SoftEd + Agile

Most people who are involved in the software business know that SoftEd offers software development training courses for a wide range of organisations, from local businesses to large multinational corporations and government departments.  SoftEd’s goal is to provide Software Development Life-Cycle training that is the best in the world. Their customers benefit from their 25 years’ experience in software development training with an unrivalled network of international experts.

SoftEd has been part of the Agile movement from the very beginning when they hosted conferences in the early 2000’s where they brought many expert Agilists out to New Zealand and Australia. SoftEd have been a corporate member of the Agile Alliance since 2003, with Chief Knowledge Engineer Shane Hastie currently serving as a Board member.  They have taught classes on Agile techniques since 2002. SoftEd’s classes have evolved along with the growth and understanding of Agile, and they remain brand-agnostic to this day, teaching about Scrum, Kanban, eXtreme Programming, Adaptive Software Development, Business Agility and much more.

SoftEd’s courses cover the whole breadth of practices needed to be effective in adopting an Agile way of thinking and working, and their team of Agile practitioners are far more than just teachers of tools and techniques.  They strive to embody the Agile mindset in their interactions with their customers all around the world, going beyond just teaching a class to be trusted advisors, able to help identify approaches which will work most effectively in the customers’ specific environments.  There is no “one size fits all” Agile recipe and SoftEd work closely with their customers to help them attain real agility, and the benefits which flow from it.

At its core Agile is a way of thinking that requires in a highly collaborative culture where people are recognised as the ultimate source of value and human creativity is needed to solve the hard problems facing the organisations and SoftEd are privileged to work with the best international minds in software development.

For further information on SoftEd, please visit their website at http://www.softed.co.nz.