[2025] MS Project for Agile Project Management

Configure MS Project for Scrum/Kanban. Track Sprints, Backlogs & Create Burndown Charts.

Using Microsoft Project but need to manage Agile projects (Scrum or Kanban)? Wondering how to adapt your trusted scheduling tool for sprints, backlogs, and burndown charts? This course shows you exactly how!

While MS Project is traditionally known for Waterfall, you can effectively configure and utilize it to plan, track, and report on Agile projects. This practical, step-by-step course bridges the gap, enabling you to leverage your existing MS Project skills in an Agile environment.

Learn from Luke Angel, an instructor whose unique combination of PMP, CSM, Six Sigma Black Belt, MBA certifications (plus PgMP & PfMP) and over 25+ years of experience provides deep expertise in both traditional project tools like MS Project and modern Agile methodologies.

(What You'll Learn - Use Udemy's Curriculum Section for Detailed Topics):

• Configure MS Project Settings for Agile: Optimize project options, calendars, and create essential custom fields (e.g., Sprint, Feature, Story Points, Status) tailored for Agile work.

• Build Custom Agile Views & Tables: Design specific views in MS Project to effectively visualize Sprints, Backlogs, and Kanban boards (if applicable).

• Plan Sprints & Manage Backlogs in MSP: Learn techniques to represent features/epics/user stories, assign them to Sprints (iterations), and manage the Product Backlog within MS Project.

• Track Agile Task Progress: Implement methods for team members to update status on Agile tasks within the MS Project framework.

• Manage Resources Across Agile & Hybrid Projects: Assign resources to Agile tasks and learn techniques for managing resources shared between Agile and traditional tasks.

• Generate Key Agile Reports from MSP Data: Create and interpret crucial reports like Burndown Charts and Velocity metrics directly using your MS Project data.

• Handle Hybrid Projects: Understand strategies for managing projects with both Waterfall and Agile components within a single MS Project file.

• Apply Techniques for Scrum & Kanban: See practical examples relevant to both major Agile frameworks.

• Avoid Common Pitfalls when using traditional scheduling tools for Agile projects.

Who This Course Is For:

• Project Managers, Project Schedulers, and PMO Analysts who use Microsoft Project daily and need to adapt it for Agile teams.

• Program Managers overseeing both Agile and Waterfall projects tracked in MS Project.

• Organizations mandated to use MS Project but implementing Agile methodologies.

• Anyone looking for practical ways to manage Agile work within Microsoft Project.

Requirements:

• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Project is ESSENTIAL. You should be comfortable creating tasks, linking dependencies, assigning resources, and navigating the basic interface. (Specify MS Project version if relevant, e.g., "MSP 2019/2021/Project Online recommended").

• Basic familiarity with Agile concepts (Scrum/Kanban) is helpful but key terms will be explained.

Instructor:

Luke Angel (PMP, CSM, Six Sigma Black Belt, MBA | PgMP, PfMP) brings over 25 years of extensive experience managing complex projects using tools like Microsoft Project while also being an expert in Agile (CSM) and process improvement (Six Sigma). This unique dual expertise ensures practical, realistic guidance on integrating Agile practices within MS Project, backed by strategic business understanding (MBA).

Don't ditch your tool, adapt it! Learn how to effectively manage Agile projects using Microsoft Project. Enroll Today!

Topics include:

Setting project options

• Defining working time

• Setting up custom fields and views

• Creating tasks

• Assigning features to sprints

• Assigning resources to tasks

• Tracking progress

• Generating a burndown report