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This PMI-ACP training course not only prepares you to lead your next Agile project effort, but ensures that you're prepared to pass the PMI-ACP certification exam.
Agile has made its way into the mainstream – it's no longer a grassroots movement to change software development. Today, more organizations and companies are adopting this approach over a more traditional waterfall methodology, and more are working every day to make the transition. To stay relevant in the competitive, professional world, it's increasingly important that professionals can demonstrate true leadership ability on today's software projects. The Project Management Institute's Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or even potential employers that you're ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management and delivery. This PMI-ACP training course not only prepares you to lead your next Agile project effort, but ensures that you're prepared to pass the PMI-ACP certification exam. Acquiring this certification now will make you one of the first software professionals to achieve this valuable industry designation from PMI.
Category
ID
Duration
Level
Price
Agile and Scrum
13302
3 Day(s)
Advanced
$1,785.00
Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:• Learn precisely what you will need to know in order to pass the new Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI–ACP) Exam• Understand Agile principles and practices that will transform team performance and improve customer satisfaction• Acquire valuable insights into how you can "empower and inspire" your team• Gain insight on how to establish transparency in communication inside the team as well as with customers• Learn how to develop teams into high–performance teams; they will deliver amazing results for customers• Discover techniques to more actively manage a project's scope to help better ensure the delivery of the best product possible, not just the product that was planned• Experience the freedom of embracing change and redefining how change affects projects, for the better• Evaluate how new approaches to manage project scope, schedule, budget and quality are easily improved through the use of effective Agile controls• Uncover the mystery of teams that are more accurate by being less precise• Combine best methods from multiple Agile methodologies to apply to your team• Learn to better know and collaborate with customers for better resultsBuild trust with your team and your customer through consistent cadence of "common sense" best practices• Learn the most powerful metrics to employ to ensure that teams continuously improve their development and delivery• Avoid the pitfalls many teams fall into when adopting Agile practices• Gain powerful insights, techniques and skills to successfully coach a new or existing agile team• Successfully make the transition from a 'Command and Control' leadership style to the more powerful 'Servant Leadership' method of management• React and respond to change quickly and effectively to seize competitive advantage for your customer• Arm yourself with the latest industry knowledge on how to manage dynamic projects in the most unforgiving environments• Learn why studies have shown Agile teams are significantly happier with their work, and ensure this benefit for your own team
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 some useful techniques Agile teams use to set the stage for working together. This section specifically covers:IntroductionsObjectivesWorking AgreementsAgile Overview2. Tools and Techniques: During this section of the class, the group examines the PMI recognized Tools and Techniques of Agile Project Management. This section specifically covers the following toolkits:Agile Analysis and DesignAgile EstimationCommunicationsInterpersonal SkillsMetricsPlanning, Monitoring, and AdaptingProcess ImprovementProduct QualityRisk ManagementValue-Based Prioritization3. Knowledge and Skills: During this section of the class the group explores the levels of Agile Knowledge of and Skills in each of the following:Agile values and principlesAgile frameworks and terminologyAgile methods and approachesAssessing and incorporating community and stakeholder valuesStakeholder managementCommunication managementFacilitation methodsKnowledge sharing/written communicationLeadershipBuilding Agile teamsTeam motivationPhysical and virtual co-locationGlobal, cultural, and team diversityTraining, coaching, and mentoringDevelopmental mastery modelsSelf-assessment tools and techniquesParticipatory decision modelsPrinciples of systems thinkingProblem solvingPrioritizationIncremental deliveryAgile discoveryAgile sizing and estimationValue based analysis and decompositionProcess analysisContinuous improvementAgile hybrid modelsManaging with Agile KPIsAgile project charteringAgile contractingAgile project accounting principlesRegulatory compliancePMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
4. Testing Details: During this section of the class the group will cover the nuts-and bolts of testing details related to the PMI-ACP® examination. This section will specifically cover:The Role Delineation Study as the basis of the examDiscuss the timeline for the examReview the eligibility requirementsExamine the costs to take the examUnderstand the audit processUnderstand the details and results of the examDiscuss what happens if you don't pass5. Wrap-Up: During this concluding section of the class the group will explore next steps on what they need to do in order to prepare to receive the PMI-ACP® designation, what they could improve as an Agile practitioner, and how the course went. Specifically this section will cover:"Next Steps" RetrospectiveCourse RetrospectiveCourse Evaluation ProcessPMI PDU CreditsIC Agile Certified Professional opportunitiesWays to keep learning
Questions?
The Project Management Institute (PMI)® launched the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Agile Certification in 2011 . This designation was built with the same rigors as the rest of the PMI certification family to provide comparable credibility fo
Experience at the level of:· Agile Project Management Training· Certified ScrumMaster Workshop Training · 2,000 hours of general project experience in the last five years· 1,500 hours of Agile project experience in the last three years
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