Agile Project Management
Whether in government or private industry, project
managers face a huge challenge when confronted with
continually-changing requirements. How can you plan when the things
keep changing? Traditional project management approaches suggest that
we take a snapshot of the requirements as a baseline, and then use
change control in an attempt to minimize the impact of any shifting
requirements. Sometimes, however, these changes are a reality that the
project sponsor has to accommodate. The new Agile Project Management
methods help deal with these situations.
Participants in this one-day workshop will learn the techniques of Agile Project
Management through simulations and examples from real-world projects
that used these methods to control changing requirements.
Learning Objectives
To provide experienced project managers with advanced understanding of
the principles and techniques of agile project management, so that they
will be able to identify situations where agile techniques may add
value and begin to apply the techniques to reduce overall project risk
on high-change projects.
Course Outline
• The Evolution of Systems Development Lifecycles (SDLCs)
• Iterative and Incremental Development
• The Agile Philosophy
• Agile Team and Project Characteristics
• Scrum Overview
• Lean Development Overview
• Feature-Driven Development Overview
• Extreme Programming Overview
• Agile Requirements Management
• Agile Modeling
• Agile Model-Driven Development
• Agile Documentation
• Agile Planning & Estimating
• Agile Change Management
• Negotiating with Stakeholders
• Metrics and Project Control
• Test-Driven Development
Who Should Attend
This course introduces some advanced variations on basic project
management practices. While anyone can attend, project managers with
some experience managing IT projects or new product development
projects will find the material more applicable to their day-to-day
work.
Course
Materials
Students of this course receive a course workbook including printouts
of all course presentation materials, a copy of the best-selling
book Managing Agile Projects
by Kevin Aguanno, and a CD-ROM version of the Agile Estimating and Planning
Resource Kit.
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Testimonials
Feedback from a session hosted by the PMI Nova Scotia Chapter: - "Great presenter, very good presentation, great take away materials." - "Excellent! What a comprehensive snapshot of agile project management in a day!" - "The material was comprehensive and informative." -
"The course gave a braod overview of all the pieces relevant to the PM
and expalined well how they translate into traditional PM roles and
tasks." - "It was a very thorough presentation at the project manager level. Well done." -
"The instructor too the time up front to determine the group's goals
and made sure to defer to them at the end if not covered."
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