Course Outline
Pre-Requisites
Some knowledge of projects or Agile methodology is recommended but not required.
Lessons
COURSE OVERVIEW
As companies increasingly adopt the agile methodology to manage a wide spectrum of projects, project managers and team members at all levels must learn how to effectively apply this approach to maximize results. If your role involves managing or working on projects in an existing agile environment or if your company is planning to implement agile soon, then take this course to learn how to manage an agile project from inception to closeout.
This course provides a thorough understanding of the agile process and extensive opportunities to practice implementing agile best practices throughout a project’s life cycle. You 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. This course also covers how to coach and collaborate effectively, including integrating with teams using different methodologies. In addition, you will plan iterations, identify risk, modify stories in the backlog, and coordinate a release.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Define a project’s vision and scope.
- Identify stakeholders and success criteria
- Identify users
- Develop an agile team
- Review, estimate, and prioritize user stories
- Create an iteration and release plan
- Identify and manage project risk
- Plan communication
- Plan and 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
OUTLINE
Classroom Live 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
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Project managers
- Program managers
- IT managers
- Team leads
PDUS
This course qualifies you for the following PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs):
- Technical Project Management = 21
Total = 21
Cancellation Policy
We require 16 calendar days notice to reschedule or cancel any registration. Failure to provide the required notification will result in 100% charge of the course. If a student does not attend a scheduled course without prior notification it will result in full forfeiture of the funds and no reschedule will be allowed. Within the required notification period, only student substitutions will be permitted. Reschedules are permitted at anytime with 16 or more calendar days notice. Enrollments must be rescheduled within six months of the cancel date or funds on account will be forfeited.
Training Location
Online Classroom
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your city,
your province
your country
I would never take another course that starts at 11AM and goes to 9PM again. The way the course was laid out really took away from the capturing of what was presented as it was 5-6 hours of watching a screen before getting to the actual labs. There has to be a better way to lay out this particular course. In my previous course, the lectures were broken up by labs which worked out fantastic and kept you engaged in the course. There were days when in order to actually complete the labs, would go over the 9PM day end time frame. Was able to get the primary labs done, but if you want to get all the content completed, you cannot complete it in the window of this course, you will need to come back on your own time.