WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue College is providing a brand new on-line course in Agile undertaking administration designed to organize contributors to use Agile rules in their very own work and improve their careers.
The Agile technique takes an iterative strategy by breaking an enormous undertaking into a number of phases, with constant communication and collaboration amongst group members and stakeholders resulting in steady enchancment at each stage and guiding prioritization of duties. The strategy facilitates responding to points as they come up. Adjustments made on the proper time assist ship a top quality end result, on time and inside finances, and reduce dangers.
The methodology is beneficial for nearly any undertaking and particularly for managing excessive uncertainty initiatives the place necessities should not nicely understood or are quickly evolving, stated Rachel Lamb, an teacher in Purdue’s undertaking administration coaching program who teaches the Agile course.
“It’s a really transferable ability set and having these abilities is very valued,” Lamb stated.
Purdue’s on-line Agile undertaking administration course runs for 5 weeks. College students should full a dozen modules, two to a few per week, with a time dedication of roughly 4 to 5 hours weekly. The course will likely be supplied starting July 8 and once more in October and in January and April 2021.
The course is open to anybody, not simply undertaking managers, and it’s self-paced. There aren’t any conditions, though familiarity with Microsoft Workplace, notably Phrase and Excel, is fascinating. Some familiarity with Agile undertaking administration terminology is useful.
Purdue additionally presents on-line undertaking administration Necessities and undertaking administration examination preparation programs. All of the programs are based mostly on the requirements set by the Challenge Administration Institute (PMI) the worldwide standard-setting physique for undertaking administration.
Purdue’s undertaking administration coaching program, supplied by way of the Faculty of Engineering and Purdue On-line, has been round for nearly 5 years. John Wellman, instructional program supervisor, stated the programs entice college students from a mixture of fields akin to engineering, data know-how, building and manufacturing, amongst others. Requests for an Agile course had been rising lately, Wellman stated.
Purdue’s Agile course curriculum offers a strong grounding within the technique, usually utilized in fields akin to software program growth along with its makes use of in managing initiatives usually. College students learn to put together for an efficient Agile implementation, together with instruments wanted for fulfillment. Materials coated contains well-liked Agile approaches akin to Scrum, Kanban and Excessive Programming, in addition to measurement strategies to gauge success.
College students who full the course can also count on to study:
- The advantages of utilizing Agile approaches.
- The Agile mindset and Agile Manifesto, a guiding doc for the tactic, and the way they contribute to undertaking success.
- Strategies used to handle Agile initiatives.
The web course offers ample alternatives to work together with the teacher and different learners by way of dialogue boards, emails and telephone appointments.
Purdue’s Agile undertaking administration course was developed by material specialists in undertaking administration, who educate in each company and institutional settings, and a talented on-line course growth group. The content material aligns with PMI’s Agile observe information.
The course will help in making ready for the PMI Agile Licensed Practitioner Examination (PMI-ACP) in addition to PMI’s undertaking administration skilled examination (PMP), which as of Jan. 2, 2021, will embody a heavy Agile undertaking administration part.
For extra details about Purdue’s Agile Challenge Administration course see https://engineering.purdue.edu/online/certifications/agile.
Author: Greg Kline, 765-494-8167, gkline@purdue.edu
Sources: Rachel Lamb, lamb31@purdue.edu
John Wellman, jmwellman@purdue.edu
