Course Overview
For many years, an Agile approach to projects and project management has been used to achieve faster and greater project success. There are many types of projects where an Agile approach is the best way forward. While Agile was originally focused on IT projects, that is now a thing of the past. Today, Agile is being used in a wide range of industries for various kinds of projects.

This training program is designed for those who believe in and want to deepen their understanding of applying Agile principles and practices in projects. It highlights Agile approaches such as Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban.

In this course, participants will learn the generally recognized practices of Agile Project Management. The focus is on the essential knowledge necessary to understand Agile and Scrum, and to assess how applicable they are to the participants’ own project environments.

This Agile Project Management program can also serve as a foundation for certifications such as Scrum Master or PMI-ACP.

Target Audience
This 2-day course is designed for professionals with project experience who want to apply Agile principles, tools, and techniques to their work.
The course is ideal for individuals looking to:

• Develop professionally
• Improve their Agile management skills
• Adopt a formal, standards-based approach to Agile Project Management

Learning Outcome
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define the principles of Agile
• Comprehend techniques under Agile and Scrum
• Recognize important stakeholders
• Use the right Scrum tools and techniques at appropriate times
• Discuss Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Lean
• Identify how teams function in an Agile environment

Course Outline
The program will cover the following topics:

• History of Agile
• About Agile
• Agile Project Management
• Differences between Agile and Waterfall methods
• Agile and Scrum
• Lean values and principles
• Agile methodologies
• Agile concepts
• What Agile is not
• Agile life cycle
• Agile Manifesto
• Agile practices
• Agile principles
• The Agile/Scrum team
• Agile roles and responsibilities
• Agile planning
• Creating user stories
• Story gathering workshop
• Estimating work for Agile projects
• Backlogs and prioritization
• Sprint planning
• Sprint backlogs
• Burn-down and burn-up charts
• Agile velocity
• Calculating Agile velocity
• Agile wall charts
• Agile collaborative workspace
• About Agile retrospectives
• Inspect and adapt retrospective
• Releases and project retrospective
• Other Agile components and techniques