Project Management and Being Agile in VUCA World

Know the difference between the output, outcome, and impact of your projects.Understand the strategic aspect of project management.Establish solid and constructive relationships with your sponsors, customers, and executives.Understand the impact of context on the selected project management methodology.Develop skills in listing and managing the stakeholders, especially your customers.Learn the shared infrastructure of the Agile and waterfall methodologies as they are the two tips of a single iceberg.Welcome to the course, Project Management Fundamentals For Business Professionals. My name is Doğan Aral. In my 40 years of business life, there were always projects; I have experienced all roles in project management with many success and failure stories. Those valuable experiences gave me learning opportunities on the technical and human sides of the projects. During the last seven years, I shared those experiences with more than 100 companies and thousands of business world professionals as a consultant, instructor, and mentor.At the end of this course, you’ll know the difference between the output, outcome, and impact of your projects; You will be able to understand the strategic aspect of project management. You will establish solid and constructive relationships with your sponsors, customers, and executives. You will understand the impact of context on the selected project management methodology; You will develop skills in listing and managing the stakeholders, especially your customers. You will learn the shared infrastructure of the Agile and waterfall methodologies as they are the two tips of a single iceberg. You will understand this common infrastructure to create value in your projects, irrespective of the methodologies.This course explains project success and value creation processes from a business perspective. Defines customer with an agile mindset; The shared terms and concepts of the agile and waterfall worlds such as portfolio management, life cycle, and organizational structure types; The complexity models and their impacts on the methodology selection process; The Agile manifesto values and principles; and their reflection in waterfall methodologies.Whether you are a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, or a Project Manager, you need to see the big picture of the project management ecosystem. This course will show you the big picture.Hope to meet you in the course.Who this course is for:Project managers who want to understand the value of an agile mindset in waterfall methodology.Professionals who want to develop themselves in agile frameworks.Project managers experiencing difficulties in communicating with executivesExecutives who want to understand Agile values and principles.