Agile Project Management Seminar

Basics and principles of Agile project management in everyday project work

• Getting to know the basics - Agile values, principles, techniques, methods and self-control
• Scrum artefacts as the basis of agility
• Documentation of processes
• Success factor innovation management
• Kanban and Scrum - areas of application

The product development process

• Using Product Backlog, Sprint Process and Scrum Meetings correctly
• Agile project management in practice
• Identifying stakeholders relevant to the project through stakeholder analysis or stakeholder management
• Product Backlog and Product Backlog Refinement

Practical case studies in the Agile Project Management seminar as group work

• Product Owner, Scrum Master & Developer: Understanding roles and tasks
• Recognising requirements for the respective roles
• Responsible action and knowledge management as a framework for more flexibility in everyday project work

Using agile project management correctly

• Acquiring the right mindset for agile project management and self-organisation
• Getting to know possible applications for agile project management methods
• Collect ideas for the introduction and implementation and weigh up pitfalls and the necessary effort through risk management.
• Practical exercises and case studies from project planning
• Scrum, Kanban, timeboxing
• Implementing risk management in agile projects

Optional topics to deepen your knowledge in the agile project management seminar

• Making decisions for project planning in a team
• Rules of the game, best practices and principles for efficient project management
• The three Scrum pillars (transparency, review, adaptation)
• Training self-organisation and gaining new knowledge on own practical cases

In the Agile Project Management seminar, participants get to know the roles of the Product Owner, the Scrum Master and the Developer, partly in group work. In addition, important basics about the artefacts are taught - the product and sprint backlog as well as increment.

• After the framework has been practised in the Agile Project Management seminar, further training units on the entire sprint process are open to the learners.
• Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Meetings, Definition of Done, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective ensure the necessary agility in project work.
• As soon as what has been learnt is implemented in the day-to-day work of the company, the working group can also work more independently through self-direction, depending on the management style.

The Agile Project Management seminars take place in small groups with a maximum of 9 participants. This makes it possible to cover all essential topics within two days. In addition, the agile project management seminar gives participants the opportunity to examine their own cases and working methods and to optimise them if necessary. In addition to the theoretical part, participation in the agile project management seminar also offers the optional opportunity to work on your own practical cases, which can create better framework conditions for future project management, especially for managers and project leaders.

The Agile Project Management Seminar is aimed at executives or project leaders & project managers as well as project staff and entire project teams. However, for a better understanding of the contents conveyed, it is useful to have already gained some experience of working methods in project work before attending the Agile Project Management Seminar. The seminar is particularly suitable for those who are interested in learning more about and applying agile project management methods and who would like to benefit from the success factors of agile approaches.

It is not always possible to give individual managers, entire project teams or even the entire workforce time off from their daily work to take part in an agile project management seminar. For this reason, the agile project management seminar can also be booked as an in-house variant in order not to put any obstacles in the way of internal knowledge management. In this case, all project teams remain at the company location and the training takes place in suitable premises. This also offers the advantage of being able to deal more precisely with the procedures and internal processes and to optimise their effects with greater flexibility. Would you like to book an in-house training? Please send your request to kontakt@drgkitzmann-akademie.de

Agile methods are procedures in project management to lead dynamic project teams to their goal with as much agility as possible. Scrum and Kanban are particularly frequently used as approaches and offer many more advantages than disadvantages. Kanban relies more on continuous and flowing sprints, while Scrum focuses more on short and concise. Both Kanban and Scrum simplify all workflows, save resources and enable a much more efficient approach to tasks in the long run. Through innovation management, improved products, new business models or processes can be developed and integrated with great agility.

1. In long-term projects, project managers and project staff often lose track of the big picture. For this reason, regular retrospectives are a suitable tool for more agility in group work.
2. Accurate process documentation can help to record important parameters and their effects. This way, project managers and employees know how certain processes work in the company.
3. With a fixed sprint rhythm, project managers always keep an eye on the goal and are close to the customer's needs through clearly defined stakeholder management. In addition, it is clear to everyone involved which goal is to be achieved and when.

Agile project management is underpinned by various principles as well as four core values:

• Individuals and interactions always take precedence over processes and tools.
• Collaboration with customers takes precedence over contract negotiations.
• Functional products are more important than comprehensive documentation.
• Changes to the plan take precedence over a strict pursuit of it.