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Agile Portfolio Management
This advanced Agile training course teaches attendees how to apply Agile, Lean, and Kanban principles and practices to their portfolio planning and management. Participants learn new and innovative...
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This advanced Agile training course teaches attendees how to apply Agile, Lean, and Kanban principles and practices to their portfolio planning and management. Participants learn new and innovative methods for planning, prioritizing, sizing, and managing their portfolio of initiatives. This Agile course also covers planning around teams, measuring velocity, and establishing a pull method from a portfolio backlog.
Skills Gained
- Apply Agile, Lean, and Kanban principles and practices to portfolio planning and management
- Develop a new approach to enterprise capacity planning
- Implement a pull method from the portfolio backlog
- Use new metrics to measure success, such as velocity, flow efficiency, and cycle time
Prerequisites
No prior experience is presumed.
Course Details
Outline
- Top Challenges with Portfolio Management
- The Multitasking Problem
- Getting Initiatives Started .. Not DONE
- Why We Need a Different Approach
- Intro to Lean Thinking
- Limiting Work In Progress (WIP)
- Lean/Agile Portfolio Big Picture
- The Pull vs. Push Concept
- Understanding Capacity
- Why Stable Whole Teams?
- Supporting Communities of Practice
- New Metrics to Measure
- The New Role of an Agile PMO
- Agile/Lean Portfolio Planning Steps
- The 6 Levels of Planning
- Building Your Backlog of Current and Future Initiatives
- Strategic Alignment
- Developing Your Business Value Buckets
- Developing Your Qualification Filter
- Assigning Business Value Points
- Dependency, Risk, Sizing
- Making the Tough Decisions
- Ranking the Backlog
- Designing Stable ‘Whole’ Teams
- Which Team Should Pull What?
- Measuring Velocity
- Capacity Planning
- Creating an Enterprise Portfolio Grooming Team
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Continuous Backlog Grooming
- Setting Up Your Portfolio Tracking Kanban Walls
- Where To Go Next
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
What languages are used to deliver training?
Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.
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At Ascendient Learning, we offer training that is Instructor-Led, Online, Virtual, and Self-Paced.
Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?
Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.
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As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.
Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?
It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.
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We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.
Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?
Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.
Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?
Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.
Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?
We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth. We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.
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Will I get access to content after I complete a course?
You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.
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Reviews
Great instructor, clear and concise course. Labs were easy to follow and worked perfectly.
Some Labs are very good but some steps it ask to update but its already updated, but overall its very good training.
Easy to work with. Learning material pdfs were able to be printed out in color which was very nice to write on.
Very good material, the instructor was clear explaining the topics, and the labs were easy to follow it.
Very interactive and in-depth course that really got me ready for the industry
