality Reduction; Principal Component Analysis (PCA) PCA with the Iris Data Set Reinforcement Learning Reinforcement Learning with Q-Learning and Gym Dealing with Real-World Data Bias / Variance Tradeoff K-Fold Cross-Validation Data Cleaning and Normalization Cleaning Web Log Data Normalizing Numerical Data Detecting Outliers Feature Engineering and the Curse of Dimensionality Imputation Techniques for Missing Data Handling Unbalanced Data: Oversampling, Undersampling, and SMOTE Binning, Transforming, Encoding, Scaling, and Shuffling Experimental Design / ML in the Real World Deploying Models to Real-Time Systems A/B Testing Concepts T-Tests and P-Values Hands-on With T-Tests Determining How Long to Run an Experiment A/B Test Gotchas Capstone Project Group Project & Presentation or Review Deep Learning and Neural Networks Deep Learning Prerequisites The History of Artificial Neural Networks Deep Learning in the TensorFlow Playground Deep Learning Details Introducing TensorFlow Using TensorFlow Introducing Keras Using Keras to Predict Political Affiliations Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN?s) Using CNN?s for Handwriting Recognition Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN?s) Using an RNN for Sentiment Analysis Transfer Learning Tuning Neural Networks: Learning Rate and Batch Size Hyperparameters Deep Learning Regularization with Dropout and Early Stopping The Ethics of Deep Learning Learning More about Deep Learning Additional course details: Nexus Humans Machine Learning Essentials with Python (TTML5506-P) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Machine Learning Essentials with Python (TTML5506-P) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Students in this course are interested in implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam. Overview After completing this course, students will be able to: Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) Create a team and agile organizational structure Design a tool integration strategy Design a license management strategy (e.g., Azure DevOps and GitHub users) Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software Design an authentication and access strategy Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources Describe the benefits of using Source Control Describe Azure Repos and GitHub Migrate from TFVC to Git Manage code quality including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions Build organizational knowledge on code quality Explain how to structure Git repos Describe Git branching workflows Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews Leverage Git hooks for automation Use Git to foster inner source across the organization Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines Explain why continuous integration matters Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines Define Site Reliability Engineering Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback Design processes to automate application analytics Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts Carry out blameless retrospectives and create a just culture Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure Describe the potential challenges with integrating open-source software Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance Manage organizational security and compliance policies Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms. Module 1: Get started on a DevOps transformation journey Introduction to DevOps Choose the right project Describe team structures Choose the DevOps tools Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards Introduction to source control Describe types of source control systems Work with Azure Repos and GitHub Module 2: Development for enterprise DevOps Structure your Git Repo Manage Git branches and workflows Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos Explore Git hooks Plan foster inner source Manage Git repositories Identify technical debt Module 3: Implement CI with Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions Explore Azure Pipelines Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools Describe pipelines and concurrency Explore Continuous integration Implement a pipeline strategy Integrate with Azure Pipelines Introduction to GitHub Actions Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions Design a container build strategy Module 4: Design and implement a release strategy Introduction to continuous delivery Explore release strategy recommendations Build a high-quality release pipeline Introduction to deployment patterns Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles Implement canary releases and dark