CIS443
Preview: CIS443 Agile Project Management :
Course Guide
Prerequisites
Course Description
Instructional Materials
CIS348 (Information Technology Project Management)
This course introduces students to Agile Project Management. Students are presented with core values, fundamentals, frameworks
and the practices in various Agile phases. Topics also include governance, quality and the application of Agile methods into
organizational settings.
Required Resources
Required Resources: Available Through the Strayer Bookstore
uCertify. No date. PMI-ACP
®
Project
Management
Institute
Agile
Certified
Practitioner.
The Project Management Institute. 2017. Project
Manager
Competency
Development
Framework (3rd ed.). Project
Management Institute.
Required Resources: Online Resources Available Through the Strayer Library
Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) — Sixth ® Edition
and Agile Practice Guide . Newtown Square. PA. 2017.
Doug Rose. 2015. Leading
Agile
Teams. Project Management Institute.
Required Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project or their equivalents (such as OpenOffice, Día, and Open
Project) are required.
Supplemental Resources
Stanley E. Portny. 2017. Project Management For Dummies Cheat Sheet . http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/project-
management-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html
Don Wells. 2013. Extreme Programming: Gentle Introduction A . http://www.extremeprogramming.org/
Feature Driven Development. No date. http://www.featuredrivendevelopment.com/
Project Management Institute. No date. http://www.pmi.org/
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linked content.
Course Learning Outcomes
Weekly Course Schedule
Week 1 - To Do List
Project Management Institute. No date. Student Membership. https://www.pmi.org/membership/student
Project Management. No date. https://www.projectmanagement.com/
Bruce Harpham. 2018. Project
Managers
at
Work. Apress.
Penny Pullan (Ed.). 2013. Business
Analysis
and
Leadership:
Influencing
Change. Kogan Page.
Jesse Fewell. 2018. More to Master: There's No Way Around It: Going Agile Requires New Skills . PM
Network, vol. 32, no. 7, p. 23.
Erika Barden. 2018. What’s Agile Got to Do with It? Seven Key Trends Leaders Need to Know . NZ
Business
and
Management,
vol. 32, no 4, pp. 22–25.
Kate Rockwood. 2018. The Right Tact: As Agile Teams Move at Lightning They Speed, Must Double Down on Emotional
Intelligence. PM
Network, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 48–53.
Jesse Fewell. 2018. Restructured Role: PMO Leaders Shouldn't Fear Agile if They Stay in Tune With the Times . PM
Network, vol.
32, no. 1, p. 22.
Steve Hendershot. 2018. Public Domain: Government Software Teams Are Adopting Agile—and Shedding Bureaucratic
Stereotypes. PM
Network, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 44–49.
