Written by Traci Lester on February 10th, 2012
by: Chris Knotts, ASPE Creative Director
We’ve had a lot of interest lately from our customers and prospects regarding some of the most important people here at ASPE: our professional training advisors. I want to take a moment to explain exactly who these people are, what they do, and why it’s worth it to our business to provide such a valuable service free of charge to any professional who needs it.
The mission of an ASPE training advisor is simple: to help you precisely identify your skills gaps, and develop a plan to get the training you need to solve them. That’s the reason we have a dedicated staff who does nothing but consult with you on your role and exactly how you might benefit from training. The more we understand your specific situation, the more we can use our knowledge of the current industry landscape, trends and tools available to help you navigate skills-based solutions. Click to continue »
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Written by Laura Daughtry on January 27th, 2012
Recap
We always have a bunch of projects going on. We are amazed when a project is completed and can be used to improve the corporate environment. Our users complain that projects are often turned over to them late with less functionality than they had planned on receiving. Do you have Business Analysts in your organization? Are they allowed to do some of the things that BA’s are supposed to do? Or are they reactionary and constantly being told just to “Get it done!” On Wednesday, January 18th ASPE instructor Greg Reinhart presented the free web seminar “Selling Business Analysis in Your Organization.” In this web seminar, Greg examined what BA’s should be doing, and how they are really a strategic asset to the company.
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Written by Katie Cothran on January 16th, 2012
People who took the PMI-ACPSM exam on the first day it piloted back in September finally received their results last week. The great news here at ASPE-SDLC is that seven of our instructors passed and are now PMI Certified Agile Practitioners. Congratulations to: Bill Gaiennie, Andy Painter, Steve Davis, Christy Clement, Ross Curtin, Jacob Anderson and Steve Spearman for being among the first PMI-ACPSM credential holders!
If you’d like to become an Agile Certified Practitioner, those instructors will be teaching our Agile Project Management Certification Workshop across the country in the upcoming months. The official exam is re-launching January 31 in Prometric test centers. To learn more about the process of earning your PMI-ACP credential, you can visit our previous post that outlines the qualifications, PMI’s Agile Certification Explained. Our free web seminars about The Agile PMP and The PMI Agile Certification are also great resources.
Agile methodology has rapidly gained momentum in the past few years among professionals, especially project managers and business analysts. If you’d like to learn more about Agile in general, our Agile Glossary of Terms is a great place to start, along with many other Agile methodology information, in our free offers section.
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Written by Laura Daughtry on January 13th, 2012
In January 2011, we here at ASPE wanted to kick off the new year with a company resolution. What we came up with was a wellness program known as the ASPE 500. Our mission was simple, and all employees had an easy task: walk, run, sprint or crawl and record your miles! We figured it was a refreshing, healthy way of starting 2011 right, and it had its added incentives.
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Written by Traci Lester on January 13th, 2012
By Tom McGraw – ASPE Training Advisor
Q. What are the requirements for receiving the Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) designation? Click to continue »
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Written by Traci Lester on January 4th, 2012
The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification exam process recently transformed to a more rigorous certificate program. The changes to this program include updated content, increased difficulty on the exam and a pass/fail outcome. Previously, all candidates were initially granted Scrum certification regardless of score. Click to continue »
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Written by Laura Daughtry on December 30th, 2011
ASPE is ringing in the new year with our latest BOGO offer to you: When you register before January 31st for any of our currently scheduled training courses, get another seat in the same session FREE! This applies to both our public and virtual courses for the entire year. Just be sure to register before the end of January.
Use code BOGOSDLC at checkout to receive your FREE seat!
Sound too good to be true? Wondering what the catch is?
Well it’s not, and there isn’t one. We know most of our clients get new training budgets at the beginning of the year, and often times find later in the year it’s harder to get approvals. To help, we decided to offer Buy One, Get One training at the beginning of the year to help you lock in your training for the first half of the year. We believe so much in our product that we want you to bring a friend or colleague. One of our company goals in 2012 is to get as many people into ASPE training events as possible. Whether it’s our free web seminar series or special promotions for free seats in classes, we believe that once you experience ASPE and the Real Training difference, you’ll make us your preferred training vendor.
So, take a look at our SDLC curriculum page and find the course that meet your training needs. We look forward to seeing you in the classroom!
Unfortunately, our third party delivered classes are excluded from this offer. They are:
Our courses that include an iPad are also excluded from this offer:
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