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Agile is not what you do, Agile is what you become! An introduction to the essentials of Agile Scrum as a delivery method. The same learning objectives as used in central government & public sector digital delivery projects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agile is not what you do, Agile is what you become! Since 2012, all government departments have been required to use the Agile approach to project management, to build and run new digital services. As you begin your Agile journey, one of your first challenges will be understanding the rules and roles that support Agile delivery, some of the most frequently asked questions are "Which Agile framework is applicable to our business operating model?" or, "Is the Project Manager role equivalent to that of theProduct Owner?" and, "What does a Scrum Master do?" A strong corporate culture not accustomed to the Agile mindset can also be a difficult environment in which to implement Agile methods.  In some cases, the company’s culture and practices may reward non-Agile milestones while inadvertently discouraging Agile success. This intensive two-day training course combines PowerPoint presentations, informal discussions and practical exercises to introduce you to Agile Scrum as a Delivery Method, without the impending pressure of having to pass a formal certification examination. Previous experience of Agile delivery is not a pre-requisite to attending this course, although it is assumed delegates have previously attended the Primer course, or have some understanding of Agile Scrum terms and practices. This course, designed by Agile Scrum practitioners and coaches with specialist experience of working on GDS (Government Digital Service) Service Standards compliant government and public sector projects has been accredited by The CPD Certification Service and is now available outside its usual central government and public sector digital delivery setting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who this course is for Service and Programme Managers If you are a Service Manager or Programm Manager who wants to explore the benefits of transitioning to Agile ways of working and want to understand how your existing business processes and resource landscape will fit into an Agile delivery model, then this course aims to provide you with enough information to enable you to make an informed decision. Career ambitions If you are new to Agile and your intention is to pursue a career either as an Agile Scrum Master or Agile Product Owner, you will hopefully be provided with enough knowledge to enable you to determine which role best suits your Agile career ambitions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frequently Asked Questions How this course differs from other Agile courses Delegates will learn the 'How', not just the 'What'! This course has been designed by highly experienced Agile practitioners and coaches with specialist real-life experience of working on GDS (Government Digital Service) Service Design Standard projects. Delegates will find that the learning objectives are significantly more detailed than with other Agile courses which only focus on teaching the learning objectives of The Scrum Guide. Delegates must take the certification assessment. No! During enrolment, delegates can opt out of taking the C-ASDM certification assessment. The online Agile Scrum as a Delivery Method – Essentials course quiz is optional Absolutely! Delegates are provided access to the online Agile knowledge quiz which accompanies the Agile Scrum as a Delivery Method – Essentials course. The quiz helps delegates gauge their level of attainment but is entirely optional. Delegates can take the certification assessment without enrolling on the course. Yes! Delegates with existing Agile project delivery experience can choose to take the certification assessment without enrolling on the course. I will receive my certificate as soon as I have completed the course You will initially receive an Assessment Completion report after completing the assessment. The report details the certification status: 'Pass' or 'Fail', and includes information on which questions were answered incorrectly. Your certificate is issued by the CPD Certification Service approximately four-to six-weeks after successfully completing and passing the C-ASDM Certification Assessment. A CPD certification is recognised by employers Yes! CPD certification is recognised by private and public sector employers, and in central government departments as a valuable way to evaluate the skills of an individual, and the quality of the learning activities. Listing your CPD certification as well as the number of CPD Points you have achieved on your CV is essentially showcasing your achievements in continuing your professional development. One CPD Point is equivalent to an hour of training CPD points are units that quantify time, and the quality of learning and development activities. Delegates will earn 3 CPD Points upon successful completion of the C-ASDM Certification Assessment or 13 CPD Points after completing the two-day course. My CPD certificate will expire after three years Your certificate will not expire however, best practice suggests a renewal after three years. You can do this by enrolling on the C-ASDM course to ensure your knowledge of Agile as a Delivery Method is up to date. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Service features * Two-day Agile Scrum training course * The course uses eCommerce and other Business Case examples for context * Optional online CPD certification assessment * Optional Agile knowledge quiz to help delegates gauge level of attainment * Online Retrospective feedback to enable continuous course improvements. Service benefits * Delegates will understand the concepts and benefits of Agile Scrum development * Scrum team roles and role accountabilities * INVEST-compliant User Stories and BDD formatted Acceptance Criteria * Agile approach to incremental project delivery * Agile artefacts and Agile reports (burn-down & burn-up charts) * Agile Events & Scrum rules * Comparison: Agile methodologies (Lean, XP, SAFe & Scrum) * Use of Kanban for workflow management * Government Digital Service (GDS) Service Standards and Service Assessment * Be able to communicate the ideals of Agile to stakeholders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Service Agenda General knowledge * Agile Delivery 101 * Scrum process and sprints * Applicability of Scrum * Agile Manifesto Scrum roles and accountabilities * Overview of Scrum roles (Core & Ancillary) * Scrum Master role and role responsibilities * Scrum Product Owner role and role responsibilities * Scrum team Scrum events * Sprint Planning * Daily Scrums * Sprint Reviews * Sprint Retrospectives Scrum artefacts * Product Backlog * Sprint Backlog * Increments Scrum Reports * Burn-down and Burn-up Charts Scaling Scrum * Working with multiple Scrum teams * Working with distributed Scrum teams GDS (Government Digital Service) * Service Standards * Service Assessments Risks and challenges * Risks and challenges of transitioning to Agile delivery Frequently asked questions * Discussion on frequently asked Agile questions Agile knowledge quiz * Examples of the multiple-choice questions in the optional online quiz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On-going support Email support No Telephone support No Webchat support No Online support No -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Community Support Yes! Delegates are offered access to our private online 'Community of Agile Scrum Practitioners'. Delegates who achieve the pass mark for CPD certification are additionally offered access to our private 'Certified Scrum  Practitioners’ Guild', a private Slack community of like-minded Agile professionals.

