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Course Outline

The "Agile Project Management" training includes an introduction to the concepts and principles of agile project management, as well as the presentation and practice of various agile project management practices and principles concerning:

  • The full project lifecycle, from initiation, through planning and monitoring, to closure
  • Various agile approaches, such as Scrum and Kanban.

Training Topics

Agile Project Management: Basic Concepts:

  • Changes in the business and project environment leading to agile methods
  • Principles of the Agile approach: 
    • Core Agile principles
    • "Being Agile" vs. "Doing Agile"
  • Overview of Agile methods:
    • Scrum, Kanban
    • Lean
  • Core elements of the Agile approach
  • Agile approach vs. traditional project management: comparison
  • Discussion on the applicability of the Agile approach in the participants' projects

Key Roles in an Agile Project:

  • Product Owner: 
    • Tasks and characteristics of an ideal Product Owner
    • The Product Owner in practice
  • Project Team: 
    • Characteristics of an agile project team
    • The project team in practice
  • Coach - Scrum Master: 
    • Tasks and characteristics of an ideal Scrum Master
    • Scrum Master in practice
  • Agile roles in projects 
    • Discussion on agile roles in the participants' projects

Initiating and Planning an Agile Project:

  • Initiating an agile project: 
    • Product vision
    • Product roadmap
    • Project charter
  • Project planning: releases and iterations
  • Project scope:
    • Product backlog
    • User stories
  • Methods for estimating user stories and tasks
  • Other parameters essential for agile planning
  • Methods for estimating team velocity
  • Iteration planning
  • Release planning

Monitoring an Agile Project:

  • Methods for monitoring iterations: 
    • Task board
    • Burndown chart
  • Methods for monitoring releases: 
  • Story board
  • Burndown chart
  • Agile project delivery practices:
    • Daily stand-up meeting
    • Product demo at the end of an iteration
    • Retrospective at the end of an iteration

The Kanban Method:

  • Kanban principles and practices
  • The Kanban board and its informational content
  • Work-in-progress limits and Little's Law
  • Methods for ensuring workflow in the Kanban method
  • Planning and monitoring projects using the Kanban method

Introducing Agile in a Traditionally Operating Organization:

  • Practical experiences
  • Analysis and discussion on the possibilities of adopting the Agile approach

Retrospective – Training Summary

Requirements

The training is intended for project managers, team leaders, and managers responsible for projects, products, or services, who are already working or plan to work in accordance with Agile principles and wish to develop their organizations in the spirit and according to the principles of Agile.

 14 Hours

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