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Training Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration – 5 days

Class overview :

This CTX1259CI course (also known as: CTX-1259, CTX1259, CTX-1259CI) provides the foundation necessary to effectively deploy and administer Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003 and its components, including Web Interface, Application Streaming, Load Manager, Installation Manager and Secure Gateway.

Class goals :

Upon successful completion of this Citrix course, learners are able to perform the following:

  • Install XenApp in a Windows Server 2003 environment
  • Install and distribute Citrix XenApp Plugins
  • Create and customize Web Interface sites
  • Publish applications, server desktops and content
  • Configure XenApp Web and XenApp Services sites
  • Configure, apply and prioritize policies in a XenApp environment
  • Create and assign load evaluators
  • Configure printers and printer policies and manage print drivers and printer bandwidth
  • Create and configure XenApp administrator accounts and their permissions
  • Configure HDX settings
  • Configure SecureICA encryption, SSL Relay and Secure Gateway
  • Install and distribute applications, service packs and hotfixes

Content of Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration

Installing Citrix XenApp

  • Identifying Components of Citrix XenApp 5
  • Features of XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2
  • Identifying XenApp Management Consoles
  • Installation of Citrix XenApp
  • Making Installation Decisions

Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp Plugins

  • Citrix XenApp Plugins for Windows
  • Architecture and Communication
  • Citrix Online Plug-in Installation
  • Installing the Citrix Online Plug-in
  • Citrix Online Plug-in Usage
  • Session Reliability

Publishing Resources

  • Publishing Resources
  • Organizing Published Resources for Users
  • Advanced Settings for Published Resource
  • Configuring Advanced Access Control Properties
  • Configuring Server-to-Client Content Redirection
  • Implementing Resource Limits and Client Options
  • Configuring Resource Appearance
  • Published Resource Management
  • Viewing Published Resource Usage
  • Modifying Published Resource Properties
  • Disabling or Hiding a Published Resource

Enabling Web Access to Published Resources

  • Web Interface Architecture and Communications
  • Web Interface Installation
  • Site Creation
  • Creating XenApp Web Sites
  • Creating XenApp Services Sites
  • Modifying a Web Interface Site
  • Site Appearance
  • Configuring the Site Appearance
  • Configuring Session Preferences
  • Configuring Workspace Control
  • XenApp Plugins and the Web Interface
  • Configuring Plugin Deployment
  • Configuring Client for Java Settings
  • Authentication Configuration
  • Configuring Explicit Authentication
  • Configuring Pass-through Authentication
  • Configuring Smart Card Authentication
  • Web Interface Access Methods
  • Configuring an Access Method
  • Client-side Proxy Setting Configuration
  • Server Configuration
  • Adding Server Farms
  • Configuring Load Balancing
  • Enabling Fault Tolerance
  • Configuring the Citrix XML Service
  • Web Interface Site Removal

Configuring Policies in Citrix XenApp

  • Architecture and Communication
  • Policies in Citrix XenApp
  • Identifying Policy Rules
  • Using the Streamed Applications Rule
  • Creating Policies in Citrix XenApp
  • Applying Policies Using Filters
  • Prioritizing Policies
  • Using the Policy Search Engine
  • Merging Shadow Policies
  • Common Policy Configuration Missteps

Configuring Sessions in Citrix XenApp

  • Session Connection Settings
  • Configuring Virtual IP Addresses
  • Configuring Broadcast Setting
  • Configuring the Citrix XML Service
  • Configuring Time Zone Settings
  • Configuring Novell Directory Services
  • Session Reconnection Configuration
  • Configuring Keep-Alive Setting
  • Configuring Session Reliability
  • Configuring Auto Client Reconnect
  • Session Performance Configuration
  • Configuring HDX Broadcast Display
  • Configuring HDX 3D Browser Acceleration
  • Configuring HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration
  • Configuring HDX MediaStream for Flash
  • Configuring SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
  • Configuring HDX 3D Progressive Display

