PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Boot Camp

Course ID

90260

Course Description

Agile has made its way into the mainstream it is no longer a grassroots movement to change software development. Today, more organizations and companies are adopting this approach over a more traditional waterfall methodology, and more are working every day to make the transition. To stay relevant in the competitive, professional world, it is increasingly important that professionals can demonstrate true leadership ability on todays software projects. The Project Management Institutes Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI/ACP) certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or even potential employers that you are ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management and delivery. This PMI/ACP training course not only prepares you to lead your next Agile project effort, but ensures that you are prepared to pass the PMI/ACP certification exam. This course provides a proven combination of class learning and testing that prepares students for some of the most difficult of testing situations. Questions are designed to allow you to learn through practice so that you will be able to apply what you have learned for the exam.
  • Learn precisely what you will need to know in order to pass the Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI/ACP) Exam
  • Understand Agile principles and practices which will transform team performance and improve customer satisfaction
  • Acquire valuable insights into how you can empower and inspire your team
  • Discover techniques to more actively manage a projects scope to help better ensure the delivery of the best product possible, even if that differs from what was planned
  • Learn to better know and collaborate with customers for better results
  • 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
  • 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


  • Prerequisites


    Audience

    This Agile Project Management training course is designed for anyone who is considering the use of an Agile PM methodology for software development, including:
  • Project Managers
  • Program Managers
  • Analysts
  • Developers
  • Testers
  • IT Managers/Directors
  • Software Engineers
  • Software Architects
  • Software Managers
  • Testing Managers
  • Team Leaders


  • Course Content

  • Getting Started During this kick off section of the class the group not only covers introductions and course objectives, but they are also taken through an overview of the different Agile methods that are tested on the exam. This section specifically covers:
  • Introductions
  • Objectives
  • Working Agreements
  • Agile Overview
    • Why Agile?
    • What is Agile?
    • Agile Manifesto and Principles
    • Agile Practices
    • The Agile Team
    • Agile Metrics
  • Tools and Techniques During this section of the class, the group examines the PMI recognized Tools and Techniques of Agile Project Management. This material represents 50% of the material on the test. This section specifically covers:
    • Agile analysis and design
    • Agile estimation
    • Communications
    • Interpersonal skills
    • Metrics
    • Planning, monitoring, and adapting
    • Process improvement
    • Product quality
    • Risk management
    • Value based prioritization
  • Knowledge and Skills During this section of the class the group explores Agile Knowledge and Skills. This material represents 50% of the material on the test. This section specifically covers:
    • Agile values and principles
    • Agile frameworks and terminology
    • Agile methods and approaches
    • Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values
    • Stakeholder management
    • Communication management
    • Facilitation methods
    • Knowledge sharing/written communication
    • Leadership
    • Building agile teams
    • Team motivation
    • Physical and virtual colocation
    • Global, cultural, and team diversity
    • Training, coaching, and mentoring
    • Developmental mastery models (for example, Tuckman, Dreyfus, Shu Ha Ri)
    • Self assessment tools and techniques
    • Participatory decision models (for example, convergent, shared collaboration) Principles of systems thinking (for example, complex adaptive, chaos)
    • Problem solving
    • Prioritization
    • Incremental delivery
    • Agile discovery
    • Agile sizing and estimation
    • Value based analysis and decomposition
    • Process analysis
    • Continuous improvement
    • Agile hybrid models Managing with agile KPIs
    • Agile project chartering
    • Agile contracting
    • Agile project accounting principles
    • Regulatory compliance
    • PMIs Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Testing Details During this section of the class the group will cover the nuts and bolts of testing details related to the PMI/ACP examination. This section will specifically:
    • Discuss the timeline for the exam
    • Review the eligibility requirements
    • Examine the costs to take the exam
    • Breakdown the audit process
    • Review the details and results of the exam
    • Discuss what happens if you do not pass

  • For More Information

    For training inquiries, call 850-308-1376

    or email us at eramos@gbsi.com

    Course Details

    Duration - 4 days
    Price - $1795.00 USD


    (Discounts may apply. Call for more information.)

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