What Will I Learn?
Understand the key principles and basic concepts of Agile project management
Familiarise with the scrum’s product feedback cycle and processes
Learn how to communicate effectively in an Agile project and choose the right approach
Successfully implement Agile methodology to incorporate into all areas of a project
Gain the expertise to deliver successful projects on time and on budget
Have an excellent understanding of scrum methodology best practices
Get in-depth knowledge of the differences between Scrum, Agile and Waterfall
Manage and complete the most complex of projects with our expert training guide
Course Overview
Do you wish to develop core project management skills and gain a broad understanding of how to implement Scrum and Agile methodology into all areas of a project? Then you’ve come to the right place.
The Diploma in Agile Project Management course is a compact program, designed to teach the fundamental principles of Scrum and Diploma in Agile Project Management which will help you get required skills in this field. With this comprehensive training course, you’ll also get 3 extra courses through which you’ll learn about the Agile frame of mind, the Scrum product feedback cycle, planning, scrum roles monitoring, budgeting and control, and other key topics, taking you through advanced techniques and strategies. Along the way, you’ll also develop core project management skills, from analytical thinking to negotiating and motivation.
On completion, you will have the ability and expertise to adapt the Scrum framework to deliver successful projects of all sizes and scopes. No experience is needed to take this course, which is broken down into several manageable modules which will assist you to easily grasp each concept, from the fundamentals to the most advanced aspects.
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Course Curriculum
| Introduction | |||
| Notes (Downloadable PDF) Basic Concepts | 00:05:00 | ||
| The Daily Scrum in 3 minutes | 00:03:00 | ||
| Don’t fool yourself: what Scrum is NOT! | 00:02:00 | ||
| What Scrum REALLY is! | 00:04:00 | ||
| Scrum subway | 00:02:00 | ||
| Agile Mindset 101 | 00:03:00 | ||
| The Scrum Guide – (Downloadable PDF) | 00:05:00 | ||
| [VERY IMPORTANT] How to follow this course | 00:05:00 | ||
| Scrum Glossary (Downloadable PDF) | 00:05:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Tips for you to learn more effectively (Downloadable) | 00:05:00 | ||
| Key Takeways – Introduction | 00:05:00 | ||
| Basic concepts | |||
| First things first. What is a project? | 00:03:00 | ||
| Learn to differ a project from business as usual | 00:02:00 | ||
| Projects as a means to reach your objectives | 00:03:00 | ||
| You were, are, and will always be a project manager | 00:03:00 | ||
| How do projects organize the effort to deliver products? | 00:01:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Basic concepts | 00:05:00 | ||
| Setting your goals | 00:10:00 | ||
| Traditional Project Management | |||
| What is “Traditional” Project Management? | 00:04:00 | ||
| The “Traditional” way of dealing with scope, time, and cost | 00:01:00 | ||
| The golden project management paradox: Knowledge x Ease of Change | 00:03:00 | ||
| When is it better to go with the “Traditional” paradigm? | 00:05:00 | ||
| Why do projects fail? | 00:04:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Traditional Project Management | 00:05:00 | ||
| Agile Project Management | |||
| Agile for the Rescue! | 00:01:00 | ||
| The agility mindset | 00:03:00 | ||
| The values that guide agility | 00:07:00 | ||
| The principles that sustain agility | 00:01:00 | ||
| Agile Project Principles | 00:05:00 | ||
| Agile Product Principles | 00:02:00 | ||
| Agile People Principles | 00:06:00 | ||
| Agile Process Principles | 00:01:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Beyond the Agile Manifesto | 00:10:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Agile Project Management | 00:01:00 | ||
| Which way to go: Traditional or Agile? | |||
| Should you go with the Traditional or Agile paradigm? | 00:01:00 | ||
| Risks and Project Planning: the Cone of Uncertainty | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Agile way of dealing with scope, time, and cost | 00:01:00 | ||
