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Software Development Techniques and Practices

Professional Software Development

• Foundations in Software Development
• How to Develop Quality Software
• Building a Great Product: The Qualities of Great Software
• Object Technology for Managers: Concepts, Goals and Vision
• Software Configuration Management

Architecture

• Introduction to Software Architecture, its Principles and Methods
• Software Architecture and the Organization: Principles and Patterns for Success

Process & Standards

• Agile Software Product Design :
  Creating Successful Products Using Agile Development
• Business Process Modeling
• CMM: An Overview
• Implementing Lean Software Development
• Unified Process Distilled
• The People Capability Maturity Model: An Introduction

Estimation

• Practical Estimation: Getting the Most Value From Your Estimation Practices
• Value Driven Test Project Estimation
• Realistically Estimating Test Projects
• Estimation for Test: Size is Not Enough

Agile Methods

• The Unauthorized, No Certification Scrum Course:
  An Introduction to Scrum for the Rest of Us
• Certified ScrumMaster Training
• Certified Product Owner Training
• Transitioning to Agile Project Management
• Mastering Agile Requirements: Principles, Process and Practices
• Implementing Lean Software Development
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
• Agile Methodologies: An Overview
• eXtreme Programming: Hits and Myths
• Agile Modeling: Light-Weight Modeling for the Real World
• The Agile (BA) Business Analyst
• Successfully Managing Agile Projects

Object Oriented Analysis & Design

• Object-Oriented Concepts and Design in UML
• Philippe Kruchten's UML QuickStart
• Indepth Object Oriented Analysis and Design With UML
• Refactoring Principles: Rejuvenating Object Oriented Software

Design Patterns

• Applying Advanced Object Design with Patterns
  

Requirements and Business Analysis

Business Process Improvement and Modeling

• Business Process Modeling
• Dimensional Data Modeling
• Data & Reporting Architecture Overview
• Workflow Process Modeling:
  Defining, Mapping and Improving Business Processes

Software Requirements

• The Agile (BA) Business Analyst
• Mastering Agile Requirements: Principles, Process and Practices
• Writing Quality Requirements with Karl Wiegers
• Precision Questioning
• In Search of Excellent Requirements (2-day seminar)
• In Search of Excellent Requirements (3-day workshop)
• Writing Excellent Requirements: The Hands-on Workshop
• Everything Project Managers Need to Know About Requirements
  (But are too Busy to Ask)

Use Cases

• How to Write Effective Use Cases:
  The Key to Finding the Right Requirements
• 10 Guidelines for Killer Use Cases:
  An Advanced Use Case Workshop
• Use Cases and Service Specifications:
  Proven Techniques for Requirements Definition

Testing, QA and Quality

Testing and QA

• Just-In-TimeTesting: Workflow, Organization, and Getting Things Done!
• Fundamentals of Software Testing
• Strategic Software Testing: Designing, Planning and Writing Tests
• Developing Workable Test Plans
• Software Unit/Component Testing
• Early Testing: Outside the Box
• Agile Projects: Integrating Effective Software Testing

Advanced Testing Skills

• Estimation for Test: Size is Not Enough
• Value Driven Test Project Estimation
• Automated Software Testing
• Performance, Stress and Load Testing
• Integration, Interface and Interoperability Testing (3i Testing)
• Software Inspections: A Practical Approach
• Realistically Estimating Test Projects

Software Quality Assurance

• Software Inspections and Peer Reviews
• How to Develop Quality Software
• Quality: The Foundation for Great Software
• Software Inspections: A Practical Approach

Management and Leadership Training

Management Training

• Effective Meetings
• Precision Questioning
• Managing Strengths and Conflicts
• Peer Mentoring: An Effective Process for Knowledge Transfer (On-the-Job Training)
• Negotiating Your Way to Project Success
• Stakeholder Management: The People Challenge!
• Managing Strengths and Conflicts
• Cross Group Collaboration
• Fundamentals of Systematic Innovation:
  A Hands-on Workshop on Unleashing Creativity

Communication Skills

• Cross Group Collaboration: 2-day Practitioners Workshop
• Cross Group Collaboration
• Effective Meetings

Leadership Training

• Introduction to Coaching Skills for Managers and Leaders
• The Practical Leader Series

Working In Teams

• Project Management: A Team Approach
• Managing Strengths and Conflicts: Making Your Team A Winner
• Building Productive Working Relationships

Onboarding New Employees

• Peer Mentoring: An Effective Process for On-the-Job Training

Fostering Innovation and Creativity

• Fundamentals of Systematic Innovation:
  A Hands-on Workshop on Unleashing Creativity

Capturing Knowledge From Departing Staff

• Peer Mentoring: An Effective Process for Knowledge Transfer (On-the-Job Training)

Project Management

Managing Projects

• Project Management Best Practices
• Breakthrough Project Management
• Pragmatic Project Management Workshop
• Practical Estimation: Getting the Most Value From Your Estimation Practices
• Software Project Management with Philippe Kruchten (3-days)
• The Art of Project Management
• PM Jumpstart
• Successfully Managing Agile Projects
• Professional Project Management: Laying the Foundation
• 8 Essential Steps for Managing Software Projects
• Negotiating Your Way to Project Success
• Cross Group Collaboration
• Effective Meetings

Advanced Skills for Project Managers

• Advanced Project Management for IT
• Stakeholder Management: The People Challenge!
• Portfolio Management
• Establishing and Managing a Project Office
• Project Risk Management
• Delivering in Difficult Circumstances: Advanced Project Management
• Managing Outsourced/Sub-Contracted Projects
• Risk Management for Software

Managing Agile Development Projects

• The Unauthorized, No Certification Scrum Course:
  An Introduction to Scrum for the Rest of Us
• Transitioning to Agile Project Management
• Successfully Managing Agile Projects
• Certified ScrumMaster Training
• Certified Product Owner Training

Estimation

• Practical Estimation: Getting the Most Value From Your Estimation Practices
• Value Driven Test Project Estimation
• Realistically Estimating Test Projects
• Estimation for Test: Size is Not Enough

Product Management

• Certified Product Owner Training
• Agile Software Product Design :
  Creating Successful Products Using Agile Development
• Achieving Product Management Excellence
• Advanced Topics in Software Product Management
• Secrets of Agile Product Management

IT Development

Windows Programming

• IDesign Architect's Master Class
• IDesign Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Master Class

SOA

• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and
  The Principles of Service Orientation

XML

• XML: An Executive Overview
• XML: Presenting & Transforming with Style Sheets, XHTML & CSS

.NET

• .NET Master Class

C++

• High Performance C++
• Effective STL Programming

Java

• Enterprise Java In a Nutshell
• J2EE Application Architecture Design

Security

• Cyber Security: What You Need To Know to Protect Your Corporate Assets
• Securing Your .NET Applications

Web Usability Design

• Designing a Better Web User Experience

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