launching Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment Module 5: Implement a secure continuous deployment using Azure Pipelines Create a release pipeline Provision and test environments Manage and modularize tasks and templates Automate inspection of health Manage application configuration data Integrate with identity management systems Implement application configuration Module 6: Manage infrastructure as code using Azure and DSC Explore infrastructure as code and configuration management Create Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI Explore Azure Automation with DevOps Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC) Implement Bicep Module 7: Implement security and validate code bases for compliance Introduction to Secure DevOps Implement open-source software Software Composition Analysis Static analyzers OWASP and Dynamic Analyzers Security Monitoring and Governance Module 8: Design and implement a dependency management strategy Explore package dependencies Understand package management Migrate, consolidate, and secure artifacts Implement a versioning strategy Introduction to GitHub Packages Module 9: Implement continuous feedback Implement tools to track usage and flow Develop monitor and status dashboards Share knowledge within teams Design processes to automate application analytics Manage alerts, Blameless retrospectives and a just culture Additional course details: Nexus Humans AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

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With this GraphQL Training with NodeJs you will learn how to start GraphQL and NodeJs, do CURD Operations with NodeJs, MongoDB, and GraphQL, and fragment, union, and interfaces with GraphQL. The course will teach you to learn how to set page number, make caching and batching, filtering, sorting and to know about the subscription and data loaders in GraphQL. You will master fundamental concepts behind structuring graphql servers. Learn to build apis with graphql. You will explore to integrating graphql with nodejs and mongodb and, graphql with nodejs and sequelize. You will also learn to test the data authentication and authorization with Jest in MngoDB, NodeJs, and GraphQL. Who is this course for? GraphQL Training with NodeJs is suitable for anyone who wants to gain extensive knowledge, potential experience and professional skills in the related field. This course is CPD accredited so you don't have to worry about the quality. Requirements Our GraphQL Training with NodeJs is open to all from all academic backgrounds and there are no specific requirements to attend this course. It is compatible and accessible from any device including Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Tablets etc. CPD Certificate from Course Gate  At the successful completion of the course, you can obtain your CPD certificate from us. You can order the PDF certificate for £9 and the hard copy for £15. Also, you can order both PDF and hardcopy certificates for £22. Career path This course opens a new door for you to enter the relevant job market and also gives you the opportunity to acquire extensive knowledge along with required skills to become successful. You will be able to add our qualification to your CV/resume which will help you to stand out in the competitive job industry. Course Curriculum Getting Started Create Express Server in NodeJs 00:04:00 Create GraphQL Server using express 00:08:00 Understand GraphQL Resolver Arguments 00:00:00 Connect GraphQL App with MongoDB using Mongoose 00:04:00 CURD(Create, Read,Update,Delete) Operations with Nodejs, GraphQL, and MongoDB Create Record in MongoDB Using GraphQL Mutation 00:06:00 Get Records From MongoDB Using GraphQL Query 00:02:00 Update Records From MongoDB Using GraphQL Mutation 00:02:00 Delete Record From MongoDB Using GraphQL Mutation 00:02:00 Authentication and Authorization in GraphQL, Nodejs and MongoDB Create GraphQL Server with GraphQL Yoga 00:03:00 Split up your schema definition, resolvers, and Query type into multiple files 00:07:00 Create a Mongoose User model for Authentication in GraphQL 00:03:00 Register and Encrypt User Data and Return JWT Payload with Graph 00:07:00 Operations and Variables in GraphQL 00:02:00 Validate Input in GraphQL with Joi 00:04:00 Authenticate a User using a JSON Web Token in GraphQL 00:03:00 Merge GraphQL Resolvers into a Single Object using lodash.merge 00:02:00 Create a Middleware for Authentication in GraphQL 00:07:00 Apply Authentication Middleware on GraphQL Resolvers 00:03:00 Create Nested Resolvers to remove duplicate code from individual 00:07:00 Pagination, Filtering, And Sorting in GraphQL Paginate List of Data in GraphQL 00:08:00 Filter Nodes with