Agile Project Management with Kanban and Jira Training Course

This instructor-led, live training, delivered in Sweden (online or onsite), targets beginner-level teams and managers outside IT who wish to work more efficiently and transparently without adopting a complete Scrum framework.

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

• Visualize work to mitigate overload.
• Plan in short cycles and adapt to changing priorities.
• Improve interactions with internal customers.
• Foster continuous improvement through simple team habits.

Upon completion of the training, participants will be equipped to independently manage, optimize, and customize JIRA within a corporate setting.

This instructor-led, live training in Sweden introduces the advanced capabilities of JIRA, including creating and managing various project types, leveraging JIRA for agile initiatives, configuring agile boards, managing built-in and custom fields, handling screens and filters, conducting basic and advanced issue searches, applying screen schemes, managing and updating workflows, configuring workflow schemes, and performing analysis while generating reports.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Manage issues effectively.
• Create and execute Scrum and Kanban projects.
• Manage built-in and custom fields.
• Understand and manage business processes, workflows, and workflow schemes.
• Conduct basic and advanced searches and analysis.
• Generate and review reports.

This instructor-led live training in Sweden introduces JIRA's approach to software planning, tracking, and releasing, guiding participants through the creation and management of a JIRA project.

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

• Understand the concepts and functionality behind JIRA's user interface and workflows.
• Add, modify, clone, link, and prioritize issues.
• Progress issues through the entire workflow.
• Perform searches.
• Manage and customize screens and filters.

This 7-hour instructor-led session in Sweden is dedicated to utilising Jira and Confluence in tandem for streamlined agile project management. Learners will gain the skills to configure boards, oversee issues, and integrate the two tools to optimise requirements handling and reporting, thereby fostering improved team collaboration and delivery outcomes.

This instructor-led, live training in Sweden (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level project managers who wish to create, execute, and manage forms in Jira effectively.

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

• Understand Jira's core concepts, including issue types, workflows, and projects.
• Develop and manage custom fields to collect and organize data effectively.
• Optimize form-related processes for various project types and teams.

This instructor-led, live training in Sweden (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level Jira administrators who wish to learn how to use Jira Service Management efficiently.

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

• Learn and understand the fundamentals of Jira Service Management.
• Set up and configure a service desk and manage requests.
• Manage Jira Service Management backend and integration.

This instructor-led, live training in Sweden (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level professionals who wish to enhance their Jira skills by learning how to integrate and utilize the Xray plugin, manage user roles and permissions, optimize data imports, and effectively handle storage management.

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

• Integrate and configure the Xray plugin for test management.
• Manage Jira user profiles and assign appropriate roles and permissions.
• Efficiently import data into Jira following best practices.
• Optimize Jira storage usage and implement data management strategies.

Kanban serves as a workflow management methodology.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for participants at both introductory and advanced levels. The insights and tools covered here can be directly applied to your daily operations to enhance workflow efficiency.

Upon completing this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Boost the volume of work items finished within a given timeframe.
• Shorten the duration needed to complete work items.
• Enhance work predictability (enabling more accurate responses to "When will it be completed?").
• Monitor flow metrics (including throughput, lead time, work in progress, and work item age).
• Employ flow charts (Cumulative Flow Diagram, Lead Time Histogram, Work Aging Chart).
• Apply statistical forecasting techniques, such as Monte Carlo simulations and Service Level Agreement.
• Design a Kanban System methodologically (using STATIK).
• Comprehend Little's Law, which explains the characteristics of value flow.

Spanning two days, this course is crafted to assist teams within an Agile Release Train (ART) in operating efficiently within an Agile setting by leveraging frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and XP. Participants will gain insight into functioning as an Agile Team, managing backlogs, and successfully planning and executing iterations. A key focus is placed on comprehending the team's position within the ART and how to collaborate, plan, execute, and foster continuous improvement in tandem with other teams.

The training equips teams to engage in Program Increments (PI), addressing both Team-level and Program-level events, with specific attention to upcoming PI planning sessions. Finishing the course also readies participants for the certification exam to attain the SAFe® Practitioner (SP) credential.

Upon course completion, participants will be able to:

• Implement SAFe principles to extend Lean and Agile practices throughout the organization.
• Comprehend their team’s role within the Agile Release Train and its contribution to broader objectives.
• Identify other teams within the train, including their roles and interdependencies.
• Effectively plan and execute iterations.
• Showcase delivered value and continuously enhance processes.
• Participate in and contribute to Program Increment planning.
• Collaborate and integrate efforts with other teams within the Agile Release Train.