... innovative techniques
that work ...

Public and In-house Training Workshops

Keep your team's skills (and yours) up to date with the latest techniques through the upcoming software development training courses (Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Singapore and Malaysia):

• Agile techniques
  • Best of Agile Methodologies
  • Agile 101
  • Scrum - Agile Methodology
  • eXtreme Programming
  • Requirements Analysis: JAD to Prototype
  • Code Inspection
• Object-Oriented
  • UML in a Nutshell
  • OO Principles & Patterns
  • OO Project Management
  • Software Architecture (advanced)
  • OO Software Engineering

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Agile Meetup - Perth

Come and share your agile experiences at the Perth Agile Meetup. Regular discussions on all things agile, here's a few of the more recent topics:

• Agile Testing (photos)
• Managing the Backlogs - so much more than a list of User Stories (photos)
• Agile Roles - so what really is the difference? (photos)
• Working the Scrum Board
• Agile Documentation - is it just a whiteboard?
• Tools Talk - Pivotal Tracker & discussion
• Being Agile - by Example (an interactive session to illustrate agile techniques)

The EP methodology™

The EP methodology™ continues to bring industry proven best practices to software, IT and systems developments.

• Greater visibility and control of developments
• Clear guidance on management and development activities
• Increased productivity through proven techniques, templates and checklists
• High quality with minimum effort
• Fully tailorable

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Agile Coaching, Mentoring and Leadership Services

We work with your team to increase their skills and productivity.

• Agile coaching - techniques from Scrum, XP, FDD, Crystal, DSDM, Lean, RAD/JAD, etc
• JAD session facilitation - scoping and prioritising each release (with the customer)
• Project management - Agile planning, product road-maps, estimation, Product Backlogs, etc
• OO analysis and design - DOM, workflows, architectural modelling, etc
• Software development - TDD, Code Inspections, etc
• Software process improvement - facilitated reflections and guidance on key techniques
• Process, product and project assessments
• Tendering - story board, estimation, etc

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Cheat Sheets

Grab a set of one-pager "Cheat Sheets" to gain a concise appreciation of key techniques. Key cheat sheets include:

• Iterative development
• Scrum, XP and FDD Agile methodologies
• Use Case analysis
• Domain Object Model ** new **
• User Story ** new **
• Architectural modelling
• Design patterns
• Class, sequence and activity diagramming
• Code inspection
• Automated testing

Companies Benefiting from EP™

The EP methodology™ provides an essential and very practical part of an advancing company's solution to improving their business. Companies that are already benefiting from the EP methodology™ include:

• Bankwest, Perth
• IVS 3D, Canada
• Snowden, Perth & Brisbane
• Synateq, Hobart
• Adacel Technologies, Sydney
• Memo Communications, Perth
• Thiri, Canberra
• WR Systems, Virginia, USA
• InfoHealth, Perth
• Tasmanian Police, Hobart
• Performance Technologies, Canada
• WNI Science and Engineering, Perth
• Centro Ricerche FIAT, Italy
• Nautronix, Perth

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