Develop yourself from Software Project Analyst to Senior Software Project Manager (incl. guidance)

Explore the Lean and Agile methodologies and the Scrum approach to software development and project management.

Explore different types of project management tools, including collaboration, productivity, messaging, and file sharing tools. Discover how to choose the best tools and how they are used.

Collaboration tools continue to elevate in importance in relation to project management. Explore an overview of the collaboration tools available for various situations and discover how to choose a suitable collaboration tool.

Software requirements refer to the required features and functions of a software product during planning. Without a thorough understanding of requirements, a project has little hope of being successful. Explore the fundamentals of software requirements, including the different approaches to discovering and defining requirements, and how to transition from requirements to vision, organizational processes, and user stories.

Final Exam: Software Project Analyst will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Software Project Analyst track of the Skillsoft Aspire Software Project Analyst to Senior Software Project Manager Journey.

• Effective metrics play an important role in ensuring the success

• of a software project. Discover how metrics are used to evaluate
• projects and explore the various types of Agile metrics including
• Lean, Kanban, and Scrum. Discover what defines a metric, what makes
• a metric powerful and how to effectively evaluate using
• metrics.

• A crucial part of the role of a project analyst is being able to

• negotiate. Improve your negotiation skills by examining the
• benefits of negotiations, how to resolve conflicts, and the
• negotiation stages. Explore negotiation techniques and styles, the
• steps involved in negotiation, how to negotiate effectively, how to
• handle obstacles in negotiations, and how to avoid common
• mistakes.

• Effective stakeholder engagement techniques help to ensure

• successful projects. Discover how important stakeholders are in a
• project, the processes involved in stakeholder management, and how
• projects can have different types of stakeholders including
• internal and external, in this 13-video course. Begin by defining
• stakeholders, recognizing their importance in a project. Then move
• on to examining key processes involved in stakeholder management to
• ensure project success. You will learn to compare internal and
• external stakeholders in a project, the influencers, and recognize
• how different stakeholders can exert different influences on a
• project. Explore different types of stakeholder needs; key
• techniques used for collecting stakeholder requirements; and
• techniques for asking probing questions to ensure clarity on
• stakeholder, customer, or team needs. Discover commonly used tools
• to document stakeholder requirements, and the tools to ensure
• effective communication with stakeholders. Learn to recognize ways
• to effectively handle difficult stakeholders. Finally, learners
• examine common mistakes to avoid when engaging stakeholders.

• Business analysis determines the organizational goals, product

• vision, and user preference data needed to ensures proper business
• decisions can be made. Explore how a project analyst implements
• fundamental business analysis practices into software project
• management during the initiation and planning stages of the
• project.

• Properly defined scope statements, designing flow diagrams,

• establishing roles and responsibilities, and applying different
• methods of effect analysis all aid in business analysis and
• improving project processes. Explore how a project analyst
• implements business analysis practices and methods into software
• project management for the execution, monitoring, controlling, and
• continuous improvement of the project.

• In this 14-video course, explore the importance of assessing and

• managing project risk, including the role of the project analyst,
• recognizing risk, important teams, and types of risk. Discover how
• to identify and classify risk, use qualitative and quantitative
• methods to assess risks, and use the risk register tool. Begin by
• learning how to define project risk, then look at the project
• analyst's role in risk assessment. Next, examine the specific risks
• associated with a software project; define key terms associated
• with risk assessment; and learn to identify common types of risk in
• a project. You will discover commonly used techniques for risk
• identification; learn how to classify identified risks in a
• project; and explore the qualitative and quantitative methods to
• assess risks. You will examine the risk register tool used for risk
• management; view key risk management strategies; and learn risk
• mitigation best practices. The course concludes by describing tools
• used to measure efficiency of risk management.

Final Exam: Software Project Lead will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Software Project Lead track of the Skillsoft Aspire Software Project Analyst to Senior Software Project Manager Journey.

• Explore the differences between traditional and Agile software

• project management. Discover how to use real-time data metrics for
• command, control, and decision making. Examine the role metrics
• play in monitoring teams and continuous development, the role of
• software project management tools, and how to use JIRA to manage
• software projects.

The best Agile meetings are productive and efficient. Explore the best practices for conducting software project meetings, and compare traditional meetings with Agile project meetings. Also discover how to work with teams spread across multiple sites.

Stakeholders play a crucial role in software development projects, but understanding who stakeholders are, what their roles and interests are, and communicating effectively with stakeholders can be challenging. Explore effective stakeholder communication including how to identify stakeholders and their roles, the challenges of communicating with stakeholders, and strategies for communicating with stakeholders.

