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Agile Project Management

Course Code: 2497

This two-day course gives you a high-level overview of various project management approaches, from prescriptive to adaptive methods. You will explore the principles of Agile project management delivery, with a focus on Scrum and Kanban. The class features interactive discussions and hands-on activities.

This course covers the following Agile topics:

  • Project vision and goals
  • Key roles and responsibilities
  • Release plans
  • Backlogs
  • Requirements
  • Use cases
  • Personas
  • Journey mapping
  • Themes and epics
  • User stories
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Estimating the level of effort
  • INVEST
  • Traditional sprint ceremonies/events
  • Performance metric tools

Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

  • Define project management.
  • Differentiate between prescriptive and adaptive project delivery approaches.
  • Explain a spectrum of common project management methodologies.
  • Understand Agile origins, core values, and principles.
  • Describe the key elements of Scrum and Kanban.
  • Apply Agile learning through Scrum roles, artifacts, and events.
  • Apply Kanban learning using visual workflow boards
  • Recognize Agile requirement hierarchy and traceability importance

Prerequisite: We strongly recommend you complete Project Management Essentials before taking this class, but it is not required.

Intended Audience: Anyone involved in Agile project implementation.