Agile 101: How to do a Basic Agile Project

For all you traditional, predictive project managers out there, who are wondering: how to do an agile project, I am going to answer that question, in this video. There is no single way to do an agile project. There are many methodologies and infinite varieties of hybrid. Every project needs its own, subtly different variant. This approach will give you the basics to make your project management a bit more agile. Project Planning Establish feasibility and the basic scope of what you want to do. Break your project up into short phases: sprints. Aim to deliver something useful in each one. Put them in a logical sequence with foundational and higher priorities first. Roadmap Set out your idea of how the project will develop different features over time. Keep a list of all the things you may need or want to do: your backlog. Release Planning Set out the main features to develop in each of the first few sprints. You will revise this frequently, at the start of each sprint. Sprint Planning At the start of each sprint, draw down an amount of work from the backlog that matches your capacity for the sprint. Sprints usually last from 1 to 4 weeks with 2 weeks a common duration. The backlog items you commit to a sprint are the Sprint Backlog. During the sprint, the team takes each feature or product through the lifecycle of • Analysis • Design • Building • Testing Daily Meetings Often called morning stand-ups or, in Scrum, scrum meetings. They help the team to understand one another’s progress and plans for the coming day, and support each other through setbacks. They keep the team fully coordinated. Sprint Review and Retrospective The team demonstrates completed work to users at the Sprint review. Users do a final acceptance test before committing to accept the new feature or product into beneficial use. Afterward, the development team meets to discuss the process it has gone through, to learn lessons and craft even better ways of working: the Sprint Retrospective. This is followed by the Sprint Planning for the next sprint. Ongoing Activities. • Cost Management • Stakeholder engagement • Risk Management • Quality assurance and control To Study for Agile Certifications, I Recommend: 1. mPlaza * Scrum Master PSM I: https://bit.ly/MP-PSM1 * Product Owner PSPO I: https://bit.ly/MP-PSPO1 * Scrum + Kanban PSK: https://bit.ly/MP-PSK * EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation: https://bit.ly/MP-ASF * APMG Agile PM Foundation: https://bit.ly/MP-APMF 2. GreyCampus * EXIN Agile Scrum Master (ASM): https://shrsl.com/2xw97 * Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM): https://shrsl.com/2xw9k These links are affiliated. I have reviewed all these providers and recommend them. The provider will pay me a small commission that will help support the free content I make for this channel. Recommended Videos Carefully curated video recommendations for you: 🎬 What is Agile Project Management? https://youtu.be/D5FoRXGa8ic 🎬 What are Epics, User Stories, and Story Points? https://youtu.be/ogV2r9579WI 🎬 What is Scrum? https://youtu.be/CVmNgMxe0rk 🎬 What is Kanban? https://youtu.be/W8dKoRjFvTY 🎬 Introduction to Agile Scrum Project Management - with Alexis Allen https://youtu.be/a6vyQEZipno 🎬 How to do a Basic Agile Project https://youtu.be/6PqmHhJFXp4 🎬 Waterfall vs Agile: The Big Principle at Stake https://youtu.be/we1PJ7OY3PY 🎬 What is a Product Backlog and What is a Sprint Backlog? https://youtu.be/Utf4jNzlBBw 🎬 How to Deliver Effective Project Cost Management https://youtu.be/7bXcc7AYajo 🎬 Stakeholder Engagement: Five-step Process https://youtu.be/5VrHeEfRceo 🎬 Project Risk Management - How to Manage Project Risk https://youtu.be/xXV_gjtXMSk 🎬 QD, QC, QA: 3 Quality Processes... in 60 seconds https://youtu.be/CUX57a6MeQk 🎬 How to Hold a Daily Stand-up Meeting https://youtu.be/JSFfyse_EXM A while back, I asked Project Managers in a couple of forums what material things you need to have, to do your job as a Project Manager. They responded magnificently. I compiled their answers into a Kit list. https://kit.co/MikeClayton/what-a-project-manager-needs Note that the links are affiliated. For more great Project Management videos, please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMZfp1_wquyegVY9SoER0Nw?sub_confirmation=1 For all our great Project Management articles and resources, please check out the OnlinePMCourses website: https://onlinepmcourses.com/ 00:00 - Agile Project Management 00:20 - No single way to ‘do’ Agile 00:40 - Basic Introduction 01:26 - Basic Project 02:00 - Project Planning 03:17 - Roadmap 03:38 - Product Backlog 03:58 - Sprint Backlog 04:10 - Release Planning 04:38 - Sprint Planning 05:06 - Sprint Duration 05:27 - Sprint Activities 05:38 - Daily meetings 06:23 - Sprint Review 06:46 - Sprint Retrospective 07:29 - Ongoing Activities 07:52 - Concluding thoughts #Project #ProjectManagement #AgileProject