Training Course on Agile Project Management (PMC007)
Training Course on Agile Project Management
Agile Project Management provides a flexible and collaborative approach to managing projects in environments where requirements, priorities, and stakeholder needs can change. This training equips participants with practical knowledge and skills to plan, execute, monitor, and improve projects using Agile principles and methodologies.
Participants will explore Agile frameworks and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, iterative planning, backlog management, estimation, prioritization, team collaboration, stakeholder engagement, risk management, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement. The course combines practical exercises, discussions, case studies, and project simulations to help participants apply Agile techniques effectively within their organizations.
Course Duration
5 days
Course Objectives
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles, values, and practices of Agile Project Management.
- Apply Agile frameworks and approaches such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean to project environments.
- Initiate Agile projects by defining project vision, objectives, requirements, and expected outcomes.
- Develop, prioritize, and manage product backlogs and user stories.
- Plan, estimate, schedule, and execute Agile projects through iterative delivery.
- Build effective Agile teams and improve collaboration, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
- Monitor project progress using Agile metrics, reporting tools, and performance indicators.
- Identify and manage project risks, changes, issues, and emerging priorities.
- Use retrospectives and other techniques to promote continuous improvement.
- Apply Agile Project Management techniques through practical exercises and project simulations.
Course Outline
Module 1: Agile Project Management Fundamentals
- Introduction to Agile Project Management
- Evolution of Agile Project Management
- Agile Manifesto and its principles
- Agile values and mindset
- Characteristics of Agile projects
- Agile versus traditional project management
- Benefits and challenges of Agile
- When and where to use Agile approaches
- Applying Agile in different sectors and organizational environments
Module 2: Agile Frameworks, Roles and Teams
- Overview of Agile methodologies
- Introduction to Scrum
- Introduction to Kanban and Lean
- Understanding Agile roles and responsibilities
- Product Owner, Scrum Master and Agile Project Team
- Role of the Project Manager in an Agile environment
- Self-organizing and cross-functional teams
- Building effective Agile teams
- Agile leadership and servant leadership
- Team communication and collaboration
Module 3: Agile Project Initiation and Requirements
- Initiating an Agile project
- Defining project vision and objectives
- Understanding customer and stakeholder needs
- Identifying and analyzing stakeholders
- Defining project scope and expected outcomes
- Developing an Agile product roadmap
- Gathering and managing requirements
- Epics, features and user stories
- Writing effective user stories
- Developing acceptance criteria
- Managing evolving requirements
Module 4: Agile Backlog Management, Planning and Estimation
- Understanding the product backlog
- Developing and organizing the backlog
- Backlog refinement
- Prioritizing requirements and activities
- Value-based prioritization
- Sprint and release planning
- Breaking work into manageable tasks
- Agile estimation techniques
- Story points and relative estimation
- Planning Poker
- Velocity and team capacity
- Managing dependencies and changing priorities
Module 5: Agile Project Execution and Delivery
- Understanding Agile project execution
- Sprint and iteration management
- Sprint planning
- Daily stand-up meetings
- Managing tasks and team activities
- Identifying and removing impediments
- Managing changes during implementation
- Iterative and incremental delivery
- Quality management in Agile projects
- Sprint reviews and demonstrations
- Customer feedback and product acceptance
- Managing project delivery and value realization
Module 6: Agile Monitoring, Risk and Stakeholder Management
- Monitoring Agile project performance
- Agile metrics and Key Performance Indicators
- Velocity tracking
- Burndown and burnup charts
- Cycle time and lead time
- Tracking progress and identifying bottlenecks
- Agile project reporting
- Identifying and assessing Agile project risks
- Managing uncertainty and emerging risks
- Issue and change management
- Stakeholder engagement and communication
- Managing stakeholder expectations and feedback
Module 7: Agile Continuous Improvement and Project Closure
- Understanding continuous improvement in Agile
- Sprint retrospectives
- Reviewing team and project performance
- Identifying improvement opportunities
- Root-cause analysis
- Developing and implementing improvement actions
- Lessons learned
- Knowledge sharing and documentation
- Product release and handover
- Evaluating project outcomes
- Agile project closure
- Sustaining Agile practices within the organization
Module 8: Practical Agile Project Management Simulation
This practical module allows participants to apply the knowledge and techniques covered throughout the course to a realistic project scenario.
Participants will work through a simulated Agile project involving:
- Defining the project vision and objectives
- Identifying stakeholders
- Developing a product backlog
- Creating epics, features and user stories
- Establishing acceptance criteria
- Prioritizing requirements
- Estimating project work
- Developing a Sprint plan
- Assigning and managing tasks
- Conducting a simulated Sprint
- Tracking project progress
- Managing a project risk or change
- Conducting a Sprint review
- Conducting a retrospective
- Identifying lessons learned
- Developing a continuous improvement plan
- Presenting project results
Note: The specific content, activities, and duration of each session may be adjusted based on the target audience, learning objectives, and available time.
Course Language
English
Certification
Presentations are well guided, practical exercise, a plenary presentation, and group work.
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