Agile Development and Project Management

The concept of Agile software development incorporates the principles and precepts of a number of software development and quality management methods that are based on speeding the time to market. The Agile development approach enables cycle time reductions through lower process overhead and more efficient and responsive practices. Its benefits have also been adapted outside of the IT environment to benefit other types of projects.

Who is the Course for?

• Developers interested in learning Agile concepts and practices
• IT managers
• Those involved in the Agile approach who want to refine their techniques or learn some new practices
• Project managers interested in leading their software projects with more agility

Course Overview:

Getting Started

• Introductions
• Course structure
• Course goals and objectives

Foundation Concepts

• Software Development Environment (SDLCs) and Systems Development Life Cycles (SDLCs)
• Agile approach to software development
• Overarching Agile principles: Agile manifesto, its principles and key enablers
• Applying Agile concepts to project management
• Journey into Agile territory: topic flow from technical practices to leadership/directional practices to implementation

Solution-focused Agile Development Practices (Requirements, Analysis, and Design)

• From Agile values to Agile practices: translating the Manifesto into specific practices, starting with those that are technical and relate to solving the business problem
• Agile requirements practices
• Agile analysis and design practices

Product-focused Agile Development Practices (Development, Testing & Deployment)

• Introduction to the technical practices associated with building the software product
• Agile development, (post-development) testing and deployment

Process-focused Agile Development Practices (Agility and Project management)

• Introduction to leadership/directional Agile practices
• The Agile environment: Agile analogs to PMI 's Organizational Project Management or Program Management concerns
• Agile initiating, following the PMBOK  Guide structure to explore Agile analogs to the five project management process groups
• Agile planning, executing, monitoring,controlling and closing

Implementing Agile Development

• Trailblazing an Agile path: introduction to alternative approaches to implementing Agile and four major phases involved in getting there, regardless of approach
• To be or not to be Agile? Criteria for determining whether Agile is a viable option given the environment or specific situation
• Implementing Agile practices starting from the bottom-up approach or easiest path, a few practices at a time
• Implementing Agile projects: exploring the bottom-up option to implement an Agile method, project by project
• Influencing beyond our reach

 Eligibility:

Basic understanding of object-oriented terms and technique