Adapt to Innovation with Agile Project Management

Traditional Classroom: 1-day
Virtual Instructor-led: Two 3-3.5 hour sessions; Three 2-hour sessions

This comprehensive one-day course introduces participants to agile project management to be applied in innovative, complex, and high-uncertainty projects. Agile values and comparisons to traditional project management practices are defined, as are key factors influencing the successful adoption of agile project management, as well as an overview of proven agile techniques and practices.

Target Audience

Individuals who will benefit from this course include executives, business sponsors, portfolio managers, program managers, product managers, project managers, project team leaders, project team members, project subject matter experts, project management office staff, and anyone interested in learning more about agile project management.

Learning Objectives

Introduce agile concepts, values, and principles.
Differentiate between traditional and agile project management approaches and adoption factors.
Learn to leverage agile project management techniques and practices.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Agile Project Management

PM History and Evolution
Traditional Project Management
Agile Project Management
Agile PM vs. Traditional PM
Exercise: Demonstration Comparing Traditional and Agile PM

Module 2: Agile Values

Agile Manifesto
Agile Principles
Agile Declaration of Interdependence
Exercise: Group Discussion on Agile Values Influencing Project Success

Module 3: Agile PM Adoption

Overview
Drivers
Concerns
Failure Causes
Exercise: Group Discussion on Organizational Perception of Agile PM Adoption

Module 4: Agile Techniques

Time-Box
Iteration
Daily Stand-Up Meeting
Backlogs/Task Board
Retrospective
Exercise: Class Workshop on Applying Agile Techniques

Module 5: Agile Practices

Lean Project Management
Kanban
Scrum
Exercise: Demonstration on Applying Agile Practices

MDP580 Course Code

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