Planning module defines a process for developing the project plan and explains all perquisites required to have a successful planning workshop. This enables students to define the type of plan required relative to project size and complexity. It also makes them familiar with concept of a skeleton vs. detailed plan, use of sprints to execute in time boxed manner and the purpose of buffer management.
- Objectives/Key learning points
- Understand how to plan a project; what are planning steps and element of a plan? What is a challenging but realistic plan?
- Differentiate between skeleton and detailed planning; understand negatives and positives of each and the synergy of both.
- Define basics of agile/sprint planning.
- Define the concept of a buffer and how buffer management can help control project execution
- Define what is risk and how to use risk mitigation strategies to ensure more robust project delivery – expand in a separate module.
- Teaching methodology
- Theoretical introduction to planning methodology with the real-life examples
- Implementation methodology
- Facilitate a planning workshop for the real client project