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UXD 3040 - Agile Project Management

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Agile project management is an iterative approach to managing projects that focuses on continuous releases and incorporating customer feedback with every iteration. This course is designed to expose students to agile project management through participation in a project-creating minimum viable products (MVP) throughout the term. It addresses the dynamic and fluid nature of people, product teams and management styles, as well as the techniques used to adjust a product in real-time as a way of addressing customer needs. Emphasis is placed on “agility” as a vehicle for creating innovative products and services.
Prereq: COM 2001 , junior standing
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Examine vocabulary, terminology, and tenants of agile product management 
  • Model the roles and how to work within an agile team
  • Organize work within an agile product team
  • Recognize different way to integrate UX into an agile work environment
  • Demonstrate collaborative thinking and planning that drives product development
  • Employ a growth mindset to be responsive to change through an agile methodologies and frameworks
Prerequisites by Topic
  • Basic writing
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Design thinking
Course Topics
  • Agile project management vs. traditional management styles
  • The relationship between customer satisfaction and continuous delivery to rapidly respond to customer and company needs
  • Agile manifesto, the tenants and principles.
  • SCRUM, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), Design Sprints, and Lean UX
  • How UX and agile fit together
  • Creating and managing a product backlog
  • Product planning, estimating, and prioritization
  • Iterative product design through sprints, demonstrations, and retrospectives
  • The need for face-to-face conversations
  • Getting businesspeople and developers to work collaboratively by building projects around motivated people
  • Agile processes and sustainable development
  • How good design and technical excellence enhances agility
Coordinator
Amii LaPointe


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