Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project

CCRS Code: MS09010014

 

Nowadays, two different types of competencies are needed to efficiently manage agile projects: Learning agile project management principles and using software that will be required in this regard. Microsoft Project offers the ability to plan, control and analyze existing resources of a project in an efficient way.

Learning Objectives

 

By attending this 14 hour course, the participants will learn the following topics in order to accomplish the objectives of the projects they manage:

 

• Agile Project Management

• Scrum Principles

• Nexus Principles

• Kanban Principles

• Microsoft Project Usage

 

Learning Outcomes

 

What the participants have learned will be assessed by performance-based activities as follows. Using Microsoft Project, the participants are going to perform hands-on exercises related to the following subjects: task board, task board sheet, sprint planning board, sprint planning sheet, current sprint board, current sprint sheet, sprint management, reports, etc.

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Content

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First Day – 7 Hours

 

Welcome

• ntroduction

• Agile Project Management

• Scrum Principles

• Project Initiation Stage

• Scrum Team Formation

• Product Backlog Preparation

• Sprint Planning

• Sprint Backlog Preparation

 

Second Day – 7 Hours

 

• Sprint Activities

• Resource Allocation

• Baseline

• Sprint Execution

• Sprint Closure

• Nexus

• Kanban

• Hybrid Approach

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Evaluation of the Course

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14 hours

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Any person who attended the whole course will receive an attendance certificate from İstanbul Kurumsal Gelişim, which is accredited by PMI®.