Agile for the Government Project Manager 2017-04-23T23:02:15-07:00

AGL Academy

A community effort by Agile government professionals to help educate and empower
those who seek to implement Agile processes into their own agencies

Agile for the Government Project Manager

This step-by-step course is for the Project or Program manager in government who wants to learn the basics of practicing agile with their team.

Work through these self-guided lessons at your own pace. They start with readings and videos, progressing to exercises that you can perform with your team to solidify concepts and gain hands-on experience.

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Lesson 1: Introduction To Agile ›

Lesson 2: Writing And Estimating User Stories ›

Lesson 3: Running A Three-Sprint Workshop And Producing A Backlog ›

You can access this course as a PDF.

You can also learn using Trello, a free project management tool that tracks your team’s progress through the course. You can move tasks from one column to another as you complete the work – great practice for tracking real agile projects down the road!

Learn more about Trello >

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This course is still evolving, and we want your input to help make it more valuable. Please take a moment to complete our short survey about the course, even if you don’t finish!

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This course is still evolving.

We would appreciate your input to help make it more valuable. Please take a moment to complete our short survey about the course, even if you don’t finish!

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Course contributors: Elizabeth Raley, Robert L. Read, Tim Nolan, Doug Birgfeld, Bill Haight, Son Tran.