Adaptive (Agile) Project Management

Introduction

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 identify 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 project 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 (PMBOK® Guide)”.

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 GLOMACS Adaptive (Agile) Project Management training course will highlight:

• Comparing adaptive and traditional approaches
• Agile frameworks and 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

Objectives

This 5-day training course exposes delegates to the most current generally accepted practices of project management. Both predictive and adaptive project management approaches are explained and contrasted so that delegates can make informed decisions on when and how to apply each approach.

At the end of this Adaptive (Agile) Project Management training course, the participants:

• Appreciate how characteristics of effective teams influence effective adaptive project management
• Apply predictive project management techniques to integrate scope, time, resources and cost management into a dynamic, manageable plan
• Learn the rules and approaches to the implementation of the most widely applied adaptive project management framework - SCRUM
• Identify general considerations that are critical to setting up and applying the Scrum framework
• Critique the value of core practices performed to plan a Scrum sprint
• Apply the core practices performed in the execution of a Scrum sprint
• Evaluate core post-Sprint practices used for review and improvement purposes

Training Methodology

The facilitator will introduce each of the core topics using a lecture format. Presentations are supported by reinforcement exercises to emphasize the application of theory in real-world project settings. 

The training course commences with an overview of project management principles. Delegates shall apply traditional (predictive) techniques to plan, execute and control project scope, schedule, cost and risk.

Adaptive project management is then introduced and reinforcement exercises are applied to provide delegates with insights into the power of effective team empowerment to foster flexibility, responsiveness and innovation.

Organisational Impact

Adaptive project management tailors a project to a client's specific, developing needs. This flexible approach allows the team to

• Integrate client feedback continually throughout your process.
• Deliver the most valuable product, regardless of prior expectations.
• Create more satisfied clients,  ensure communicative relationships with clients and an improved final product.

Personal Impact

Adaptive project management is becoming more and more important. As a participant on this Adaptive (Agile) Project Management training course, you will benefit by:

• Being able to define what is needed to meet the goals of the organization and contribute actively using predictive and/or adaptive approaches.
• Advance your career by learning tools and techniques for managing adaptive and predictive projects.
• Applying the characteristics of highly effective teams to respond to the dynamic project environment 
• Learn ways to get feedback from the stakeholders on delivered products/components.