Course Summary
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Agile Projects: Managing Requirements with Scrum
Fewer Failures and Speedier Success
Project Managers working with Agile projects must understand how requirements are generated and planned, and are often responsible for producing them. This course addresses this need by covering basic and advanced requirements management for Scrum projects. It provides a mix of lecture and hands-on practice for all of the skills a Product Owner or ScrumMaster needs to master.
What you will get from this course
- Learn the dependencies and benefits of a Scrum Process
- Understand the key characteristics of Scrum: roles, time boxes, and artifacts
- Discover the responsibilities of the Product Owner
- Write and rank requirements
- Scale large projects and timelines
- Apply dependency analysis to Sprint scheduling
IDC research indicates that 70+% of software development failures are due to poor gathering and management of requirements, while a 2008 study by QSMA Associates showed that projects organized for Agile Development deliver products 37% faster to market, with 16% greater productivity, than industry averages.
The desire for fewer failures and speedier success is driving the rapid adoption of the Scrum process framework, and the increasing need for Project Managers who can make Agile projects successful. Scrum is designed from the start to improve responsiveness to customer needs, reduce wastage, and reduce time to market.
The Agile emphasis on adapting to change and minimizing documentation has led many to believe that Agile projects don't plan, and don't write requirements. Yet the reality is that planning and requirements definition are constant activities. Scrum Product Owners write requirements, while ScrumMasters manage the process. The two work together to plan the implementation schedule.
Project Managers working with Agile projects must understand how requirements are generated and planned, and are often responsible for producing them. This course addresses this need by covering basic and advanced requirements management for Scrum projects. It provides a mix of lecture and hands-on practice for all of the skills a Product Owner or ScrumMaster needs to master.
More Course Details
Duration
1 day.
Audience
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- Project Managers, Program Managers, PMO Directors and staff who manage projects and processes
- Software development, QA, and Product Management personnel who will do the hands-on work in a Scrum process
- Executives interested in integrating Scrum processes with the business to improve product development
- Anyone who wants to know how Scrum really works
Please bring a calculator
Additional Notes
Instructor
Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., has a doctorate in Physics from Princeton University, and extensive background in managing software development projects. He specializes in training individuals, teams, and organizations in agile development. Dr. Thompson helps companies make the challenging transition to agile development by working with development teams and business stakeholders to identify their needs, define the right process for the business, determine the steps needed to implement the process, and work through the steps successfully.
Dr. Thompson has Project Management Professional (PMP), Scrum Master (CSM), and Scrum Practitioner (CSP) certifications.
Testimonials
"Kevin is one of the most honest and balanced presenters of the methods and processes of the Scrum Project Management approach. He knows where the approach applies, and where it is not appropriate, and how it fits in to the overall scheme of managing projects."
"Overall instructor presentation was excellent. Would recommend others to take this course."
"I’ve taken a lot of training courses and I’m usually praying for it to end, but this class was interesting and engaging the whole time!"
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