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Start Time: 8:00 AM

PDUs: 8

Location: Hilton Homewood Suites Fort Worth Medical Center,  2200 Charlie Lane, Fort Worth, TX  76104

Course Cost: 
Chapter Member Price: $295

Course Description

Project Management professionals are familiar with the concepts of traditional project management, but some companies are turning to Agile Project Management. In this course, students will not only receive a thorough introduction to Agile project management, but will also learn how it aligns with traditional, PMBOK-based project management.

If you're considering PMI's new Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), this course will give you 8 contact hours toward that certification in addition 8 PDUs or contact hours toward the PMP certification.

Course Objective
Students will identify the Agile project management principles and learn how to use Scrum to manage projects.

Target Student
This course is intended for Project Managers, Program Managers, or anyone who wants to learn about Agile Project Management.

Attendees will receive the following: 
- Course workbook

Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
- describe Agile project management.
- describe the Scrum methodology used to manage a project.
- manage projects using the Scrum methodology.
- understand the critical success factors to implement Agile.
 
Instructor:
Phil Williams, PMP, PMI-ACP
Phil Williams is a consultant, speaker and senior instructor with Banyan Group Consulting.  He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) with extensive experience working with clients large and small across many industries.  
As an instructor, Phil brings knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to his classes and workshops.  It’s his personal mission to deliver knowledge that will enable project management professionals to be more effective and achieve greater success. 
Phil has a BBA from Baylor University and currently lives in the Texas hill country near Boerne.