Learn agile principles for efficient development project management in this 10-week course. Boost team motivation and project execution.
Learn agile principles for efficient development project management in this 10-week course. Boost team motivation and project execution.
Discover the PM4R Agile methodology in this comprehensive course designed for development and social impact project managers. Learn to apply agile principles to enhance project execution, increase transparency, and motivate your team. The course covers fundamental agile concepts, team roles, and practical activities to internalize agile principles. Through self-diagnosis, assess your individual and organizational agility levels. Ideal for professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean working on development projects, including civil servants, NGO staff, and private sector personnel. Gain skills to adapt to dynamic project environments and achieve sustainable, inclusive development outcomes.
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What you'll learn
Understand the characteristics and principles of the PM4R agile approach for development projects
Develop behaviors and attitudes that foster an agile mindset in project management
Learn about team roles and responsibilities in the PM4R agile framework
Identify elements of development projects that benefit from a hybrid management approach
Self-diagnose individual and organizational agility levels
Apply agile principles to increase project efficiency and transparency
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Module Description
This course introduces the PM4R Agile methodology, a hybrid approach designed for development and social impact projects. Participants will learn the fundamental concepts of agility, the importance of developing an agile mindset, and how to apply these principles to project management. The curriculum covers the characteristics and principles of the PM4R agile approach, behaviors and attitudes that foster an agile mindset, team roles and responsibilities in an agile structure, and the unique elements of development projects that benefit from a hybrid management approach. Through practical activities and self-diagnosis tools, learners will analyze their current level of agility and learn how to enhance it. The course aims to equip professionals with the skills to manage projects more efficiently, increase transparency, engage stakeholders continuously, and motivate their teams effectively.
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10 Courses
Distinguished Project Management Expert and Agile Methodology Leader
Agustín Sarría serves as Coordinator of the Project Management for Results (PM4R) program at the Inter-American Development Bank, where he leads initiatives to improve project management capabilities across Latin America and the Caribbean. With over 20 years of experience in public and private project management across more than 20 countries, and an MBA specializing in multilateral organization project management, he has established himself as an expert in agile methodologies. Since 2010, he has worked as a project management consultant helping public institutions improve their performance through agile mindset development and simplified management tools. Through his role as instructor of PM4R Agile courses and coordinator of the PM4R Program since 2021, he continues to advance project management practices while focusing on developing practical, flexible approaches for development and social impact projects
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