| Final words about the battle: “Traditional or Agile?” | 00:01:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Which way to go? Traditional or Agile? | 00:05:00 | ||
| The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum | |||
| Scrum in 1 minute | 00:01:00 | ||
| Dissecting Scrum: Scrum as a Value-driven effort | 00:03:00 | ||
| Dissecting Scrum: Sprints, the heart Scrum! | 00:03:00 | ||
| Dissecting Scrum: how does the Sprint Backlog fit in? | 00:01:00 | ||
| Dissecting Scrum: the importance of the Increment | 00:02:00 | ||
| Dissecting Scrum: the Team’s continuous improvement and balance | 00:04:00 | ||
| The Product Owner as the Business Catalyst | 00:05:00 | ||
| [SCRUM WAR STORY] The Weak Proxy Product Owner | 00:04:00 | ||
| The Development Team- delivering work collaboratively | 00:04:00 | ||
| What does a Scrum Master do? | 00:02:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum | 00:05:00 | ||
| Let's Simulate a Project! | |||
| The Scrum Lifecycle | 00:02:00 | ||
| Let’s kickoff our project! \o/ | 00:01:00 | ||
| A quick look at our case study (project simulation) | 00:03:00 | ||
| A quick look at our project management tool | 00:01:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Let´s simulate a project | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Initiation] Guaranteeing Project Success Since its Kickoff | |||
| Quick introduction to Initiation work | 00:01:00 | ||
| Defining where to go: the Product Vision! | 00:10:00 | ||
| Let’s update the system with our product vision! | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Extra] Using personas to build better customer-centric products (Downloadable PDF) | 00:05:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Order your User Stories with the Story Mapping | 00:05:00 | ||
| Describing the product tactics: the Product Backlog | 00:05:00 | ||
| Customer-driven requirements: the User Story | 00:06:00 | ||
| How to define the Product tactic? Ordering the Product Backlog | 00:07:00 | ||
| Estimating effort, the agile way | 00:01:00 | ||
| Story points as the agile measure for effort estimates | 00:07:00 | ||
| Estimate effort collaboratively with the Planning Poker | 00:04:00 | ||
| Defining the business values of the product “ideas” with the Kano Model | 00:08:00 | ||
| [TEMPLATE] Apply the Kano Model for you projects | 00:01:00 | ||
| How to Manage the Product Backlog in 3 minutes | 00:03:00 | ||
| Forming the Scrum Team | 00:02:00 | ||
| [Extra] Adding the Scrum Team to our project management tool | 00:01:00 | ||
| Planning the Delivery: the Release Plan | 00:07:00 | ||
| An alternative way of creating the Release Plan | 00:02:00 | ||
| How to define velocity for a Release Plan? | 00:03:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Why using the range 0.6x to 1.6x for planning? | 00:01:00 | ||
| A guideline on how to Plan a Release | 00:03:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Drive your Product Strategy with a Product Roadmap (Downloadable PDF) | 00:01:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] A Fun Fact about Release Plan | 00:01:00 | ||
| Practical advices to define the sprints length | 00:03:00 | ||
| Bring balance to your project by Defining Done | 00:04:00 | ||
| What is the “sprint 0”? | 00:01:00 | ||
| Practical tips on how to organize your workspace to boost collaboration | 00:03:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Agile Project Management | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Planning] Plan to Deliver Value | |||
| Getting Ready for Sprinting | 00:04:00 | ||
| Refining the Product Backlog | 00:02:00 | ||
| Planning the Sprint | 00:04:00 | ||
| Sprint Goal Template | 00:01:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Sprint Goal Template (Downloadable PDF) | 00:01:00 | ||
| Defining WHAT to do during the Sprint | 00:06:00 | ||
| An overview on how to plan WHAT to do during the Sprint | 00:04:00 | ||
| Defining HOW to deliver work during the Sprint | 00:07:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Planning | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Execution] Managing the Execution | |||
| Constructing the Product | 00:05:00 | ||
| Adding the Scrum Team to our project management tool | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Daily Scrum in 3 minutes | 00:03:00 | ||
| Making the Impediments Visible | 00:02:00 | ||
