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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2023/2024

Agile Basics: Product Management and Teamwork

Type: Elective course (Data Science and Business Analytics)
Area of studies: Applied Mathematics and Information Science
Delivered by: Big Data and Information Retrieval School
Where: Faculty of Computer Science
When: 4 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Панкратьева Анастасия Владимировна
Language: English
ECTS credits: 5
Contact hours: 56

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Students will learn: • Key concepts of product management (product vision, product cycle, key product metrics) • Basics of most popular IT methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban Practice will include launching a new product by team of students with help of appropriate agile principles, roles and ceremonies. Students should take this course in order to get a grasp of agile way of working in modern IT company.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The main objective of this course is to provide students with basic understanding how agile methodology works and how it differs from other methodologies (i.e. waterfall). The course offers an overview of Scrum and Kanban, how to launch a product and how to lead an agile team.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Know the history of project management
  • Know basics of Project management
  • Know basics of Product management
  • Know basics of Product thinking
  • Know basic of Product strategy
  • Be able to recognize the difference between Agile and Waterfall
  • Be able to recognize and choose proper Agile structure and team roles
  • Be able to undertake Agile ceremonies
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • History of project management
  • Project management
  • Agile: Scrum
  • Agile: Kanban
  • Product thinking
  • Product strategy
  • Agile teams: structure and roles
  • Agile ceremonies
  • Agile pitfalls
  • Methodologies beyond Agile
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Recap
  • non-blocking HW
  • non-blocking Exam
  • non-blocking MVP of product
  • non-blocking Bonus activities
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 2nd module
    MAX(10; 0,14*Recap + 0,28*HW + 0,25*Exam + 0,33*MVP of product + 0,14*Bonus activities)
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Agile : insights you need from Harvard Business Review, , 2020
  • Canty, D. (2015). Agile for Project Managers. Boca Raton, FL: Auerbach Publications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=957514
  • Stellman, A., & Greene, J. (2014). Learning Agile : Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban: Vol. First edition. O’Reilly Media.
  • Sutherland, J. (2014). Scrum : The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. New York: Currency. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=761751

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Brooks, F. P. (1995). The Mythical Man-Month : Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (Vol. Anniversary ed). Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Professional. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1545773
  • Ray Dalio. (2018). Principles. Simon & Schuster.