Matching Rule GraphQL Queries 00:03:00 Sort GraphQL Query Results by Field 00:02:00 Cursor Based Pagination 00:09:00 Fragments, Interfaces, and Unions in GraphQL Send Multiple Queries in a Single Request using Aliases in GraphQL 00:00:00 Enhancing Fields Reusability with Fragments in GraphQL 00:02:00 Create Enum to represents a collection of related values 00:03:00 Create an Interface to represent the reusable fields in GraphQL 00:06:00 Interface Demo with - ResolveType 00:05:00 Create Union to return more than object type from GraphQL field 00:11:00 Subscriptions and DataLoaders in GraphQL Introduction to Subscriptions 00:01:00 Adding real-time functionality with GraphQL Subscriptions 00:06:00 Create DataLoader in GraphQL 00:05:00 Batching in GraphQL 00:05:00 Caching in GraphQL 00:03:00 Testing with Jest in GraphQL and NodeJs Write Unit test for Resolvers in GraphQL 00:04:00 Write Integration Test for Queries And Mutations in GraphQL 00:04:00 Certificate and Transcript Order Your Certificates or Transcripts 00:00:00

Recognised Accreditation This course is accredited by continuing professional development (CPD). CPD UK is globally recognised by employers, professional organisations, and academic institutions, thus a certificate from CPD Certification Service creates value towards your professional goal and achievement. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. What is CPD? Employers, professional organisations, and academic institutions all recognise CPD, therefore a credential from CPD Certification Service adds value to your professional goals and achievements. Benefits of CPD Improve your employment prospects Boost your job satisfaction Promotes career advancement Enhances your CV Provides you with a competitive edge in the job market Demonstrate your dedication Showcases your professional capabilities What is IPHM? The IPHM is an Accreditation Board that provides Training Providers with international and global accreditation. The Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM) accreditation is a guarantee of quality and skill. Benefits of IPHM It will help you establish a positive reputation in your chosen field You can join a network and community of successful therapists that are dedicated to providing excellent care to their client You can flaunt this accreditation in your CV It is a worldwide recognised accreditation What is Quality Licence Scheme? This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. Benefits of Quality License Scheme Certificate is valuable Provides a competitive edge in your career It will make your CV stand out Course Curriculum Week 1: Getting Started Quiz 1 00:02:00 Quiz 1 Solution 00:01:00 What is Programming 00:03:00 Quiz 2 00:01:00 Quiz 2 Solution 00:01:00 Meeting the Interpreter and Problem Quiz 3 00:01:00 Quiz 3 solution 00:01:00 Why Programming and Quiz 4 00:02:00 Gammar and Python Rules 00:04:00 Backus Naur Form 00:03:00 Quiz 4 part 2 00:01:00 Quiz 4 Part 2 Solution 00:01:00 Python Grammar and Quiz 5 00:05:00 Quiz 5 Solution 00:03:00 Quiz 6 00:01:00 Quiz 6 Solution 00:02:00 Processors 00:02:00 Introducing Variables 00:05:00 Variables Quiz 8 00:01:00 Quiz 8 Solution 00:01:00 Variables Quiz 9 00:01:00 Quiz 9 Solution 00:01:00 Variables Quiz 10 00:01:00 Quiz 10 Solution 00:03:00 Introducing Strings 00:04:00 Using Strings Quiz 11 00:01:00 String indexing 00:02:00 Quiz 13 00:01:00 Quiz 13 Solution 00:03:00 String Subsequences 00:04:00 String Subsequences Quiz 14 00:01:00 Quiz 14 Solution 00:02:00 Understanding Selection Quiz 15 00:01:00 Quiz 15 Solution 00:04:00 Finding String in String Quiz 16 00:04:00 Quiz 16 Solution 00:02:00 Testing and Quiz 17 00:02:00 Quiz 17 Solution 00:03:00 Find With Parameter Quiz 18 00:02:00 Quiz 18 Solution 00:01:00 Congratulations 00:01:00 Week 2: Procedures and Loops Unit Overview 00:03:00 Procedural Abstraction 00:03:00 Introducing Procedures 00:04:00 Procedure Code Quiz 1 00:03:00 Quiz 1 Solution 00:01:00 Output and Quiz 2 00:01:00 Quiz 2 Solution 00:02:00 Return Statement and Quiz 3 00:03:00 Quiz 3 Solution 00:02:00 Inc Procedure Quiz 4 00:01:00 Quiz 4 Solution 00:01:00 Sum Procedure and Quiz 5 00:01:00 Quiz 5 Solution 00:02:00 Sum Procedure With a Return Statement3 00:02:00 Square Procedure Quiz 6 00:01:00 Quiz 6 Solution 00:02:00 Sum 3 Quiz 7 00:01:00 Quiz 7 Solution 00:02:00 Double String Procedure Quiz 8 00:01:00 Quiz 8 Solution 00:01:00 Find Second Quiz 9 00:02:00 Quiz 9 Solution 00:02:00 Equality Comparison Quiz 10 00:04:00 Quiz 10 Solution 00:01:00 If Statement Quiz 11 00:03:00 Quiz 11 Solution 00:03:00 Is Friend Quiz 12 00:02:00 Quiz 12 Solution3 00:02:00 Is Friend Quiz 13 00:02:00 Quiz 13 Solution 00:02:00 The Or Construct 00:03:00 Quiz 