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WA1980 PMI Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP Certification Training and Courseware

This unique 3 day workshop aims to help new and seasoned Agile practitioners learn how to successfully apply Agile methods to their projects and programs.
Through an engaging combination of discussion, group interaction, case studies and Real World focused workshops, you will learn not only how to apply Agile, but will gain the experience necessary to immediately implement Agile practices that are appropriate for your teams. Better yet, this course was designed to hit all the 10 tools and techniques, and 43 knowledge skill areas you need to learn to pass the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam.

What You will learn

• Learn the 10 Tools and Techniques and 43 Knowledge and Skills areas needed to pass the PMI-ACP sm Exam!
• Learn Real World Agile techniques used successfully by real teams!
• Walk through the entire Agile Development Lifecycle end to end using a practical real world project.
• Learn real world techniques for planning, estimating and prioritizing requirements in an Agile way.
• Learn how to build self-organizing high performing teams.
• Learn how to engage your business customers and delight them through early and frequent delivery of value.
• Improve requirements gathering through collaborative brainstorming, breaking down EPICs and defining acceptance tests.
• Learn how to create simple yet powerful visible Agile tracking reports.
• Get tips on advanced topics such as scaling Agile to large projects, distributed teams and lean portfolio management.

Audience

Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, QA/Testers, IT Leaders, Project Stakeholders, and other Team Members and Managers interested in passing the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP ^SM certification exam.

Duration

3 Days

Course Outline

1. Agile Foundations

• Traditional Process
• Agile Manifesto/History
• Agile Values and Principles
• Empirical vs. Defined
• The Various Agile Methods (Scrum, XP, Lean, etc.)
• Lean Principles
• Build In Quality
• Agile Myths
• Why Agile?

2. Agile Team

• Agile Roles
• Self Organization
• Generalizing Specialists
• Boosting Team Performance
• Communication, Collaboration and Decision Making
• Servant Leadership and Empowerment
• Coaching Agile Teams
• Trust, Conflict Resolution and Team Building
• Building the team
• Distributed Agile Teams

3. Pre-Project Considerations

• Risks of Agile and Failure Modes
• Agile Contracts
• Organizational Consideration
• Project Feasibility (ROI, NPV, IRR)
• Hybrid Approaches

4. Project Initiation

• Project Visioning and Chartering
• ROI and Business Value Justification
• Creating the Backlog with MMF Set
• Alternative Solution Analysis
• Agile Contracts
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Prioritization
• Project Level Risk Management
• Project High Level Estimates
• WIP (Work In Progress)
• Team Release Velocity Estimation
• 1Building a Roadmap

5. Project Release Planning

• Project and Team Kickoff
• Refine the Backlog
• Story Level Prioritization
• Story Sizing/Estimation
• Estimating Initial Iteration Velocity
• Building the Release Plan
• Setting Up Collaboration Environments
• Hardening/Stabilization Iteration

6. Project Foundation Setup

• Identifying 'Must Haves' for Iteration 1
• High Level Architectural, Business and UI Design
• Hardware, Software, Training
• Pre-Planning for Iteration 1
• Risk Mitigation through Spikes and Dependency Identification
• Testing Strategy Planning

7. Iteration Execution

• Iteration Planning
• Task Breakdown and Estimating
• Team Commitment and Cadence
• Technical Excellence
• Collaboration, Empowerment and Conflict Management
• Pre-Planning and 'Just in Time' Detailed Requirements
• Daily Standups
• Activities During an Agile Iteration
• Information Radiators
• Impediment and Risk Mitigation
• Coaching and Facilitation
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Agile Documentation Considerations
• Story Level User Acceptance Testing
• Iteration Review
• Backlog Grooming
• Scope & Schedule Management
• Retrospective

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