Introduction to Agile project management

Discover project management focused on the entire cycle of the Scrum method as well as all its roles. Become the reference in agility for all your projects.
Private session

This training is available in a private or personalized format. It can be provided in one of our training centres or at your offices. Call one of our consultants of submit a request online.

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  • Duration: 1 day
  • Regular price: On request

Course outline

Learn how your organization can benefit from agile approaches, delivering value quickly, iteratively and incrementally

Duration : 1 day

This course qualifies you for 7 PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs).

This training provides an understanding of the best practices in agile project management, using the Scrum approach. Applying gained knowledge from lectures and discussions, participants will cover a complete cycle of the Scrum approach, from Sprint 0 to sprint retrospective, and benefit from trainer coaching.

Audience

Managers, Directors, Chiefs of Services, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Development Team Members: beginner, intermediate or advanced

Prerequisites

None

Objectives

  • Recognize the success factors of the projects
  • Master agile project management with the Scrum approach
  • Acquire the common vocabulary

Teaching method

The participants will benefit from personalized coaching from the trainer. Also, the latter will provide necessary explanations through lectures, exchanges and case-based examples.

Contents

  • Values and principles
  • The roles of the Scrum Master, Product Owner and Team of Developers
  • Initiating (Sprint 0): product backlog, product notebook, planning poker, velocity and release plan / roadmap
  • Planning a Sprint: Sprint backlog, Definition of Done - DoD
  • Executing, monitoring and control of a sprint: daily scrums, burndown charts, task board (kanban) and impediment list
  • Closing a sprint: sprint review and sprint retrospective

Surround yourself with the best

Carl M. Gilbert
Carl M. Gilbert
Expert Leader
Carl M. Gilbert is a coach, mentor and project manager with more than 25 years of experience in project management, mainly in information technology. He has trained more than 25,000 people in project management (in traditional, agile or hybrid mode) all around the world. Carl M. Gilbert is an engineer and also holds a master's degree in project management from with a specialization in international project management. For 25 years, he has specialized in strategic consulting in project management, program management and portfolio management.
Catherine Edgar
Catherine Edgar
Senior Project Director and Project Management Trainer
Catherine Edgar is a senior project director with more than 25 years of IT experience at large firms. Over the course of her career, Catherine has developed management expertise with a focus on the human impact brought about by change. She has excellent problem-solving, training, coaching and interpersonal relation skills. Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree in management information technology, as well as a certification as a project management professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Jean Falardeau
Jean Falardeau
Trainer
With a Masters degree in Science and a bachelor in information systems, Jean Falardeau has been in the business for more than 35 years. He works in business architecture and analysis, strategic consulting, change management, enterprise architecture, business process reengineering and AgilityFor nearly 7 years, Jean trained more than 400 people showing them best practices in architecture and business analysis. His work was based on guides such as BABOK and BIZBOK.
Michel Drolet
Michel Drolet
Executive VP and Strategic Management Advisor
Backed by solid experience in industry, Michel is what you would call a high-level strategic consultant.