Agile Planning: Project Initiating and Requirements Gathering

Overview/Description
This course provides a look at the agile approach to planning and tasks that agile teams have adopted from methodologies such as Scrum and XP. The focus is on release planning which is the first of three agile planning levels. It emphasizes the importance of a properly established product vision, developed by the product owner and stakeholders prior to developing the project backlog. During release planning, this product vision is shared with the development team and discussed in detail to ensure the proper requirements, conditions of satisfaction, and priorities are established. The course then moves into the requirements gathering and analysis phase, with the use of high-level use case scenarios. It finishes with instruction and practice on developing user stories, which have become the choice method for many agile teams for clearly defining customer-centric requirements or features. This course is intended for project managers, program managers, or anyone who wants to efficiently participate in agile projects. It is aligned with the Agile Certified Practitioner exam objectives developed by the Project Management Institute® and Certified ScrumMaster learning objectives.

Target Audience
Managers and members of project teams who currently use or plan to adopt agile techniques

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Agile Planning: Project Initiating and Requirements Gathering

recognize the levels of agile planning

recognize the benefits of having a plan for an agile project

recognize activities that take place during the different phases of agile planning

recognize the essential elements of a business case

identify the elements of product vision

recognize an example of a use case

recognize examples of user stories

initiate an agile project

gather requirements for an agile project