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Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for project leaders, scrum masters, coaches, product owners, and team members who intend on taking the PMI-ACP© exam. This course provides participants with a foundation of the PMI-ACP© exam. Participants will be introduced to PMI Agile concepts and practices with banks of sample questions. PMI-ACP© Exam Preperation PMI-ACP© Exam Particulars Overview PMI-ACP© Exam Particulars PMI-ACP© Candidate Requirements PMI-ACP© Candidate Fees PMI-ACP© Exam Application Process Core Agile Concepts Core Agile Concepts Overview Traditional Project Management Methodologies Drawbacks of Waterfall Methodologies Agile Approach Empirical Process Control Agile and Traditional Project Management Choice of Methodologies/Frameworks The Agile Manifesto The Agile Manifesto Overview Manifesto Contributors Manifesto Values Manifesto Principles Common Agile Methodology Elements Common Agile Methodology Elements Overview Project (Product; Release) Initiation Agile Planning Iteration Planning and Executing Project Initiation Project Initiation Overview Determine Project Justifications and Metrics Provide Value-Driven Delivery Write Project Vision Statement Create Project Charter Identify Stakeholders and Leader/Coach Form Project Team Agile Teams and Team Space Agile Teams and Team Space Overview Scrum Master/Coach Product Owner/Customer Team Members/Developers (XP) Trackers and Testers Other Roles Team Space Physical Space Recommendations Agile Planning Agile Planning Overview Develop Epics and Stories Create Stories Non-Customer Facing Stories Personas and Extreme Personas Story Maps Estimating Stories Prioritizing Stories Create Product Backlog Create Product Roadmap Conduct Release Planning Create Parking Lot Iterations/Sprints Iterations/Sprints Overview Velocity Determination Iteration Planning Meeting Iteration Planning Guidelines Development Testing Daily Standup Meetings Progress Tracking Velocity Tracking Interpersonal Aspects of Agile Interpersonal Aspects of Agile Overview Methodologies and Uncertainty Coach/Scrum Master Team Motivation Soft Skills Emotional Intelligence Collaboration Negotiations Active listening Conflict Resolution Speed Leas? Model of Group Conflict Conducting Retrospectives Mindsets of Agile Coaches Leadership Stages Key Coaching Responsibilities Agile Methodologies Agile Methodologies Overview XP and Scrum Terms XP Terms and Concepts XP Primary Practices XP Corollary Practices Scrum Lean Software Development Seven Principles of Lean Seven Types of Muda Responsibilities Core Beliefs of Lean-Agile Software Development Other Principles of Lean-Agile Software Development Value Stream Mapping Lean-Agile Software Development Portfolio Management Additional course details: Nexus Humans PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Exam Preparation 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 PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Exam Preparation 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.

Live online course with study materials and certificate of completion included Adobe After Effects is recognised as an essential tool for motion graphics and visual effects. Our introductory Adobe After Effects course is designed for those new to post-production techniques, and would like to get the most from this immensely powerful application. Whether you are a motion graphics designer, a web designer, rich media artist or broadcast video editor, this course covers all the techniques you need to successfully start using, or significantly improve your command over, Adobe After Effects. Description Completing this course will enable you to do the following and more: Become familiar with the After Effects workspace Create animations using keyframes Understand keyframe interpolation and velocity Work with the graph editor to fine tune animations Work with Solid, Text and Null layers Work with masks, mattes and track mattes Create Compositions Incorporate video with Photoshop and Illustrator. Use video layering with transfer and blending modes Use Motion Tracker and 3D Camera Tracker Apply and animate Effects Use Colour Correction / Glows + Curves Use filters for special effects Render your final project For the full course content please download the course information pdf listed above. Who is this course for? This workshop is suitable for anyone who wishes to learn Adobe Afer Effects from scratch or wants to improve their existing knowledge of the program. Requirements Attendees should have basic PC or Mac skills. You will need a broadband internet connection to participate in this live online course. Certificates Certificate of completion Digital certificate - Included

