Agile Project Management teaches you everything on the topic thoroughly from scratch so you can achieve a professional certificate for free to showcase your achievement in professional life. This Agile Project Management is a comprehensive, instructor-guided course, designed to provide a detailed understanding of the nature of the related sector and your key roles within it.

To become successful in your profession, you must have a specific set of skills to succeed in today’s competitive world. In this in-depth training course, you will develop the most in-demand skills to kickstart your career, as well as upgrade your existing knowledge & skills.

The training materials of this course are available online for you to learn at your own pace and fast-track your career with ease.

• Accredited by CPD
• Instant e-certificate and hard copy dispatch by next working day
• Fully online, interactive course with Professional voice-over

• Self paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone friendly
• 24/7 Learning Assistance
• Discounts on bulk purchases

Sneak Peek

Who should take the course

Anyone with a knack for learning new skills can take this Agile Project Management. While this comprehensive training is popular for preparing people for job opportunities in the relevant fields, it also helps to advance your career for promotions.

Certification

Once you’ve successfully completed your course, you will immediately be sent a digital certificate. Also, you can have your printed certificate delivered by post (shipping cost £3.99). All of our courses are fully accredited, providing you with up-to-date skills and knowledge and helping you to become more competent and effective in your chosen field. Our certifications have no expiry dates, although we do recommend that you renew them every 12 months.

Accreditation

All of our courses, including this Agile Project Management are fully accredited, providing you with up-to-date skills and knowledge and helping you to become more competent and effective in your chosen field.

Course Curriculum

Introduction

• Notes (Downloadable PDF) Basic Concepts 
• The Daily Scrum in 3 minutes 
• Don’t fool yourself: what Scrum is NOT! 
• What Scrum REALLY is! 
• Scrum subway 
• Agile Mindset 101 
• The Scrum Guide – (Downloadable PDF) 
• [VERY IMPORTANT] How to follow this course 
• Scrum Glossary (Downloadable PDF) 
• [EXTRA] Tips for you to learn more effectively (Downloadable) 
• Key Takeways – Introduction 

Basic concepts

• First things first. What is a project? 
• Learn to differ a project from business as usual 
• Projects as a means to reach your objectives 
• You were, are, and will always be a project manager 
• How do projects organize the effort to deliver products? 
• Key Takeaways – Basic concepts 
• Setting your goals 

Traditional Project Management

• What is “Traditional” Project Management? 
• The “Traditional” way of dealing with scope, time, and cost 
• The golden project management paradox: Knowledge x Ease of Change 
• When is it better to go with the “Traditional” paradigm? 
• Why do projects fail? 
• Key Takeaways – Traditional Project Management 

Agile Project Management

• Agile for the Rescue! 
• The agility mindset 
• The values that guide agility 
• The principles that sustain agility 
• Agile Project Principles 
• Agile Product Principles 
• Agile People Principles 
• Agile Process Principles 
• [EXTRA] Beyond the Agile Manifesto 
• Key Takeaways – Agile Project Management 

Which way to go: Traditional or Agile?

• Should you go with the Traditional or Agile paradigm? 
• Risks and Project Planning: the Cone of Uncertainty 
• The Agile way of dealing with scope, time, and cost 
• Final words about the battle: “Traditional or Agile?” 
• Key Takeaways – Which way to go? Traditional or Agile? 

The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum

• Scrum in 1 minute 
• Dissecting Scrum: Scrum as a Value-driven effort 
• Dissecting Scrum: Sprints, the heart Scrum! 
• Dissecting Scrum: how does the Sprint Backlog fit in? 
• Dissecting Scrum: the importance of the Increment 
• Dissecting Scrum: the Team’s continuous improvement and balance 
• The Product Owner as the Business Catalyst 
• [SCRUM WAR STORY] The Weak Proxy Product Owner 
• The Development Team- delivering work collaboratively 
• What does a Scrum Master do? 
• Key Takeaways – The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum 

Let's Simulate a Project!

