Agile Project Management Course delivered by SoftEd

Course Overview:

This course will help you to learn the skills, techniques, and mindset needed to manage work using an agile approach.  You will learn how to collaborate with stakeholders and support self-organizing teams to develop solutions incrementally to increase efficiency and effectiveness. You will also gain the agile project management toolkit needed to work more cohesively, communicate more effectively, and support teams with leadership and coordination and facilitation.  

ICAgile accredited course: The ICP-APM Certification from ICAgile is granted on the successful completion of this course.  This certification is part of the ICAgile Delivery Management Track along with our Agile Fundamentals and Delivery at Scale courses.

Project Management Institute (PMI)® accredited course: This course is accredited with PMI® and will contribute 14 professional development units (PDUs) towards your chosen certification (12 technical hours and 2 leadership hours).

Price: Sign up by April 9th and pay $299 (members) or $399 (non-members).  After April 9th pay $399 (members) and $499 (non-members).  

Prerequisites:

This is an expert level course designed for people with prior experience and fundamental training within agile and project management.  If you need to learn more about agile practices, we recommend our Agile Fundamentals course as a lead-in. 

This course will be held 12pm – 4:30pm EST on the following dates:

April 14th, April 15th, and April 16th

Targeted Audience:

•  Managers and executives responsible for software and solutions development
• Iteration managers and scrum masters working on agile projects
• Project managers responsible for software and solutions development projects
• Product Owners and Value Managers 
• Business analysts gathering requirements for software and solutions development
• Team leaders and developers building software systems
• Business managers who have to sponsor and are responsible for the introduction of new computer-based information systems.

Learning Outcomes:

• The background to and the driving forces for adopting agile 
• The role of the project manager in an agile team 
• How to structure and coordinate self-organizing teams
• How to use agile techniques and tools to plan, monitor and manage agile projects, programs and portfolios 
• The importance of value-driven delivery and continuous customer and user feedback in increasing efficiency  
• How to provide guidance and a decision-making framework to ensure their continuous alignment with organizational goals 
• How to understand and manage stakeholders needs 
• How to use adaptive planning to maximize flow 
• How to assess, manage and monitor risk 

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. This course will be delivered by SoftEd, one of our NCPMI Chapter sponsors.  You can earn a total of 14 PDU’s and you will need to self-report.  By registering, you agree to share your contact information with SoftEd.  Be sure to log in to the website in order to get the member discount.