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: DevOps engineers DevOps architects Operations engineers System administrators Developers Overview In this course, you will learn to: Use DevOps best practices to develop, deliver, and maintain applications and services at high velocity on AWS List the advantages, roles and responsibilities of small autonomous DevOps teams Design and implement an infrastructure on AWS that supports DevOps development projects Leverage AWS Cloud9 to write, run and debug your code Deploy various environments with AWS CloudFormation Host secure, highly scalable, and private Git repositories with AWS CodeCommit Integrate Git repositories into CI/CD pipelines Automate build, test, and packaging code with AWS CodeBuild Securely store and leverage Docker images and integrate them into your CI/CD pipelines Build CI/CD pipelines to deploy applications on Amazon EC2, serverless applications, and container-based applications Implement common deployment strategies such as 'all at once,' 'rolling,' and 'blue/green' Integrate testing and security into CI/CD pipelines Monitor applications and environments using AWS tools and technologies DevOps Engineering on AWS teaches you how to use the combination of DevOps cultural philosophies, practices, and tools to increase your organization?s ability to develop, deliver, and maintain applications and services at high velocity on AWS. This course covers Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), infrastructure as code, microservices, monitoring and logging, and communication and collaboration. Hands-on labs give you experience building and deploying AWS CloudFormation templates and CI/CD pipelines that build and deploy applications on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), serverless applications, and container-based applications. Labs for multi-pipeline workflows and pipelines that deploy to multiple environments are also included. Module 0: Course overview Course objective Suggested prerequisites Course overview breakdown Module 1: Introduction to DevOps What is DevOps? The Amazon journey to DevOps Foundations for DevOps Module 2: Infrastructure automation Introduction to Infrastructure Automation Diving into the AWS CloudFormation template Modifying an AWS CloudFormation template Demonstration: AWS CloudFormation template structure, parameters, stacks, updates, importing resources, and drift detection Module 3: AWS toolkits Configuring the AWS CLI AWS Software Development Kits (AWS SDKs) AWS SAM CLI AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) AWS Cloud9 Demonstration: AWS CLI and AWS CDK Hands-on lab: Using AWS CloudFormation to provision and manage a basic infrastructure Module 4: Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) with development tools CI/CD Pipeline and Dev Tools Demonstration: CI/CD pipeline displaying some actions from AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy and AWS CodePipeline Hands-on lab: Deploying an application to an EC2 fleet using AWS CodeDeploy AWS CodePipeline Demonstration: AWS integration with Jenkins Hands-on lab: Automating code deployments using AWS CodePipeline Module 5: Introduction to Microservices Introduction to Microservices Module 6: DevOps and containers Deploying applications with Docker Amazon Elastic Container Service and AWS Fargate Amazon Elastic Container Registry and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes service Demonstration: CI/CD pipeline deployment in a containerized application Module 7: DevOps and serverless computing AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate AWS Serverless Application Repository and AWS SAM AWS Step Functions Demonstration: AWS Lambda and characteristics Demonstration: AWS SAM quick start in AWS Cloud9 Hands-on lab: Deploying a serverless application using AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) and a CI/CD Pipeline Module 8: Deployment strategies Continuous Deployment Deployments with AWS Services Module 9: Automated testing Introduction to testing Tests: Unit, integration, fault tolerance, load, and synthetic Product and service integrations Module 10: Security automation Introduction to DevSecOps Security of the Pipeline Security in the Pipeline Threat Detection Tools Demonstration: AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, and Amazon Inspector Module 11: Configuration management Introduction to the configuration management process AWS services and tooling for configuration management Hands-on lab: Performing blue/green deployments with CI/CD pipelines and Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Module 12: Observability Introduction to observability AWS tools to assist with observability Hands-on lab: Using AWS DevOps tools for CI/CD pipeline automations Module 13: Reference architecture (Optional module) Reference architectures Module 14: Course summary Components of DevOps practice CI/CD pipeline review AWS Certification

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for System and network engineers, technical architects and technical support personnel Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to install and operate a Cisco DNA Center (DNAC) This course will cover the basics of installing and operation of the Cisco DNA Center (DNAC). The Cisco DNAC is a stand-alone product that provides a single dashboard for every fundamental management task to simplify running an enterprise network. The DNAC is the management piece of the Software Defined Access (SDA) solution. Intent-based Networking overview DNA Center overview. DNA Center as a Platform. DNA Center Architecture & Design. DNA Center Installation DNA Center/Identity Services Engine (ISE) Integration ISE Integration configuration in DNA Center. DNA - Global - Add servers (e.g. ISE server(s)). DNA Center integration configuration in ISE. Approve pxGrid in ISE.Verify DNA/ISE integration DNA Center - Device Inventory Add networks devices to the DNA Center device inventory. Verify DNA Center Inventory configuration. DNA Center - Design - Network Hierarchy. Verify DNA Center - design configuration DNA Center - Design - Software Image Management (SWIM) Review SWIM image repository listing. Create golden software image & role. Verify golden software image creation DNA Center - Design ? Templates and Policies Templates ? Apache Velocity Engine. Command Runner. Policies: Group-Based, Application,Traffic Copy, IP-Based DNA Center - Provision Configuration Add devices to newly created sites/locations. Plug and Play (PnP). Verify DNA Center - provision configuration. DNA Center - Assurance Collection. DNA Center ? Administration

In this course, we will understand the absolute basic concepts of programming. Learn essential C# scripting for game development by building 20+ mini projects. We will also build 2D games with Unity and C#, and master C# by building these games with Unity.

