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Software Education offer over 50 different courses in software development training.
SoftEd MasterClass:
Suzanne and James Robertson return to Australia later this year to teach their Mastering the Requirements Process MasterClass and Mastering the Requirements Process - Part 2 follow up course.
Interested in Agile:
Anyone who works in software development projects knows that projects rarely 'end'. There are always changes to be made as new requirements are created or organisations develop. We have a great course on Continuous Improvement Using Lean and Agile that works for any process and can help you focus on 'doing the right work', not just 'doing the work right'.
Testers:
Our ISTQB Software Testing Foundation course runs regularly in Wellington and Auckland (in fact it's on next week in Wellington). Designed by Rex Black it provides ideas, processes, tools and skills which you can use in your testing career. If you attend this course on our public schedule you can claim a free exam voucher worth $300 plus GST.
Management:
Our Facilitation Skills Workshop is running this Friday in Auckland, the same place and day as the opening of the Rugby World Cup. On this course you will learn the skills you need to facilitate workshops, help all parties listen and communicate more effectively and encourage people to work together. These are great tools for any organisation, even the All Blacks!
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10 Iconic Steve Jobs Moments
In August Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple (see his resignation letter here). During his time at Apple he has had a massive impact not only on that business, but on I.T. technology, innovation and design. As his successor, Tim Cook, settles into his role we look back at 10 key moments in Jobs' career. Watching the 2001 WWDC
Keynote introducing the first iPod really makes you realise how far we have come...
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Write Reliable Selenium Tests
The Sauce Labs blog is a great source of information for Selenium based software and services, which you would expect from something cofounded by the original creator of Selenium.
With great testing articles, like The Surprising Worst Browser (is your favourite on the list?), there is heaps of useful content, but we were particularly impressed with the video of this webinar, part of the 'Test Like a Ninja Webinar Series'. Follow the link for tips to help you write reliable Selenium tests.
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When is 'done' really done?
One of the benefits of working for a training company is that you meet lots of people from lots of different organisations, but after a while you may notice that quite a lot of them are facing the same problem. The current concern for a lot of Agile teams is how to know when they are 'done' on a project.
In this article, written by Shane Hastie for the SoftEd blog, there is an example of a checklist you could write to help define 'done'. It's good to get these written down when you start a project, it helps keep you on track and stick to the Agile principle: deliver working software.
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The Single Most Powerful Productivity Trick
There have been so many articles and books written on productivity that reading all of them would be, well, frankly, unproductive. If you look closely at the advice offered though, they all stem around one basic idea, summed up quickly and simply in this great blog post.
With loads of new content appearing online every day, you might not have time to read it all, but as long as you control your time, rather than your tasks controlling you, you'll be on the right track!
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PROFILE: Sean Boylan |
Sean Boylan delivers Analysis and Design courses, such as our Advanced Data Modelling course. He has been in IT for about 40 years, starting as a machine code/assembler programmer progressing into systems analysis, data modelling, team leadership and project management.
Early on in his career Sean was the Application Systems Development Manager for Legal & General in Sydney, Australia and had a team of over sixty analysts and programmers.
Sean then joined an Australian company to run courses in Structured Analysis & Design. A common theme was ‘how to help programmers think in business terms, rather than just in code’. Later he developed further courseware in Data Modelling, Business Process Modelling, Object-Oriented Analysis & Design, in OO Testing and in Enterprise Architecture.
During his time as a trainer, Sean has ‘practised what he preaches’ by providing consultancy services to clients, particularly in the area of data/enterprise architecture. Clients have included many Government Departments and commercial organisations in Australia and the UK including British Airways, United Biscuits and South West Electricity Board.
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Shane Hastie joins the Agile Alliance Board
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices. At the recent Agile2011 conference there was a board election which resulted in three new board members, Rebecca Parsons from ThoughtWorks
, Ola Ellnestam from Agical and Shane Hastie from Software Education. Shane is the first member to be elected to the Board from Australasia, bringing the perspective from 'down under' to the global progression of Agile.
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