Agile project management - Advanced

Agile mindset in practice

• What does agile thinking really mean?
• Typical pitfalls in agile projects.
• Agile values and principles in everyday working life.
• Practical tools: War Room, Task Board and technical requirements.
• Increase efficiency with time boxing and the 80:20 rule.

Agile roles

• Product Owner & Scrum Master: Clear tasks and responsibilities.
• Self-organization in a team: What really works?
• Involving stakeholders : The often overlooked role.
• Rights matrix: Who can communicate what, when and how?

Agile artifacts

• Capture customer wishes correctly.
• Setting up an agile project in one day - is that possible?
• Visualize project goals SMART.
• Product backlog: Logic, prioritization and structure.
• Develop high-quality user stories.
• Plan effort realistically - pragmatic resource planning.
• Iterative release planning & release burndowns.
• Make sensible use of Definitions of Done & Ready.

Agile events

• Do you need a kick-off?
• Sprint Planning I: How are items selected?
• Sprint Planning II: How are tasks and estimates created?
• Daily Scrum: Moderate effectively in 15 minutes.
• Backlog refinement: Continuous improvement of the backlog.
• Make results visible and document them.
• Dealing with errors and non-deliveries.
• Sprint Review: Motivation instead of criticism.
• Retrospective: Which processes should be scrutinized?

Tips for successful agile projects

• Dealing with budget, time and result deviations.
• Strategies for major changes.