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Agile Project Manager Master Class

Coventry Academy - Agile Project Manager Master Class
5
Days

Course Schedules

 Dubai
 27-31 Jan 2025
 $5,950
 London
 28 Apr-02 May 2025
 $5,950
 London
 22-26 Sep 2025
 $5,950
 Dubai
 15-19 Dec 2025
 $5,950

Training course overview

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, understanding and implementing Agile methodologies have become imperative for organizational success. The term "Agile" encapsulates a mindset and approach that prioritizes flexibility, adaptability, and collaboration in response to the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment that businesses face. Recent global events like the pandemic, along with ongoing political and financial disruptions, have underscored the need for organizations to embrace change and continuously evolve to meet customer requirements and expectations.

Our Agile Project Manager Master Class dives deep into the essence of Agile principles, equipping participants with practical tools and mindsets essential for thriving in a post-pandemic world. Contrary to misconceptions, Agile does not signify a lack of control; rather, it emphasizes empowering individuals, fostering collaboration, and embracing change while maintaining project oversight.

Throughout the course, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of Agile frameworks and methodologies, learning how to apply them systematically to deliver value efficiently. From Scrum and Kanban to Lean and beyond, we explore the most popular Agile frameworks, providing practical insights into their implementation and optimization.

By the end of the training, participants emerge equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to lead Agile projects effectively, drive organizational agility, and navigate the challenges of the modern business landscape with confidence.

What are the goals?

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

  • Recognise how and where to apply an Agile approach to projects
  • Understand and explain the benefits of an Agile approach
  • Be able to apply Agile values and principles to all projects
  • Understand the new mindset and culture required for successful Agile delivery
  • Understand the critical nature of customer focus and value-driven delivery
  • Use Agile planning and delivery tools
  • Set up and run an Agile project using the Scrum framework
  • Describe what Agile means to the larger organisation
  • Explain the latest trends in Agile delivery post-pandemic

Who is this training course for?

This Coventry Academy training course is aimed at the Project Manager who wishes to understand and apply the principles of Agile to their projects. However, it is suitable for a wide range of professionals who serve supporting and collaborating roles to the delivery of projects:

  • Project and program managers who wish to gain a practical knowledge of agile and how it can benefit their projects
  • Senior leaders who want to understand how an agile approach could benefit their organisation
  • Subject matter experts in marketing, strategy, product development, engineering, HR, customer management, sales, R&D or innovation who want to understand the benefits that Agile could bring to their day-to-day work
  • Agile/ Scrum team members who would benefit from understanding the basis of Agile delivery
  • PMO staff who support Agile projects and Agile delivery

How will this training course be presented?

This Coventry Academy training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes many examples, case studies, interactive activities, exercises, Q&A sessions and learning from other participants. The aim is to learn practical tools, tips, methodologies and frameworks, as well as their underlying basis in the Agile Manifesto and values. The course ends with practical planning as to each participants’ future steps in applying Agile.

Course Outline

Day One: Agile Principles and Mindset
  • The need for agility in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world
  • The Agile manifesto, values and principles
  • The Agile ‘growth’ mindset vs. the ‘fixed’ mindset
  • Locating Agile, Lean and Kanban approaches
  • The disruptive nature of the Agile approach
  • How complexity drives lifecycle choice
Day Two: Creating an Agile Environment
  • ‘Being Agile’ vs. ‘Doing Agile’
  • Understanding value-driven delivery
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Empowering through servant-leadership
  • People over processes: team performance
  • People over processes: stakeholder engagement
Day Three: Agile Planning
  • Approaches to delivery
  • Central importance of the customer
  • The Scrum framework
  • Applying value-driven delivery
  • Agile planning
  • Agile practices and tools
Day Four: Successful Project Delivery in an Agile Environment
  • Design-thinking and Agile
  • Monitoring and Controlling in Agile projects
  • Contracting in Agile
  • Problem detection and resolution
  • Risk management in Agile
  • Continuous improvement
Day Five: Projects and Organisational Agility
  • What is an Agile organisation?
  • Building strategic agility
  • Current trends in Agile adoption
  • Value stream management
  • Agile techniques and maturity
  • Addressing implementation challenges
  • Scaling Agile

The certificate

  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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