I lead a project office in a large Marketing Division and believe that agile would be highly effective in this line of business within which market changes are a constant factor.

With that being said, I would appreciate suggestions for Agile Project Management training. Specifically, can you suggest any effective, knowledgeable training course(s) that would allow me to implement agile in a business environment? Perhaps there is no meaningful differences between technical and business projects when it comes to the application of agile, but I assume there might be. Opinions on this would also be appreciated.

Thanks,
Shirley

Shirley,

Thanks for your post. I agree ... Agile can be a very effective solution for organizations were market changes are a constant factor. Our experience is that there are real differences in how agile (or waterfall) techniques are applied to technical and business projects. In general, projects with more frequent changes to business specifications are better candidates for agile.

Roeder Consulting offers training in both agile and waterfall. One approach is not always better than the other. We help clients decide what approach makes sense for them. Roeder Consutling offers open enrollment courses in agile (http://roederconsulting.com/agilepr...ement.php) and also customized on-site solutions. I invite you to take a look at our web site and contact me if I can provide further information. Best of luck in your journey!

Tres Roeder
216-342-4015
www.roederconsulting,com

Greetings Shirley, George & Agile CoP members:

Please note that Agile CoP is a forum provided by PMI Institute to share, build and create knowledge related to agile practices - by the community, for the community.
There are a few guidelines that PMI has laid down under "Terms of Use" mentioned here:
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So, in the best interest of community, it would be beneficial if members can share Knowledge, recommend training, instead of just recommending themselves?
For additional information on PMI recommended education providers, I would recommend visiting: ccrs.pmi.org for trainings, REPs and student related courses.

Thanks for adhering to these guidelines and for making this community a valuable place of Knowledge and sharing experience.

Sincerely,
Sameer Bendre PMP, CSM
Agile CoP - Community Knowledge Management Lead

To Sameer's point, here are some general references for GREAT agile training:

http://www.agilesherpa.org/agile_training/ (hosted by tool vendor VersionOne)

http://www.scrumalliance.org/course...events_map (Scrum certification classes)

..or..

go to http://ccrs.pmi.org/ and do a Quick Search for "scrum" or "agile". EVERYONE listed here is a PMI REP, which greatly simplifies PDU tracking and submission, but some of the best agile trainers are not REPs.

-jesse

This is a great topic. The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner is intended to be agnostic about "what" is being created. Thus it is intended to NOT be about software but universally usable for many different products or services.
The tools and techniques apply nearly everywhere. I have had students from Marketing, Sales, Development (software), Insurance, and many others.
An Example:
A business process expert had to review several hundred processes in her company. We worked together to create a kanban for her to use to keep track of progress watch flow and make adjustments to the process. Here is an image of what we created.

http://agile.vc.pmi.org/Share/Photo...fault.aspx

of course she will have to create individual cards for each item to be reviewed. but the kanban tool, helped her apply lean methods to her work.

I hope that helps as an example.