ThoughtWorks is a privately owned, global technology company with 42 offices in 15 countries. It provides software design and delivery, and pioneering tools and consulting services.
FUTURE SKILLS SHORT COURSE
Agile For Project Management
Develop leadership skills to deliver successful projects in agile teams and environments.
Next start date1 Jun 2020
- Prerequisites
- We recommend you familiarise yourself with the basics of Agile or project management concepts
- Time commitment
- 6 weeks (5-8 hours per week) 100% online
100% online, mentor supported, workplace ready
Why learn Agile For Project Management?
We're guessing you've already heard of agile or have had some project management experience. This course will bring you the best of both worlds - the flexibility of agile without losing discipline and control. Learn how to deliver value over outcome and make your projects hum!
This course is relevant for Project Managers, Team Managers, Software Developers, Business Analysts, Project Officers, Change Managers and Senior Managers and everyone looking to brush up their project management or agile skills.
How does it work
Building on Digital Delivery with Agile course, this practical and hands-on course tackles solutions for project management scenarios. You will cover:
- Inception
- Sprint planning
- Prioritisation models
- Change management
- Reporting
- Project wall
- Agile maturity assessment
- Team engagement strategies
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Course Structure
Module 1
Agile mindset to project management
Why adopt agile
Setting up your project with agile
Sensible defaults for a project
Assignment
Set up sensible defaults for a project
Set up sensible defaults for a project
Module 2
Plan a project
How to run an inception
Create a release plan
Prioritisation
Assignment
Set up a project plan
Set up a project plan
Module 3
Value driven delivery
Delivering value not projects
Release in multiple iterations
Plan, Do, Check, Act
Assignment
Strategies to implement value driven delivery
Strategies to implement value driven delivery
Module 4
Reporting and measures
Tracking progress and metrics
Build a project wall
Warning signs
Assignment
Build a physical or digital project wall
Build a physical or digital project wall
Module 5
From project to product
Project vs product team
Agile maturity assessment
Enable team autonomy
Assignment
Running an Agile project
Running an Agile project
Module 6
What's next
Tap into industry experts
Future exploration on tools and trends
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