Course Name: Introduction to Agile Project Management
Area of Study: Project Management Fundamentals
Classroom Hours: 7
Tuition Per Student: $325

Description:

You are familiar with the concepts of traditional project management and may have used the concepts to manage multiple projects. For projects in which the requirements are continuously changing, you may need a more proactive project management approach. In this course, you will use Agile project management.

You will identify the Agile project management principles and use Scrum to manage projects.

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Getting Started with Agile Project Management

• Overview of Agile
• Describe the Values of Agile
• Describe the Principles of Agile
• Identify Methodologies of Agile

Using the Scrum Methodology

• Identify Roles and Responsibilities in Scrum
• Implement the Scrum Process

Managing Projects with the Scrum Methodology

• Estimating a Scrum Project
• Track Scrum Projects
• Communication in Scrum Projects
• Best Practices to Manage Scrum

Understanding Critical Success Factors to Implement Agile

• List Risks in Agile Projects
• Myths About Agile
• List the Challenges in Agile
• List the Benefits of Agile

Students enrolled for this course should have the following:

This course is intended for Project Managers, Program Managers, or anyone who wants to efficiently manage projects that experience frequent changes in user requirements.

Students should have a good understanding or work background in project management prior to enrollment.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe Agile project management.
• Describe the Scrum methodology used to manage a project.
• Manage projects using the Scrum methodology.
• Understand the critical success factors to implement Agile.