Agile Project Management Course

This course is for IT professionals who are interested in implementing Iterative Agile Scrum methodologies to manage software development. It will show what they need to know to become knowledgeable and capable of handling small to large, complex software development using this methodology.

Attendees will learn about various Agile Methodology practices, including techniques from Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum.

This course is particularly suited to Project Managers, Team Leaders, Developers and Customers of software development who wants to use this methodology in the development process.


Course Outline:

DAY ONE:  Why Agile?

·         Comparison of iterative methodologies

·         Why things go wrong

·         The Agile approach

·         What is Scrum?

·         Pigs and chickens

DAY ONE: Product owner

·         The customer representative

·         Prioritizing product requirements

·         Writing effective stories

·         Acceptance criteria

·         Negotiating sprint contents

·         Group exercise to produce customer requirements and write stories based on the requirements

DAY TWO: The sprint

·         Sprint backlog

·         Sprint planning: what to do

·         Sprint planning how to do it

·         What happens during a sprint

·         Burn down charts

·         Group exercise to plan a sprint

DAY TWO: Scrum Master

·         Implementing Scrum

·         Ensuring proper practices

·         Maintaining documentation

·         Standup meetings

·         When to pair program

·         Group exercise to implement Scrum

DAY THREE: Finishing a sprint

·         Scrum review meeting

·         Scrum retrospective meeting

·         Releasing an iteration

·         Group exercise the review a sprint

DAY THREE: Is Agile and Scrum for you?

·         Review of the Scrum process

·         Comparison with other methodologies

·         Benefits of pair programming

·         Group exercise to discuss which aspects of Agile and Scrum can be applied to attendees organizations

 

Trainer's Profile:

Leoncio C. Flores, PMP, MCSD

 

Leo Flores has 11 years Project Management experience with PMP Certification and has been conducting Project Management trainings since 1998.

 

Mr. Leo has extensive solid IT experience in different countries across the globe, and held roles such as RPG  developer, Technical Team Lead, MIS Department Manager, and Senior Project Manager. He was PMP-certified from 2000 to 2003 and CMMI trained by SEI (Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon).  He held senior IT positions in the following companies: Deutsch Telecom / SIRTI, Boeing Aircraft, Visa International, Enron Corporation, and Covansys.

 

Duration: 3 days
Schedule: May 12 to 14, 2010
Time: 9am to 5pm
Venue: OnPoint Office Suite 2503, 25th Flr. 139 Corporate Center Valero cor. Sede
ño Sts., Salcedo Village, Makati City 1227
Course Fee: Php 16,800.00 (Inclusive of 12% VAT)
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Course fee is inclusive of handouts, certificate, snacks and lunch.  Please make all checks payable to Posh Marketing Services.

Please bring your laptop (not required).

For more details, please contact 443-POSH(7674) or text 0920-9826837 or 0922-8583538.  You can also email at info@poshmarketingservices.com.

Cancellation of registration should be made seven working-days before the training date.  Otherwise, 50% of the training fee shall be charged.  No show during the training shall be charged 100% of the training fee.