Agile Project Management

• Notes (Downloadable PDF) Basic Concepts 
• The Daily Scrum in 3 minutes 
• Don’t fool yourself: what Scrum is NOT! 
• What Scrum REALLY is! 
• Scrum subway 
• Agile Mindset 101 
• The Scrum Guide – (Downloadable PDF) 
• [VERY IMPORTANT] How to follow this course 
• Scrum Glossary (Downloadable PDF) 
• [EXTRA] Tips for you to learn more effectively (Downloadable) 
• Key Takeways – Introduction 

• First things first. What is a project? 
• Learn to differ a project from business as usual 
• Projects as a means to reach your objectives 
• You were, are, and will always be a project manager 
• How do projects organize the effort to deliver products? 
• Key Takeaways – Basic concepts 
• Setting your goals 

• What is “Traditional” Project Management? 
• The “Traditional” way of dealing with scope, time, and cost 
• The golden project management paradox: Knowledge x Ease of Change 
• When is it better to go with the “Traditional” paradigm? 
• Why do projects fail? 
• Key Takeaways – Traditional Project Management 

• Agile for the Rescue! 
• The agility mindset 
• The values that guide agility 
• The principles that sustain agility 
• Agile Project Principles 
• Agile Product Principles 
• Agile People Principles 
• Agile Process Principles 
• [EXTRA] Beyond the Agile Manifesto 
• Key Takeaways – Agile Project Management 

• Should you go with the Traditional or Agile paradigm? 
• Risks and Project Planning: the Cone of Uncertainty 
• The Agile way of dealing with scope, time, and cost 
• Final words about the battle: “Traditional or Agile?” 
• Key Takeaways – Which way to go? Traditional or Agile? 

• Scrum in 1 minute 
• Dissecting Scrum: Scrum as a Value-driven effort 
• Dissecting Scrum: Sprints, the heart Scrum! 
• Dissecting Scrum: how does the Sprint Backlog fit in? 
• Dissecting Scrum: the importance of the Increment 
• Dissecting Scrum: the Team’s continuous improvement and balance 
• The Product Owner as the Business Catalyst 
• [SCRUM WAR STORY] The Weak Proxy Product Owner 
• The Development Team- delivering work collaboratively 
• What does a Scrum Master do? 
• Key Takeaways – The Skeleton and Heart of Scrum 

• The Scrum Lifecycle 
• Let’s kickoff our project! \o/ 
• A quick look at our case study (project simulation) 
• A quick look at our project management tool 
• Key Takeaways – Let´s simulate a project 

• Quick introduction to Initiation work 
• Defining where to go: the Product Vision! 
• Let’s update the system with our product vision! 
• [Extra] Using personas to build better customer-centric products (Downloadable PDF) 
• [EXTRA] Order your User Stories with the Story Mapping 
• Describing the product tactics: the Product Backlog 
• Customer-driven requirements: the User Story 
• How to define the Product tactic? Ordering the Product Backlog 
• Estimating effort, the agile way 
• Story points as the agile measure for effort estimates 
• Estimate effort collaboratively with the Planning Poker 
• Defining the business values of the product “ideas” with the Kano Model 
• [TEMPLATE] Apply the Kano Model for you projects 
• How to Manage the Product Backlog in 3 minutes 
• Forming the Scrum Team 
• [Extra] Adding the Scrum Team to our project management tool 
• Planning the Delivery: the Release Plan 
• An alternative way of creating the Release Plan 
• How to define velocity for a Release Plan? 
• [EXTRA] Why using the range 0.6x to 1.6x for planning? 
• A guideline on how to Plan a Release 
• [EXTRA] Drive your Product Strategy with a Product Roadmap (Downloadable PDF) 
• [EXTRA] A Fun Fact about Release Plan 
• Practical advices to define the sprints length 
• Bring balance to your project by Defining Done 
• What is the “sprint 0”? 
• Practical tips on how to organize your workspace to boost collaboration 
• Key Takeaways – Agile Project Management 

• Getting Ready for Sprinting 
• Refining the Product Backlog 
• Planning the Sprint 
• Sprint Goal Template 
• [EXTRA] Sprint Goal Template (Downloadable PDF) 
• Defining WHAT to do during the Sprint 
• An overview on how to plan WHAT to do during the Sprint 
• Defining HOW to deliver work during the Sprint 
• Key Takeaways – Planning 

• Constructing the Product 
• Adding the Scrum Team to our project management tool 
• The Daily Scrum in 3 minutes 
• Making the Impediments Visible 
• 4 Tips to Boost your Daily Scrums 
• [EXTRA] Monitoring Progress with the Sprint Burndown Chart + Template 
• [TEMPLATE] Build your own Burndown Charts 
• 6 Indicators of BAD Daily Scrums 
• [EXTRA] A Complete Guide for Conducting Effective Daily Scrum meetings 
• Backlog Refinement session 
• [SCRUM WAR STORY] Customer disturbing sprints 
• What to do if work is not Done by the end of the Sprint? 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Closing 
• Key Takeaways – Execution 

• Intro to Inspect and Adapt 
• Scrum’s Product Feedback Cycle 
• Getting Ready to Demonstrate Value 
• How to NOT demonstrate value 
• Getting informed customer feedback by demonstrating value 
• The Sprint Review Blueprint 
• An overview on how to execute the Sprint Review meetings 
• [EXTRA] Getting Valuable Feedback from the Users 
• Adapting the Product Backlog 
• A quick note on the terms Backlog Refinement and Grooming 
• Improving Continuously with the Sprint Retrospective meetings 
• 2 quick tips for before starting the Sprint Retrospective meeting 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Setting the stage 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Gathering Data 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Generating Insights 
• The Sprint Retrospective Blueprint: Deciding What to Do 
• Key Takeaways – Inspection and adaptation 

• Delivering the Product 
• Project Retrospective: avoiding recurring mistakes with Lessons Learned 
• Key Takeaways – Closure 

• Introduction 
• Boss vs Leader 
• Tip #1: Forget your Comfort Zone and Develop Your Communication Skills 
• Tip #2: Work on your Motivation and Optimism 
• Tip #3: Develop your Empathy 
• Tip #4: Don’t choose your Type! 
• Tip #5: Find your references! 

• Introduction 
• The Elements of Negotiation 
• The Stages of Negotiation (Part A) 
• The Stages of Negotiation (Part B) 
• The Stages of Negotiation (Part C) 
• 6 Things You Must Do To Be More Successful On Your Negotiations 
• 5 Things You MUST NOT Do on Negotiations 
• Final Remarks 

• Introduction 
• Basic concepts 
• Step #1: Collect 
• Step #2: Process 
• Step #3: Organize 
• Step #4: Plan 
• Step #5: Execute 
• Final Remarks 

Resources: Complete Scrum Agile Training