OVERVIEW

When companies first get involved in project management, there is a tendency to focus on a formalized project management approach structured around a project management methodology that contains processes, rigid policies and procedures as to how project work must take place. Deviations from the plan were discouraged because there was an inherent fear at the executive levels that there might be a loss of control without formalized processes. This is what waterfall approach in project management brings to most projects. However, as projects get more complex, ambiguous and unpredictable, waterfall-based approach is no longer able to meet the needs of the project. Agile is quickly becoming the go-to method of project management for a wide range of industries —from manufacturing to finance to health care and research and development. Organizations that embrace agility and adaptability outperform their counterparts, completing more projects successfully. This course will provide fundamental knowledge on agile project management and how it provides value to performing organization. Topics include project management and project lifecycle, development approach, agile principles and mindset, value driven delivery, stakeholder engagement, agile communications, team performance and adaptive planning.

Objectives
• To understand the concept and principles of agile project management.
• To familiarise with some agile practices such as Scrum, XP and Kanban.

Learning Outcome
• Able to explain the concept and principles of agile project management.
• Able to develop familiarity with existing agile practices such as Scrum, XP and Kanban

Target Group
• Executives
• Managers
• Project managers
• Engineers
• Academics
• University’s students
• Any industries (Government or private sectors)

Program Content
• Project management
• Development approach
• Agile principles and mindset
• Value driven delivery
• Stakeholder engagement
• Agile Communications
• Team performance
• Adaptive planning


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Abang Annuar Ehsan works as a research fellow at the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) since 2006. He holds a BE (Electrical Eng., UNSW, Australia), MSc (Microelectronics, UKM), ME (Manufacturing Systems Engineering, UPM), MPM (Project Management, OUM), PhD (Applied Science, UiTM) and PhD (Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, UKM).

His research interest includes fiber optics devices, optical design, additive manufacturing and micromachining processes. Dr. Abang Annuar Ehsan has more than 17 years of project management experiences in leading research projects including fundings from UKM, KPT, MOSTI, MTDC and MITI. Dr. He holds 6 patents on optical devices and 3D printing system. Prior to joining UKM, he has worked with companies such as Mimos Semiconductor, KKIP Communications and Celcom Timur.

Dr. Abang Annuar Ehsan is a registered professional engineer under BEM. He holds three project management certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI USA) including PMP, PMI-SP and PMI-ACP. He is also an HRD-Corp Certified and Accredited trainer. He is a member of the Project Management Institute, member of PMI Malaysia Chapter, corporate member of the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) and a committee member for the Project Management Technical Division, IEM.