• Needs and expectations are easily confused. Project managers

• must therefore determine client/customer needs while managing
• expectations. In this 14-video course, learners discover the art of
• balancing needs and expectations in the context of project
• management. Begin by learning how to identify and understand client
• needs. Examine how to collect project requirements with Project
• Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), guidelines, and the
• importance of separating expectations from requirements. Learn how
• to categorize client requests so they can be factored into
• requirements or rejected by categorizing priorities by using the
• MoSCoW Method (must-haves, should-haves, could-haves, and will not
• have). Learn how to create a balance between client needs and
• expectations. Delve into the role of the Project Manager and the
• importance of well-honed communication skills, and learn how to
• avoid distracting noise and buzz surrounding modern technology.
• Identify business needs; use Agile communication to understand
• needs; and view strategies, including communication best practices,
• to manage expectations. Finally, discover ways to set client needs
• and expectations, and learn best practices for resetting
• stakeholder expectations on projects.

• Discover the challenges faced by an organization transitioning

• to Agile and examine comparisons of the Hybrid, Lean, and Bimodal
• Agile models and frameworks, along with other topics covered in
• this 14-video course. Begin with a look at Agile philosophy at
• organizational level, then compare and contrast the different Agile
• frameworks available for Agile transformation of the organization.
• Explore the features of the Hybrid model, and those of the Bimodal
• model. Delve into the seven principles that guide the Lean model of
• Agile, and view guidelines to identify the best fit Agile framework
• for an organization. Examine methods that can be used to increase
• benefits of Agile from a project level to an organizational level;
• various scaling models available for integrating Agile; and the
• SAFe framework available for scaling Agile. Discover benefits
• offered by Agile estimation models over traditional estimation
• models; recognize how to establish a governance framework for
• adopting Agile at an organizational level, and finally, learn best
• practices for building an Agile team culture in an
• organization.

• Explore Agile tools such as initiatives, themes, epics, and

• stories and their role in software development. Examine best
• practices such as modularity, coupling, and cohesion, as well as
• how to integrate UX design with Agile. Examine concepts such as
• extreme programming, continuous integration, pair programming,
• test-driven development, and code refactoring. In addition,
• mentoring and working with distributed teams is also covered.

Final Exam: Software Project Manager will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Software Project Manager track of the Skillsoft Aspire Software Project Analyst to Senior Software Project Manager Journey.

Discover advanced Scrum concepts, including Scrum frameworks, techniques, and tools, as well as how to implement these concepts to best help an organization.

Explore how advanced project data analysis is performed using different methods, strategies for adopting a data-driven mindset, and framing a data strategy. In addition, discover common business intelligence applications that can be used to analyze, query, and report data at an organizational level.

• Discover how to align organizational activities with a strategic

• goal of adding value to the customer through value-based
• management. Explore the key value drivers and the role of the Value
• Manager and Value Management Office. Examine the differences
• between value analysis and value engineering, as well as
• performance-based earned value and how it compares to traditional
• earned value management. Ethical leadership and the value of
• multicultural teams is also covered.

• Discover how to frame the strategic vision for the organization

• and align the organizational activities to achieve the defined
• strategic goals. Explore key terms in organizational business
• strategy, strategic goal approaches, strategic planning, SWOT
• analysis, vision and mission statements, and SMART business
• objectives. Examine how to align objectives with goals, make the
• strategic plan effective, and revise and improve the strategic
• plan.

• This 12-video course explores Hybrid Agile approaches, including

• situations when a hybrid approach may be appropriate, common hybrid
• models, and assessments of Agile and hybrid suitability. Discover
• project tailoring and the impact of hybrid approaches on
• fundamental Agile values and principles. Begin by looking at the
• characteristics of various project management methodologies, and
• then at situations for which hybrid methodologies may be necessary.
• Next, you will examine the V model, the Spiral model, and Iterative
• traditional-Agile hybrid models. View different scenarios where
• various hybrid methods may be applied, and learn about using a
• hybrid while transitioning to Agile. Consider the Agile-Agile
• Hybrid, which blends elements of Scrum, Kanban, or Extreme
• Programming. Discover the assessment tool that predicts suitability
• of a project to use the Agile, traditional, or hybrid approach, and
• take a look at project tailoring. Delve into Agile values and
• mindset, recalling Agile values and conducting an Agile suitability
• assessment based on these values. In conclusion, explore which
• areas of the Agile Manifesto may be sacrificed when using a hybrid
• approach.

• Explore value-driven delivery, including Agile values and

• principles, the shared product vision, and addressing risk or
• anti-value. Discover the benefits of using simple tactile tools and
• information radiators. Examine the importance of minimizing work in
• progress, removing bottlenecks, and establishing a regular cadence
• and flow of value delivery.

Final Exam: Senior Software Project Manager will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Senior Software Project Manager track of the Skillsoft Aspire Software Project Analyst to Senior Software Project Manager Journey.