What you’ll be able to do — competencies

Course 1. Project Requirements and Scope Management

• Explain the fundamentals of effective project delivery, Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA,) to better plan projects.
• Summarize start-up tools to effectively start a predictive or agile project.
• Develop a vision statement and project charter to effectively initiate a project.
• Describe end-to-end requirements planning, artifacts, management, and roles to effectively plan project scope.
• Distinguish the differences between requirements management in both a predictive and adaptive environment to effectively plan scope.
• Describe techniques to effectively elicit and validate requirements to ensure you are solving the situation or condition from the customer standpoint.
• Analyze requirements and develop overall project scope to reach a collaborated and agreed-upon scope baseline.
• Practice writing user stories and creating a Product Backlog to support and plan an adaptive project.
• Practice developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to support and plan predictive projects.
• Summarize steps to complete deliverables to provide customer value.

Course 2. Project Scheduling

• Explore how scheduling tools may be used to develop and manage a schedule.
• Compare and contrast the differences between adaptive and predictive scheduling approaches to ensure a viable schedule.
• Explore the relationship between the project baseline and predictive schedule development to reach the schedule baseline.
• Use a predictive approach to develop a schedule baseline to share with sponsors and stakeholders to gain approval and acceptance.
• Describe the relationship between user stories, tasks, and sprint planning to better understand adaptive planning techniques.
• Use an adaptive approach to develop a task board for a case to share project status and monitor progress.
• Describe schedule optimization techniques to ensure resources are available and aligned.

Course 3. Project Delivery

• Compare actual versus estimated progress to determine and report project performance.
• Employ contingency plans and risk responses to manage and control identified risks.
• Modify project schedule and documentation through a change control process to address performance concerns.
• Use quality processes to control performance and practice continuous improvement.
• Execute the communication plan to share appropriate project information with all stakeholders.
• Manage team and use logs to track project performance.