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Borland Technology Education

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Our mentors are certified to instruct many of the standard workshops that Borland offers. In fact, our mentors wrote much of the original material for many of the StarTeam®, CaliberRM®, Together, and UML workshops.

 

CaliberRM® 2005 Essentials

CaliberRM® 2005 Essentials is a tools-oriented course that provides one day of hands-on training for anyone using CaliberRM®. The focus will be on using CaliberRM® in the context of daily requirements analysis, including creating requirements, collaborating with other interested parties, and publishing approved requirement baselines. Throughout the course, you will use the CaliberRM® user interface to accomplish these tasks and will discuss how to customize the interface itself so that each analyst may have a personal view of the requirements information.

During the course, you will learn not only the CaliberRM® product features but also how to utilize them to manage evolving requirement definitions. For example, you will learn how to extend requirement definitions with custom attributes and, if desired, reuse these customizations as part of a project or enterprise standard. You will also learn how to define dependency relationships between requirements and across development technologies as well as reporting capabilities so that you can extract critical development metrics from you requirements repository.

All concepts are taught through a combination of instructor-led discussion and self-paced exercises. After completing this course, you will be able to effectively use CaliberRM® for any requirement specification activity.

 

CaliberRM® 2005 Essentials: Administration

CaliberRM® 2005 Essentials: Administration is a tools-oriented course that provides one day of hands-on training for anyone managing a CaliberRM® software installation. The focus will be on the project and server tasks necessary to administer the product software and repository. To accomplish these tasks, you will use the CaliberRM® Requirements Management module and the CaliberRM® Framework Administrator module.

During the course, you will learn the underlying CaliberRM® product architecture and be able to develop a comprehensive security strategy for groups and users. You will also learn how to define reliable repository backup and recovery procedures and how to create custom, reusable objects for use in CaliberRM® projects. In addition, you will learn how to migrate data in or out of CaliberRM® with the import and export functionality.

All concepts are taught through a combination of instructor-led discussion and self-paced exercises. After completing this course, you will be able to effectively administer your CaliberRM® software installation.

 

StarTeam® 2005 Essentials

StarTeam® 2005 Essentials is a tools-oriented course that provides one day of hands-on training for anyone using StarTeam. The focus is on using StarTeam® in the context of daily development activities, ranging from managing files to satisfying new product requirements to resolving reported software defects. Throughout the course, you will use the StarTeam® interface to accomplish these tasks and discuss how to integrate this into your existing development processes.

During this one day hands on training course, you will learn the five basic configuration item types: files, change requests, requirements, tasks and topics. You will learn file versioning techniques for automatically storing historical copies of files and will understand how to define and use configuration labels, branches, views and projects to ensure the integrity of your software release process. In addition, you will learn how to manage change within a configuration through the use of change requests, requirements, and tasks while collaborating with coworkers through the integrated discussion topic facility.

All concepts are taught through a combination of instructor-led discussion and self-paced exercises. After completing this workshop, you will be able to effectively use StarTeam® for any configuration management activity.

 

StarTeam® 2005 Advanced: Administering Projects

StarTeam® 2005 Advanced: Administering Projects is an advanced, tools-oriented course that provides two days of hands-on training designed for project managers and administrators responsible for managing StarTeam® projects. The focus is on the administrative tasks necessary to automate the Software Configuration Management (SCM) process, including labeling techniques, build and release management, and change management.

This workshop is designed to help you learn the essentials of an SCM process and how to apply the StarTeam® components to it. Instructors explain how to define comprehensive labeling and branching strategies, build/release processes, how to integrate change management into these processes, and how to automate the workflow between SCM tasks. Examples are provided for each topic, and instructors demonstrate how different project management approaches yield differing results.

All concepts are taught through a combination of instructor-led discussion and self-paced exercises, aimed at improving your effectiveness in creating and configuring StarTeam® projects.

 

StarTeam® 2005 Essentials: Server Administration

This is a one-day course that introduces the configuration manager to the advanced skills of configuring a Borland StarTeam® server environment. Topics covered include how to install and customize StarTeam® servers and projects to support a multiuser, multi-project environment.

StarTeam® 2005 Essentials: Server Administration is an advanced, tools-oriented course that provides one day of hands-on training for users responsible for managing a StarTeam® product installation. The focus is on configuration options, repository reliability, and security strategies. You will practice configuring new StarTeam® installations, upgrading existing ones, and managing repository growth.

During this course, you will learn the essential components in the StarTeam® product architecture and their basic administrative management methods and techniques. You will also learn how to define a reliable backup and recovery procedure and how to configure primary and secondary repository security strategies. In addition, you will learn how to setup the StarTeam® multi-casting facility, MPX, and how to customize the StarTeam® data schema.

All concepts are taught through a combination of instructor-led discussion and self-paced exercises. After completing this course, you will be able to effectively install and configure a StarTeam® product installation.