An Agile Crash Course: Agile Project Management and Agile Delivery

Video description

Think of this course as Agile for Dummies (or Agile for anyone and Agile for everyone). This Agile course will allow you to master the most important concepts and tools of Agile development, Agile project delivery and Agile project management. This Agile crash course has been designed to enable you to become agile the Agile way, in less than an hour! Step into my classroom and start learning about Agile now. You will learn about powerful tools and concepts that will enable you to become more successful in your projects. We will go beyond the definition of Agile, from rituals and tools, to activities, concepts, examples and reflections. So take the course now to learn what all of this means in more detail and how you can apply it to become and Agilelist.

What You Will Learn

  • You will learn the key concepts of Agile development, Agile project delivery, and Agile project management.
  • You will learn the meaning of user stories, daily stand-ups, retrospectives and Kanban boards.
  • You will understand the differences between Agile and traditional project delivery (other methodologies).
  • You ll learn tools and tips that you will love with a guide/process to follow. You will learn to launch products faster.
  • You will learn to launch apps faster. You will learn to launch online courses faster.
  • You will learn to focus on an MVP (Minimum Viable Product).
  • You will learn about the importance of simplicity.

Audience

People who want to learn about Agile.Beginners, people without any Agile experience or knowledge. People who have heard the words "user stories," "backlog," "retrospectives," "sprints," "scrum master," "product owner," "MVP," "swim lanes," "kanban board," etc. and wondered what it meant. Developers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Solution Architects, Enterprise Architects, Data Base Administrators and pretty much anyone interested in learning Agile. People who want to learn about the most important and popular Agile Methodology: Scrum.

About The Author

Mauricio Rubio: Mauricio Rubio Parra, an Agile guru and the founder of AgileKB|Ureducation, has a master’s degree in management and is an engineer with 10 years of experience in project management (Agile certified). He is an expert in software and mobile development projects (including Agile development and digital services), with a strong capacity to drive innovation, productivity, efficiency, improvement, growth, and high performance. He has experience providing content for higher education and has worked with small, medium, and large companies.

He has a proven track record for consistently exceeding targets and delivering projects on time and within budget. He has led course development, LMS, CMS, CRM, mobile apps, Facebook apps, web development, new product development, IT, operations, sales, and procurement projects across a wide range of industries including IT, FMCG, and equipment industries.

He is the founder of various start-ups such as e3Learning (the leading online training provider in Australia), part of Open Universities Australia, which has big clients such as Qantas, IGA, and Tupperware; and ETECOL (a Colombian compact and heavy equipment distributor), part of Doosan and Bobcat, a global company with billions of dollars in sales. He has also founded an American high-tech start-up with important clients such as NASA; the White House; the U.S. Department of Defense; an American Fortune 500 company, Johnson & Johnson, one of the biggest and most respected brands in the world.

Product information

  • Title: An Agile Crash Course: Agile Project Management and Agile Delivery
  • Author(s): Mauricio Rubio
  • Release date: June 2018
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781789533415