Course Description
When starting a new project, one of the most important decisions you can make is choosing the right project delivery strategy. While the waterfall approach is the standard methodology framework in many organizations, most people are not aware there are different project delivery strategies: waterfall, iterative, incremental, IID, and its lightweight cousin, agile.
Participants will learn about the Agile mindset and how to start thinking in innovative ways and how agile teams use openness and transparency, collaboration, and group reflection to improve team performance. Topics explored include agile philosophy, lean, team culture in the agile environment, and ways to rapidly improve performance through rapid growth reflection. After completing the course, participants will be able to structure work differently and better adapt to volatility, uncertainty, change, and ambiguity (VUCA).
Course Outline
- Choosing the right approach
- The need for Agile and the agile philosophy
- Waterfall, iterative, incremental, IID or Agile, lifecycle model benefits
- Lean concepts
- Agile frameworks that cover different portions of the project lifecycle
- Using the Scrum framework to structure teamwork
- Scrum in various environments
- Team culture and communication in agile environments
- Ways to rapidly improve performance through rapid growth reflection
- Methods for changing team culture through new styles of communication and teamwork
What You Will Learn
- How to choose the best approach for a project and the benefits and risks of each approach
- Understanding the agile mindset and team dynamics
- Understanding Agile processes
Prerequisites
Project Management Essentials or equivalent
Recommended For
- Those working on projects in any industry who want to understand more about Agile
- Project managers, project coordinators, subject matter experts, technical personnel, team members, managers, and those involved in project sponsorship or governance
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional and Leadership Studies : Elective Program - Project Management
- Certificate in Project Management : Required