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Project Management Institute
Course Training : Agile Fundamentals 01 | 14 | 2025
Group discounts available up to 30%.
I highly recommend RefineM to any company, regardless of their level of experience, that is looking to improve their agile process because they are wonderful to work with and are dedicated to seeing others succeed from the knowledge and understanding they impart.
RefineM’s Agile Fundamentals course is a training that introduces you to the basics of Agile. Agile has been successfully used to deliver high value to customers within a fixed scope and time frame. This course will provide an overview of Agile concepts, various Agile methodologies, Agile teams, planning for Agile projects, and executing Agile projects.
As an attendee, you will learn more about the foundations of Agile, including the Agile manifesto, guiding principles, and a comparison to waterfall-style development. You will learn more about Agile methodologies, basic roles, and ceremonies and artifacts. In our stress-free, small-group learning environment, you will have the opportunity to interact with other Agile practitioners and learn hands-on with the guidance of an experienced Agile instructor. You will leave this course ready to implement Agile on your teams.
Our course is delivered by experienced instructors certified by PMI specifically to teach project management courses. There will be opportunities for discussion and hands-on activities, making the entire course experience engaging and fun. You receive unlimited free phone/email support after the course.
After completing the course, you will be able to
RefineM’s Agile Fundamentals course is a basic course that will help attendees get a good understanding of the Agile methodology. This course is designed for those who would like to learn more about Agile. This may include project team members, project managers, project leads, technical leads, or QA testers or managers, particularly in software development or IT. It may also include team members in business roles such as product owners, business analysts, business experts, project sponsors, or other stakeholders.
Any organization in the process of adopting Agile that needs its team to go through formal Agile training should also benefit from sending team members to this course.
16 Contact Hours (Business Acumen: 2 PDUs, Power Skills: 2 PDUs, Ways of Working: 10 PDUs)
This course will be delivered over the Web over two consecutive days from
From 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Central time
RefineM's instructors are experienced and certified in project management and Agile and bring real-world experience to their instruction. Our instructors not only teach concepts, we also provide insights and hands-on experience. And we don’t waste time. Our training is focused and hard-hitting. We offer practical targeted training in just the key topics that will make the most impact.
NK Shrivastava, MBA, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, CSP, SPC4, has over 10 years of experience teaching PMP Exam Prep courses. He is CEO / lead instructor at RefineM and an experienced and certified Project Management Consultant and coach with more than 30 years of experience leading and directing projects and delivering project management consulting and training.
Daniel Fay, PMP, PMI-PBA, DASM, is the instructor for our courses held over five consecutive Thursdays. He has over 35 years of experience as an International Consultant in organizational development, management consulting, and project management. Face-to-face and virtually, he provides a solid set of experiences and concepts for teams across culture, and across industry. He has trained over 6000 managers and leaders world-wide, virtually and in classroom-based programs. He is located in Canada.
Phillip George, PMP, CSM, has participated in and led project management and Agile consulting and training engagements with RefineM for over 9 years. He earned his Master of Science in Project Management and Master of Arts in English from Missouri State University.
Ada Avila, PMP, PMI-ACP, DASM, has over 17 years of experience as a problem-solving oriented leader, and quickly connects and engages in process mapping and process improvement business strategies. She has worked in different business units gaining experience in Sales, Learning and Development, Services, Project Management and People Leader. She is passionate about using her project management skills to train, mentor and coach others.
| Lesson | Topic |
|---|---|
| What is Agile | Introductions |
| Waterfall/Predictive Life Cycle pros and cons | Agile Concepts |
| How is Agile different | Agile Concepts |
| Agile contracts | Agile Concepts |
| Manifesto for Agile Software Development | Agile Concepts |
| 12 Principles of Agile | Agile Concepts |
| Why use Agile? | Agile Concepts |
| Being Agile vs Doing Agile | Agile Concepts |
| Challenges in Agile Adoption | Agile Concepts |
| Scrum | Agile Methodologies |
| XP - Extreme Programming | Agile Methodologies |
| Lean | Agile Methodologies |
| Kanban | Agile Methodologies |
| Other Agile Methodologies | Agile Methodologies |
| Hybrid methodology | Agile Methodologies |
| Self-organizing teams | Agile Teams |
| Agile Analysis Tools | Agile Teams |
| Agile planning | Planning / Estimation |
| Customer value | Planning / Estimation |
| Product vision statement | Planning / Estimation |
| Product Roadmap | Planning / Estimation |
| Agile Backlogs | Planning / Estimation |
| Wireframes | Planning / Estimation |
| Agile Themes | Planning / Estimation |
| Epic and User stories | Planning / Estimation |
| Features | Planning / Estimation |
| Test first Development/ Test-Driven Development | Planning / Estimation |
| Definition of Done | Planning / Estimation |
| Agile Estimation | Planning / Estimation |
| Affinity Estimating | Planning / Estimation |
| Relative Sizing | Planning / Estimation |
| Planning Poker | Planning / Estimation |
| Ideal Time | Planning / Estimation |
| Agile Release Planning | Planning / Estimation |
| Story Mapping | Planning / Estimation |
| Agile Retrospectives | Planning / Estimation |
| Day 1 Q&A | Day 1 Q&A |
| Lesson | Topic |
|---|---|
| Agile Backlogs | Agile Project Execution |
| Key Agile Metrics | Agile Project Execution |
| Information Radiators | Agile Project Execution |
| Why User Stories? | User Stories |
| Why Writes User Stories? | User Stories |
| Why the Customer Team? | User Stories |
| Story Cards | User Stories |
| User Story Components | User Stories |
| Estimating User Stories | User Stories |
| Basic Concepts | Value Stream Maps |
| Visual Workflow | Value Stream Maps |
| Value Stream Metrics | Value Stream Maps |
| Develop Value Stream Map | Value Stream Maps |
| Kanban Board & Value Stream Map Exercise | Kanban Board & Value Stream Map Exercise |
| Final Q&A / Closeout | Final Q&A / Closeout |
