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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish agile project and team
   • Identify and confirm project requirements, outcomes and client expectations with required personnel
   • Confirm agile project management methodology and timelines according to project requirements
   • Consolidate and confirm prioritisation of tasks according to project timelines
   • Confirm project scope, budget and key dates with required personnel
   • Negotiate and facilitate team members choosing roles and responsibilities with required personnel
2. Coordinate effective team communication
   • Discuss, confirm and implement ways and forms of communicating through tools and meetings with required personnel
   • Facilitate and manage agile meeting and encourage others to share feedback and progress
   • Check alignment of tasks, progress and timelines match communication and meeting agendas
   • Manage work progress and update communication tools according to project progress
3. Prioritise and manage backlog
   • Identify and prioritise work backlog according to client requirements
   • Determine increment timelines and stages of incremental delivery according to project requirements
   • Select range of backlog items to work on in first sprint
   • Communicate and coach team to self-select backlog streams and confirm with required personnel
   • Manage project work and track progress against project requirements
   • Coach and seek feedback from team members
   • Raise and action feedback outcomes according to project requirements and personnel feedback
   • Re-prioritise deliverables and backlog for next sprint according to client requirements
4. Finalise agile project
   • Collate project deliverables and prepare to present to client according to project requirements
   • Review and discuss project outcomes, agile effectiveness and team performance with required personnel
   • Lead agile project debrief and document outcomes and lessons learnt

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

plan, lead and evaluate at least three project sprints comprised of different project work tasks within an agile project framework.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

use at least one project management tool for effective team communication

use at least two different agile methodologies for communicating with team members.

coach team members and facilitate agile team culture and mindset

discuss and agree on frequency of team communication, feedback and project progress

apply agile principles and allow team to self-govern.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

agile principles, mindsets and behaviours

agile methodologies, including:

project management

team member roles and responsibilities

characteristics of increments, increment timelines and stages of increment delivery

project work tools and platforms

communication tools and platforms

agile meetings, including huddles and scrums

KANBAN board tools

project debrief methodologies

work task prioritisation requirements and contingencies

version control and progress tracking

ICT hardware and project management software applicable to organising and managing agile projects

communication techniques and practices required to coach others and lead meetings.

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