Agile Project Management February 8, 2010

Agile Project Management

Whether in government or private industry, project managers face a huge challenge when confronted with continually changing requirements. How can you plan when the things keep changing? Traditional project management approaches suggest that we take a snapshot of the requirements as a baseline, and then use change control in an attempt to minimize the impact of any shifting requirements. Sometimes, however, these changes are a reality that the project sponsor has to accommodate. The new Agile Project Management methods help deal with these situations.

Participants in this 3-day session will learn the techniques of Agile Project Management through simulations and examples from real-world projects that used these methods to control changing requirements.

Earn your Certified Agile Project Management Credential from PMAC-AMPC: This course is accredited by the Project Management Association of Canada. It meets the prerequisites to write the PMAC Certificate in Agile Project Management exam.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To provide experienced project managers with advanced understanding of the principles and techniques of agile project management, so that they will be able to identify situations where agile techniques may add value and begin to apply the techniques to reduce overall project risk on highchange projects.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course introduces some advanced variations on basic project management practices. While anyone can attend, project managers with some experience managing IT projects or new product development projects will find the material more applicable to their day-to-day work.

PREREQUISITE

* The Complete Project Management Seminar, or
* Have work experience in a Project Management environment.

MATERIALS

You will receive the course binder containing course handouts and presentations and a copy of the best-selling book “Managing Agile Projects”.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The Evolution of Systems Development Lifecycles (SDLCs)

Iterative and Incremental Development

The Agile Philosophy

Agile Team and Project Characteristics

Scrum Overview

Lean Development Overview

Feature-Driven Development Overview

Extreme Programming Overview

Agile Requirements Management

Agile Modeling

Agile Model-Driven Development

Agile Documentation

Agile Planning & Estimating

Agile Change Management

Negotiating with Stakeholders

Metrics and Project Control

Test-Driven Development

Official Website: http://www.procept.com/pmcourses/agile_project_management.html