Delivery Integration Process

SS ITA in 2013...

Typical trainee

• No laptop
• No 3G smartphone
• No online learning experience
• No github account
• Expectations for traditional school/university learning

Typical web project

• Each groups creates project from zero
• No real usage
• Code is on private repo
• No CI/CD
• No code reviews via pull requests
• Weak front-end (no frameworks, jQuery/BootStrap)
• No REST API

Typical training process

• Actually two different processes:
  • learning and
  • ​working on project
• Weekly schedule:
  • 4 regular lessons by training plan
  • 1 session with technical expert
  • 1 SCRUM review meeting

Main challenges

• No skills working on legacy code
• Most trainees weren't actually got enough experience as real developers
• Not enough experience working as real team

5 years...

eLearning &
Blended Learning

eLearning initiative

JavaScript Basics Course (2014)

YouTube Streaming

Intensive Training Sessions

Real Projects

Inter-group cooperation

Open tools & services

Remote Trainings

No Lectures

Rubber Duck Debugging

Bots come to help

Group Team Mentoring

SS ITA in 2018...

Typical trainee

• Laptop
• 3G smartphone

• Online learning experience

• GitHub account

• Expectations for different from traditional school/university learning

Typical web project

• Groups usually continue projects
• Real usage
• Code on public repo
• CI/CD
• Code reviews via pull requests
• Strong front-end (Angular, React)
• REST API

Typical training process

• One process: working on project while gaining all necessary skills and knowledge
• Weekly schedule: 8-12 hrs x 7 days per week

Immersive learning

Teaching is about knowledge
Mentoring is about experience