OVERVIEW DIAD is a one-day, hands-on workshop for business analysts, covering the breadth of Power BI capabilities. The course focuses on five practical Labs and at the end of the day, attendees will better understand how to: * Connect and transform data from a variety of data sources. * Define business rules and KPIs. * Explore data with powerful interactive visuals. * Build stunning reports. * Share their dashboards with their team business partners and publish them to the web. The course content is managed by the Power BI engineering team at Microsoft. There is no exam associated with the course. COURSE BENEFITS: * Learn how to clean, transform, and load data from various sources * Create and manage a data model in Power BI consisting of multiple tables connected with relationships * Build Measures and other calculations in the DAX language to plot in reports * Manage and share report assets to the Power BI Service WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? * Data Analysts and Management Consultants with little or no experience of Power BI who wish to upgrade their knowledge to include Business Intelligence * Analysts looking for a quick introduction to Power BI who don’t have the time for the full three day  PL-300 course * Marketers in data-intensive organisations who need new tools to build visually appealing, dynamic charts for their stakeholders to use LAB OUTLINE Lab 1 Accessing & Preparing The Data * Load data from Excel and CSV sources * Manipulate the data to prepare it for reporting * Prepare tables in Power Query and load them into the data model Lab 2 Data Modelling And Exploration * Create a range of different charts * Highlight and cross-filter * Create new groups and hierarchies * Add new measures to the model Lab 3 Data Visualization * Add conditional formatting to a report * Add logos to a filter * Import a custom visual * Apply a custom theme * Add bookmarks to the report to tell a story Lab 4 Publishing A Report And Creating A Dashboard * Create a Workspace in the Power BI Service * Publish a report to the Service * Create a Dashboard and pin visuals to it * Generate and view insights Lab 5 Collaboration * Share a Dashboard * Access a Dashboard on a Mobile Device

This one day course has been developed to teach essential real estate financial modelling theory, functions and formulas to individuals working in the real estate sector.

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

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This course is designed to support the governments, public sector, state-owned enterprises and other entities to strategically understand how to plan the asset management and worth of their physical assets like buildings, infrastructure, transportation etc. The course will also highlight how the public sector can improve asset performance, reduce costs and increase returns generated from the assets by using well-planned asset management tools and techniques.

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this competitive era, it is very important to continuously upgrade the skills to lead successful and high-performing careers. The course Effective Leadership Skills and Team Building is designed to improve leadership skills and lead high-performing teams. The course is designed with a lot of training exercises, techniques, strategies and all other essential tools to learn to enhance skills to lead effectively and to become successful managers and team leaders.