PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Retail Price: $1,398.00
Next Date: 10/28/2024
Course Days: 3
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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
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Taught live by veteran PMI-ACP training instructors
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Online exam prep student portal
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All class study materials
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21 PMI Contact Hours and PDU Credits
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One-on-one access to instructor
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PMI exam application assistance
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100% exam pass guarantee
About the Instructor
Martin VanDerSchouw PMP, ACP, DASM
Instructor Martin VanDerSchouw is a veteran Agile instructor and a strong project leader with over 25 years of success. Martin helps learners realize business success by shrinking the gap of understanding between those who assign the work, and those who do it. Martin builds strategies that are grounded in business fundamentals. He ensures Servant Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Agile Development, Balanced Scorecards, Strategic Development and other valuable approaches have a business framework that transforms them from isolated processes into tools consciously wielded. With a 25+ year history of success in project, program & portfolio management, and executive leadership; Martin has a deep breadth of knowledge that will help students of all backgrounds.
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
Course Dates | Course Times (EST) | Delivery Mode | GTR | |
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10/28/2024 - 10/30/2024 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Virtual | Enroll |