Agile Methods for Project Managers

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Description

Agile methods comprise a family of new software development lifecycle (SDLC) process models focusing on development in a “faster” and “lighter” fashion. Agile methods focus on people as the principle component for success in a software project over reams of documentation. Agile methods ask that project managers trained in traditional management techniques consider a new approach to the SDLC that focuses first on the rapid delivery of quality code through the active collaboration of all stakeholders over traditional document-centric, gated processes.

Objectives

Topics

  • Foundational principles and key practices of Agile Methods

  • Different Agile process lifecycle variants and the connection to Lean processes.

  • Creating user stories

  • Conduct agile planning events with Scrum and the Planning Game

  • Facilitate adapting to change through continuous feedback (customer

  • involvement, stand-up meetings, etc.)

  • Estimate project effort using story points and velocity

  • Track project progress using burndown charts and project dashboards

Intended Audience

This course is intended for project managers, business analysts, and software developers who would like to understand what makes a software development process “Agile”, and are considering an agile process model for an upcoming project.

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