INTRODUCTION TO AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1 DAY
As projects are continuously changing and evolving, it is necessary to find new and proactive ways to manage projects. This course is an Introduction to Agile Methodologies and their principles.
7 CONTACT HOURS
DELIVERED IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
COURSE OVERVIEW
Agile project management needs regular validation and adaptation, as well as teamwork, responsiveness, autonomy and best practices, all of which will allow for the delivery of a high quality project. The course will focus on Scrum and is designed for Program or Project Managers; or anyone else who wishes to efficiently manage projects requiring frequent changes based on customer expectations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After this training session, you will be able to:
Identify Agile Project Management Principles
Use Scrum to manage your projects
COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction to Agile Project Management
What is agile?
The myths and realities of Agile software development
The Agile Manifesto
The economics of agile methods
Fundamentals of Scrum for Dealing with uncertainty and risk
Identifying the roles and their responsibilities
Prioritizing requirements through the product owner
Differentiating the scrum master from a traditional project manager
Shaping the self-managed development team
Relating to external stakeholders
Managing releases
Iterating development through 30-day cycles
Developing a project vision with sprints
Time boxing to establish a regular rhythm of energized work
Tools for tracking and monitoring a project
Capturing requirements as user stories
Developing a product backlog based on business value
Creating a sprint backlog from a list of requirements
Plotting the remaining work with a burn down chart
Planning an Agile project
Establish the business reasons for the project
Managing the expectations of sponsors and fund holders
Estimating expected progress
Demonstrating the business value of implemented functionality
Clarifying the business vision
Preparing and prioritizing the product requirements
Establishing the project road map
Eliciting project information form the product owner
Identifying features for development in an iteration
Estimating feature size and complexity
Breaking large requirements into testable, estimable features
Selecting tasks for implementation
TARGETED AUDIENCE
Project Manager
Project Team Member
Program Manager
Senior Project Manager
Managers of project managers
Project Management Offices
Executives
