Introduction to project management in Agile mode /F345

Purpose

Become familiar with the specificities of today’s business environment and the project management approaches in Agile mode versus more traditional approaches.

Learning objectives

• Define your business environment and your impact on how projects are managed.
• Identify and determine when and how to use Agile project management.
• Use the main techniques of Agile project management.
• Recognize and know how to apply the key ingredients of an Agile culture and the generic techniques for ensuring the success of a project requiring Agile mode.

Breakdown

Theoretical presentations (40%); experimenting and hands-on exercises (60%).

Content

Pre-training preparatory exercise

• Pre-training preparatory reading on the foundations of agility

Training – 1 day

• Introduction and icebreaker
• Review the preparatory reading: surprises and discoveries
• Interactive presentation: links between the business environment and project management
• Group immersion experience
• Summary group discussion: benefits of teamwork
• Expert clip: the main techniques of Agile project management
• Team challenge: experimenting with the storyboard tool
• Debriefing: summary review of Agile culture
• Learning circle: positioning your company with Agile culture
• Practice exercise:
• Workshops in subgroups: studying a current project in traditional mode
• Rotating workshops: “agiling” your generic project management methodology
• My learning action plan and next steps to agility
• Training evaluation