Course Individually
Course Description
Most CPAs find themselves performing many different financial activities throughout the week. Although most CPAs are not official project managers, the different financial activities such as audits, preparing financial statements, and preparing tax returns may be handled as individual projects. As a result, a project management methodology needs to be selected. This webinar will describe the Agile Scrum project management methodology.
Agile Scrum project management is a methodology that applies agile project management processes with rules and values. This webinar will describe the agile project management approach and compare it to a traditional project management approach. This webinar will describe the four values and twelve agile principles. This webinar will describe how Scrum works and the primary roles on a Scrum team. This webinar will describe how projects are planned and executed using Scrum. Finally, this webinar will describe how Scrum teams improve.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, students will be able to:
- Identify the project life cycle
- List the characteristic for a Waterfall project management method.
- Recognize the four values for an agile method.
- Identify the twelve agile principles.
- Identify the roles in Scrum.
- Recognize how project work is performed in Scrum.
- Recognize how Scrum teams improve their processes.
CPE Credits: 2.5 CPE for CPAs
Level: Intermediate
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
NASBA Field of Study: Management Services
Program Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Revision Date: March 24, 2023
