Foundations of Adaptive Project Delivery: Agile Hands-On (University of Waterloo)
Virtual instructor-led course
1,999 Canadian Dollars (including fees)
Upon successfully completing all the requirements of the course, a digital certificate will be provided to you
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This course uses agile simulations, realistic project scenarios, group discussions, and hands-on exercises to teach you how and why to apply adaptive project management approaches. Upon the completion of this course, you will come away with not just project management theory, but the valuable tools and techniques needed to apply these theories to your own work.
This course is applicable to all project environments and industries for projects with components that are complex, difficult to define scope up front, likely to change due to a high degree of uncertainty and volatility, and best developed iteratively.
Receive a certificate from the University of Waterloo
Upon successful completion of this program, you will receive a professional education certificate from the University of Waterloo.
Who Should Enrol
- Project managers
- Project team members
- Department leaders
- Individuals who aspire to become project management specialists
- Professionals who want to develop skills to deliver projects on target, on time, and on budget
What You Will Learn
- Identify why and when adaptive approaches to project management can be beneficial.
- Understand common frameworks (including Scrum) and how they apply to adaptive approaches.
- Follow an adaptive approach to understand common primary delivery roles on projects.
- Effectively use adaptive delivery techniques (i.e., user stories, story points, personas, backlog items, sprints, scrum meetings, retrospectives, etc.).
- Understand how to plan and track projects following an adaptive approach.
- Adopt techniques to assess and communicate project status.