Agile Project Management
A workshop offered by the Bonn Graduate Center
The workshop combines an introduction to agile project management with elements of team leadership. It is aimed at researchers working with a team of other researchers or students. The workshop proceeds by following the agile method, i.e. you will experience the agile project management approach first, then learn the basic concepts, and apply them to your own project.
Online Workshop
Thursday, December 12, 2024
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 13, 2024
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Trainer
Dr. Thomas Teichler
Language
English
Location
Online
Target Group
Doctoral students
Track(s)
Research, Research Management, Business and Organizations
Certificate
16 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus certificate
Description
As a researcher you may at times face two challenges in your project management: you may have to oversee a variety of projects in parallel and you often may need to respond to requests for change until a rather late stage of each project. Agile project management offers a way to address both issues: it starts with the end-product in mind and breaks the work down into smaller blocks, which are iteratively delivered and tested within short time frames, thereby, ensuring incremental improvements towards the final result.
While agile project management might present a challenge for some researchers, given its emphasis on trial-and-error (rather than perfect results) and close interaction with different stakeholders (rather than individual effort), it is also great fun and very motivating for a team to work this way.
It is recommended that participants have previously undergone some project management training and are familiar with the basic concepts of planning, executing, monitoring, and closing a project.
Content
- Setting the stage and forge a project team
- Thinking about the impact of your project by defining a problem and characterizing the user
- Identifying tasks, estimating times, and planning execution by using the SCRUM approach
- Visualizing progress, conducting team meetings, giving feedback, and managing crises
- Understanding differences between traditional and agile project management
- Developing a plan to apply principles of agile project managment in own projects
Contact
Bonn Graduate Center
Address
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
53115 Bonn
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