PM-222: Agile Principles using SCRUM Approach

Course Overview:

This class uses a sample product development initiative to illustrate the course principles. If you need to learn what is required to lead or participate in an Agile effort using the SCRUM approach within your organization, this course will cover the Agile adaptive life cycle framework and all of the ceremonies, artifacts, and roles.

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Duration: 2 Days

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

Compare the Agile (adaptive) and Plan Driven (predictive/ waterfall) approaches
Understand the Agile Manifesto and SCRUM Framework
Apply the basics of Agile / SCRUM Team Organization, with importance of the Development Team responsibilities
Use Agile / SCRUM chartering, high-level estimating, and prioritization techniques to initiate a Product Roadmap and a Product Backlog
Create personas and user stories to lead to Development Team task assignments
Understand Release and Sprint Planning to lead to the Sprint Backlog
Plan and conduct a sample SCRUM Sprint from the Vision Statement through the Sprint retrospective

Target Student:

Designed specifically for Agile project team members, product owners, project leaders and senior managers or anyone wanting to understand the Agile Framework.

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VM-345: VMware Infrastructure Security: VMware Install, Configure, and Manage with Security Objectives

Course Overview:

This course explores the VMware Infrastructure and related security, which consists of VMware ESX Server & VMware Virtual Center Server. We will look at both the design environments and operational processes of the VMware Infrastructure including security. This course provides IT architects with the insight needed to tackle tough issues in server virtualization such as virtual machine technologies, storage infrastructure, and designing clustered environments with security practices included. Extensive hands-on labs provide for a rich student experience.

Hypervisors and their supporting environment require attention to security due to the aggregated risk of hosting multiple virtual servers. This course explores the security of virtualized environments. Student configure ESXi by learning to manage the security and risk between ESXi, virtual servers and security integration of ESXi to the physical network infrastructure including appropriate segregation from other sensitive networks and management networks. How to configure virtual networks when some hosts are dual or multi homed, but internally segregate between the two or more connected networks with different security levels. Appropriate integration of zero-clients and thin clients. Configuration of defensive measures on hosts, servers, hypervisors within the virtual environment and practices for those guarding it externally. Integration of Active Directory and other AAA/CIA related services relative to a virtualized environment.

Students are also walked through DoD ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG). Introduction to the impact of Intel Trusted Execution Technology integrated with ESXi to create a trusted platform for virtual machines. Additionally the instructor walks the students through NIST Special Publication 800-125A: Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers, and NIST Special Publication 800-125B: Secure Virtual Network Configuration for Virtual Machine (VM) Protection.

Attendees to “VM-345: VMware Infrastructure Security: VMware Install, Configure, and Manage with Security Objectives” will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

• Virtual Infrastructure Overview
• ESX and ESXi Server Installation
• Configuration of Networking, Scalability and Security
• Storage
• Install and Configure vCenter Server and Components
• Creation, Deployment, Management, and Migration of Virtual Machines
• Utilize vCenter Server for Resource Management
• Utilize vCenter Server for Virtual Machine Access Control and User Managment
• Use vCenter Server to increase scalability
• Monitoring Your Environment
• Data & Availability Protection Troubleshooting
• Use VMware vCenter Update Manager to apply ESXi patches
• Use vCenter Server to manage vMotion, HA, DRS and data protection.

MS-5002: Introduction to SQL Databases

Course Overview:

The introduction to SQL Databases training course is designed to train the learners on the fundamentals of database concepts. You will not only learn about the different types of databases, the languages and designs as well as describe important database concepts using SQL Server 2016. Anyone who is moving into a database role will benefit from taking this course.

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Course Duration: 2 days

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TN-512: Essential Business Analysis Course

Course Overview:

This course covers the key elements required to understand and apply business analysis techniques in an IT-centric business environment. It identifies key best practices to deal with the challenges of eliciting, analyzing, and specifying project requirements. The key material in each section of this course is reinforced with a student driven lab scenario allowing each participant hands-on practice with the key business analysis concepts that are introduced in this course. At the end of the focused sections on business analysis techniques, the students will engage in a student-driven business analysis case study blending all the learned techniques into a finished product. This course is approximately 60% lecture and 40% lab time.

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Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Overview of Business Analysis Workshop
Eliciting Project Workshop
Case Study
Analyzing Requirements and Writing Case Studies
Case Study

Prerequisites:

None

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PM-242: Defining Agile Requirements with User Stories

Course Overview:

This course identifies how business analysts can elicit Agile requirements by writing user stories from use cases and personas of customer profiles. This leads to the processes of confirming the validity and usability for quality of the product development. An Agile Business Analyst has become a new recognized role within the other Agile Framework roles.

Attendees to PM-242:Defining Agile Requirements with User Stories will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 2 Days

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

Understand the Scrum Flow, the core components of the Scrum framework
Understand the scope of the Product Owner role in detail
Understand the scope of the Agile Business Analysis role in coordination with the Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team
Understand the scope of the Scrum Master role at a high level
Understand the scope of the Scrum Development Team roles
Document the interactions between the user of a system and the system itself
Dive into understanding the Agile principles for requirements using user stories in a card, conversation, and confirmation format

Target Student:

Designed specifically for Agile project team members, product owners, project leaders and business analysts or anyone wanting to understand the Agile Framework.

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