Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project

Learn how to use Microsoft Project to manage agile projects, including traditionally scheduled tasks and agile work.

Introduction

• Manage agile and hybrid projects with Microsoft Project
• What you should know before starting this course
• Overview of the project case study

1. An Introduction to Agile in Microsoft Project

• Review of agile project management
• Hybrid projects: How agile and traditional work together
• Build a framework for a hybrid project
• Project Online's built-in agile tools

2. Set Up an Agile Project

• Turn on agile features for a project
• Add features to the agile backlog
• Record feature information
• Create sprints
• Assign features to sprints
• Set up releases

3. Track Agile Progress

• Create a view to manage the backlog
• Update sprint progress
• Handle incomplete features
• Reprioritize and manage the backlog

4. Report on Agile and Hybrid Projects

• Generate burndown and other reports
• Create a points and velocity report
• Include agile work in the hybrid project
• Build a high-level view of the project

5. Customize Project 2019 for Agile

• Set Project options for agile projects
• Create custom fields to manage features
• Create custom fields to track velocity

6. Manage Agile Work with Project 2019

• Add features to the backlog
• Create a backlog view
• Assign features to sprints
• Assign resources to features
• Define the sprint and release schedule
• Manage the backlog
• Update progress
• Report on agile metrics

Conclusion

• Learn more about project management and Microsoft Project