Configuring Citrix XenApp

  • Citrix Administrator Accounts and Permissions
  • Adding Administrator Accounts
  • Configuring Administrator Permissions
  • Configuring Folder Permissions
  • Configuration Logging
  • Creating the Configuration Logging Database
  • Configuring Configuration Logging
  • Data Collectors and License Servers
  • Configuring Data Collectors
  • Specifying the License Server
  • Performance Settings
  • Optimizing CPU Utilization
  • Implementing Virtual Memory Management
  • Administration Settings
  • Configuring Health Monitoring and Recovery
  • Configuring Remote Console Connections
  • Configuring ICA Connection Limits
  • Configuring Shadow Settings
  • Power and Capacity Management

Configuring Load Management

  • Load Balancing Process
  • Load Calculation
  • Load Evaluator Configuration
  • Creating Custom Load Evaluators
  • Assigning Load Evaluators to Servers and Applications
  • Load Monitoring
  • Monitoring Load Evaluator Usage
  • Monitoring Load Evaluator Rule Activity
  • Logging Load Manager Activity

Delivering Applications with XenApp

  • Application Installation
  • Shadow Isolation Environments
  • Creating an Isolation Environment
  • Configuring Isolation Environment Settings
  • Associating an Application with an Isolation Environment
  • Installation Manager Overview
  • Installation Manager Packaging
  • Rolling Back the Packager
  • Packaging an Application
  • Packaging a File or Folder Contents
  • Packaging an Unattended Installation
  • Package Delivery
  • Adding a Package to the Installation Manager Database
  • Installing a Package
  • Publishing a Package
  • Installation Manager Administration
  • Configuring Installation Manager Properties
  • Creating Server Groups
  • Creating and Using Package Groups
  • Viewing Package Status
  • Uninstalling a Package

Configuring Printing

  • Architecture and Communication
  • Printer Provisioning
  • Secure Client Printing
  • Workspace Control
  • Network Considerations
  • Print Drivers
  • Client Printers
  • Enabling Client Printer Auto-creation
  • Creating Auto-retained Printers
  • Creating Permanent Client Printers
  • Creating Auto-restored Client Printers
  • Network Printers
  • Importing Print Servers
  • Assigning Network Printers to Users
  • Managing Printer Bandwidth
  • Print Driver Management
  • Replicating Print Drivers
  • Maintaining Print Driver Compatibility Lists
  • Configuring Print Driver Mappings
  • Assigning Printer Creation Settings to Published Applications
  • Common Printing Configuration Missteps

Streaming Applications

  • Application Streaming Components Overview
  • Application Streaming Communications
  • Citrix Offline Plug-in
  • Citrix Streaming Profiler
  • Installing the Streaming Profiler
  • Profile Configuration
  • Setting Profiler Preferences
  • Configuring Profiles
  • Configuring Inter-isolation Communication
  • Viewing and Changing Profile Properties
  • Changing Target Properties
  • Adding a Target to a Profile
  • Deleting a Target from a Profile
  • Upgrading an Application in a Target
  • Deleting an Obsolete Version of a Target
  • Streaming Application Configuration
  • Publishing a Streaming Application
  • Changing the Application Type
  • Specifying an Alternate Profile for a Published Application
  • Enabling the Least-Privileged User Account
  • Using a Policy for Application Delivery
  • Configuring Sites for Streaming Applications
  • Offline Access Management
  • Providing Offline Access
  • Customizing the Offline License Setting
  • Caching Applications for Offline Access

Securing Access to Published Resources

  • SecureICA Encryption
  • Configuring SecureICA Encryption in a Policy Configuring
  • SecureICA Encryption Through a Published Application
  • Citrix SSL Relay
  • Configuring Citrix SSL Relay
  • Access Gateway
  • Secure Gateway
  • Using Digital Certificates
  • Installing the Secure Gateway
  • Configuration for the Secure Gateway
  • Configuring the Secure Ticket Authority
  • Configuring the Access Method
  • Configuring the Web Interface Secure Gateway Settings
  • Secure Gateway Monitoring
  • Security Best Practices
Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration
Training Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration

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Training Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction – 3 days

Class overview :

Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) package business processes as services, enabling organizations to become more agile by integrating internal and external systems, regardless of their platform.

