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GitLab for Project Managers

For project, program and product managers, this class teaches how to plan and manage product or project portfolios enabled by GitLab to help enterprise teams effectively leverage GitLab for more successful application outcome

This class is designed to provide users with an introduction to GitLab's Plan stage - where users can manage software products or other projects using issues. It focuses on the various tools available, including issues, epics, milestones, burndown charts, kanban boards, and agile portfolio management tools.

GitLab for Project Managers covers some features that are available in all three GitLab pricing tiers (Free, Premium, and Ultimate), some features that are only available in Premium and Ultimate, and a small number of features that are only available in Ultimate.

New certification! Starting in December 2020, we're including class participant access to our new GitLab Certified Project Management Specialist certification assessments. To earn certification, GitLab for Project Managers Training participants must receive a passing score on both a written assessment and a lab assessment evaluated by a GitLab Professional Services Engineer.

Duration

1 day/8 hours of instruction

Public Classroom Pricing

Starting at: $795(USD)

GSA Price: $685

Group Rate: $695

Private Group Pricing

Have a group of 5 or more students? Request special pricing for private group training today.

Part 1: GitLab Overview and Organization

GitLab Workflow Components
Planning a Project
The Plan Stage: Project Management
GitLab Organization – Groups, Projects, and Issues, oh my!

Part 2: GitLab Plan Stage

Organizing the Work
Planning the Work
Doing the Work
Document the Work
GitLab Agile Planning Structures

Part 3: Planning Functions in GitLab

Issues: The Starting Point for your Workflow
Issues Keep Everyone Connected and Synchronized
What Can you Expect on an Issue Page?
Hands-On Lab: Issues and Labels
Hands-On Lab: Quick Actions
Why Milestones are Important
The Use of Kanban Boards
GitLab's Service Desk
Utilizing Wikis
Hands-On Lab: Create a Wiki Page
Hands-On Lab: Epics and Kanban Boards
Project Management Review Quiz
Hands-On Lab: Practice Lab 1
Hands-On Lab: Practice Lab 2

Attendees should already be familiar at a basic knowledge level with the following concepts:

Agile development
Source code management

Professionals who would benefit from this training include:

Anyone who will be performing project management tasks using GitLab
Project managers
Program managers
Product owners
Scrum masters
Technical project leads
DevOps practice members

Set up projects by creating issues, labels, milestones, and groups
Use common enterprise planning constructs like epics, burndown charts, Kanban boards, and agile portfolio management tools
Manage projects using GitLab boards, epics, and roadmaps
Tie CI/CD pipelines to GitLab project management tools
Measure and monitor application workflow using GitLab
Use GitLab to develop portfolio plans
Leverage GitLab features like triggers, dependencies, and parallels for more effective project and product management