Course Details
Course Description:
The Agile Project Management course is a 3-day course that is designed to teach students learn how to manage an agile project from inception to closeout.?
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the agile process and extensive opportunities to practice implementing agile best practices throughout a project's life cycle. Students will learn about agile concepts such as the minimum viable product (MVP), project envisioning, team velocity, estimating and prioritizing user stories, how to manage risk, effective techniques to identify key stakeholders and their success criteria, and best practices for leading agile teams.?
The course exercises provide hands-on experience in all areas of agile project management including developing an agile team, understanding client needs, creating user stories, estimating required resources, and prioritizing features. Also, the class discusses how to coach and collaborate effectively, including integrating with teams using different methodologies. Additionally, students will plan iterations, identify risk, modify stories in the backlog, and coordinate a release.
Topics covered in the course include:
- Defining a project's vision and scope.
- Identifying stakeholders and success criteria
- Identify users
- Developing an agile team
- Reviewing, estimating, and prioritizing user stories
- Creating an iteration and release plan
- Identifying and managing project risk
- Planning communication
- Planning and concluding an iteration
- Adding or modifying stories in the backlog
- Managing impediments
- Interfacing with teams that use other development methodologies
- Coordinating a release
- Closing out a project
- Applying agile practices to your organization
Target Student:This course is designed for the following students:
- Project managers
- Program managers
- IT managers
- Team leads
Prerequisites: Students should possess the following experience before attending the course:
Some knowledge of projects or Agile methodology is recommended but not required.
Course Outline
- Develop a Basic Understanding of Agile
- Define the Project Vision and Scope
- Identify Stakeholders and Success Criteria
- Identify Users
- Develop an Agile Team
- Review and Estimate User Stories
- Prioritize User Stories
- Create an Iteration and Release Plan
- Identify and Manage Project Risk
- Plan Communication
- Plan an Iteration
- Conclude an Iteration
- Add or Modify Stories in the Backlog
- Manage Impediments
- Interface with Teams that use Other Development Methodologies
- Coordinate a Release
- Close Out a Project
- Apply Agile Practices to Your Organization
Some knowledge of projects or Agile methodology is recommended but not required.
Virtual Live Instructor
Free Training Materials
Convenient Scheduling
Testimonials
This was the class I needed.
The instructor Jeff took his time and made sure we understood each topic before moving to the next. He answered all of our questions, and I don't know about the rest of the students, but was very pleased with this experience.
I finally understand how to use Excel.
-Amanda T (Yale New Haven Hospital).
Great class!
We were able to cover a lot of information in one day without getting overwhelmed.
-Maria R (Microsoft).
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