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 results Build 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