Class goals :

  • Design modern Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
  • Evaluate and analyze your organization to map it as a « set of services »
  • Develop logical service model designs using the Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF)
  • Convert logical designs into service contracts that can be implemented in any development environment
  • Select the right service technology to support each of the four service-oriented business scenarios
  • Orchestrate services to implement interoperable solutions

Content of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Overview of SOA

  • Integrating business processes with SOA
  • Deriving services from the organization’s goals and purpose
  • Merging SOA design and project management processes

Architecting Services

Service-Oriented design process

  • Progressing from conceptual services to buildable services
  • Structuring business requirements into SOA
  • Aligning services with the organization

Following an architectural road map

  • Working forward to deliver applications
  • Recycling backwards to support change

Mapping Services to Your Organization

Discovering conceptual services

  • Defining the service domain
  • Drilling down into atomic services
  • Consolidating into composite services

Refining the conceptual design

  • Identifying the underlying resource for the service
  • Leveraging legacy assets for inclusion in the SOA
  • Selecting cross-boundary services

Modeling Services

Developing logical services

  • Integrating consumers
  • Exploiting the four composition styles
  • Hierarchies
  • Star
  • Network
  • Circular

Achieving effective designs

  • Supporting loose coupling
  • Handling sequential processing
  • Establishing relationships between consumers and services

Addressing the business needs

  • Designing for reuse and integration
  • Aligning services with the organization to improve responsibility

Factoring in brokers

  • Identifying « services for services »
  • Leveraging the seven categories of brokers
  • Transform
  • Filter
  • Gateway
  • Monitor
  • Enricher
  • Locator
  • Router
  • Aggregator

Converting Designs to Specifications

Specifying operations

  • Deriving operations from use cases
  • Identifying design flaws early to take corrective action

Communicating the specification

  • Building on the three principles of contract design
  • Expressing the service as a contract

Messaging for interoperability

  • Evolving messages from the SOA design
  • Formatting the operation’s messages

Finalizing the service design

  • Specifying operations and endpoints
  • Binding messages to operations

Transitioning from Design to Implementation

Supporting implementation

  • Enabling parallel development with contract-first design
  • Optimizing infrastructure for SOA scenarios
  • Interoperability
  • Internal backbone
  • Ajax
  • Implementing components of the SOA

Building services

  • Creating services from the SOA modeling process
  • Developing service consumers

Orchestrating services

  • Assembling services to deliver new functionality
  • Dealing with long running processes

Avoiding Common Problems

Applying « Lessons Learned » to improve designs

  • Facilitating asynchronous services
  • Dealing with change and growth

Ensuring performance

  • « Chatty » vs. « Chunky » messages
  • Avoiding the failures of applying object-oriented design to services

Managing the SOA Environment

Instituting governance at run time and design time

  • Advancing up the Services Integration Maturity Model
  • Leveraging Enterprise Services Buses (ESB)
  • Integrating key tools in managing your SOA environment
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Training Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction – 4 days

Class overview :

Virtual machines allow a computer to run multiple operating systems simultaneously, letting you partition servers to isolate applications, improve portability and migration, or create entire testing labs within a single PC.

