New PMI Course: Essential Agile Software Development

This course is a one-day instructor-led class that will make use of a blended approach of lectures and case studies to quickly illustrate the knowledge, techniques and practices of agile software development.

The topics covered will include the following:

• Values and Principles
• Frameworks and Tools
• Project Lifecycle
• Engineering Practices

This course helps the participants:

• Learn the history and the belief system of agile revolution
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses
• Grasp the reason why agile software development can benefit the business
• Know the popular agile frameworks, such as SCRUM, eXtreme Programming (XP), Lean, Kanban
• Review the engineering practices, such as refactoring, continuous integration, Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Upon completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles and core values of agile
• Master the similarities and differences among various agile methods as well as traditional methodologies
• Know the agile phases and how to apply them
• Impart a comprehensive understanding of the engineering practices

Date: 1-Dec-2012

For details, please check http://www.pmi.org.hk/training_course_single.php?id=262

New PMI Course: Cloud Computing - Practical Applications and Usage

This course is a one-day instructor-led class that will make use of a blended approach of lectures and case studies to quickly illustrate the fundamentals and knowledge required to understand cloud computing.

The topics covered will include the following:

• Fundamental Terminology and Concepts
• Emerging Cloud Computing Industry Standards and Guidelines
• Popular Usage and Applications
• Practical Considerations of Cloud Computing

This course helps the participants:

• Define cloud computing
• Describe key concepts, terminology, characteristics and mechanisms?
• List the benefits and challenges
• Describe service models and deployment models
• Review the industry standards and guidelines
• Review the practical considerations and applications, and contemporary trends
• Review case studies

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Master the fundamentals of cloud computing
• Understand the industry standards and guidelines
• Know the pros and cons, practical consideration for cloud computing
• Grasp the on-going trends

Date: 20-Oct-2012

For details, please check http://www.pmi.org.hk/training_course_single.php?id=266

Big Data Analytics Platform at ZERO cost

I've uploaded a promo video clip about my long, new, cutting-edge series of how to build Big Data Analytics Platform at ZERO cost. During the course, I will show you how the platform is built from scratch, step-by-step.

My initial intent was to make a demo project for my magazine articles about Big Data Analytics in PCTech. But once I try to mix and match different free packages to make the case, I keep finding out many many surprises that makes me unstoppable.

Some highlights below:
1. Social media analysis: Lady Gaga sentiment analysis
2. Technical analysis: High probability stocks radar using MapReduce and Hadoop
3. Infographics: Professional data visualization artifacts using free tools
4. RESTful web services: Enable REST API for legacy form submit in 1 minute
5. And many more

A caveat is this project is functional but not of production grade (even though I've planned to begin business on that, kidding!); however, you can quickly grasp the distilled concepts and cutting-edge technologies when you follow through the series. Another warning is the high probability stock radar is just an imaginary application for illustrative purposes, I am not providing any investment advice.

Stay tuned and subscribe my YouTube Channel: kanoncloud.