The basics of agile project management

Agile project management is an iterative approach in which projects are developed step by step and regularly adapted to new requirements. It is particularly well-suited when requirements have not yet been fully defined, changes are likely, or continuous feedback is important. You’ll learn the differences between traditional and agile project management and be better able to assess which approach is right for your project and your work environment.

Scrum and Kanban help teams organize projects in a transparent and flexible way. With Scrum, you’ll learn about key roles, events, and artifacts, as well as how they interact. Kanban teaches you, among other things, the pull principle and how to limit the number of tasks being worked on simultaneously using WIP limits. Through practical project examples, you’ll learn how to apply these approaches and where their possibilities and limitations lie.

Scrum defines clear responsibilities for the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the team. This division of roles helps to clearly organize decisions, priorities, and collaboration. You’ll learn about the roles and responsibilities within the Scrum framework and, at the same time, understand how they fit into agile methodologies. This will be particularly helpful if you go on to work as a Scrum Master or Product Owner yourself, or if you collaborate with agile teams as a project manager or team member.

In agile projects, it must be possible to regularly evaluate and reprioritize requirements. To this end, you’ll learn about key tools such as the backlog, user stories, and story mapping. In addition, Kanban, the pull principle, and WIP limits will show you how to manage workloads more transparently. This will help you better understand which tasks are currently important, how requirements are structured, and how to foster a focused workflow within the team.

For agile methods to work in everyday work life, they must be tailored to the specific project and organizational context. That’s why you’ll not only learn the fundamentals and methods, but also apply key tools to project examples and in a simulation. You’ll explore Scrum in practice, as well as the possibilities and limitations of agile approaches. This will help you better assess which elements can be effectively applied to your own projects.