SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager with POPM Certification Training Course

This two-day course is ideal for IT professionals keen on mastering the Waterfall model and understanding how its limitations are traditionally addressed, notably through Agile methodologies.

On the first day, we provide a comprehensive overview of these methodologies, helping you determine which approach best fits your organizational environment.

On the second day, we explore project management techniques and best practices derived from Agile that can be effectively applied within both Waterfall and Agile contexts.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Ample exercises and practical application.
• Hands-on implementation within a live laboratory environment.

Customization Options for the Course

• For tailored training on this course, please reach out to us to make arrangements.

This course centers on the responsibilities of a business analyst to ensure success within Agile project environments. Participants will acquire skills to collaborate effectively with the Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Customers, thereby streamlining the development workflow. The training includes a simulated project where learners practice handling common real-world scenarios.

This instructor-led, live training in Nigeria (online or onsite) is aimed at engineering and design professors who wish to understand, apply, and teach modern software development practices relevant to systems engineering, civil engineering, design, and architecture disciplines.

This instructor-led live training in Nigeria (online or on-site) is designed for marketing executives who want to understand how to leverage Agile frameworks to optimize growth marketing strategies, build customer-centric products, and achieve scalable growth.

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

• Grasp the core frameworks used in Agile product management.
• Evaluate the potential demand for new products and services.
• Learn pricing strategies for new products and techniques for refining value propositions.

This course offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers essential testing concepts within the context of Agile (Scrum) development and utilizes Crispin & Gregory's Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary principles and practices of Agile testing.

This course equips you with the essential Agile Team Facilitation concepts, principles, and techniques required to guide teams toward higher maturity levels. In an Agile environment, effective collaboration and well-structured team meetings are vital for success, with the Agile Team Facilitator playing a critical role in fostering self-organization. You will develop the necessary facilitation mindset to design and lead collaborative sessions that drive teams toward superior outcomes and maturity. Serving as a foundation for aspiring Agile Coaches, this program focuses on transforming both skills and mindset. Discover group facilitation tools and techniques to engage participants and achieve specific objectives in workshops and meetings.

This 2-day programme offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers fundamental testing concepts within the context of Agile (Scrum) development, utilising Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary Agile testing principles and practices.

Target Audience

This course is designed for development teams seeking to enhance their testing practices within an Agile environment.

It is also appropriate for individuals aiming to pursue testing as a dedicated career path and serves as a suitable prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester certification.

This instructor-led, live training in Nigeria covers the concepts, tools and techniques needed to carry out continuous integration of your software projects in an Agile environment. Participants carry out a series of hands-on exercises throughout the course to apply their knowledge in real situations. Interaction among instructor and participants is encouraged. Real-world cases are discussed and specific issues and questions are addressed and resolved in class.

JIRA Software is a robust tool for Project Management, yet participants often focus excessively on the tool itself rather than the underlying methodology.

This instructor-led, live training introduces participants to the synergistic power of Jira and Confluence. Together, these tools serve a singular purpose: helping teams deliver products or projects successfully. Participants will learn to leverage these platforms efficiently to handle User Requirements, Testing, and Communication, all centralized in one location.

The course covers JIRA projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban & Scrum), planning and dependencies, Jira/Confluence integration, reporting, key fields and custom fields, issue types, screens, and filtering.

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

• Create a Scrum or Kanban project
• Configure Jira to manage the project effectively
• Manage issues efficiently
• Design necessary screens to handle different issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and understand their interaction
• Perform basic and advanced searches and analysis
• Generate and review reports essential for the team and management

Lean is a methodology focused on maximizing value while minimizing waste in processes.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level banking and process management professionals who wish to apply Lean and Agile tools to improve efficiency in managing requirements, projects, and operational processes.

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

• Understand and apply Lean principles in the context of banking processes.
• Use Lean tools to optimize requirements gathering and project execution.
• Implement and manage Kanban boards for effective workflow management.
• Identify and eliminate waste in banking and service-oriented processes.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on application of Lean and Agile tools in case-based scenarios.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Earning this Leading SAFe Agilist certification positions you as a pivotal stakeholder in your organisation’s success. Beyond enabling you to execute and deliver value through Agile Release Trains, the certification empowers you to lead a Lean-Agile transformation, making it highly sought after across various industry sectors.

Build the expertise needed to guide the continuous delivery of value within a Lean enterprise. Acquire the skills to effectively carry out the responsibilities of a SAFe Product Owner and Product Manager within an Agile Release Train (ART) as it delivers value through Program Increments; explore how the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps culture drive the relentless improvement of the ART.

Apply Lean thinking to decompose Epics into Features and Stories, refine Features and Stories, manage Program and Team backlogs, and plan and execute Iterations and Program Increments.

This instructor-led live training in Nigeria (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level Release Train Engineers (RTEs) who wish to deepen their understanding of their role and improve their skills.

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

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE).
• Learn how to facilitate Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and drive continuous delivery.
• Develop skills in planning and executing Program Increment (PI) events.
• Gain expertise in managing risks, dependencies, and impediments.
• Acquire techniques to foster relentless improvement and Agile transformation.

This two-day course introduces the Lean-Agile principles and practices underpinning the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

You will learn how to deliver and release value via Agile Release Trains, establish an Agile Portfolio, and spearhead a Lean-Agile transformation at an enterprise level.

You will gain a solid grasp of the Lean-Agile mindset and discover how to apply SAFe principles and practices to support Agile teams, programs, portfolio management, and the coordination of extensive Value Streams. Completing this class prepares you for the examination to become a certified SAFe® Agilist (SA). Associated Certification: SAFe Agilist (SA)