Agile Methodology and Project Management

Bachelor 2020/2021

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Elective course (Software Engineering)

Area of studies: Software Engineering

Delivered by: School of Software Engineering

Where: Faculty of Computer Science

When: 4 year, 1-3 module

Mode of studies: offline

Instructors: Boris Klimov

Language: English

ECTS credits: 8

Contact hours: 60

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Abstract

How to plan development, integration, scaling and management of large projects in the field of product development and software? How to scale and manage Scrum projects? How to identify appropriate practices and methods for the management and development of the project? It is necessary to maximize the chances that you will get from your teams. To remain competitive - you must respond to ever-changing customer needs. This course allows you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become Agile. This course describes the best practices to ensure high quality training. Today you have to be Agile. The program of the discipline: "Agile Methodology and Project Management", sets out minimum requirements for the knowledge and skills of the student and determines the contents and types of studies and reports. The program is designed for teachers leading this discipline, teaching assistants and students of the Bachelor Program "Software Engineering" studying the discipline «Agile Methodology and Project Management» at the Faculty of Computer Science, HSE.

Learning Objectives

• the acquisition of knowledge and practical experience in the field of software project management using modern agile methods and SBoK standard in the management of IT projects;
• practices in modern agile methods used to automate the management of software development;
• acquisition of research skills, self-study and tools for software project management in different areas of software engineering.
To know: • Principles and methodology for agile project management; • Components of management models in agile project management; • Possibilities and methods of work with software tools using the agile project management.
To be able to: • Apply agile methods for the success of all kind of project.
Skills: • Work with the requirements using agile methods in project management; • Scheduling and allocation of resources using agile methods in project management; • Work with software development tools using agile methods in project management.

Expected Learning Outcomes

To know: • Principles and methodology for agile project management;
To know: • Components of management models in agile project management;
To know: • Possibilities and methods of work with software tools using the agile project management.
• Apply agile methods for the success of all kind of project.
• Work with the requirements using agile methods in project management; • Scheduling and allocation of resources using agile methods in project management; • Work with software development tools using agile methods in project management.

Course Contents

Scrum elementariness
What is mean to be Agile? Adapting to Agile Patterns for Adopting Agile Iterating Toward Agility First Project
People Management and Agile Methodologies
Change Resistance Roles in Agile and Scrum Changed Roles Technical Practices
Improvement
Improvement
Organization
Scaling Agile DistributedTeams Coexisting with Other Approaches Human Resources, Facilities, and the PMO
Teams
Team Structure Teamwork Self-Organizing Team The Product Backlog Iterations / Sprints Planning Quality

Assessment Elements

Экзамен
Экзамен устный. Без прокторинга. Технические требования: web-камера, микрофон, наушники / колонки
посещение и работа на лекциях и семинарах
Домашнее Задание

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (3 module)
0.2 * Домашнее Задание + 0.2 * посещение и работа на лекциях и семинарах + 0.6 * Экзамен

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Layton, M. C. (2012). Agile Project Management For Dummies. Hoboken: For Dummies. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=445936
Maximini, D. (2018). The Scrum Culture : Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations (Vol. Second edition). Cham: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1741933

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition and Agile Practice Guide (ENGLISH). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1595321
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

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