Class goals :

  • Employ VMware and Microsoft virtual machine (VM) technologies
  • Combine Windows and Linux workstations and servers on a single platform
  • Leverage VMs to build testing, support and training environments
  • Partition physical servers to decrease operating costs
  • Migrate from physical to virtual machines
  • Manage VMs on VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V

Content of Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Virtualization Concepts

Overview of virtual machines

  • Defining virtual machines (servers and workstations)
  • Advantages of deploying VMs

Virtual machine products

  • VMware Workstation
  • Server
  • ESX
  • Microsoft Virtual PC
  • Hyper-V
  • Other alternatives

Creating Virtual Machines

Comparing workstation products

  • Functionality
  • Performance
  • Contrasting Windows and Linux hosts

Abstracting hardware

  • Partitioning shared resources
  • Accessing raw and virtual disks
  • Virtualizing CPU and memory resources

Deploying virtual workstation software

  • Planning for automatic installations
  • Designing virtual networks
  • Bridged, NAT and host-only networking
  • Controlling guest OS access

Building guest operating systems

  • Allocating host resources
  • Configuring virtual hard drives
  • Enhancing VMs using virtualization tools
  • Managing peripheral devices
  • Mapping to floppy and CD images

Exploiting Virtual Workstation Functionality

Creating support platforms

  • Readying multiple operating systems
  • Managing display modes
  • Suspending and resuming virtual workstations

Expanding application support

  • Extending legacy application life
  • Widening platform options
  • Resolving version conflicts

Constructing a test environment

  • Accessing host files
  • Taking and restoring snapshots

Developing training environments

  • Protecting guest operating systems
  • Exploiting nonpersistent disks

Partitioning Servers

Establishing requirements

  • Justifying server virtualization
  • Partitioning via hardware and software
  • Recognizing server functionality needs

Choosing virtual server hosts

  • Evaluating performance and features
  • Considering security implications

Executing Server VMs

  • Working in interactive mode
  • Implementing headless operation

Managing virtual servers remotely

  • Exploiting remote management consoles
  • Connecting to the Web interfaces
  • Securing remote management

Deploying virtual servers

  • Automating tasks via scripting
  • Migrating physical to virtual servers
  • Optimizing performance
  • Accessing Storage Area Networks (SANs)

Clustering virtual machines

  • Distributing workloads via network load balancing (NLB)
  • Establishing fault tolerance by utilizing clustering services

Data Center Virtualization with ESX

Building the architecture

  • Examining ESX architecture
  • Planning and configuration

Leveraging ESX features

  • Networking with vSwitches and port groups
  • Optimizing resource utilization

Managing Microsoft Hyper-V

Maintaining virtual machines

  • Contrasting Hyper-V and ESX architecture
  • Implementing remote management tools

Securing virtual machine deployments

  • Implementing permissions
  • Reducing attack surface with Server Core
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Training Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

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Training Intro to Apache Web Server Administration – 2 days

Class overview :

An Apache webserver training course which provides a technical introduction to installing, configuring and managing the Apache web server and to supporting CGI programming on the Apache server.

Class goals :

Content of Intro to Apache Web Server Administration

Getting started

  • Apache
  • Webservers
  • Apache features
  • Apache versions
  • Installing Apache
  • Installing XAMPP
  • Compiling Apache
  • Running Apache
  • Running Apache automatically: Unix/Linux & MS Windows
  • Checking Apache is running
  • Serving webpages
  • Location of the apache configuration file
  • Setting the document root
  • Applying configuration changes after testing
  • A little HTTP: GET, POST & status codes
  • Accessing a Web Server with the Telnet Program
  • HTTP 1.1: persistent connections, chuncked transfers, byte serving, ETags, modified dates & conditional transfers, HTTP Pipelineing
  • Googles SPDY — HTTP on Steroids, how it works & implementations

