Much has been said about running agile project management. However, most courses talk about the development approach to agile projects and not so much on the management approach. As projects become more complex and approaches vary, the need to complement traditional (waterfall) methods with new approaches becomes a necessity. This three half day course is geared towards the project manager who is managing agile projects – regardless of the development methodology and industry. Based completely on PMI’s Agile Practice Guide and with references to the PMBOK^® Guide – 6th Edition, you are guaranteed to come off this training fully equipped to manage any type of agile project for any type of industry. Learn today and lead tomorrow.

This course is delivered as an online classroom plus offline work to maximize learning without the need to be physically present.

At the end of this course participants should be able to

• Describe the concepts of Agile and the different approaches
• Determine what is the preferred approach for each type of project
• Prepare his/her organization to have an Agile Mindset
• Apply some of the Agile Practices in his/her workplace
• Describe the considerations needed to establish an agile-ready organization

Course Outline

Session 1

• Understanding Agile
  • Projects nowadays
  • The Agile Manifesto
  • Lean and the Kanban Method
  • Risks and Uncertainty
• Selecting Life Cycles
  • Characteristics of Project Life Cycles
    • Predictive
    • Iterative
    • Incremental
    • Agile
    • When is Agile suited for a Project?
    • Hybrid Life Cycles
    • Agile and Predictive
    • Majority Predictive with some Agile
    • Majority Agile with some Predictive
    • Hybrid Life Cycles
  • Mixing Agile Approaches
  • Project Tailoring

Session 2

• Creating an Agile Mindset
  • Begin with an Agile Mindset
  • The role of Servant Leadership
  • Team Composition

• Delivering in an Agile Environment
  • Project and Team Charters
  • Agile Practices
    • Retrospectives
    • Backlog Preparation
    • Backlog Refinement
    • Daily Stand-ups
    • Demonstrations/Reviews
    • Planning for Iteration-Based Agile
    • Execution Practices that helps team deliver value
    • How iterations and increments help deliver working product
• Assignment
  • Backlog Preparation and Refinement

Session 3

• Delivering in an Agile Environment (continued)
  • Online Activity – Planning Poker
  • Agile Project Challenges and how to fix them
  • Measuring Agile Projects

• Enabling the organization to be Agile-ready
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Organizational Culture
  • Procurement and Contracts
  • Business Practices
  • Multi-team coordination and dependencies
  • Agile and the PMO
  • Organizational Structure
  • Evolving the Organization
• Summary and Wrap-Up

Course Duration

• 3 days (1 three-hour online session per day plus individual assignments)

Course Prerequisites

• Participants must have stable access to internet (preferably via DSL connection or better)
• Participants must have access to the internet through a desktop or laptop computer. Use of handheld devices such as mobile phones / tablets might impede the ability to participate effectively.

Delivery Methodologies

• Online Lecture and Discussion
• Online Activity
• Individual Assignments
• Individual Readings

This course is recommended for

• Project Managers and Project Team members who will be involved in Agile Projects
• Project Executives who want to understand Agile concepts from a management level
• Project Stakeholders who want to have projects to be run in Agile
• Anyone involved in the development and implementation of projects using Agile

This course also earns the participants 16 PDU’s/Contact hours. Moreover, because Crossworks Training and Consulting Corp.is an Authorized Training Provider (ATP), you can be assured of quality courses that are 100% aligned with PMI® standards.