Services

We all need help sometimes to realize our goals.

it-Howzat was founded to enable me to support individuals and organisations learn about the importance of developing and delivering our projects and services with the enthusiasm of a motivated team.

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“Thank you Jude for such wonderful training. This was one of the most interactive training courses I have attended and it wasn't just one sided. Happy to have so many take-aways from the course. Thank you again for all the clarifications throughout the session .”

Virtual training course delegate: Oct 2021

Main Services

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Training

Structured training courses (delivered virtually), typically lasting a few days enabling you and your teams to work together to learn a range of agile and continuous improvement topics aligned to industry recognized frameworks.

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Agile Coaching

Bespoke agile coaching support, which can be provided on a call-off approach to enable you gain deadicated, expert support as an when you and your team require it.

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Workshops & Seminars

Shorter virtual workshops or seminars on specific topics (from the longer training courses), to enable you and your teams to focus in on key areas for improvement.

Topics I Can Help You With

Jude Paterson
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Agile Culture

Assess and explore the culture of your organisation.  This can be of particular benefit to an organisations leadership team to assist them in developing their agile culture maturity.

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Vision & Goals

Learn techniques to assist in setting the vision for your Products – and explore how layered goals can assist you deliver value.

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Product Ownership

Deriving from the Scrum framework, explore the role and techniques used by a Product Owner.

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Scrum Master skills

From base Scrum Master skills to more advanced techniques – sharing approaches to enhance your ability to support your Scrum Team. 

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Agile Project Management

Explore and learn about using an agile approach within a project environment. Both the Agile Project Management approach and agile agnostic approaches can be considered.

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Continuous Improvement

Learn about Sankofa and how it supports a growth mindset to help you and your team continuously reflect and improve using retrospectives.

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Lean Thinking

Explore the lean mindset, and learn about removing bottlenecks and waste from your processes.

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Using Kanban

Kanban is more than creating a Kanban board. Learn how to use Kanban to focus on delivering value,  improve efficiencies and motivate your team.

Testimonial

What Clients Are Saying

“Was great to see the team again - even though it was virtual. The training interaction was way better than I imagined it would be.”
“What a brilliant workshop, well worth the time.”
"Everyone got involved. A really good session with well timed breaks and interactive exercises."
"Thanks for sharing your experience - obviously a trainer who's been there and done that. Doesn't just rely on the slides."
"Another great workshop Jude. Like your other course I attended it was really interactive and thought provoking."