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Project Management
Intermediate

AGILE HYBRID PROJECTS FOR PROFESSIONALS (AHPP)

2–5 daysENclassroom · virtual

Course overview

The Agile Hybrid Project Pro™ training course aims to develop a set of competencies that enable professionals to effectively navigate and manage projects that combine elements of both agile and traditional project management approaches. The course will equip you with the Agile and Hybrid skills you need to lead any project and showcase your expertise. We will introduce agile/hybrid project management concepts, tasks, and techniques that are applicable across virtually any industry. The training is considered a practice guide that represents a bridge to understanding the pathway from a predictive approach to an agile approach.

Target audience

Individuals who are seeking to manage projects that combine elements of both agile and traditional project management approaches. Professionals involved in project management or those who work in project-driven environments.

Course objectives

  • Adapting to Different Situations with a Project Management Approach.
  • Plan and manage scope, schedule, quality, budget, and resources in an environment of constant change.
  • Manage conflict, support, and empower team performance and lead a team.
  • Address and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and build shared understanding.
  • Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value.
  • Manage communications.
  • Assess and manage risks and issues.
  • Engage stakeholders.
  • Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value.

Target competencies

Agile Principles and Methodologies.
Life Cycle Selection.
Creating an Agile Environment.
Delivering in an Agile Environment.
Organizational consideration for Project Agility.

Course methodology

Course methodology is designed to encourage maximum participation by all delegates. We will use best practices and benchmarks, and design interactive activities via discussion, small group work, exercises, and feedback to display proficient knowledge and skills.

Course outline

INTRODUCTION TO AGILE

  • Definable Work vs. High-Uncertainty Work.
  • The Agile Manifesto and Mindset.
  • Lean and the Kanban Method.
  • Uncertainty, Risk, and Life Cycle Selection.

LIFE CYCLE SELECTION

  • Characteristics of Project Life Cycles (Predictive, Iterative, Incremental, Agile, Hybrid).
  • Agile Suitability Filters.
  • Combined Agile and Predictive Approaches.
  • Predominantly Predictive Approach with Some Agile Components.
  • Largely Agile Approach with a Predictive Component.
  • Hybrid Life Cycles as Fit-For-Purpose.
  • Hybrid Life Cycles as Transition Strategy.
  • Mixing Agile Approaches.
  • Project Factors That Influence Tailoring.

CREATING AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT

  • Start with an Agile Mindset

  • Servant Leadership Empowers the Team

    • Servant Leader Responsibilities
    • Role of the Project Manager in an Agile Environment
    • Project Managers Use Servant Leadership

  • Team Composition

    • Agile Teams
    • Agile Roles
    • Generalizing Specialists
    • Team Structures
    • Dedicated Team Members
    • Team Workspaces
    • Overcoming Organizational Silos

  • Plan And Manage Budgetary Resources

  • Plan And Manage Schedule

  • Plan And Manage Scope

DELIVERING IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT

  • Charter the Project and the Team

  • Common Agile Practices

    • Retrospectives.
    • Backlog Preparation.
    • Backlog Refinement.
    • Daily Standups.
    • Demonstrations/Reviews.
    • Planning for Iteration-Based Agile.
    • Execution Practices that Help Teams Deliver Value.
    • How Iterations and Increments Help Deliver Working Product.

  • Troubleshooting Agile Project Challenges

  • Measurements in Agile Projects

ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROJECT AGILITY

  • Organizational Change Management

    • Drivers for Change Management
    • Readiness for Change

  • Organizational Culture

    • Creating an Environment of Safety.
    • Assessing Culture.

  • Procurement and Contracts

  • Business Practices

  • Multiteam Coordination and Dependencies (Scaling): Frameworks and Considerations

  • Agile and the Project Management Office (PMO): Value Driven and Multidisciplinary

  • Organizational Structure

  • Evolving the Organization

  • Agile Hybrid Project Pro Conclusion

    • Acceptance Criteria

FRAMEWORKS OVERVIEW

  • Selection Criteria.
  • SCRUM.
  • EXTREME PROGRAMMING.
  • KANBAN METHOD.
  • CRYSTAL METHODS.
  • DISCIPLINED AGILE
  • LARGE SCALE SCRUM (LeSS).

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