Basic configuration

  • Configuring Apache
  • Directives
  • Modules
  • Enabling/disabling modules in Debian
  • Checking configurations
  • Logging
  • Configuring log-file contents
  • Specifying log-files
  • Logging errors
  • Browser error messages
  • Custom error pages
  • Server and directory index pages
  • Custom index pages
  • Forbidding index pages
  • Trailing slashes in directory paths
  • Directory paths without trailing slashes
  • Per-directory configuration
  • <Location> example
  • Other directives affecting where settings apply
  • Wildcards & Regular expressions in container specifications
  • Containers & Case insensitive file systems
  • Order of merging of containers
  • Context for container directives
  • Accessing files from the network
  • Per-directory configuration outside httpd.conf
  • .htaccess file configuration
  • Protecting files with passwords
  • Creating a password file
  • Maintaining an ht-password file
  • Password authentication example
  • Password authentication details
  • When authentication fails — generating errors
  • Authentication Information in Databases
  • Restricting access by IP address
  • Listening only on specific IP addresses
  • Restricting access by IP address
  • allow,deny and deny,allow
  • Address and password authentication
  • Character Sets and Human Languages
  • Character Set
  • Setting Content MIME Type
  • Content Expirey
  • Directory Options
  • The different MPMs (Multi Processing Modules) available
  • Tunable Parameters for Performance
  • Enabling KeepAlive

Serving multiple sites with virtual hosts

  • Multiple sites on a server
  • Setting up virtual host names
  • Testing host names
  • Enabling virtual hosts
  • Defining virtual hosts
  • Configuring vitual hosts
  • Using virtual hosts
  • Host aliases
  • Managing many hosts

Dynamic pages with CGI, Perl and PHP

  • Dynamic pages
  • CGI
  • CGI programs
  • Sample Unix shell CGI script
  • Sample Perl CGI script
  • Running CGI programs with Apache
  • CGI parameters
  • Perl CGI parameter example
  • CGI issues
  • PHP scripts
  • Using mod_php
  • PHP configuration
  • PHP compiled code caching, persistent database connections
  • Sample PHP scripts
  • mod_perl
  • Installing and using mod_perl
  • Using ModPerl::Registry and ModPerl::PerlRun
  • ModPerl::Registry v CGI Perl, speedup comparison
  • Perl persistent database connections
  • Other mod_perl features

Using modules

  • Modules
  • Loading modules
  • mod_speling
  • Which Modules Got Loaded ?
  • mod_rewrite
  • Why use mod_rewrite ?
  • Rewrite Flags
  • Rewrite Flags Flow Control
  • Rewrite Flags Affect What is Sent to the Browser
  • Rewrite Flags Affect Processing on the Server
  • Internal Rewriting v Redirection
  • Forcing Redirection
  • Transforming URLs
  • Conditional Rewrites
  • RewriteCond File Tests
  • When RewriteCond is done
  • RewriteCond Browser-Dependent Pages
  • RewriteCond Canonical URLS
  • Preventing hot/deep linking
  • Force use of SSL
  • Time based access
  • RewriteMap
  • RewriteMap Example
  • When Container tests and Rewrites are performed
  • Deploying mod_rewrite
  • Redirecting: mod_alias
  • Per User Directories: mod_userdir
  • Per User Directories: Better Security
  • Directory Listings: mod_autoindex
  • Directory Listings: IndexOptions
  • Monitor Apache Performance with mod_status

Web Proxy with mod_proxy

  • mod_proxy
  • Forward Proxy
  • Reverse Proxy / Gateway
  • mod_proxy Support
  • Proxy Modules And Other Related Modules
  • Configuring a Forward Proxy
  • Storage of Cached Pages
  • Conguring What to Proxy Where
  • Configuring a Reverse Proxy
  • Basic Reverse Proxy Config
  • Load Balancing with mod_proxy_balancer, worked example
  • mod_proxy_balancer cluster manager
  • Proxying by Rewriting
  • Backend Optimisations
  • Access to the Proxy Server

Tomcat with mod_jk connector

  • Tomcat overview
  • J2EE platform overview
  • Apache JServ Protocol (Ajp)
  • Installing Tomcat with Apache
  • Testing Tomcat, Welcome Page
  • Connecting Apache and Tomcat
  • Using the Proxy connector
  • Using the mod_jk connector
  • Dynamic pages, servlets and JSP
  • Java Servlets
  • Servlet/JSP Containers
  • Servlets v CGI
  • Sample JSP

Serving pages using HTTPS with mod_ssl

  • HTTP security
  • HTTPS
  • Installing mod_ssl
  • Getting a certificate
  • Configuring mod_ssl
  • HTTP and HTTPS sites cohabiting
  • HTTP and HTTPS virtual hosts
Intro to Apache Web Server Administration
Training Intro to Apache Web Server Administration

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Training Apache Web Server – 3 days

Class overview :

This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the APACHE Web server. The most commonly used configuration commands are described in detail. It is designed to give delegates practical experience in installing and configuring APACHE.

