Education

Quickly learn new skills
Empulsys offers practical courses to help you acquire new knowledge and improve the skills that are essential to modern software development and software project management. To ensure lasting results, we work with trainers who are very experienced professionals and all our courses are aimed towards immediately applying new knowledge in your daily job.

We adapt our services to your situation and work environment, offering several different approaches of knowledge transfer.

Classroom courses are excellent for groups ranging from four to eight people who quickly want to apply new knowledge and skills in their daily job. On request we deliver our courses in-company.

We offer you the following classroom courses:

Guided private study is excellent when you want to learn at your own pace. We offer you the following courses:

Guided Private study works as follows:

Intake
Your private study starts with an intake with your trainer. The purpose of the intake is to maximize the value of the course by tuning it as much as possible to your specific background and personal goals. You will also receive the course materials and you will be informed on and make agreements about planning, the guidance and communication with your trainer during the course.

Feedback and Guidance

The course is divided into modules. The study guide describes for each module which chapters of provided literature must be studied and also contains clarification on specific parts of the literature and hints for additional reading. The study guide also includes practical exercises that allow you to direcly apply the new knowledge. Every module is concluded with a closing exercise or assignment.

At the end of every module you will send your exercise results to your trainer. The trainer will evaluate your work and provide you with feedback.

Halfway during the course you will have an intermediate meeting with your trainer. This meeting allows you the discuss progress and it is an excellent opportunity to ask questions and deepen your knowledge on specific subjects of the course.

After the last module you will have a meeting with your trainer to close the course. This meeting provides you with the opportunity to ask questions and deepen your knowledge. You will also receive the certificate that proves you have sucessfully completed the course.

Empulsys regularly hosts one day workshops. These workshops are excellent opportunities for you to quickly learn new skills by doing. After receiving instructions you will start improving your skills in small teams and guided by an expert in the field of modern software development. Each workshop has a specific theme; themes are for example writing use cases, planning of iterations or estimating.

Click here for more information on workshops and to register.

On request we also host custom made workshops and courses. When you're interested, please contact us.

Private tuition is excellent when the subject of your interest is very specific, when speed is of the essence or when not enough attendees are available for full classroom sessions. This type of education is suitable for 1 up to 3 students at one time. Private tuition is allways customized to your needs and can concern the following themes:

  • Requirements Management
  • Writing of use cases
  • Writing a Vision
  • Estimating and planning
  • Software Architecture
  • Test Management
  • Configuration and Change Management
  • Iterative software development

During each session you will discuss theory and immediately apply it to your work.

When you are interested in private tuition, please contact us.

 

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The online article "From Business to IT System" is now available in english.

 

Empulsys is an IBM Business Partner that provides IBM product resale, services and trainings for the Rational brand in the Benelux.