OVERVIEW Prerequisites—DIAD training or equivalent working experience This one-day course will cover Power BI report layouts and structure the agile process to creating Power BI data visualizations. It will help attendees to understand the art behind visualizations, the implications behind choosing the right charts, the impact of color, shape, and size, and finally the use of Power BI custom visuals. The course includes various design patterns of dashboards and reports, as well as best practices for authoring great reports and dashboards for business users. The course content is managed by the Power BI engineering team at Microsoft. There is no exam associated with the course. COURSE BENEFITS: Understand the need for storytelling with data Understand the agile process to creating Power BI data visualizations Understand the art behind visualizations Gain familiarity with Power BI report layouts and structure Understand implications behind choosing the right charts Gain familiarity with using Power BI custom visuals WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? Power BI report developers who wish to improve the aesthetic quality of their reports Power BI and other BI practitioners who would like to understand more about the theory of data visualization BI practitioners who wish to create reports that communicate the meaning behind the data more clearly Power BI users who would like to explore the types of chart and visual available that answer different types of business question COURSE OUTLINE Module 1 What Is Storytelling With Data? Volume, Velocity and Variety The importance of business questions What is a story in this context? Module 2 The Science Behind Data Visualization Basic problems to avoid Memory and visualization Ways to spark iconic, short-term and long-term memory Module 3 The Process Behind Data Visualization Using an agile approach to report development Data structure and data grain Converting the story to a data model Module 4 Dashboards And Reports Terminology and definitions Dashboard layout and structure Report layout and structure Storyboarding Drill-through, bookmarks, toggles and tooltips Module 5 Chart Selection Charts for comparison Time series Proportions Constructing effective tables, cards and slicers Scatterplots Module 6 Accessibility And Custom Visuals Report accessibility checklists Custom visuals Creating a custom R visual Charticulator Module 7 Publishing And Formatting Colour schemes Making a Power BI theme Use of fonts, icons and symbols Sizing dashboard and report tiles Sparklines, hyperlinks and images Module 8 Report Authoring - Best Practices Design thought process The audience Defining the platform environment The user experience Visualization Implementation and testing Optimization Module 9 Dashboard And Goals Design Tips and tricks Best practices for dashboard design Tracking business metrics with goals

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

Certified ScrumMaster®: Virtual In-House Training This course is an introduction to Scrum and the principles and tools required to be an effective Scrum Product Owner. You will come away with a good understanding of the Scrum framework and the underlying principles required to make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations. Participants successfully completing this course earn a Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) designation. The Scrum Alliance certification includes a one-year membership with Scrum Alliance. What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Use the principles, practices, and tools required to be an effective Scrum Product Owner Make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations, including: Setting product vision and goals Chartering the project Writing user stories and structuring your product backlog Scaling the Product Owner Estimating for forward planning Applying prioritization techniques Planning and tracking release progress Getting Started Introduction Course structure Course goals and objectives Agile Principles and Scrum Overview Process control models Incremental and iterative development Shifting the focus on product management Overview of the Scrum process Agile principles Lean principles Scrum Roles and Responsibilities Scrum roles Cross-functional teams Product Owner Responsibilities The Scrum Project Community What happens to my traditional role in Scrum? Chartering the Project Establishing a shared vision Elevator Statement Data sheets Product Vision Box Magazine Review / Press Release Product Backlog and User Stories Product uncertainty and progressive refinement User role modeling User Stories Product backlog characteristics Getting backlog items ready Slicing User Stories Using the product backlog to manage expectations Sprints Done and Scaling Done The Scrum process in detail Sustainable pace The Product Owner's role in each of the Scrum meetings Scaling the Product Owner Scaling Scrum Approaches to scaling the Product Owner Estimation for Forward Planning Why comparative estimation works Planning Poker Affinity Estimation Prioritization Techniques Additional Product Backlog Prioritization Techniques Kano Analysis Theme Screening Release Planning and Tracking Progress Velocity Release Planning Tracking release progress

