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Introduction

Introduction to Digital Services Agile for Executives

$497/class

    • Unlocking Product Teams with Cloud and Agile
    • Cloud Approaches: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
    • Critical Team Roles and How They Work Together
    • Agile Software Development and Key Ceremonies
    • What is FedRAMP, FISMA, and how to achieve Authority To Operate
    • What is Human-Centered Design (HCD) and DevSecOps
    • Performance Management and Metrics

Introduction

Digital Services Foundations for Product Teams

$497/class

  • Why cloud and agile?
  • Cloud approaches: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
  • Agile Software Development
  • Intake Processes and Common Tools
  • What is FedRAMP and how to achieve ATO
  • What is Human-Centered Design and DevSecOps
  • Critical Team Roles and How They Work Together

Advanced

Cloud Computing System and Platform Ownership

$497/class

  • System Owner Definition and Role
  • Intake Processes and Common Tools
  • Managing Licensing and Vendors
  • What is FedRAMP, FISMA, and Achieving Authority To Operate (ATO)
  • Performance Management and Metrics
  • Critical Team Roles and How They Work Together

Learn More

Introduction to DevSecOps

$497/class

  • Understanding the DevSecOps Cycle
    • Best Practices and Tool Recommendations:
    • Product Management Tasking
    • Database Management Tools
    • Language / Platform Specific Tools
    • Containerization, Unit, and Automated Testing
    • GitHub and Code Source Control
    • Infrastructure as Code
  • Continuous Integration(CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD)
  • Aligning with UCD, Agile, and Platforms
  • Performance Management and Metrics

Skill Package

3-course Skills Bundle

$997/package

Any combination of any three 1-hour in-person courses with a 1-hour facilitated workshop or Q&A session included:

  • Introduction to Digital Services for Executives
  • Digital Services Foundations for Product Teams,
  • Cloud Computing System and Platform Ownership
  • Introduction to DevSecOps
  • Securing Digital Organizations

Bootcamp

Human-Centered Design Bootcamp

$4,950 /day
$497 /person

  • Design Thinking & Human-Centered Design (HCD) Principles
  • U.S. Digital Service Playbook Alignment
  • User Research & Empathy Mapping
  • Problem Statements & Design Synthesis
  • Persona Creation & Journey Mapping
  • Feature Value Matrix & Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Definition
  • Prototyping, Wireframing, and User Story Writing
  • Discovery Sprints & Outcome Measurement
  • Testing Hypothesis and Measuring Outcomes

Bootcamp

Agile Product Development Bootcamp

$4,950 /day
$497 /person

  • Agile Manifesto & Breaking Waterfall Mindsets
  • Project vs. Product Management in Government
  • Product Roadmaps, Backlogs, and User Story Writing
  • Scrum Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, COR
  • Story Point Estimation and Sprint Planning
  • Agile Ceremonies & Government Alignment
  • Scaled Agile (SAFe)™ Principles for Growth
  • Team Performance and Contract Management

Bootcamp

2-day Full Bootcamp HCD + Agile

$9,800 /course
$497 /person

Building exceptional digital services begins with understanding your users and ends with delivering working software that meets their needs — fast, securely, and iteratively. This two-day Agile Academy bootcamp is designed to fully equip public sector professionals with both the mindset and mechanics needed to lead and contribute to a world-class, agile digital product team.

Delivered back-to-back, this intensive, hands-on training combines Day 1: Human-Centered Design (HCD) and Day 2: Agile Product Development, enabling participants to learn how to define the right product — and then build it the right way. The result is a turnkey, empowered product team capable of planning, delivering, and improving digital solutions aligned with mission goals and user needs.

Introduction

Securing Digital Organizations

$497/class

  • System Updates and Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
  • Password Management and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Phishing Vigilance and Email Protection
  • Secure Internal Messaging
  • Drive Encryption and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
  • Offsite Backups and Ransomware Guidance

Introduction

Agile Coaching Sessions

$250/hour

  • Coaching for Agile Product Owners or Scrum Masters
  • Clarifying team roles and ceremony facilitation
  • Navigating the Sprint Cycle and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)™ concepts
  • Backlog refinement, prioritization, and estimation techniques
  • Agile metrics, performance tracking, and reporting
  • Overcoming delivery bottlenecks or anti-patterns
  • Integrating human-centered design and DevSecOps
  • Coaching on stakeholder alignment and contract collaboration