Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
BISK-0173
Organization's ID:
VIL 184
Organization:
Bisk Education
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
8 weeks (32 -- 48 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Mastering Agile Applications In Planning
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enhance Agile expertise with important guidance on Agile leadership, change management, and other crucial topics. This course provides more understanding of how to successfully implement Agile in an organization and align other process improvement methodologies with Agile.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe the role and responsibilities of the product owner
  • Define the purpose and parameters of the vision statement
  • Define the role of team performance in Agile environments
  • Describe the impact of interpersonal and technical skills on Agile teams
  • Analyze the benefits that continuous integration brings to an organization
  • Apply adaptive planning techniques in successful Agile execution
  • Discuss using releases and iterations to optimize estimating resource consumption while integrating work execution
  • Compare PMI methodology and Agile
  • Discuss using Agile for volatile and iterative projects
  • Discuss the qualities for creating a successful self-organizing team in an Agile environment
  • Define the concept and theory of situational leadership
  • Identify the characteristics of a successful Agile leader
  • Describe how to establish effective teams
  • Determine the velocity and sustainable pace of a team
  • Analyze release plans and the role of the product owner in release management
  • Create high-performing cross-functional teams through empowerment and motivation
  • Integrate team goals with the project vision
  • Determine the definition of work in progress and the connection with Kanban
  • Distinguish the connection of continuous integration with continuous delivery
  • Describe managing stakeholder expectations to increase the probability of success
  • Construct roadmaps to optimize resource consumption
  • Describe the role and responsibilities of the project manager
  • Discuss methods and measures for quantifying and realizing value
  • Describe how to create an Agile team culture
  • Define an approach to build Scrum teams for large work efforts.

General Topics:

  • Agile leadership and communication skills, advanced product owner concepts, Agile team development and performance, Lean and kanban for Agile, adaptive planning for Agile projects, project management and Agile, and the scrum team
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials