Faculty Training Institute (FTI), the market leader in business and systems analysis training in South Africa, has introduced a bouquet of agile courses that focus on the different roles in the agile space.
FTI's Agile Series is not restricted to any particular methodology and the underlying agile approach can be adapted to different methodologies and organisations.
“Agile frameworks have largely been utilised by software developers, but South African organisations are now seeing that that they too can be agile and lift themselves above narrow methodologies,” says Steve Erlank, Managing Director of FTI.
“While South African organisations were initially slow to embrace the 'agile movement', all indications are that this growth will continue for years to come. South African corporations are now seeing the benefits of embracing agile,” says Erlank.
FTI has responded to the upsurge in demand for agile training by bringing a range of new courses to market.
FTI's Agile Series of courses is tiered at different levels of expertise and are categorised as awareness, fundamentals and mastery level courses.
Offerings in the awareness category include a one-day Understanding Agile workshop and Professional Development Seminars. Both the Understanding Agile course and tightly focused awareness seminars aim to evoke interest and understanding of the role and impact of agile in organisations.
FTI's agile fundamentals programmes include a two-day Agile Fundamentals and three-day Scrum Bootcamp course.
FTI's agile mastery courses are aimed at experienced agilists. The initial course offerings in this suite include a two-day Writing and Managing User Stories and one-day Agile Planning and Estimating course.
The courses are designed to build competencies across all key roles in the agile development environment and provide everything the agile team will need to get started. The focus is on team-based learning through interactive workshops to ensure participants gain practical experience working with the important agile work practices and deliverables.
FTI's Agile Series of courses has a strong practical component and teaches IT professionals and analysts how they can use many of their existing skills and knowledge in an agile environment. Organisations are seeking agile practitioners - those who have sufficient knowledge and expertise to unlock the full potential of iterative and agile development.
For further information about FTI's Agile Series of courses, commencing from August 2012, please contact Lauren on (011) 807 9478 or visit www.fti.co.za.
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Faculty Training Institute
Faculty Training Institute (FTI) was established in 1989 to provide affordable, practical and professional training of the highest standards to the IT industry. Starting with two diploma courses, one in IS Project Management and one in Systems Analysis and Design, FTI's product range now encompasses a wide and growing range of programmes. These programmes serve the professional skills-development needs of a community that stretches much wider than just information technology. The modern world continues to shift towards a knowledge economy where old skills and paradigms become obsolete and new careers and roles emerge. These roles require multi-skilled individuals capable of high-order thinking and problem solving across a range of industries and knowledge domains.
FTI's strategy is to proactively identify these knowledge roles and create courses and professional programmes that define and support these roles. In the past 20 years, FTI has graduated thousands of knowledge professionals from its signature diploma programmes, with many delegates returning to augment their skills by attending FTI's focused, intensive short courses. Its corporate client base now extends across southern Africa and includes numerous leading companies.
Faculty Training Institute holds the following institutional accreditations:
* Provisionally Accredited Education and Training Provider with the MICT SETA (ACC/2010/00/601)
* First Education Provider to be endorsed by the International Institute of Business Analysis
* (IIBA) in South Africa and holds Charter status
* Registered Education Provider (REP 2841) with the Project Management Institute (PMI)
* Awarded Institute of Sectoral and Occupational Excellence (ISOE) status in Business Analysis by MICT SETA
FTI became an EOH company in January 2012.
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At a glance:
* Leader in technology and business solutions
* Largest implementer of enterprise solutions
* End-to-end offerings
* Strong black empowerment profile
* Operates in South Africa, Africa and the UK
* Listed on the JSE since 1998
* Over 3 200 people
* 2 000 customers
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