Agile Basics: Product Management and Teamwork

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент больших данных и информационного поиска

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

4-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

Дмитриченко Камила Дмитриевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Students will learn:•Key concepts of product management (product vision, product cycle, key product metrics)•Basics of most popular IT methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, KanbanPractice will include launching a new product by team of students with help of appropriate agile principles, roles and ceremonies.Students should take this course in order to get a grasp of agile way of working in modern IT company.

Learning Objectives

• The main objective of this course is to provide students with basic understanding how agile methodology works and how it differs from other methodologies (i.e. waterfall). The course offers an overview of Scrum and Kanban, how to launch a product and how to lead an agile team.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Know the history of project management
• Know basics of Project management
• Know basics of Product management
• Know basics of Product thinking
• Know basic of Product strategy
• Be able to recognize the difference between Agile and Waterfall
• Be able to recognize and choose proper Agile structure and team roles
• Be able to undertake Agile ceremonies

Course Contents

• History of project management
• Project management
• Agile: Scrum
• Agile: Kanban
• Product thinking
• Product strategy
• Agile teams: structure and roles
• Change management.
• Agile ceremonies
• Agile pitfalls
• Methodologies beyond Agile

Assessment Elements

• Recap
• Academic Essay
• Exam
• MVP of product
• Bonus activities

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  Final = Recap+AE+Exam+MVP+bonus = 105% max Recap - 3%*3 = 9% AE – 8%*3= 24% (compulsory to have at least 2 AE graded 4% or higher within required timeframe) Exam – 33% MVP – 25% Bonus – 0.5% per seminar/lecture – 1% per wk*14 =14%

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Agile : insights you need from Harvard Business Review, , 2020
• Canty, D. (2015). Agile for Project Managers. Boca Raton, FL: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=957514
• Stellman, A., & Greene, J. (2014). Learning Agile : Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban: Vol. First edition. O’Reilly Media.
• Sutherland, J. (2014). Scrum : The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. New York: Currency. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=761751

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Brooks, F. P. (1995). The Mythical Man-Month : Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (Vol. Anniversary ed). Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Professional. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1545773
• Ray Dalio. (2018). Principles. Simon & Schuster.

Authors

• Панкратьева Анастасия Владимировна
• Абдулхакимов Мухиддин Мураджанович
• Минец Максим Вячеславович