The Course Content
Day One: Traditional Governance Approaches
The nature of projects and project management
Line management versus project management
The project manager as a leader – knowledge capability
The project manager as a leader – performance deliveries
The project manager as a leader – interpersonal skills
Governance of work – portfolio management
Day Two: Agile Leadership
The challenges with traditional approaches
Make People Awesome
Deliver Value Continuously
Make safety a prerequisite
Experiment and learn rapidly
Guiding principles of agile leadership
Day Three: Applying Agile
Explaining agile approaches
Agile application exercise– multiple iterations
Applying retrospectives – leading continuous improvement
Applying team decision-making – planning poker
Applying agile estimation – learning by doing
Reflection on team behaviours
Day Four: SCRUM
Where did Scrum come from
The Scrum framework
Scrum roles and responsibilities
Scrum project management
Scrum applied to operational work
Challenges to adoption
Day Five: Kanban
The Kanban approach to work
Delivering a continuous flow of value
Kanban and the Senior Leadership Team
Kanban or Scrum
Challenges to Adoption
Course review