| 4 Tips to Boost your Daily Scrums | 00:03:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Monitoring Progress with the Sprint Burndown Chart + Template | 00:01:00 | ||
| [TEMPLATE] Build your own Burndown Charts | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6 Indicators of BAD Daily Scrums | 00:02:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] A Complete Guide for Conducting Effective Daily Scrum meetings | 00:01:00 | ||
| Backlog Refinement session | 00:07:00 | ||
| [SCRUM WAR STORY] Customer disturbing sprints | 00:09:00 | ||
| What to do if work is not Done by the end of the Sprint? | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Closing | 00:01:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Execution | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Inspection and Adaptation] Closing and Validation and Sprint | |||
| Intro to Inspect and Adapt | 00:01:00 | ||
| Scrum’s Product Feedback Cycle | 00:02:00 | ||
| Getting Ready to Demonstrate Value | 00:02:00 | ||
| How to NOT demonstrate value | 00:01:00 | ||
| Getting informed customer feedback by demonstrating value | 00:03:00 | ||
| The Sprint Review Blueprint | 00:06:00 | ||
| An overview on how to execute the Sprint Review meetings | 00:02:00 | ||
| [EXTRA] Getting Valuable Feedback from the Users | 00:01:00 | ||
| Adapting the Product Backlog | 00:02:00 | ||
| A quick note on the terms Backlog Refinement and Grooming | 00:01:00 | ||
| Improving Continuously with the Sprint Retrospective meetings | 00:02:00 | ||
| 2 quick tips for before starting the Sprint Retrospective meeting | 00:01:00 | ||
| The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Setting the stage | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Gathering Data | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Generating Insights | 00:04:00 | ||
| The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Deciding What to Do | 00:01:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Inspection and adaptation | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Closure] Closing a Project | |||
| Delivering the Product | 00:01:00 | ||
| Project Retrospective: avoiding recurring mistakes with Lessons Learned | 00:03:00 | ||
| Key Takeaways – Closure | 00:01:00 | ||
| [Bonus Course 1] Crash Course on Leadership | |||
| Introduction | 00:10:00 | ||
| Boss vs Leader | 00:13:00 | ||
| Tip #1: Forget your Comfort Zone and Develop Your Communication Skills | 00:09:00 | ||
| Tip #2: Work on your Motivation and Optimism | 00:06:00 | ||
| Tip #3: Develop your Empathy | 00:06:00 | ||
| Tip #4: Don’t choose your Type! | 00:08:00 | ||
| Tip #5: Find your references! | 00:05:00 | ||
| [Bonus Course 2] Crash Course on Negotiation | |||
| Introduction | 00:04:00 | ||
| The Elements of Negotiation | 00:07:00 | ||
| The Stages of Negotiation (Part A) | 00:06:00 | ||
| The Stages of Negotiation (Part B) | 00:03:00 | ||
| The Stages of Negotiation (Part C) | 00:05:00 | ||
| 6 Things You Must Do To Be More Successful On Your Negotiations | 00:06:00 | ||
| 5 Things You MUST NOT Do on Negotiations | 00:04:00 | ||
| Final Remarks | 00:02:00 | ||
| [Bonus Course 3] Crash Course on Productivity | |||
| Introduction | 00:06:00 | ||
| Basic concepts | 00:09:00 | ||
| Step #1: Collect | 00:08:00 | ||
| Step #2: Process | 00:14:00 | ||
| Step #3: Organize | 00:04:00 | ||
| Step #4: Plan | 00:05:00 | ||
| Step #5: Execute | 00:03:00 | ||
| Final Remarks | 00:02:00 | ||
| Additional Resource Materials | |||
| Resources: Complete Scrum Agile Training | 4 days, 12 hours | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Diploma in Agile Project Management | 00:00:00 | ||
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Luke Baker
One of the best courses on moving to agile management ever!
Keith Matthews
Thanks a million. I learned a lot from this course
Freddie Giles
Great course. Learned a lot about Agile project management. Highly recommend.
Thomas Powell
i just loved the learning session. The enthusiastic instructors helped me have a clear understanding of scrum methodology best practices.
George Smith
Excellent course! I learned how to effectively communicate in an Agile project with the right approach.
Jay Long
I’m glad to have the chance to participate in a course like this. Highlly recommend!
Leo Fowler
Amazing. Loved it. Will go for another near future