Implementing an Agile Project

    

Summary:
Many of today's Project Management and Business Analyst Professionals are finding themselves leading, managing and analyzing on Agile development teams - only to find that many of the tools and techniques applied when using a traditional project management approach no longer work as effectively or at all. In order to do more than survive in this iterative development environment, today's Project Manager and Business Analyst must employ additional project management and business analysis tools and techniques to effectively lead their teams and deliver their projects. The course will explore how your projects can easily and successfully make the transition to an effective Agile environment. Agile Scrum is an incremental, iterative framework for project management and software development where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams. This disciplined project management process involves:-A leadership philosophy that encourages teamwork, self-organization and accountability-A set of engineering best practices intended to allow for rapid delivery of high-quality software-A business approach that aligns development with customer needs and company goals.

Duration:
2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders working with analysts, Quality and process engineers, technicians, managers; supervisors, team leaders, and process operators; anyone who wants to improve their Business Analysis skills.

Topics:

• Introduction
• Initiate an Agile Project
• Plan the Iteration (Sprint)
• Understanding Requirements and Business Rules
• Planning and Eliciting Requirements
• Analyzing and Documenting Requirements in an Agile project
• Modeling in an Agile project
• Assessing and Validating Requirements
• Build a Product Increment
• Hold an Iteration (Sprint) Review
• Adapt to Changes
• Additional Information

Last Update: May 23, 2012