GitLab for Project Managers Training

Overview

This class introduces users to GitLab's Plan stage, where they can manage software products or other projects. It focuses on the various tools available, including issues, epics, milestones, iterations, labels, roadmaps, burndown charts, and boards.

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.

Target Audience

Anyone who plans, tracks, and manages projects, including project managers, program managers, product owners, and scrum masters

What’s Included

Live training sessions delivered by a GitLab technical trainer
Lecture with demonstrations
Hands-on labs
Slides with notes and reference links

Learning Objectives

Plan work by creating projects, groups, issues, epics, labels, iterations, and milestones
Track project progress with boards, epics, roadmaps, and burndown charts
Manage projects using Kanban, Scrum, or Waterfall workflows

Price

Remote: $5,000
On-site: $7,000 plus travel expenses for each instructor

Duration

Remote: normally delivered as two 4-hour sessions, presented on separate days.
On-site: normally delivered as a single 9-hour session, including 1 hour for lunch.

Class Size

Maximum 12 attendees. Order this seat add-on to increase total seats per class.

Course Syllabus

Part 1

Schedule	Topic	Overview
9:00 - 9:45a	Intro to the Plan Stage	How the Plan Stage fits into GitLab workflow Review of GitLab Flow Lab: Access the GitLab Training Environment
9:45 - 10:45a	Intro to Project Organization in GitLab	Organizing Projects and Groups Roles, Permissions, and Visibility Lab: Create an Organizational Structure
11:00a - 12:00p	Using GitLab to Plan & Start Projects	Epics Milestones Iterations Roadmaps Preview of issue boards Documentation with Wikis Lab: Use GitLab Planning Tools
12:00 - 1:00p	Intro to Issues	Issues Labels Collaborating on Issues Lab: Create Project Issues

Part 2

Schedule	Topic	Overview
9:00 - 10:00a	Deep Dive Into Issues	Issue Metadata Fields Issue Operations Quick Actions Description Templates Service Desk Lab: Organize and Perform Operations on Issues
10:00 - 10:45a	Merge Requests	Merge Requests Merge Request Metadata Fields To-Do list Lab: Use a Merge Request to Review and Merge Code
11:00 - 11:45a	Issue Boards	Purpose of Issue Boards Issue Board Structure Issue Board Criteria Issue Board Details Lab: Create and Customize Issue Boards
11:45a - 1:00p	Workflow Best Practices	General Best Practices Kanban Lab: Create and Manage a Kanban board Scrum Lab: Create and Manage a Scrum board Waterfall Lab: Create and Manage a Waterfall Board

Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills

Attendees should already have basic familiarity with these topics:

High-level knowledge of the software development lifecycle
GitLab with Git Basics course or equivalent knowledge

System Requirements

Computer with internet access and Git installed, per the requirements specified here.

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