Introduction to Agile/Hybrid Project Management
Elements of Agile Project Management approaches increasingly enter into all kind of project environment, sometimes in combination with existing plan-based approaches. We help you to understand Agile project management and to combine it with predictive approaches.
Understanding Agile PM
The course provides a good overview of agile project management approaches and how they are applied in practice. It provides a comprehensive understanding what agile means and how it can be integrated in a project environment.
Finding The Appropriate Approach
In addition, the course will also look at how agile and plan-based project management approaches can work together and how the advantages of each approach can lead to an effective hybrid project management. With exercises, case-studies or company-internal examples, the course participants will engage in applying hybrid PM approaches.
Advantages
Highly customizable course: Adapted to your situation
Integrative approach: Learn the best from the two approaches & Practical Application: Gain hands-on experience
Value Delivery: Focus on how you can make a difference with projects
Iterative and adaptive: Learn to tailor the agile PM approaches to your needs
Agile/Hybrid Project Management
Delivery
Price per person
On demand
Languages
English, German, French & more on demand
Delivery and duration
- In-company training courses – including a variety of learning approach (customization and integration of company specific practices possible
- Classroom or virtual
- Delivery on a global scale possible
2-3 day course
Dates
Available upon request
Audience
Prerequisites
1
Some basic knowledge about project management would be an advantage, but is not necessary
Some basic knowledge about project management would be an advantage, but is not necessary
Learning objectives
At the end of the training, the participants will be able to:
Comprehend agile project management approaches and drive an agile project
Understand how they can be integrated in an existing PM approach
Tailor PM methods and tools to your specific project needs
Master the subtleties and nuances of approaches like Scrum, Lean, Kanban, etc.
Methodology
The course can be delivered as a blended learning approach including self-study and an interactive instructor-led seminar or as a instructor-led course.
- Kick-off meeting to launch the training and to introduce to the different phases and tools
- Self-study phase with digital learning contents and accompanied by a distant coach
- Instructor-led workshop with practical examples, case studies and exercises.
This learning topic is highly customizable to the specific project environment of a company and the nature of their projects.
Content
- Particularities of Agile approaches
- Planning – critical elements: user stories, backlog, backlog, and sprint planning
- Executing – critical elements: sprints, daily scrum, retrospective and feeding back to backlog
- Roles and responsibilities in agile project teams
- Interfaces with predictive PM approaches
- Models of integrating agile and plan-based approaches.
