Course Summary
This course, provided by the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, teaches the basics of Agile methodologies and how to apply them in real-life situations. Students will learn the principles of Agile, how to plan and execute Agile projects, and how to assess the success of an Agile project.Key Learning Points
- Understand the principles of Agile methodologies and how to apply them in real-life situations
- Learn how to plan and execute Agile projects
- Assess the success of an Agile project
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the principles of Agile methodologies
- Plan and execute Agile projects effectively
- Assess and improve the success of an Agile project
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of project management
- Familiarity with software development
Course Difficulty Level
BeginnerCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
- Video lectures
Similar Courses
- Agile Fundamentals
- Agile Project Management
- Agile Leadership
Notable People in This Field
- Founder of Mountain Goat Software
- Co-creator of Scrum
Related Books
Description
Despite everyone's good intentions, hard work and solid ideas, too many teams end up creating products that no one wants, no one can use, and no one buys. But it doesn't have to be this way. Agile and design thinking offer a different--and effective--approach to product development, one that results in valuable solutions to meaningful problems. In this course, you’ll learn how to determine what's valuable to a user early in the process--to frontload value--by focusing your team on testable narratives about the user and creating a strong shared perspective.
Knowledge
- How to evaluate and explain the relevance of concepts and practices from the agile development methodologies
- How to create a strong shared perspective and drive to value using design methods like personas and problem scenarios
- How to diagnose what software will be valuable to the user and how to test your ideas using agile user stories and prototypes
- How to facilitate narrative collaboration with user stories and prototypes
Outline
- Problems Agile Solves
- Agile Specialization Intro
- Welcome to the Agile Specialization (Spanish)
- Welcome to the Agile Specialization (Chinese)
- What Is Agile?
- Agile for Managers
- Agile for Specialists
- Agile 101
- Today's Best Practices
- Scale Friendly vs. Innovation Friendly
- What Makes Agile Hard
- The Blue Button Moment
- Culture of Experimentation
- The Manifesto in Practice
- The Venture Design Framework
- Greg Cohen on Getting Started with Agile
- Bill Wake on Getting Started with Agile
- How We Learn
- Course Overview & Requirements
- Get to Know Your Classmates in Discussion Forums
- Week 1 Quiz
- Focusing Your Agile with Personas, Problem Scenarios, and Alternatives
- Design Thinking for Agile User Stories
- Meet the Companies: HVAC in a Hurry and Enable Quiz
- Creating and Using Personas
- Focusing Your Persona: Think, See, Feel, Do
- Demo: Using the Venture Design Template
- Demo: Drafting Personas
- Demo: Drafting Think, See, Feel, Do
- Designing User Stories: Problem Scenarios
- Needfinding with Problem Scenarios
- Skit: Meet the HVAC in a Hurry Team
- Skit: Dani's Meeting with the CEO
- Week 2 Quiz
- Getting to Great Agile User Stories
- User Research for Busy People
- Researching Personas
- Demo: Creating an Interview Guide: Personas
- Demo: Creating an Interview Guide: Problem Scenarios
- Skit: Interviewing Trent the Technician
- Demo: Designing Google AdWords
- Enhancing Your Problem Hypothesis
- Demo: Drafting Problem Scenarios, Alternatives, and Value Propositions
- Preparing for Great User Stories
- Writing Great User Stories
- Adding Test Cases to User Stories
- Skit: From Problem Scenarios to Epic User Stories
- Demo: Drafting Epic User Stories
- Demo: Storyboarding an Epic
- Demo: Drafting Child Stories
- Focusing on Customer Value with User Stories
- Better Narrative, Better Story
- Investable Stories
- Bill Wake on INVEST
- Coaching for Better User Stories
- A Prototype Is Worth a Thousand Meetings
- From Design Thinking to Agile Analytics
- Designing a Meeting with User Stories
- Using "Day in the Life" to Drive Empathy
- Skit: Drafting Epics from Problem Scenarios
- Skit: Storyboarding an Epic
- Skit: Child Stories and Test Cases
- Quiz on User Stories
Summary of User Reviews
This course on agile project management has received positive reviews from students. Many users praised the course for its practical approach to learning agile methodologies and how it helps them apply these concepts in real-world scenarios.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Practical approach to learning agile methodologiesPros from User Reviews
- Clear and concise explanations of agile concepts
- Real-world examples and case studies
- Interactive and engaging course content
- Great instructor with relevant industry experience
Cons from User Reviews
- Some users felt the course was too basic and lacked advanced topics
- Limited interaction with instructors and other students
- Some users had technical issues with the online platform
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