Agile Project Management Approaches and Applications

CCRS Code: AG01010114

 

The competencies of Agile team members are developed within the scope of Agile Manifesto and principals using Agile project management approach.  

 

This training is introduced as a 2 days program focusing on methodology and applications. It is based on PMI-ACP® references and well accepted practitioners all over the world.

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The following people could attend the PMI-ACP® exam preparation training:

• Managers who implement or will begin implementing Agile project management methodologies in their organization,

• Professionals working in an agile project management environment,

• Those who want to certify their competence in this field with a certificate that is valid and prestigious in the world,

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Benefits

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• Agile Manifesto and Principals

• Agile Roles

• Agile Meetings

• Agile Life Cycle

• Important elements for Agile transition

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Content

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• I. Agile Foundations

• 1. Traditional Approach

• 2. Agile Manifesto/History

• 3. Agile Values and Principles

• 4. Empirical Process vs. Defined Process

• 5. The Various Agile Methods (Scrum, XP, Lean, etc.)

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• II. Agile Team

• 1. Agile Roles

• 2. Self-Organizing

• 3. Generalizing Specialists

• 4. Boosting Team Performance

• 5. Communication, Collaboration and Decision Making

• 6. Servant Leadership and Empowerment

• 7. Conflict Resolution

• 8. Building the team

• 10. Distributed Agile Teams

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• III. Pre-Project Considerations

• 1. Risks of Agile and Failure Modes

• 2. Agile Contracts

• 3. Organizational Consideration

• 4. Project Feasibility (ROI, NPV, IRR)

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• IV. Project Initiation

• 1. Project Visioning and Chartering

• 2. ROI and Business Value Justification

• 3. Creating the Backlog with MMF Set

• 4. Alternative Solution Analysis

• 5. Agile Contracts

• 6. Stakeholder Analysis

• 7. Prioritization

• 8. Project Level Risk Management

• 9. Project High Level Estimates

• 10. WIP (Work In Progress)

• 11. Team Release Velocity Estimation

• 12. Building a Roadmap

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• V. Project Release Planning

• 1. Project and Team Kickoff

• 2. Refine the Backlog

• 3. Story Level Prioritization

• 4. Story Sizing/Estimation

• 5. Estimating Initial Sprint Velocity

• 6. Building the Release Plan

• 7. Setting up Collaboration Environments

• 8. Hardening/Stabilization Sprint

• VI. Project Foundation Setup

• 1. Identifying 'Must Haves' for Sprint 1

• 2. High Level Architectural, Business and UI Design

• 3. Hardware, Software, Training

• 4. Pre-Planning for Sprint 1

• 5. Risk Mitigation through Spikes and Dependency Identification

• 6. Testing Strategy Planning

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• VII. Sprint Execution

• 1. Sprint Planning

• 2. Task Breakdown and Estimating

• 3. Team Commitment and Cadence

• 4. Technical Excellence

• 5. Collaboration, Empowerment and Conflict Management

• 6. Pre-Planning and 'Just in Time' Detailed Requirements

• 7. Daily Standups

• 8. Activities during a Sprint

• 9. Information Radiators

• 10. Impediment and Risk Mitigation

• 11. Coaching and Facilitation

• 12. Stakeholder Engagement

• 13. Agile Documentation Considerations

• 14. Story Level User Acceptance Testing

• 15. Sprint Review

• 16. Backlog Grooming

• 17. Scope & Schedule Management

• 18. Retrospective

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2 days (14 hours)

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At the end of the training, a certificate is given.