With this Agile Project Management course, you will be able to understand the principles of agile management, in particular the Agile Scrum framework, during an IT project. This course will be very useful to better interact with agile teams within your organization as you will understand the agile values and principles, the notion of iterative and incremental development, as well as the Scrum framework (artifacts, meetings, roles). A good understanding of Agile principles will (among other things) facilitate change management and increase project visibility and alignment. Agile project management will allow you to ensure the necessary follow-ups to stay on track with the expected benefits.
Objectives
To become familiar with agile project management principles (SCRUM).
Is it for you ?
Development supervisors, project coordinators (PM1), project leaders (PM2), advisors, department heads, purchasing directors, engineerings, accountants and finance specialists.
Prerequisite
Participation in at least one project.
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Content
In software development (and in most other projects for that matter), needs evolve, to better meet customer expectations or to adapt to constraints that may arise (technical or legal in particular). This training focuses on the Scrum framework, in an agile project context, to help you keep your team and stakeholders focused on delivering value.
The project management training introduces you to the main principles of agility and equips you to apply the best practices of Agile project management according to the Scrum approach and to gain in versatility.
What is the Agile approach
- In this module you will see:
- What are the Agile values and principles (the 4 values and 12 principles of
the Manifesto)
- What is the Agile philosophy
- What are the differences between traditional project management methods and
the Agile approach
- Why choose an Agile approach in project management and what are the proven
benefits
- What are the challenges related to the adoption of agility
- What are the different levels of agility in the organization
- What are the characteristics of agile vs traditional development
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What is the agile project life cycle
In this module you will see:
- What are the key differences between a traditional and an agile lifecycle
- PMI, PMBOK and agile project management
- What are the phases of an Agile project
- What are the basic principles of an iterative and incremental approach
- What are the benefits
What is the Scrum framework
In this module you will see the key elements of the Scrum framework
- What is the Scrum framework (roles, artifacts, meetings)
- Scrum and empiricism
- What are the Scrum values
- What is the Scrum guide
- What are the roles in a Scrum team
- What is the role of the Product Manager
- What is the role of the Scrum Master
- What is the role of the development team
- Who is on an extended Scrum team?
- What are the artifacts of the Scrum framework
- What is the Product Backlog and how to prioritize customer requirements
- What is an iteration backlog
- What is an increment
- What is the process of a Scrum meeting
- How to do iteration planning (Sprint Planning)
- What is the purpose of the Daily Scrum and how does it work
- Why and how to refine the product backlog (Grooming)
- Why and how to conduct the Sprint Review
- How to conduct a retrospective
What are the phases of an Agile project
In this module you will see the main phases of an agile project and how to apply the Scrum framework to each of these phases.
- What is included in the start-up phase of an Agile project
- What is included in the construction phase
- What are the common pitfalls of iteration planning
- What are the common pitfalls of the daily scrum
- What are the possible pitfalls of an iteration review
- What are the pitfalls of a retrospective
- What is included in the transition phase.
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