Project Management / Business Training Overview

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.

Target Student;

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

Course Objective;

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

Prerequisites:

A good understanding or work background in project management.

Delivery Method:

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

Hardware Requirements

For this course, you will need one computer for the instructor with minimum hardware components:

• 64 MB RAM or higher with 1 GB free hard disk space.
• An Intel? or Intel? Celeron? (or similar) processor with minimum 300 MHz clock speed.
• A CD-ROM drive.
• A mouse or other pointing device.
• 1024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended.
• An Internet connection.
• A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.

• Windows XP Professional.

• Microsoft? Windows? XP Professional (SP2) or Microsoft? Windows? 2000 (SP2), both 32 bit.

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.

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Agile Project Management

• Topic 1A: Overview of Agile
• Topic 1B: Describe the Values of Agile
• Topic 1C: Describe the Principles of Agile
• Topic 1D: Identify Methodologies of Agile