This course is intended for those individuals interested in learning specific techniques and principles associated with lean thinking and problem-solving: business managers, operations team members, manufacturing team members, contract administrators, product managers, product designers, engineers, project stakeholders, team leads, project leaders, project managers and PMP^® certification holders who need to take training/education seminars for re-certification.

Value to the Organization

• Establish a standard approach to Agile Project Management
• Apply continuous improvement processes and practices to maximize the agile iterations

Each participant will be able to:

• Successfully integrate Agile methods into the organization, and how the organization must change
• Use Mainstream Agile Methods: Scrum, XP, UP/RUP
• Manage where Agile methods work, and where they don’t or can’t. Focus on “real-world” scenarios and techniques
• Network with others to collaborate on challenges/solutions

INTRODUCTION

• Introduction to Agile and Iterative Project Management

OVERVIEW OF ADAPTIVE / ITERATIVE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

• Traditional, process-based project management
• Waterfall life cycles and its challenges
• Fundamental concepts of adaptive development

FUNDAMENTALS OF AGILE

• Problems, pitfalls, and hype surrounding agile development
• Typical agile development life cycles
• Overview of types of agile development
• Which methodology to use? A comparison of development techniques.
• Why agility matters: The Agile Manifesto
• What Agile project management will do for your organization and what it won’t

SCRUM

• Overview and life cycle
• Minimum Viable Work Products
• Roles and Relationships
• Making Scrum Work
• Case Study, Debrief and Discussion

KANBAN

• Kanban and its benefit
• Application and how to make Kanban work for the team
• Applying Kanban in a team environment
• Case Study, Debrief and Discussion

SCRUMBAN

• Integrating Scrum and Kanban principles
• How to make Scrumban work for the team and the project
• Applying Scrumban in real time
• Case Study, Debrief and Discussion

WATER-SCRUM-FALL

• Using Water-Scrum-Fall to get started
• Why starting small matters
• Integrating the predictive and adaptive models
• Why Water-Scrum-Fall works when launching Agile
• Case Study, Debrief and Discussion

OTHER AGILE METHODOLOGIES

• Agile Business Analysis
• XP
• UP
• DSDM
• FDD

Agile Project Management Practice Tips

• Relationships to traditional project management (such as PMBOK® Guide)
• Business environment concerns – educating stakeholders and management