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Agile Project Management

Sprint Planning for Faster Agile Team Delivery

Drive speed into any project with prioritized backlogs, limiting work-in-process, and engaging the entire agile team in effective sprint planning.

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What You Will Learn

  • Kanban boards to limit work-in-progress (WIP) in a timebox
  • Time boxing activities to eliminate delays and gain schedule advances and ensure team capacity
  • Application and iteration of the Pareto Principle for product backlog refinement
  • Rolling Wave Planning and to ensure you deliver on the big picture

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At A Glance

Expert Instruction
Build Skills

Self-Paced
Progress at your own speed

4 Weeks
2-3 hours per week

Free or $249.00
For the full program experience
Discounted to $224.10 when you purchase the full Agile Project Management Professional Certificate Program.

10 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
Earn PDUs toward your Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Mangement Professional (PMP) certification

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Your Instructor

John Johnson

I'm passionate about what works as both scientific principles and best practices in project and product management. Teaching is leading leaders, so my first goal is to engage with compelling reasons to change their thinking. Our shared goal is to empower their teams to delight customers while also serving the organization and society that supports them.

What Our Students Are Saying

This was a really great course with interesting examples on how to plan for faster agile team delivery. It was great to see building from the previous course. The examples given along with the external links were very useful.
Serena Bonini
The course described main aspects of Sprint planning and explains how this way of planning speeds up the product/value delivery. The presented information was well structured and includes references to the concerned publications, i.e. it's guiding further self-studies. As a beginner in this area, I have received the necessary basic knowledge, as expected.
Beata Wilczynsk
I loved the way the course was instructed. The balance between the lecture and the videos makes the course dynamic and easy to follow. The instructor provides a set of examples that not only make a lot of sense, but also fit really well into the narrative. Overall it was a great course to improve Agile capabilities.
Jesus Toledo Romero
The course is a nice balance of video instruction and notes. Interactivity is limited to Q&A and video watching, but still engaging enough as the content was right-sized for the course. It was a great refresher for other project management courses I had taken previously.
Rebecca Shallow
The course is good and goes through details regarding the agile planning process and ceremonies. Very good if you have only basic knowledge on agile planning and scrum. This course will enrich your information!
Salah Mahmoud

Syllabus

Week 1

The first week focuses the discussion on Agile to its primary benefit, Speed, and how to easily calculate and prove its supremacy in benefits of any project management method because of timing impacts and market changes outside a project manager’s control.

Week 2

The second week explores why and how varying scope is the most powerful method to achieve speed; introducing the Exponential Pareto Principle and how to apply it effectively. Perhaps the most important lesson is that not all product backlog items are equal, and in fact, most don't matter at all!

Week 3

The third week dives into second tier methods for achieving speed through sizing, simplicity, and sprints with real-world examples ranging from air and space craft to software. Team members work together to ensure a smooth glide on the burndown chart by actively managing work in process during daily scrum sessions.

Week 4

The last week teaches ground-level techniques to avoid delays, increase speed, and apply a full range of planning, execution, and control techniques that will guarantee 2x or better improvement on traditional projects. This week is essential to producing a winning product backlog and release plan.

Job Outlook

Project Manager jobs are expected to grow by 33% over next 10 years

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Program Project Manager income is $60k to $100k based on industry

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You can earn $10,000 more as an Agile Project Manager

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Corporate Endorsement

Supporting US military efforts require accuracy and efficiency. We are passionate about it. In keeping with the integrity of our Nation’s military men and women, it is imperative that we provide them the best technology imaginable. The Agile Project Management program provides clear direction to channel team efforts in a more concise manner. I highly recommend this program to any organization relying on teams to get things done.
Debbie Gray, Director of Human Resources, GTMR Inc.

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