Preparation for Agile Project Management Certification
The overall aim of this course is to provide participants with the skills needed to manage knowledge-based projects and to apply agile project management methodologies. Participants in this interactive course will learn all the critical tools and techniques required to manage projects using agile practices which are necessary to pass the PMI-ACP® (Agile Certified Practitioner) certification exam.
· Define agile project management frameworks, processes and methodologies and understand the agile mindset and the value-driven delivery
· Apply agile tools and techniques in compliance with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards
· Engage the agile project stakeholders through the establishment of an active dialogue to identify potential issues, risks, and defects
· Explain the roles and responsibilities for each member of the team and build a high-performance agile team
· Implement adaptive planning on the agile project to enable the team to respond to changes effectively
· Incorporate continuous improvement to agile projects through process analysis and process tailoring
· Apply for the certification examination in order to take the PMI-ACP Exam
Agile principles and mindset
· Core principles of agile project management
· Agile’s mindset
· Traditional versus agile project management
· Agile methodologies:
– Scrum
– Extreme programming (XP)
– Lean product development
· Agile leadership
Value-driven delivery
· Assessing value
· Prioritizing schemes:
– MoSCoW
– Monopoly money
– Dot voting
– Kano analysis
· Minimal value product
· Agile contracting
· Verifying and validating value
Stakeholders Engagement
· Principles of stakeholders engagement
· Developing an agile charter
· Definition of “Done”
· Agile modeling
· Communicating with stakeholders
· Using critical interpersonal skills
Team performance
· Agile team roles
· Building and maintaining high performance team
· Models of team development
· Training, coaching and mentoring
· Creating collaborative work spaces
· Distributed teams
· Tracking team performance
Adaptive planning
· Progressive elaboration
· Decomposition process
· Timeboxing – the control of chaos
· Agile estimation
· User stories
· Sizing Tools for High Level Planning
· Release and iteration planning
· Define Acceptance Criteria and Write the Acceptance Tests
· Daily standups
Problem detection and resolution
· Detecting problems
· Failure modes
· Lead time and cycle time
· Managing threats and issues
· Creating risk-adjusted backlog
Continuous improvement
· Process tailoring
· Hybrid methods
· Process analysis
· Value stream mapping
· Retrospectives
· Team self-assessment
This program is necessary for project managers, officers and any person involved in project management and individuals preparing their Agile Project Management Certification Exam.