Course description
This comprehensive two-day course guides participants in the application of agile project management in innovative, complex, and high-uncertainty non-IT projects. Agile values and comparisons to traditional project management practices are defined as are key factors influencing the successful adoption of agile project management. Participants will get hands-on experience in applying proven agile techniques and practices with a focus on scrum.
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Training content
Module 1: Introduction to Agile Project Management
- PM History and Evolution
- Traditional Project Management
- Agile Project Management
- Agile PM vs. Traditional PM
- Exercise: Demonstration Comparing Traditional and Agile PM
Module 2: Agile Values
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Principles
- Agile Declaration of Interdependence
- Exercise: Group Discussion on Agile Values Influencing Project Success
Module 3: Agile PM Adoption
- Overview
- Drivers
- Concerns
- Failure Causes
- Exercise: Group Discussion on Organizational Perception of Agile PM Adoption
Module 4: Agile Techniques
- Time-Box
- Iteration
- Daily Stand-Up Meeting
- Backlogs/Task Board
- Retrospective
- Exercise: Class Workshop on Conducting Effective Agile Retrospectives in Non-IT Projects
Module 5: Agile Practices
- Lean Project Management
- Kanban
- Feature Driven Development (FDD)
- Exercise: Demonstration on Applying Agile Practices in Non-IT Projects
Module 6: Scrum Introduction
- Scrum Definitions
- Scrum History
- Scrum Framework
- Product Backlog Grooming
- Exercise: Group Discussion on Applying Scrum in Non-IT Projects
Module 7: Sprint Preparation
- Sprint Definition and Perception
- Sprint Guidelines
- Sprint Workflow
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Sprint Planning
- Exercise: Group Workshops on Sprint Planning
Module 8: Sprint Execution
- Sprint Swarming
- Daily Scrum
- Team Velocity and Burndown Chart
- Sprint Cancellation
- Scrum of Scrums
- Exercise: Group Workshops on Sprint Execution
Module 9: Sprint Closure
- Sprint Review
- Sprint Retrospective
- Exercise: Group Workshops on Sprint Review/Retrospective
Costs
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Certification / Credits
- Introduce agile concepts, values, and principles.
- Differentiate between traditional and agile project management approaches and adoption factors.
- Apply proven agile project management techniques and practices with a focus on scrum.
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