Class goals :

To provide the skills needed to; configure and manage the APACHE Web Server environment.

The delegate will learn how to:

  • Install APACHE
  • Configure APACHE Server Directives
  • Set ROOT Directives
  • Start and Stopping the APACHE Web Server
  • Configure Httpd.conf File
  • Set up CGI within APACHE Web Server
  • Work with Server Side Includes
  • Administer Basic Authentication
  • Create and Configure a Proxy Server
  • Install and Configure APACHE for Win32

Content of Apache Web Server

Introduction

  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Introduction to the Apache Web Sever

  • APACHE Architecture
  • Client Side
  • Server Side

Installing Apache

  • APACHE Binaries
  • Directories and Permissions
  • Modules

Starting Apache

  • Option to httpd
  • Starting Manually
  • Automatic System Start

Configuring Apache

  • httpd.conf File
  • Security
  • Document Root
  • Basic Server Directives

Server Status

  • Server Info
  • Managing Children
  • Include Directive

Apache and Security

  • Passwords
  • Authentication
  • Allow – Deny (Effect of Order)

Multiple Sites

  • Virtual Hosting
  • Name Based Virtual Hosting
  • IP-Based Virtual Hosting
  • Port-Based Virtual Hosting

Application Interaction

  • CGI
  • Http Methods
  • Databases
  • CGI Scripts vs Security
  • Perl – PHP – Tomcat
  • SSI
  • Re-writing

Indexing

  • What is indexing?
  • FancyIndexing
  • AddDescription
  • AddIcon

Authentication and SSL

  • What is Authentication?
  • Secure Socket Layer
  • SSL Directives

Proxy Server

  • What is a Proxy Server?
  • Configuration for a Proxy Server
  • Caching

Logging

  • Standard Logging
  • Customised Logging
  • Tracking Site Usage

APACHE for Win32

  • Win32 Distributions
  • Installing APACHE for Win32
  • Starting/Stopping APACHE
  • Configuring APACHE for WIN32
  • Running APACHE from a Console Window
  • Httpd.conf for Win32
Apache Web Server
Training Apache Web Server

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Training Certified Agile Tester – 5 days

Class overview :

The Certified Agile Tester (CAT) Foundation level course prepares delegates for the three part examination that must all be passed to gain the qualification set and examined by iSQI. The course introduces experienced testers to the practices they will need to understand and use to be effective team members and testers on an agile project.

Class goals :

After completing this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the principles behind the Agile approach to software development
  • Differentiate between the testing role in Agile projects compared with the role of testers in non-agile projects
  • Contribute positively as an Agile team member focused on testing
  • Appreciate the challenges and difficulties associated with the non-testing activities performed in an Agile team
  • Demonstrate a range of soft skills required by effective Agile team members

The course will also:

  • To give delegates an understanding of the testing role within an Agile project
  • To provide delegates with information about Agile projects and how they differ from traditional projects
  • To enable delegates to effectively apply practical skills associated with the testing role on an Agile project
  • To enable people to sit the exam and gain accreditation as a ‘Certified Agile Tester’

Content of Certified Agile Tester

Day 1: History and Terminology: Agile Manifesto, Principles and Methods

Day 2: Planning, Requirements, Estimation and Strategy

Day 3: Developer Context, Testing and Retrospectives

Day 4: Test Driven Development, Test Automation and Non-Functional

Day 5: Soft Skills Assessment and Practical and Written Exams

Certified Agile Tester
Training Certified Agile Tester

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Training Timeboxing – 1 day

Class overview :

Timeboxing is a technique often used in agile project environments. This course describes timeboxing and how to apply it on projects which are time critical. The course blends the theoretical concepts of timeboxing with the harsh realities of applying the technique in the real world. This is achieved with the use of a case study.

