In this course you will learn the foundation on which we function. The course is divided into 4 lessons:

1. You have been recruited for value – for now and the future
2. Talent and Software Delivery Optimisation
3. Mentor to Mastery – ensuring you meet your future requirement
4. Transformation to a desired future with Lean, Agile and DevOps

 

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The foundational stone for the new skills economy is to think of yourself as a business, offering your services around your skills to the world of IT. The concept is embodied in a book Business Model You and delivered as a programme by a company Strategyzer™ and other educational institutions. I have been using the Business Model Canvas since early 2000. It is a great way to organise your thinking and take a break from the daily grind. 

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Central to our framework is you, the knowledge worker. It has grown through 30 years of practice of people centricity. It is a game changer for the skills economy that has arrived.

Learn to push back and say no to unreasonable managers and impossible deadlines without burning your bridges.

This course has been adapted from https://goleansixsigma.com/ and a feature article on zdnet.com: Understanding Lean IT: 9 things you need to know. It is divided into four lessons: What is Lean? The 8 Types of Waste Value Stream Mapping 5S (The 5S Methodology)

How are we successful in a situation where there are too many distractions, and we just don't seem to get to everything? It seems that there is never enough time in the day. But, since we all get the same 24 hours, why is it that some people achieve so much more with their time than others? The answer lies in good time management. The highest achievers manage their time exceptionally well. By using the time-management techniques in this section, you can improve your ability to function more effectively – even when time is tight and pressures are high. This course can be taken in one go, from start to finish, or you can do the lessons you need asynchronously. Being able to manage your time, especially when you are working from home, effectively, has the following immediate benefits:

• Greater productivity and efficiency.
• A better professional reputation.
• Less stress.
• Increased opportunities for advancement.
• Greater opportunities to achieve important life and career goals

Good time management requires an important shift in focus from activities to results: being busy isn’t the same as being effective. (Ironically, the opposite is often closer to the truth.) Spending your day in a frenzy of activity often achieves less, because you’re dividing your attention between so many different tasks. Good time management lets you work smarter – not harder – so you get more done in less time. You will learn:

1. How to organize and prioritize
2. Time Management Tips
3. Having the right state of mind
4. Dealing with Distractions and Interruptions
5. Working with intended (and unintended) procrastination
6. The Sysiphus Effect
7. Tips and trick to be more effective
8. Why you should review your commitments
9. Time Accountability - Using Tempo

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This master class is about testing the interaction with an isolated piece of code, be that an object; module; web service or even system.  A good test has a reasonable probability of finding a bug [Kaner, Falk & Nguyen]- this master class gives you recipes for building good tests. It also introduces ideas of what it takes to move to Software Quality Engineering. 

Service Virtualization is the evolution of test frameworks and mock objects. It is a tool that helps you be efficient and effective in building quality in. API Testing is a focussed test of the interface (API). Service Virtualization is the set of API tests that make up a conversation between systems. 

Merchant Banking is characterised by complex transactions with many moving parts, Service Virtualization is the way to break down large complex (unsolvable) problems into small manageable (solveable) problems. 

UI Testing with Selenium is not the answer to efficient and effective Software Quality Engineering, start investing in Service Virtualization now!

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This mission brings the understanding of EDI principles to SWIFT. It introduces the ISO 3-layer model:

• how data formats are defined
• MT message structures
• ISO 20022 message structure