Duration: 2 days – 14 hrs
Overview
This course is an advanced Project Management Training course for professionals who have experienced doing project management in the past. This is designed to provide an in-depth discussion on the Key Concepts of Project Management. The focus of this training is to ensure the participants are familiar with Agile and how to use Agile Project Management in handling projects.
Objectives
- Review the key concepts of Program and Project Management.
- Discuss the different methodologies used in Project Management.
- Introduce Agile Manifesto and its importance in Project Management.
- Provide a detailed discussion of the ten Knowledge Areas.
- Discuss the PMI Talent Triangle and its relationship with the Project Management domains.
- Discuss one of the most popular Agile frameworks – Scrum.
- Agree on which project artifacts to use in Project Management.
- To ensure proper project closure in Project Management.
Audience
- Project and program managers, software architects, systems analysts, team leaders, developers and anyone interested in applying Scrum and Agile methodologies.
- Administrators and managers responsible for coordinating, facilitating or managing projects and programs.
- Technical professionals and engineers moving into project leadership and coordination
- General Managers responsible for projects and programs
- Members of process and performance improvement teams
- Business Planning Coordinators
- Six Sigma Professionals
Pre- requisites
- Familiarity of the key concepts of Project Management and ideally, a Project Manager who has used the Waterfall methodology of Project Management.
Course Content
Module 1: Program and Project Management Key Concepts
- PMI Overview
- Project and Program
- Project Manager Responsibilities
- Importance of Project Management
- Project Management Principles
Module 2: Project Management Methodologies, Agile Manifesto and Knowledge Areas
- Project Management Methodologies
- Waterfall
- Agile
- Hybrid
- Agile Manifesto
- Knowledge Areas
Module 3: Project Management Domains
- PMI Talent Triangle
- People
- Process
- Business Environment
Module 4: Agile and the Scrum Framework
- Scrum Framework
- Scrum Team Roles
- Product Backlog
- Scrum Activities
Sprint Planning
Daily Standup
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
- Implementation/Releases
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Release Schedule
Module 5: Project Artifacts
- Project Plan
- Status Report
- Risk Log
- Issue Log
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Backlog
- Burndown Chart
Module 6: Project Closure
- Training
- Knowledge Transfer
- Project Team Support
- Lessons Learned
- Formal Project Closure Communication
