Course Overview
The PMI-ACP recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices
and tools and techniques across agile methodologies.
Course Objectives
- Demonstrate to employers their level of professionalism in
agile principles, practices, tools and techniques.
- Increase their professional versatility in project management
tools and techniques.
- Hold a certification that is more credible than existing offerings
based only on exams or training.
Target Audience
If you already use agile practices or your organization is
adopting agile methods, earning the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
(PMI-ACP)® certification will demonstrate your knowledge of and
commitment to this rapidly growing approach to project management.
Delivery Method
Instructor led,
group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured
hands-on activities.
Course Outline
1. Introduction to PMI and PMI- ACP
2. Introduction to Agile Framework
a. Why and When Agile
b. Agile Manifesto
c. Agile Vs. Waterfall
d. Agile Methods
i. SCRUM
ii. Extreme Programming (XP)
iii. Feature Driven Development
iv. LEAN
v. DSDM
vi. Crystal
3. Value Driven Delivery
a. What is value Driven Delivery
b. Assessing Value
c. Planning Value
i. Customer Value Prioritization
1.MoSCoW prioritization
2.Kano Analysis
ii. Relative Prioritization
iii. Product Roadmap – Story Map
iv. Risk Adjusted Backlogs
v. Agile Contracts
1. DSDM Contracts
2. “Money for Nothing and your change for Free”
3. Graduated Fixed Price Contract
4. Fixed Price Work Package
d. Delivering Value
i. Task and Kanban Board
ii. WIP Limits
iii. Incremental Delivery
iv. Confirming Value
e. Tracking and Reporting Value
i. Agile EVM
ii. Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)
iii. Risk Burn Down Graphs
iv. Tasks / Kanban Boards
4. Stakeholder Engagement
a. Aligning Stakeholders’ understanding
i. Wireframes
ii. Personas
iii. User Stories/Backlogs
iv. Story Maps
v. Incorporating Stakeholder Values
vi. Stakeholder Management
vii. Vendor Management
b. Communicating with Stakeholders
i. Information Radiators
ii. Burn Down and Burn Up Charts
iii. Velocity
iv. Agile Modeling
c. Critical Soft Skills
i. Negotiation
ii. Active Listening
iii. Facilitation Methods
iv. Globalization, Culture and Team Diversity
v. Conflict Resolution
vi. Distributed Teams
vii. Participatory Decision Models
d. Leading Effectively
i. Servant Leadership
ii. Leadership Tools and Techniques
5. Boosting Team Performance Practices
a. Understanding Team Performance
i. Adaptive Leadership
ii. Emotional Intelligence
iii. Building Empowered Team
iv. Building High Performance Team
b. Team Practices
i. Daily Stand –Ups
ii. Coaching and Mentoring
iii. Brainstorming
iv. Team Space
v. Co-located and Distributed Teams
1. Osmotic Communication
2. Tacit Knowledge
3. Communication Tools
vi. Agile Tooling
1. Low Tech, High Touch tools
2. Digital Tools
6. Adaptive Planning
a. Planning Concepts
i. Time boxing
ii. Progressive Elaboration
iii. Process Tailoring
iv. Minimum Marketable Features
v. Value Based Analysis
vi. Value Based decomposition and Prioritization
vii. Agile Games
b. Estimation
i. Planning Poker and Wideband Delphi
ii. Ideal Time
iii. Relative Sizing/Story Points
iv. Affinity Estimating
v. Agile Project Accounting Principal
c. Agile Plans
i. Agile Charters
ii. Business Case Development
iii. Product Vision
iv. Release Planning
v. Story Maps
vi. Iteration Planning
7. Problem Detection and Resolution
a. Identifying Problems
i. Cycle Time
ii. Escaped Defects
iii. Project and Quality Standards
iv. Failure Modes and Alternatives
v. Variance and Trend Analysis
vi. Control Limits
b. Resolving Problems
i. Continuous Integration
ii. Risk Based Spikes
iii. Frequent Verification and Validation
iv. Test Driven Development (TDD) /Test-First Development (TFD)
v. Acceptance Test Driven Development
vi. Problem Solving
8. Continuous Improvement
a. Retrospectives
b. Knowledge Sharing
c. Process Tailoring
d. Principal of Systems Thinking
e. Process Analysis
f. Applying New agile Practices
g. Continuous Improvement Process\
Note: There will be short quiz at logical completion of each topic.
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