PM4R Agile -February-2024-02

The PM4R Agile training course for Development Project Management was designed and organized by the Inter-American Institute for Economic and Social Development (INDES) as part of the Project Management for Results (PM4R) initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aimed at improving the competencies of project teams made up of members of executing agencies.  IDB staff and members of liaison bodies. 

Recipients of this training are expected to strengthen their planning abilities with a hybrid project management approach that takes best practices from SCRUM, Agile, and Lean, among others. This is intended to ensure that the programs or projects under their responsibility achieve visibility of results in less time and with frequent deliveries of value.  

The course begins with a Start-up webinar and preliminary activities, and then continues with a 5-week virtual phase made up of 5 learning steps. These, in turn, are structured in units, whose contents are reinforced with a series of individual and group activities, of a mandatory nature, which the participants will carry out with the accompaniment of a tutor. Once this virtual phase is completed, each team must prepare a group work, which must be presented in the last week of the course. 

• Duration: 6 weeks
• Minimum effort required: 45 hours per course
• Value: Confirm with the Education Provider.
• Intermediate level
• Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and French

Course structure

Week 1. THE BASICS OF AGILE AND THE PM4R METHODOLOGY

Week 2. ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT’S EXISTING PLANNING ELEMENTS

Week 3. SELECTION OF THE PRIORITY WORK, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PM4R AGILE PLAN

Week 4. PARTICIPATORY ASSIGNMENT OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES; AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PM4R AGILE PLAN

Week 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGILE PLAN

Course objectives:

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

1. Identify the main concepts and 5 steps of the PM4R Agile methodology
2. Apply the 5 steps of the PM4R Agile methodology in your development and social impact project. 
3. Develop a three-month PM4R Agile Implementation Plan starting on the first day after course completion.
4. Demonstrate a personal commitment to achieving team goals.