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Retrospectives only work when feedback is honest and actions are taken, not when they are treated as a formality.
Be transparent about what is included in training.Avoid cargo cult Scrum by learning the fundamentals and using tools, documentation, contracts, and plans to enable collaboration and working outcomes.
Satisfy your training and certification needs.
Protect your personal data and privacy.
Inform you in advance if a course is unlikely to run.
Achieve great exam results for you.Contents

We do not

Employ sales staff with targets to meet who try to sell you unsuitable courses.
Treat you like a number.Contents
Mislead you so you end up paying for extras later.
Write fake reviews to trick you into thinking we are better than we are.Introduction
Bombard you with sales calls and emails.
Pocket your money, cancel a course and give you online learning instead.Emanuele Passera

Values

Knowledge Train is an ethical company. Our 6 core values drive everything we do.Andrea Fryrear

Martin Wickman

IntegrityMario Lucero

Acting with honesty and honour

Tanner Wortham Barry Overeem

DiversityIntroduction

Respecting and embracing the diversity of staff and customersWe consulted a handful of industry experts who were happy to share their most common struggles when using agile. If your organization is just beginning to use agile, their stories might resonate with you and you’ll no doubt find their suggestions helpful.

The graphic below highlights just some of the challenges experienced by the professionals who spoke to us. Download the ebook to read their common agile challenges in detail, plus the solutions they use to overcome them. Please share either of these items or link back to this page so others can benefit from them.

Fairness Download this ebook

Listening to others, being impartial and equitable

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Quality

Maintaining the highest standards in our products and servicesEmanuele Passera

Project Manager and Software Engineer “Sometimes the organization isn’t ready for agile” The most common challenge I usually face during a transition to agile is when the organization isn’t ready for the application of agile.

InnovationThe second challenge is that it is not always easy for the business side of a company to engage.

Pushing creative boundaries to improve products for customers.Agile project management

simply cannot fit every organization. They already need to have the correct enterprise environmental factors in place to apply an agile approach successfully. Alternatively, you must receive strong commitment from senior management. “Working in different time zones can be difficult” Distributed teams are becoming the norm within

Social responsibilityagile projects

Giving to charities that are important to us.. However, I sometimes find working with a distributed team very challenging. Coordinate meetings or concurrent work in different time zones can be difficult and not always feasible.

Social ResponsibilityThe time zones problem can be eased with tele/videoconference tools and distributing necessary common work in a geographically sustainable way (contiguous time zones). In my experience, it is impossible to avoid some out of work call. A little sacrifice and good will is required.

Giving to charities that are important to us. Here are just some we have supported:Moreover, distributed teams tend to have less sense of belonging. The sense of belonging is hard to create, but I have seen that even a couple of face-to-face meetings can do the trick. Distributed teams tend to work together in a better way if the members know each other personally.

There is no “one size fits all” approach.

Still, I believe distributed teams are a great opportunity. We are able to reach, engage and work side by side with the best talents from all around the world.

“Team members can be scared of failure”

In my experience, estimations are always tricky. People tend to fear being tied to something that could easily be wrong.

To make this easier I believe that you should create an environment based on trust and respect, in which people are allowed to make mistakes. In a trusted environment, everybody is eager to commit themselves to an estimation. This is also true for managing issues with honesty and accountability. In an environment based on trust and respect, everybody is eager to assume responsibilities.

Founder’s statementEnhance your skills with our expert-led courses

I founded Knowledge Train in 2005 out of a passion to equip people like you with the skills to improve project outcomes.

During a lengthy career in IT, I had seen many projects go wrong. This was often because the people taking decisions did not understand the best practices for managing projects, and so ended up repeating the same avoidable mistakes over again.

I believe that with the right training and support, people and organisations can improve their chances of delivering projects successfully.

Knowledge Train is dedicated to offering the highest quality training and services. We strive to improve our training and are never satisfied with ‘average’. That is why we are a member of ASPECT – Association for the Promotion of Excellence in Consultancy and Training.Instructor-led

So, come aboard the Knowledge Train, learn new skills, and join us on our training ride!AgilePM Practitioner (with Foundation) course

£1,699 +vat

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Testimonial

My organisation was looking to find a course for staff. I found the Knowledge Train on Google and saw they had lots of positive reviews. I spoke with their customer service staff on the phone. He didn’t give a typical sales talk, but listened to our needs and gave me a range of suitable options. They were very efficient and within 2 days, everything had been agreed, including a generous discount. Although some staff were later unable to attend the course, Knowledge Train very kindly gave extensions so they could attend another date at no extra cost.

Overall, my experience with Knowledge Train was excellent. I would especially like to say thanks for the excellent customer service which we received, and of course the trainer who was brilliant too.Instructor-led

AgilePM Foundation course £1,299 +vat

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