Duration
Agile Project Management: Intermediate
2 days
Overview
This course provides an introduction to Agile project management principles and techniques. Participants will learn how to apply Agile methodologies in their projects, enabling them to enhance productivity and achieve successful project outcomes. This course covers key Agile project management practices, including the creation of a product backlog, sprint planning, and conducting sprint reviews and retrospectives. Participants will gain high-level practical knowledge on how to implement an Agile project.
Learning Outcomes
- Use Agile project management practices like product backlog, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Utilize Agile estimation techniques and user stories for better work prioritisation and estimation, improving project planning and delivery.
- Employ Agile metrics to measure team performance, identify improvement areas, and track progress towards project goals.
Audience
Anyone seeking an intermediate introduction and awareness of Agility@Workplace
Day 1:
Morning Session:
- Introduction to Agile principles and values
- Agile frameworks overview
- Scrum framework: roles, ceremonies, and artefacts
- Agile planning
- Sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and retrospective
Afternoon Session:
- Agile estimation techniques
- User stories: how to write them, prioritise them, and estimate them
- Agile metrics and how to measure team performance
- Hands-on exercise: Create a product backlog and plan the first sprint
Day 2:
Morning Session:
- Lean thinking and continuous improvement
- Agile leadership: Servant leadership, coaching, and facilitating
- Agile team building and collaboration for customer service and sales teams
- Agile quality assurance for customer service and sales teams
Afternoon Session:
- Agile project management challenges: distributed teams, stakeholder management, etc., for customer service and sales teams
- Hands-on exercise: Run a sprint, monitor progress, and report on the sprint outcome
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.