Course Overview

This 2-day Agile Fundamentals course covers the basic concepts and history of Agile, explaining its methodologies and strategies while presenting real-world applications of the Agile approach.  Learn how to adapt the principles and best practices from both Agile and traditional “waterfall” management and synthesize the two in order to deliver project results. This elite course is only offered for groups–inquire for your company!

Duration: 2 days (8 hrs./day)

PDUs: 16

Earn Your PDUs

You worked hard to earn your certification, so don’t let your effort go to waste.  Velociteach’s courses can be claimed for PDU credit with The Project Management Institute (PMI)®. So not only will you leave our courses with new skills, you’ll have a certificate for PDUs that can be applied toward maintaining your certification status.

Better Professional Development and a Better You

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PMI's Education Provider of the Year

Velociteach was named Education Provider of the Year in Continuing Education by PMI, the organization behind the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam. We were chosen from over 1,600 PMP exam prep and continuing education providers worldwide for this distinguished honor.

Course Benefits and Objectives

Understand:

• The history, methodologies, and strategies of Agile project management
• The Agile Manifesto
• Ways to maximize the benefits of Agile while minimizing the risks
• The differences between traditional and Agile approaches to managing projects, and how the two can work together
• The 12 principles of Agile
• The role of Scrum in Agile project management
• The 7 principles of Lean
• The roles and 12 practices of eXtreme Programming
• Agile Teams and Team Spaces
• Agile planning, estimating, and earned value

Learn:

• The right way to apply project management principles to an Agile project
• How to create a self-directed team
• Ways to improve team productivity for delivery of business value and project success
• How to set up your team for success to avoid the most common pitfalls
• Application of the Agile value of decreasing product defects
• The right way to approach documentation on an Agile project