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Module (6 Credits)
Agile Project Management
- Name in diploma supplement
- Agile Project Management
- Responsible
- Admission criteria
- See exam regulations.
- Workload
- 180 hours of student workload, in detail:
- Attendance: 60 hours
- Preparation, follow up: 60 hours
- Exam preparation: 60 hours
- Duration
- The module takes 1 semester(s).
- Qualification Targets
Students should be able to
- Define agility in the context of project management
- Compare foundations of agile and traditional project management
- Decide whether agile or traditional methods would be best suited for a specific project
- Apply methods of agile project management (e.g., user stories, planning poker)
- Manage projects using agile methods (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
- Evaluate the suitability of different scaled agile methods for specific organizations
- Relevance
The module prepares students to work in or manage agile projects. In an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, agile project management becomes more important.
- Module Exam
Zum Modul erfolgt eine modulbezogene zusammengesetzte Prüfung in der Gestalt einer Klausur (in der Regel: 60-90 Minuten, 50% der Note) und einer Hausarbeit (in der Regel: ca. 10 Seiten, 30% der Note) mit Präsentation (in der Regel: 10 bis 15 Minuten, 20% der Note). Die genauen Formalia werden in der ersten Sitzung bekannt gegeben.
- Usage in different degree programs
- Elements
Lecture with integrated exercise (6 Credits)
Agile Project Management
- Name in diploma supplement
- Agile Project Management
- Organisational Unit
- Lecturers
- SPW
- 4
- Language
- English
- Cycle
- winter semester
- Participants at most
- no limit
- Preliminary knowledge
Grundlagen des (traditionellen) Projektmanagemens
- Contents
- Introduction to Agile Project Management
- Lean as a basis for Agile
- Project Lifecycles, Agility, and the Agile Mindset
- Scrum
- Backlogs, Epics, and Stories
- Scrum Meetings
- Performance and Velocity
- Kanban
- Scaling Agile
- SAFe
- LeSS
- Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
- Scaled Agile in Companies
- Test-Driven Development and DevOps
- Design Thinking
- Evaluation of Agile Practices / Agile transformation of organizations
- Agile Work Environment and the “Agile PMO”
- Literature
- Beck, K., et al. (2001) The Agile Manifesto. Agile Alliance. http://agilemanifesto.org/
- PMI, Agile Practice Guide
- Weitere Literatur wird in der Veranstaltung bekannt gegeben.
- Teaching concept
This course follows a highly interactive approach. Students are expected to actively participate in the classes. Classroom discussions will enable students to critically reflect on the newly acquired knowledge and discuss open questions with the lecturer.
- Participants