PMI-ACP®: Agile Estimation, Metrics, and Risk Management (4 of 11)
This course will provide an understanding of how to apply project management estimation practices, metrics, and risk management in an Agile environment. This course is part of the PMI-ACP® Agile Project Management series.
What you'll learn
An Agile project is a very different environment from a traditional, plan-driven project and requires a fundamentally different approach for estimation, metrics, and risk management. In this course, you will learn about estimation approaches and best practices in an Agile environment, how to identify, analyze, respond, and monitor and control risk in an Agile project, and lastly how metrics are used in an Agile environment. When you are finished with this course, you will have a foundational knowledge of Agile estimation, metrics, and risk management that will help you move forward to becoming an Agile Project Manager. This course is part of the PMI-ACP® Agile Project Management series.
Table of contents
- Review of Traditional Project Management Estimation Practices 6m
- Project Estimation Best Practices 12m
- Time-boxing and Time-boxing Advantages 5m
- General Agile Estimation Approach 8m
- Story Points and Velocity 5m
- Definition of Done and Definition of Ready 5m
- Wideband Delphi and Planning Poker 5m
- Estimation by Analogy and Relative Sizing 9m
- Agile Estimation Example 6m
- Overview of Project Management Metrics 7m
- How Are Agile Metrics Different? 7m
- Project Progress Metrics 6m
- Baseline Metrics and Project Scope 2m
- Risk Management Metrics 2m
- Project Profitability Metrics 11m
- Earned Value Metrics Part 1 6m
- Earned Value Metrics Part 2 11m
- Team Productivity Metrics 10m
- Quality and Customer Satisfaction Metrics 6m
- Agile Metrics Summary and Best Practices 7m
About the author
Chuck Cobb is the author of the recent best-selling book “The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile" plus four other books and numerous professional articles on Project Management and Business Excellence. He is an expert-level Project Manager with over 20 years of hands-on program/project management experience as well as a broad background in business analysis and software development in a broad range of industries and application areas. He is passionate about helping project managers under... more