• The Scrum Lifecycle 
• Let’s kickoff our project! o/ 
• A quick look at our case study (project simulation) 
• A quick look at our project management tool 
• Key Takeaways – Let´s simulate a project 

[Initiation] Guaranteeing Project Success Since its Kickoff

• Quick introduction to Initiation work 
• Defining where to go: the Product Vision! 
• Let’s update the system with our product vision! 
• [Extra] Using personas to build better customer-centric products (Downloadable PDF) 
• [EXTRA] Order your User Stories with the Story Mapping 
• Describing the product tactics: the Product Backlog 
• Customer-driven requirements: the User Story 
• How to define the Product tactic? Ordering the Product Backlog 
• Estimating effort, the agile way 
• Story points as the agile measure for effort estimates 
• Estimate effort collaboratively with the Planning Poker 
• Defining the business values of the product “ideas” with the Kano Model 
• [TEMPLATE] Apply the Kano Model for you projects 
• How to Manage the Product Backlog in 3 minutes 
• Forming the Scrum Team 
• [Extra] Adding the Scrum Team to our project management tool 
• Planning the Delivery: the Release Plan 
• An alternative way of creating the Release Plan 
• How to define velocity for a Release Plan? 
• [EXTRA] Why using the range 0.6x to 1.6x for planning? 
• A guideline on how to Plan a Release 
• [EXTRA] Drive your Product Strategy with a Product Roadmap (Downloadable PDF) 
• [EXTRA] A Fun Fact about Release Plan 
• Practical advices to define the sprints length 
• Bring balance to your project by Defining Done 
• What is the “sprint 0”? 
• Practical tips on how to organize your workspace to boost collaboration 
• Key Takeaways – Agile Project Management 

[Planning] Plan to Deliver Value

• Getting Ready for Sprinting 
• Refining the Product Backlog 
• Planning the Sprint 
• Sprint Goal Template 
• [EXTRA] Sprint Goal Template (Downloadable PDF) 
• Defining WHAT to do during the Sprint 
• An overview on how to plan WHAT to do during the Sprint 
• Defining HOW to deliver work during the Sprint 
• Key Takeaways – Planning 

[Execution] Managing the Execution

• Constructing the Product 
• Adding the Scrum Team to our project management tool 
• The Daily Scrum in 3 minutes 
• Making the Impediments Visible 
• 4 Tips to Boost your Daily Scrums 
• [EXTRA] Monitoring Progress with the Sprint Burndown Chart + Template 
• [TEMPLATE] Build your own Burndown Charts 
• 6 Indicators of BAD Daily Scrums 
• [EXTRA] A Complete Guide for Conducting Effective Daily Scrum meetings 
• Backlog Refinement session 
• [SCRUM WAR STORY] Customer disturbing sprints 
• What to do if work is not Done by the end of the Sprint? 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Closing 
• Key Takeaways – Execution 

[Inspection and Adaptation] Closing and Validation and Sprint

• Intro to Inspect and Adapt 
• Scrum’s Product Feedback Cycle 
• Getting Ready to Demonstrate Value 
• How to NOT demonstrate value 
• Getting informed customer feedback by demonstrating value 
• The Sprint Review Blueprint 
• An overview on how to execute the Sprint Review meetings 
• [EXTRA] Getting Valuable Feedback from the Users 
• Adapting the Product Backlog 
• A quick note on the terms Backlog Refinement and Grooming 
• Improving Continuously with the Sprint Retrospective meetings 
• 2 quick tips for before starting the Sprint Retrospective meeting 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Setting the stage 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Gathering Data 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Generating Insights 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Deciding What to Do 
• Key Takeaways – Inspection and adaptation 

[Closure] Closing a Project

• Delivering the Product 
• Project Retrospective: avoiding recurring mistakes with Lessons Learned 
• Key Takeaways – Closure 

[EXTRA] Getting certified! [Bonus Course 1] Crash Course on Leadership

• Introduction 
• Boss vs Leader 
• Tip #1: Forget your Comfort Zone and Develop Your Communication Skills 
• Tip #2: Work on your Motivation and Optimism 
• Tip #3: Develop your Empathy 
• Tip #4: Don’t choose your Type! 
• Tip #5: Find your references! 

[Bonus Course 2] Crash Course on Negotiation

• Introduction 
• The Elements of Negotiation 
• The Stages of Negotiation (Part A) 
• The Stages of Negotiation (Part B) 
• The Stages of Negotiation (Part C) 
• 6 Things You Must Do To Be More Successful On Your Negotiations 
• 5 Things You MUST NOT Do on Negotiations 
• Final Remarks 

[Bonus Course 3] Crash Course on Productivity

• Introduction 
• Basic concepts 
• Step #1: Collect 
• Step #2: Process 
• Step #3: Organize 
• Step #4: Plan 
• Step #5: Execute 
• Final Remarks 

Additional Resource Materials

Resources: Complete Scrum Agile Training