BUS 56 — Fundamentals of Agile Project Management
Quarter: Spring
Day(s): Wednesdays
Course Format: Live Online (About Formats)
Duration: 8 weeks
Date(s): Apr 19—Jun 7
Time: 6:30—8:45 pm (PT)
Refund Deadline: Apr 21
Unit: 1
Tuition: $675
Instructor(s): Tim Bombosch
Class Recording Available: Yes
Status: Open
Spring
Date(s)
Apr 19—Jun 7
8 weeks
Refund Date
Apr 21
1 Unit
Fees
$675
Instructor(s):
Tim Bombosch
Recording
Yes
Open
Project management is one of the most highly sought-after skill sets in today’s job market. It's at the center of what organizations must do—enable strategy, develop and deliver products and services, improve internal operations, enhance the bottom line, and above all, create delightful customer experiences.
Agile is quickly becoming the preferred project management paradigm. It emphasizes the ability to deliver value to organizations and customers quickly, to recalibrate scope and priorities frequently, and to reduce project management overhead. Agile teams are highly collaborative and constantly work to improve team performance.
While Agile is typically associated with software development and product development, it can be much more. With roots in process and total quality management (TQM), it has become a key model for process management, product management, and IT management.
This course will survey Agile’s history, applications, and most commonly utilized frameworks—Lean Agile, Kanban, Scrum, Extreme Programming, and DevOps. It will also consider how to adopt and scale Agile in the enterprise. In addition, it will compare Agile, traditional, and hybrid project management. Whether you are a project manager or someone who depends on successful project delivery, improving your project management skills will help you in your current role and lay the foundation for career advancement.
Agile is quickly becoming the preferred project management paradigm. It emphasizes the ability to deliver value to organizations and customers quickly, to recalibrate scope and priorities frequently, and to reduce project management overhead. Agile teams are highly collaborative and constantly work to improve team performance.
While Agile is typically associated with software development and product development, it can be much more. With roots in process and total quality management (TQM), it has become a key model for process management, product management, and IT management.
This course will survey Agile’s history, applications, and most commonly utilized frameworks—Lean Agile, Kanban, Scrum, Extreme Programming, and DevOps. It will also consider how to adopt and scale Agile in the enterprise. In addition, it will compare Agile, traditional, and hybrid project management. Whether you are a project manager or someone who depends on successful project delivery, improving your project management skills will help you in your current role and lay the foundation for career advancement.
This is the second course of the two-course series on project management. The first course, “Fundamentals of Project Management,” was taught in Winter 2023. Students who complete “Fundamentals of Agile Project Management” will satisfy the training requirements for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam. Completion of the two courses will also satisfy the Project Management Institute’s training requirement for its Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. While these courses build upon one another, each course can be taken independently as well.
TIM BOMBOSCH
Former Change Management and Project Management Consultant, Stanford
Tim Bombosch is a consultant with more than 15 years of experience as a project manager, business analyst, and change management consultant. He is a certified project manager, Scrum master, and change management practitioner and has developed and taught project management courses for over 10 years. He is the treasurer and a board member of the Project Management Institute San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. He received a PhD in German studies from Stanford and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.