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PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Classroom Live Boston, MA October 26, 2023

Price: $1,195

This course runs for a duration of 2 days.

The class will run daily from 9 AM ET to 5 PM ET.

Class Location: Boston - Boston, MA.

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Description

For many organizations, business success and even survival hinges on embracing an Agile mindset. Continuous delivery of value, an unwavering customer-centric perspective, and the ability to respond and adapt to change characterize many of today’s best performing organizations. Even if not formally implementing a specific approach, Agile practices are often employed in more traditional organizations competing in today’s disrupted, hyper-dynamic business environment. This exam prep course provides a solid foundation for anyone seeking to develop fluency in Agile concepts, terms, and practices as well as the necessary knowledge to be prepared for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® exam. This course covers the values and principles articulated in the Agile Manifesto, as well as the values of key Agile frameworks and methods, including Scrum, XP, and Lean.

Our 2-day PMI-ACP exam prep course, with successful completion of an online mock exam, satisfies the 21 hours of formal education required to sit for the certification exam.

Course Objectives

  • Improved ability to use an Agile mindset when collaborating
  • Better team productivity with clearly defined roles and responsibilities
  • A common language and improved team communication
  • Higher-quality products developed more rapidly
  • Increase customer satisfaction
  • Greater organizational agility to respond to change and uncertainty

All of our PMI-ACP exam prep courses are taught by our expert instructors and fulfill the PMI-required 21 contact hours of training. In addition to the PMI-ACP training course, you will also receive the following with 6-months of access to an online PMI-ACP training portal immediately upon registration:

  • Digital PMI-ACP exam prep materials
  • Downloadable training aids
  • Additional online resources, including quick reference guides, terminology flashcards
  • Realistic sample questions to conduct practice exams

Who Should Attend?

This PMI-ACP exam prep course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the principles and practices of agile and/or wants to obtain the PMI-ACP credential.

Course Overview

Part 1: Getting Started

During this kick-off section of the class the group not only covers introductions and course objectives, but they are also taken through an overview of the different Agile methods that are tested on the exam. This section specifically covers:

  1. Introductions
  2. Objectives
  3. Working Agreements
  4. Agile Overview
    • Why Agile?
    • What is Agile?
    • Agile Manifesto & Principles
    • Agile Practices
    • The Agile Team
    • Agile Metrics

Part 2: Tools and Techniques

During this section of the class, the group examines the PMI recognized Tools and Techniques of Agile Project Management. This material represents 50% of the material on the test. This section specifically covers:

  1. Agile analysis and design
  2. Agile estimation
  3. Communications
  4. Interpersonal skills
  5. Metrics
  6. Planning, monitoring, and adapting
  7. Process improvement
  8. Product quality
  9. Risk management
  10. Value-based prioritization

Part 3: Knowledge and Skills

During this section of the class the group explores Agile Knowledge and Skills. This material represents 50% of the material on the test. This section specifically covers:

  1. Agile values and principles
  2. Agile frameworks and terminology
  3. Agile methods and approaches
  4. Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values
  5. Stakeholder management
  6. Communication management
  7. Facilitation methods
  8. Knowledge sharing/written communication
  9. Leadership
  10. Building agile teams
  11. Team motivation
  12. Physical and virtual co-location
  13. Global, cultural, and team diversity
  14. Training, coaching, and mentoring
  15. Developmental mastery models (for example, Tuckman, Dreyfus, Shu Ha Ri)
  16. Self-assessment tools and techniques
  17. Participatory decision models (for example, convergent, shared collaboration)
  18. Principles of systems thinking (for example, complex adaptive, chaos)
  19. Problem solving
  20. Prioritization
  21. Incremental delivery
  22. Agile discovery
  23. Agile sizing and estimation
  24. Value based analysis and decomposition
  25. Process analysis
  26. Continuous improvement
  27. Agile hybrid models
  28. Managing with agile KPIs
  29. Agile project chartering
  30. Agile contracting
  31. Agile project accounting principles
  32. Regulatory compliance
  33. PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Prerequisites

For those who wish to sit for the PMI-ACP exam, the following is required:

  • 12 months of general project experience, earned within the last 5 years OR an active PMP® or PgMP® certification
  • 8 months of agile project experience - working on agile project teams or with agile methodologies (in addition to the 12 months required in ""general project experience""), earned within the last 3 years
  • 21 contact hours of training on agile practices (earned by attending this course and completing the full-length mock exam)

Course Comments

1 - Introduction

  • Agile Foundation Introduction
  • Agile Development Overview
  • When is Agile Appropriate
  • Agile Manifesto
  • Agile Fundamentals

2 - Fundamentals

  • Project Charter
  • Product Roadmap
  • Product Backlog
  • Minimally Marketable Feature (MMF)
  • Value-Based Prioritization
  • Product Backlog Grooming
  • User Stories
  • Personas
  • Story Maps
  • Epics
  • Themes

3 - Agile Methodologies

  • Methodologies Introduction
  • Scrum Introduction
  • Sprint Planning Meeting
  • Sprint Goal
  • Modeling
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Daily Scrum Meeting
  • Sprint Review Meeting
  • Retrospective
  • Scrum of Scrums
  • The Scrum Team
  • Extreme Programming (XP)
  • Lean Software Development

4 - Agile Communications

  • Communications Management
  • Colocation/Distributed Teams
  • Team Space
  • Osmotic Communications
  • Agile Tooling
  • Information Radiators
  • Task/Kanban Board
  • Work in Progress (WIP) Limits
  • Cumulative Flow Diagram
  • Sprint Burndown Chart
  • Release Burnup Chart

5 - Agile Estimating

  • Relative Sizing
  • Story Points
  • Wideband Delphi Technique
  • Planning Poker
  • Consensus Building
  • Velocity
  • Cycle Time

6 - Agile Metrics

  • Agile Earned Value Management (Agile EVM)
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Unit Testing
  • Acceptance Testing
  • Frequent Verification and Validation
  • Escaped Defects
  • Risk-Adjusted Backlog
  • Risk Burn-Down Chart

7 - Agile Leadership

  • Leadership Theories
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Active Listening
  • Brainstorming
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Negotiation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Coaching and Mentoring

8 - Agile Contracts and Accounting Principles

  • Agile Contracts and Accounting Principles
  • Value Based Analysis
  • Burn Rate
  • Compliance

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