Online Course now available via Teachable Platform – How do People Learn? Learn at your own pace… lots of text and video support Course Category Inclusive education Neurodiversity Description The course offers a rare opportunity to learn from two eminent educators -one a widely esteemed and talented trombone player and teacher and the other a very experienced inclusive educational psychologist. Drawing upon shared knowledge and direct experience the two educators explore dominant psychological models of learning and how they make sense in the real world of teaching trombone or children and young people with the most complex needs in our schools.  By listening deeply and making connections to your own experiences you will be able to consider more deeply how to improve your own or the teaching of others. The day involves an exploration of major learning theories and their applications in the real world. There will be a range of practical activities designed to deepen your understanding of the best teaching and learning. Dennis Rollins MBE https://www.dennisrollins.com/ A passionate performer and educator, British trombone player Dennis Rollins MBE has established a reputation as an artist of excellence, and has lent his unique and stylish talents to some of this country's, and indeed the world's top jazz and pop personalities such as Courtney Pine, Maceo Parker, Jamiroquai, US3, The Brand New Heavies, Blur, Monty Alexander, Pee Wee Ellis and Jean Toussaint, amongst others. As a bandleader, in 2006 his jazz/funk outfit Badbone & Co won a prestigious BBC Jazz Award in the Best Band category. In the following year he picked up both Trombonist of the Year at the British Jazz Awards and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Awards. Dennis was nominated twice in the 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Awards for Jazz Musician of the Year and for Jazz Education; he won the latter.  Other awards include British Trombone Society (BTS) Player of the year Award 2013 and JazzYorkshire Award 2012 Best Band for his band Velocity Trio. In his hometown of Doncaster UK, Dennis was given Honorary Freedom of the Borough in recognition of his successful musical career and for his constant inspiration to the regions musical youth. As part of Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018, Dennis was honoured with an MBE for Services to music.  Most recently in June 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Wales, UK.   Colin Newton Colin has over 40 years experience as a teacher of children and adults and as an educational psychologist across the UK as well as some work internationally. He has written books on a range of subjects mainly related to inclusive education of those with most complex behaviour and learning needs. He is know for his passion for the inclusion of all children in mainstream schools, and for his practical applied work around person centred planning, restorative justice and in depth problem solving. Colin loves to demonstrate approaches as well as provide training with often very large groups - always with a clear focus on facilitation and inclusion of all. His love of drama and participation are as clear as his drive to revolutionise educational psychologist practice across the UK. Colin says: ‘Instinctively from an early age I was against children being sent away to boarding schools and later to special schools and settings. Later I was inspired by disabled activists and Canadian and North American inclusionists who were working to change the world of education with radical innovative thinking and approaches - the work was political, social and spiritual - I was in and never looked back!’ Colin’s career has been values driven, but also practical using applied psychology in training and real life problem solving with schools, families and individual children and young people. Learning Objectives Formulate deeper understanding of learning processes for all children and adults Differentiate understandings and insights into emotional complexity of teaching and learning Learn Techniques to support teaching and learning Invite reflection on importance of relationships for effective learning Gain key phrases, key questions and key processes to support teaching and learning with adults and children Appraise different psychological models of learning Conjecture on how to inspire deeper learning and motivation in students To create insights into thinking of exceptional teachers teaching complex skills Differentiate inclusive insights and reflections on the learning of all children whatever their barriers may be Critique psychological models of learning and how they can be applied in a teaching context Investigate how to inspire deeper learning and motivation in students Formulate insights into the emotional complexity of teaching and learning Who Is It For ? Any Teacher, Psychologist or Educator who wishes to understand the learning processes of children or adults Course Content Fun, engagement and interest are key ingredients of the the most memorable learning. Imitation - (Bandura) Social learning theory- we can assume that 80%of learning is done by imitating others around us in the social world. We are particularly drawn learning from our peers as well as significant role models and key adults in our lives. We copy each other. Learning takes place In meaningful contexts. (Bruner argued that you cannot strip learning of its content, nor study it in a ‘neutral’ context. It is always situated, always related to some ongoing enterprise. Learning and motivation to learn can be sparked or inspired by people around us including teachers but not only them. Structured steps help to facilitate and scaffold learning in most children and adults. With person centred encouragement eg a focus on interests and passions - individuals are more likely to learn effectively. This also ensures motivation and ‘buy in’ from the learner. The ultimate goals for teachers is to nurture self-efficacy and confidence in learners to the point whereby they can set their own goals

This course is your one stop destination for everything you need to know about Agile Project Management. The course covers core concepts of Agile Scrum, Product ownership, Business analysis, Project delivery, Using User stories and Agile Kanban Productivity and Efficiency. All examples and facts are based on real industry experience and research.