Adaptive (Agile) Project Management

This 5-day KC Academy Adaptive (Agile) Project Management training course exposes delegates to the most current generally accepted practices of project management. Both predictive and adaptive project management approaches are explained and contrasted so that delegates can make informed decisions on when and how to apply each approach.

At the end of this training course, the participants;

• Appreciate how characteristics of effective teams influence effective adaptive project management
• Apply predictive project management techniques to integrate scope, time, resources and cost management into a dynamic, manageable plan
• Learn the rules and approaches to the implementation of the most widely applied adaptive project management framework - SCRUM
• Identify general considerations that are critical to setting up and applying the Scrum framework
• Critique the value of core practices performed to plan a Scrum sprint
• Apply the core practices performed in the execution of a Scrum sprint
• Evaluate core post-Sprint practices used for review and improvement purposes

The facilitator will introduce each of the core topics using a lecture format. Presentations are supported by reinforcement exercises to emphasize the application of theory in real-world project settings. 

The training course commences with an overview of the nature of projects and the fundamentals of project management. This enables delegates to reflect on how a project management framework supports effective control processes. Delegates apply techniques to control both planning and execution of scope, schedule, cost and risk.

Adaptive project management is then introduced and reinforcement exercises are applied to provide delegates with insights into the power of effective team empowerment to foster flexibility, responsiveness and innovation.

Adaptive project management tailors a project to a client's specific, developing needs. This flexible approach allows the team to

• integrate client feedback continually throughout your process
• deliver the most valuable product, regardless of prior expectations.
• create more satisfied clients, communicative relationships with clients and an improved final product.

Adaptive project management becomes more and more important. Participants will learn –

• to define what is needed to meet the goals of the organization,
• how to make a realistic “business case” of a change,
• to identify the impact of a change on the scope, time and budget,

ways to get feedback from the stakeholders on delivered products/components.

This Adaptive (Agile) Project Management training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Associate Project Managers
• Project Managers
• IT Project Managers
• Project Coordinators
• Project Analysts
• Project Leaders
• Senior Project Managers
• Team Leaders
• Product Managers
• Program Managers
• Project Sponsors
• Project Team Members
• Project Management Professionals
• Customers who will engage with project teams that apply the agile approach