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Understanding Agile Risk Management, Metrics, Stakeholder Management, and Agile Contracts

by Chuck Cobb

An Agile approach requires a very different management approach in the areas of risk management, metrics, stakeholder management, and Agile contracts. This course will prepare you to take a leadership role in an Agile project in all of these areas.

What you'll learn

Agile requires a very different approach to project management in a number of areas including risk management, project metrics, stakeholder management, and Agile Contracts. In this course, Understanding Agile Risk Management, Metrics, Stakeholder Management, and Agile Contracts, you will unearth important skills that are significantly different in an Agile environment. First, you will discover how Agile can provide a foundation for a very effective risk management approach; geared to the level of uncertainty in the project. Then, you will explore how to use metrics to effectively manage Agile projects. Finally, you will learn how stakeholder management is different in an Agile environment and how to use Agile stakeholder management principles to develop a very effective Agile contracting approach. When you are finished with this course, you will have a good foundation of knowledge to know how to use these skills to take a leadership role in an Agile project.

About the author

Chuck Cobb is the author of the recent best-selling book “The Project Manager’s Guide to Mastering Agile" plus four other books and numerous professional articles on Project Management and Business Excellence. He is an expert-level Project Manager with over 20 years of hands-on program/project management experience as well as a broad background in business analysis and software development in a broad range of industries and application areas. He is passionate about helping project managers under... more

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