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Course Description

This training program is targeted at anyone in the organization with little or no experience in agile project management. It builds on the theories and concepts underlying the agile approach and prepares participants to work confidently and efficiently in an agile environment. It also provides a comprehensive overview of the specific practices used in agile project management. Importantly, it reviews the roles of agile team members, scrum leaders and others involved in a project need to understand. This includes the consultants, contractors, vendors, and suppliers of an organization that uses agile. Participants will also learn about the structure for defining value from the agile customer’s perspective to make sure they are working on the right product, process, or phase at the right time that meets the customer’s expectations.

Major topics to be presented include:
  • Why agile vs traditional waterfall project management
  • Key values, lifecycles and frameworks of agile
  • Agile teams - roles and responsibilities
  • Collaboration and the agile mindset
  • Common agile tools and techniques to help create agility
  • Workflow and transparency
  • Product vs. project
  • Changing the way you work

As an Authorized Training Partner for the Project Management Institute (PMI), this course is pre-approved for Professional Development Units, or PDU's, needed for PMI certifications. This includes PDU's needed to take PMI certifications and for PMI Professionals to maintain their credentials like the Project Management Professional, or PMP®.

Seminar Leader:
E. J. Smith is a consultant specializing in strategic planning, project management, sales training, management & leadership training, and performance coaching. He has served in numerous management and executive roles in several Fortune 500 companies including General Electric, A T & T, Merck, and Healthdyne. He has had approximately 4,000 employees during his management career. He has also had direct responsibilities for developing and managing multi-million dollar budgets; as well as managing multiple domestic and international locations.

For more information about this course, email Answers or call 833-280-5634.

As an Authorized Training Partner for the Project Management Institute (PMI), this course is pre-approved for Professional Development Units, or PDU's, needed for PMI certifications. This includes PDU's needed to take PMI certifications and for PMI Professionals to maintain their credentials like the Project Management Professional, or PMP®.

PMI, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Body of Knowledge, and PMBOK are registered marks of the Project Management Institute.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Section Title
Agile Project Management for Business
Type
Professional Development Course
Days
Th
Time
8:00AM to 4:30PM
Dates
May 22, 2025
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
7.0
Location
  • Louisiana State University
Instruction Method
Course Fee(s)
PBMPL non-credit $495.00

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