Agile Project Management

Harvard Summer School

MGMT S-5042

Section 1

CRN 35552

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Change is the new norm, and global organizations must adapt to dynamic and varied environments and challenges. A thorough review of agile techniques and methodologies helps address such concerns, providing the skills, knowledge, and techniques to ensure projects deliver benefit realization, deliver on time, and improve team efficiency. In this course, students learn to differentiate between agile and waterfall project management methodologies, exploring when each is most beneficial to use and assessing how the agile methodology is leveraged to address stakeholders' changing requirements. Students learn project management skills and best practices to lead agile project teams and provide effective delivery solutions. Agile project management practices and principles are discussed in detail, including self-organizing teams, project management roles, adaptive planning, value-driven delivery, stakeholder engagement, problem detection and resolution, print execution, and retrospective analysis. Current trends and best practices are also explored, using case studies to discover best practices and techniques in the field. In team settings, students use the scrum approach to understand better what executing an agile methodology of a project feels like. Regardless of project management experience, this course is designed to bring agile principles to life by practicing the skills and facilitation techniques in a team-based environment.

Instructor Info

Shannon Pettiford, MS

Senior Information Technology Program Manager, Boston Consulting Group


Meeting Info

MTWTh 12:00pm - 3:00pm (6/24 - 7/11)

Participation Option: Online Synchronous

Deadlines

Last day to register: June 20, 2024

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. Not open to Secondary School Program students.

Syllabus

All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
16137 1 Online Synchronous Shannon Pettiford Open Th 8:10pm - 10:10pm
Sep 3 to Dec 21
35552 1 Online Synchronous Shannon Pettiford Open MTWTh 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Jun 24 to Jul 11
25977 1 Online Synchronous Shannon Pettiford Open Th 8:10pm - 10:10pm
Jan 27 to May 17