Agile Project Management

Agile Project Management

Course Overview

This course is designed for project managers who are responsible for managing agile projects. Learn techniques to understand how agile projects are different and the best techniques to manage them effectively and successfully. Understand how to avoid the common pitfalls of agile projects. The course will cover best practice project management techniques for a typical agile project lifecycle.

This course is highly interactive with challenging case studies and real-life work scenarios. Students will team together to apply techniques learned. The instructors for this course are PMI® certified, each have over 10 years of project management experience in multiple industries, and have directly managed agile projects successfully

Course Objectives

Successful completion of this course will enable participants to:

• Understand Agile terminology, history, techniques and processes
• Discuss Agile project planning components
• Learn and apply the Agile project management lifecycle
• Review approaches to scale an Agile project
• Learn how to control an Agile project
• Obtain useful tips on how to lead Agile projects

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for experienced project managers.

Course Content

Agile history, terminology and techniques

• Where did Agile come from, and why?
• Comparing Agile to other software development techniques
• What Agile is NOT
• Common Agile terminology
• Techniques that make Agile unique
• The goal behind Agile project management
• Benefits of Agile project management

"Enough" Agile Planning

• Define Agile planning components
• Planning that doesn't work
• Adjusting to the size of your project
• Adopting an iterative approach
• Am I done planning?

The Agile Project Management Lifecycle

• Understand each phase of the Agile project management lifecycle
• Stakeholder responsibilities per phase
• Agile project management practices
• Development techniques applicable to Agile projects
• How work gets done in Agile projects

Controlling an Agile Project

• Comparing traditional project control to Agile projects
• Common controlling techniques
• How Agile tools and processes relate to PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas
• Control mechanisms based on project size and complexity
• Early warning indicators – is my project in trouble?

How Project Managers Lead in Agile Projects

• Leading in an Agile environment
• Moving from control to collaboration
• Getting the results you want
• Building strong relationships on Agile projects