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

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