PMI Agile Certified Practitioner PMI ACP

Certified PMPs attending this course will earn 25 PDUs which could help them in renewing their PMP credential. 

At completion, you will be able to demonstrate the difference between the traditional project management approach and the agile management approach. You will be able to demonstrate and use the agile management approaches, processes, tools & techniques in managing your projects successfully. The candidates will also practice simulation questions to that of the PMI-ACP SM exam.

 Course Outlines:

- Pre-assessment

- Introduction

- Definitions

- Project

- Project life cycle

- Project Management

- Waterfall approach

- Iterative approach

- Stakeholders

- Project Management Office

Workshop 1

Agile Knowledge & Skills:

 - Level 1 (18 Knowledge / Skills)

- Activity Listening

- Agile Manifesto Values and Principles

- Assessing and Incorporating Community and Stakeholder Values

- Brainstorming Techniques

- Building Empowered Teams

- Coaching and mentoring within Teams

- Communications Management

- Feedback Techniques for Product

- Incremental Delivery

- Knowledge Sharing

- Leadership Tools & Techniques

- Prioritization

- Problem Solving Strategies, Tools, Techniques

- Project and Quality Standards for Agile Projects

- Stakeholder Management

- Team Motivation

- Time, Budget and Cost Estimation

- Value-Based Decomposition and Prioritization

- Level 2 "12 Knowledge Skills"

- Agile Framework and Terminology

-  Building High-Performance Teams

- Business Case Development

- Collocation / Distributed Teams

- Continuous Improvement Process

- Elements of a Project Charter for an Agile Project

- Facilitation Methods

- Participatory Decisions Models

- PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

-  Process Analysis Techniques

- Self Assessment

- Value-Based Analysis

- Level 3 "13 Knowledge / Skills"

- Agile Contracting Methods

- Agile Project Accounting Principles

- Applying New Agile Practices

- Compliance (Organization)

- Control Limits for Agile Projects

- Failure Modes and Alternatives

- Globalization, culture and Team Diversity

- Agile Games

- Principles of Systems Thinking

- Regulatory Compliance

- Variance and Trend Analysis

- Variations in Agile Methods and Approaches

- Vendor Management

Workshop 2

 Agile Tools & Techniques:

- Communications

- Planning & Monitoring, and Adapting

- Agile Estimation

- Agile Analysis and Design

- Product Quality

- Soft Skills Negotiation

- Value-Based Prioritization

- Risk Management

- Metrics

- Value Stream Analysis

Workshop3

Domains and tasks for PMI Agile Certified Practitioner:

- Domain I: Value-Driven Delivery "4 Tasks"

- Domain II: Stakeholder Engagement

- Domain III: Boosting Team Performance Practices

- Domain IV: Adapting Planning

- Domain V: Problem Detection and Resolution

- Domain VI: Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People"

- Final Assessment

- How to Apply for the Exam

- Tips for the Exam

- Wrap Up & Course Close Out

5 LEARNING FOCUS POINTS

Understand the history of Agile, including founding, evolution, core concepts and principles

Attain working knowledge of the agile principles of Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP) and Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Develop the proficiency of executing multi-iterative prototypes for any scale of projects

Deliver high-velocity stories and epics

Realize yourself with the PMI-ACP® certification exam application process and obtain the knowledge, frameworks, tips, and tricks to clear the exam along with the requisite 21 contact hours of training