14 Solution 00:06:00 While Loop Quiz 15 00:05:00 Quiz 15 Solution 00:02:00 While Loop Quiz 16 00:01:00 Quiz 16 Solution 00:01:00 Print Numbers Quiz 17 00:01:00 Quiz 17 Solution 00:02:00 Factorial Quiz 18 00:02:00 Quiz 18 Solution 00:02:00 Break Quiz 19 00:04:00 Quiz 20 00:05:00 Quiz 20 Solution 00:01:00 No Links Quiz 21 00:01:00 Print All Links Quiz 21 Solution 00:02:00 Final Quiz Solution 00:02:00 Week 3: How To Manage Data Unit Overview 00:03:00 Stooges And Quiz 1 00:01:00 Quiz 1 Solution 00:01:00 Days in Month Quiz 00:01:00 Countries Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 3 Solution 00:01:00 Relative Size Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 4 Solution 00:01:00 Lists Mutation 00:01:00 Different Stooges Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 5 Solution 00:01:00 Secret Agent Man Quiz 00:01:00 Replace Spy Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 7 Solution 00:03:00 Python List Addition and Lenght 00:02:00 List Operations In Python 00:02:00 Python Lists Length Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 8 Solution 00:01:00 Append Quiz 00:01:00 Hard Drive Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 11 Solution 00:01:00 Python Loops on Lists Quiz 00:02:00 Quiz 12 Solution 00:02:00 Python For Loops 00:03:00 Sum List Quiz 00:02:00 Measure a String Quiz 00:01:00 Find Element Quiz 00:02:00 Quiz 15 Solution 00:04:00 Quiz 16 Solution 00:01:00 Python Union Procedure Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 17 solution 00:01:00 Pop in Python Quiz 18 00:02:00 Quiz 18 Solution 00:03:00 Collecting Links 00:01:00 Get All Links 00:02:00 Starting Get All Links Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 19 Solution 00:01:00 Updating Links Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 20 Solution 00:01:00 55. Finishing Get All Links Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 21 Solution 00:01:00 Finishing the Python Web Crawler 00:03:00 Crawling Process Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 22 Solution 00:01:00 Crawl Web Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 23 Solution 00:01:00 62. Crawl Web Loop Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 24 Solution 00:02:00 Crawl If Quiz 00:01:00 Quiz 25 Solution 00:01:00 Finishing Crawl Web and Final Quiz 00:02:00 Final Quiz Solution & Conclusion 00:03:00 Certificate of Achievement Certificate of Achievement 00:00:00 Get Your Insurance Now Get Your Insurance Now 00:00:00 Feedback Feedback 00:00:00

Level 2 QLS Endorsed Diploma | 100 CPD Points | +Gifts: QLS Certificate + PDF Certificate | 24/7 Learner Support

Digital forensics is becoming very important in cyber security to detect and backtrack Black Hat criminals. It is essential to remove hackers' malicious backdoors/malware and trace them back to avoid possible future incidents.

This course begins with a comprehensive introduction to RFID technology, focusing on both low and high-frequency cards. You'll explore the Proxmark3 RDV4 device, a powerful RFID testing tool, learning its installation and implementation to understand how RFID systems can be ethically analysed and tested.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders working with analysts, Quality and process engineers, technicians, managers; supervisors, team leaders, and process operators; anyone who wants to improve their Business Analysis skills. Overview After completing this course, students will know how to: Plan, manage and close requirements for software development project in reduced time using Agile Scrum practices Minimize project uncertainty and risk by applying Agile principles through the Scrum method Ensure your project delivers required functionality and adds value to the business Create an environment of self-management for your software development team that will be able to continuously align the delivered software with desired business needs, easily adapting to changing requirements throughout the process. Learn how to apply Agile Scrum by measuring and evaluating status based on the undeniable truth of working, testing software, creating a more accurate visibility into the actual progress of projects. Many of today?s Project Management and Business Analyst Professionals are finding themselves leading, managing and analyzing on Agile development teams - only to find that many of the tools and techniques applied when using a traditional project management approach no longer work as effectively or at all. In order to do more than survive in this iterative development environment, today?s Project Manager and Business Analyst must employ additional project management and business analysis tools and techniques to effectively lead