Essential Project Management Practices and Agile Methodologies: Practical Application Class (5 Saturday Sessions)
(Instructors: Sanders Liu, Roy Lin, Tao Chun Liu))
Course Outline
3/28 β Introduction to Project Management Definition of a project; why project management is necessary; Waterfall vs. Agile approaches.
3/28 β Project Implementation Workshop Group-based hands-on practice with Waterfall-style micro-projects and Agile-style micro-projects; comparison of similarities, differences, and suitable application scenarios for the two project management approaches.
4/11 β Project Quality Management Quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control.
4/11 β Project Quality Control Workshop Group exercises using the Kano Model, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), and the House of Quality (HOQ) to produce specifications that meet project requirements.
4/18 β Project Risk Management Risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and management.
4/18 β Risk Management Plan Workshop Hands-on practice with risk strategies and contingency planning; case-based exercises in quantitative risk analysis.
4/25 β Agile Project Management Value-driven delivery; stakeholder engagement; adaptive planning; team performance and leadership.
4/25 β Agile Project Workshop Analysis of failed Agile cases; identifying and resolving issues in Agile environments; hands-on Agile project games.
5/9 β Project Agility Project economics; Agile practices and core workflows; comparison between Agile thinking and traditional project management.
5/9 β Agile Practices Application Workshop Hands-on iteration exercises; Agile change management; Agile project board game workshop.
