A Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI)®Registered Training Course
Adaptive (Agile) Project Management
Distinguishing between Predictive and
Adaptive Lifecycle Approaches
Course Overview
Why do so many projects executed by both private and public sector organizations fail to realize their expected outcomes. In the modern volatile business environment project planning and control need to be much more flexible and embrace change as being the norm rather than the exception.
Adaptive project management deals with quick adaptation to project reality and changing scope.
Like the traditional model, you will also schedule, plan and identity vital dependencies and milestones with this method. The adaptive project management approach offers more flexibility and provide opportunity for modifications or changing requirements before project completion.
In volatile environments where requirements change rapidly and stakeholder needs emerge during project execution, stakeholder value (and satisfaction) is best supplied through an adaptive management approach rather than traditional predictive techniques. The Project Management Institute (PMI)® clearly acknowledges the emergence of this paradigm through their increased focus on adaptive concepts in the ANSI standard “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, seventh edition, (PMBOK® Guide)”.
While Agile project management is mainly focused on the project organization, adaptive Project Management takes it to another lever. Besides helping you organize your project more efficiently, it also gives you the ability to include quantitative analysis methods, which can help you to better:
- analyze the model and test hypothesis,
- measure the actual performance of the project.
- analyze project risk.
Using adaptive project management helps the organization and the project team to be more reactive to changes, increases the success of a project and realize faster benefits for the organization.
This training course will highlight:
- The adaptive life cycle from start to finish,
- The values and principles that drive many of the adaptive practices,
- How the characteristics of effective teams will influence effective adaptive project management
- The adaptive project management techniques
Training Outline
DAY 1: Understanding Projects and Project Management
- Characteristics of Projects
- Fundamental Concepts of Project Management
- Setting-up for Success - The Charter
- Setting-up for Success - The Project Team
- Setting up for Success – Needs analysis & Solution Vision
- Understanding Stakeholders
DAY 2: Predictive Project Management - Planning
- Product Scope Planning - requirements collection
- Project Scope Planning - establish work breakdown structure
- Schedule Planning - constructing the project timeline
- Schedule Planning - optimizing the project timeline
- Cost Planning - cost planning and estimation
- Cost Planning - establishing the project budget
DAY 3: Predictive Project Management - Control
- Risk Management - Risk Identification and Analysis
- Risk Management - Establishing Risk Response Approaches
- Managing Project Change
- Controlling Adversity through Effective Contingency Planning
- Controlling Progress through Earned Value Management
DAY 4: Adaptive Project Management
- SCRUM Foundations - Characteristic of Highly Effective Teams
- The SCRUM Framework
- Key Roles of Scrum - The Product Owner
- Key Roles of Scrum - The Scrum-master
- Key Roles of Scrum - The Self-organized Team
- Key Artifacts of Scrum
DAY 5: Practical Considerations in the Application of SCRUM
- Sprint Planning Techniques
- Executing Iterations - The Scrum “Sprint”
- Continuous Learning Techniques through Project Retrospective
- Course and Techniques Review
- Contrasting Control Mechanisms of these Different Approaches
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor and Professional Development Units (PDUs) / Contact Hours from Project Management Institute (PMI®), will be awarded to the delegates
Accreditation
GLOMACS is proud to be an Authorized Training Partner (ATP No. 2759) with PMI®. As an ATP, GLOMACS is authorized to issue applicable Professional Development Units (PDUs) and Educational Contact Hours to participants of any of its PMI® approved training courses for PMI® Certification and Re-Certification.
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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About Saudi Glomacs
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