PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Welcome to the world of the Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)! At its heart, the project management and implementation standards developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) are relied on by organizations across the globe. The most fundamental method of demonstrating your understanding of PMI's approach to Agile methodologies is by achieving the PMI-ACP certification.

Since 2011, the PMI-ACP certification has grown to become one of the most sought after industry credentials for an Agile Certified Practitioner in project management.

Benefits Included with every class

•  Taught live by veteran PMI-ACP training instructors

•  Online exam prep student portal

•  All class study materials

•  21 PMI Contact Hours and PDU Credits

•  One-on-one access to instructor

•  PMI exam application assistance

•  100% exam pass guarantee

An Introduction to Agile Project Management

 What is Agile?
 Why is Agile Effective?
 The Agile Manifesto
 The Benefits of Agile
 Class Exercise

Forming the Agile Team
 Agile Team Roles and Responsibilities
 Team Expectations
 Self Organization
 Team Communication

The Agile Coach
 Role of the Agile Coach / Agile PM
 All About Agile Project Management
 Effectively Working with Agile Teams
 Communication
 The PMI Code of Ethics

Agile Planning
 Agile Project Planning
 The 5 Levels of Agile Planning
 Product Vision
 The Product Roadmap
 Class Exercise

How to Focus on the Customer
 Involving the Customer
 User Roles
 How to Create and Use Personas
 Class Exercise

Creating and Maintaining the Product Backlog
 All About the Product Backlog
 All About User Stories
 The INVEST Model
 Agile Acceptance Criteria
 Foundational Stories
 Agile Constraints
 Class Exercise

Prioritizing the Product Backlog
 Agile Prioritization Themes
 All About the Decision Matrix
 About Kano Analysis
 How to Prevent Fire Alarms
 Continuous Prioritization in Agile
 Class Exercise

Agile Estimating
 Relative vs. Actual Estimating in Agile
 An Introduction to Story Points
 Using Story Points in your Project
 "Planning Poker"
 Class Exercise

Agile Release Planning
 Velocity
 All About Releases
 Schedule Based vs. Feature Based Planning
 How to Build the Release Plan
 Communication
 Class Exercise

 All About User Stories
 How to get to the details
 Documentation methods for collecting details
 Establishing a consistent approach to grooming and product backlog review

Iteration Planning and Execution
 All about Capacity
 How to Engage the Team
 Planning the Iteration
 Executing the Iteration
 Daily Scrum and Stand-up
 The Scrum of Scrums
 Iteration Review
 How to Demonstrate Working Software
 Class Exercise

Measuring and Communicating Progress
 Scrum of Scrums
 All about Taskboards
 Story and Task cards
 Agile Metrics
 The Burndown and Burnup Charts
 Cumulative Features Diagrams
 Agile Earned Value Management (EVM)
 Agile Tools

 Retrospectives
 The Elements of a Retrospective
 How to Facilitate Retrospectives
 Tips for effective Retrospectives
 A Review of Empirical Process Control

 Advanced Agile Concepts
 User stories with affinity sizing
 Mapping User Stories
 Tailoring Processes
 Introduction to Kanban
 Mapping the Value Stream
 All about Monte Carlo simulations

Adopting Agile Project Management
 Overview of the Agile Process
 How to Overcome Resistance and Get Started
 Agile Calendar of Events
 Challenges to Agile Adoption
 Class Exercise

 Preparing for the PMI-ACP Certification Exam
 Completing your PMI-ACP application
 How to schedule your exam
 PMI-ACP exam day expectations
 Review each section of the exam
 Review of PMI-ACP practice questions