Class goals :

To give delegates an understanding of the detailed nature of loading and managing a timebox. To explain how to avoid common pitfalls of timeboxing such as extending the deadline and unrealistic estimation.

Content of Timeboxing

What is a timebox?

Timebox types

Why use timeboxing?

Structuring a project using timeboxes

How to build a timebox plan

Advanced timeboxing:

  • The ‘domino effect’
  • Prioritisation
  • Calibration

Avoiding common pitfalls

A case study is used throughout the day to reinforce the theoretical content.

Timeboxing
Training Timeboxing

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Training Using DSDM Atern With PRINCE2 Workshop – 1 day

Class overview :

This course covers the hybrid approach of running a project with DSDM Atern and PRINCE2™ in tandem. The relative merits of each approach are explained as well as the rationale for integrating the two methods. Each delegate will receive the DSDM Atern pocketbook.

Class goals :

To give delegates an overview of integrating DSDM Atern and PRINCE2™. To familiarise delegates with the advantages of integrating the two methods and the techniques used.

Content of Using DSDM Atern With PRINCE2 Workshop

The Method Spectrum

PRINCE2™

  • Project Governance and Management

DSDM Atern:

  • Project Management and Delivery

Integrating DSDM Atern with PRINCE2™

  • Lifecycle
  • Organisational structure
  • Techniques
  • Benefits
  • Scope tolerance
  • Iterative and incremental delivery
  • Product delivery
  • Ethos and culture
Using DSDM Atern With PRINCE2 Workshop
Training Using DSDM Atern With PRINCE2 Workshop

Onze voordelen :

  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
  • 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
  • Offer request : Response within 24 hours
  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …

Training DSDM Atern Practitioner – 3 days

Class overview :

The framework is the culmination of practitioners’ experience drawn from a wide range of public and private sector projects for over a decade. This unparalleled expertise has resulted in a robust, but agile, approach that can be successfully applied across a variety of organisational and project contexts.

Class goals :

This course will enable delegates to:

  • Gain a practical understanding of DSDM Atern that should enable them to become immediately productive in an agile project environment
  • Prepare for the DSDM Atern Foundation exam

Content of DSDM Atern Practitioner

The fundamentals, The Principles

The Lifecycle and Products

Team structures

Roles and Responsibilities

Facilitated Workshops

Modelling

Requirements, MoSCoW

Prototyping, Timeboxing

Team dynamics

Implementing DSDM Atern

DSDM Foundation Exam (optional)

DSDM Atern Practitioner
Training DSDM Atern Practitioner

Onze voordelen :

  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
  • 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
  • Offer request : Response within 24 hours
  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …

Training DSDM Atern Awareness – 1 day

Class overview :

The course covers the theory and rationale behind DSDM Atern. Throughout the course all areas of DSDM Atern are explained and insights are given into how they work in practice. A particular emphasis is placed on the techniques used by DSDM Atern. Delegates receive a DSDM Atern Pocketbook.

Class goals :

This course will enable delegates to:

  • Gain a solid understanding of DSDM Atern
  • Understand how DSDM Atern can be applied in general and how it could benefit their own specific role on a project

Content of DSDM Atern Awareness

The fundamentals

MoSCoW

The Principles

The Lifecycle

Roles and responsibilities

Team structures

Facilitated Workshops

Modelling

Requirements

Prototyping

Timeboxing

The benefits of DSDM Atern

DSDM Atern Awareness
Training DSDM Atern Awareness

Onze voordelen :

  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
  • 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
  • Offer request : Response within 24 hours
  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …