Course : Agile Methods for Project Management: Understanding the Approach

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. MAG
Price : 1720 CHF E.T.

Agile Methods for Project Management: Understanding the Approach



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INTER
IN-HOUSE
CUSTOM

In person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. MAG
  2d - 14h00
1720 CHF E.T.







Course schedule

1
Introduction

  • Approaches more adapted to new technologies.
  • Communication. Competence and commitment of resources.
  • Iterative and incremental life cycle. Change acceptance Panorama.
  • Presentation of the main agile methods: Crystal Clear, XP, Scrum, FDD, DSDM, RAD, ASD.

2
eXtreme Programming

  • Best development practices. Quality.
  • Define the context of use. Measure and establish the requirements for success.
  • A continuous project process. Design, validation and continuous integration. Development and delivery iterations.
  • A constant feedback. Test-driven development. Planning with customer scenarios.
  • The client integration. Pair programming.
  • Assessment of costs and deadlines. Estimation of scenarios. Individual and team velocity.
  • Actors. Roles and responsibilities.
Case study
Scenarios description by user’s stories.

3
Scrum

  • Features. Actors and roles. Product Owner. ScrumMaster.
  • Product Backlog. Stories, features, sprint backlog, tasks.
  • Evaluate of the size of the stories : planning poker. Assessing the amount of work.
  • Planning a release, planning a sprint. Review, retrospective.
  • Monitoring: update sprint and release burn down chart.
  • The meaning of the finish for a release, a sprint.
  • Adaptation of scrum context. Subcontracting. Tools.
Case study
Achieve the sprint 0: identify features. Estimate the size of the stories : planning poker. Build a release plan. Develop a sprint backlog.

4
Software engineering and RAD (Rapid Application Development)

  • Programming: Test-driven development, simple design and redesign.
  • Collaboration: pair programming, collective code responsibility, coding rule, metaphor, continuous integration.
  • RAD : the origin of agile methods. Key concepts: time box, participatory approach, actors.
  • DSDM, an evolution of the RAD method.

5
Synthesis

  • Agile answers to project risks.
  • The success factors of an agile project.


Customer reviews
4,5 / 5
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BENOÎT F.
23/03/26
5 / 5

Formation très complète avec beaucoup d’informations. Première approche de la méthode agile en ce qui me concerne donc un peu dure de tout assimiler compte-tenu de mes faibles connaissances du mode projet
PHILIPPE J.
23/03/26
5 / 5

Excellent contenu et excellente pédagogie. Le formateur est à la fois très pragmatique et non démagogue sur les méthodes.
ABDOUL B.
23/03/26
5 / 5

Permis de balayer les notions essentielles de la méthodologie Agile



Publication date : 07/25/2024


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