their teams and deliver their projects. Introduction - Fundamentals of Agile Why Agile? Exercise 1a: Waterfall-Lean-Agile Simulation History & Mindset: Understand how the agile approach arose. The Agile Lifecycle Introducing Agile to the organization Roles and Responsibilities on an Agile project team. Understand the purpose, the concepts, the theory, and some applications around the importance of people as individuals providing value through working in teams. Establishing core hours - How will the team work during a day? How to build end-to-end systems in early iterations Exercise 1b: How to build end-to-end systems in early iterations Planning and Managing Business Analysis Communication and Performance Agile and CMMI Exercise 1c: Case Study Project Assembling the team ? Scrum Roles Value-Driven Development: Understand why agile development focuses so heavily on working products, its more general casting as 'value-driven' development, with incremental, iterative and risk-driven approaches. Themes, theory and applications. Exercise 2a: Identify the ?Product Owner? Identify Project Success Criteria Exercise 2b: Review the Scrum Cheat Sheet Establish your Agile team using RACI Exercise 2c: Build the Scrum Team Define the Product and Project Vision Envision the Product and Project outcomes Exercise 3a: Review Agile Checklist Project Chartering (Project Planning) Assemble the Agile project team ? what are their responsibilities? Compile the Product Backlog (Coarse-Grain Requirements) Discuss how to Plan Sprints and Releases Exercise 3b: Product Vision ? Goals and Strategies Establish the Project ?time-box? Exercise 3c: Create a Release Plan Embrace the High-Level (Coarse-Grain) Plan Managing different types of Personas on an Agile Project Identifying and managing ?Information Radiators? Planning in Agile Projects ? Common practices that work Determine how the team will tracking and monitoring activities Exercise 3c: Establish the Project Time-box Tools and Techniques ? Building the Scrum Task board Communications Exercise 4a: Discussion ? Tools and Techniques for Scrum Planning, Monitoring and Adapting Scrum Task Board Exercise 4c: Create a Scrum Task board ? Identify work streams Agile Estimating Agile Analysis and Design Burndown Chart Team Velocity Soft Skills Negotiation Estimating ad Prioritizing Effort Planning Releases. Understand the value, the concepts, the theory and some applications for learning and adapting at all levels and on all topics (the product, the process, the team, and the organization). Exercise 5a: Brainstorm Business Functionality Establishing decision and acceptance criteria for user stories Planning Poker Exercise 5b: Estimate Effort (Coarse-Grain) Prioritize themes and releases Prioritize user stories Exercise 5c: Confirm the Estimated Effort (Fine Grain) Estimating team velocity Preparing for change ? Is the organization ready? Exercise 5d: Hold a daily Scrum and update the Scrum Task Board Exercise 5e: Conduct a Scrum or Scrums Plan the Iteration (Sprint) Sprint Zero activities Elements of a successful Sprint Planning meeting Create a Sprint Backlog How to create a task board Exercise 6a: Using the case study ? Review Iteration Planning Checklist Create a Sprint plan ? Establishing Sprint success metrics Exercise 6b: Discussion Sprint ?Zero? Activities Define the vision and Iteration Requirements Estimating the level of effort (LOE) with the team Creating user Stories for the Product Backlog -Guidelines to consider The art of slicing user stories Exercise 6c: Review the Sprint Plan Managing the Solution Scope and Requirements using 2-4 week Sprints Exercise 6d: Adapting a change-driven Project plan that works Adapting a change-driven (Agile) Project plan that works ? what are the key differences from traditional (waterfall) project plans? Finalize the Iteration Plan and how the team will operate Running the Sprint - from Planning to Review and Retrospective Managing your Scrums and setting expectations with your team Exercise 7a: Using the case study ? Review the Review Planning checklist Using Burndown charts to track progress Exercise 7b: Using the case study ? Review the Review Retrospective checklist Manage changes during the Sprint ? What questions to ask Prepare for the Sprint Review Exercise 7c: Review of roles - Quiz Obtain Customer Acceptance of the Product Increment Hold a Sprint Retrospective - What is working and what needs to be improved upon during the Sprints Update the product backlog - Rework the High-Level (Coarse-Grain) Plan Plan and Execute the next Sprint Create an environment for continuous improvement ? Product, Process and People Additional Information Useful books and links on Agile