Personnel who are seeking in-depth knowledge of agile project management. The course is also designed to provide comprehensive for the practices, tools and techniques used to effectively respond to changes in their project within the agile framework.
Duration
2 Days
Programme Overview
The overall aim of this course is to provide participants with the skills needed to manage knowledge-based projects and to apply agile project management methodologies. Participants in this interactive course will learn all the critical tools and techniques required to manage projects using agile practices and necessary to pass the PMI-ACP® (Agile Certified Practitioner) certification exam.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Define agile project management frameworks, processes and methodologies and understand the agile mindset and the value-driven delivery
Apply agile tools and techniques in compliance with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards
Engage the agile project stakeholders through establishing an active dialogue to identify potential issues, risks and defects
Define the roles and responsibilities for each member of the team and build a high-performance agile team
Apply adaptive planning on the agile project that will enable the team to respond to changes effectively
Incorporate continuous improvement to agile projects through process analysis and process tailoring
Apply for the certification examination so you can take the PMI-ACP Exam
Methodology
This course relies on the use of individual and group exercises aimed at helping participants learn all key activities for agile project management. The course also relies on the use of several case studies and presentations by participants, followed by discussions. Also, this course incorporates pre-and post-testing.
Course Outline
Module 1: Agile Principles and Mindset
Core principles of agile project management
Agile's mindset
Traditional versus agile project management
Agile methodologies:
(a)Scrum
(b)Extreme programming (XP)
(c)Lean product development
Agile leadership
Module 2: Value-Driven Delivery
Assessing value
Prioritizing schemes:
(a)MoSCoW
(b)Monopoly money
(c)Dot voting
(d)Kano analysis
Minimal value product
Agile contracting
Verifying and validating the value
Module 3: Stakeholders Engagement
Principles of stakeholders engagement
Developing an agile charter
Definition of "Done"
Agile modelling
Communicating with stakeholders
Using critical interpersonal skills
Module 4:Team Performance
Agile team roles
Building and maintaining a high-performance team
Models of team development
Training, coaching and mentoring
Creating collaborative workspaces
Distributed teams
Tracking team performance (burn charts, cumulative flow diagrams, velocity)
Module 5: Adaptive Planning
Progressive elaboration
Decomposition process
Timeboxing - the control of chaos
Agile estimation
User stories
Sizing Tools for High-Level Planning (affinity estimating, t-shirt sizing, story maps, product roadmaps)
Release and iteration planning
Define Acceptance Criteria and Write the Acceptance Tests
