Agile certified Practitioner – ACP

PMI® Agile Certified Practitioner online workshop

This unique 21 hours 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 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. Your knowledge of both Agile and Traditional practices increase the value you bring to your organization.

• PMI certifications are one of the well respected certifications across the world which increases the weightage of your profile.
• The certification covers all the Agile methods including Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban and has more eligibility rigor compared to existing entry level certifications.
• Be among the early adopters to acquire this very popular and industry recognized certification by PMI®.
• The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) ® Certification exam is open to all Agile practitioner team roles who meet the eligibility requirements!

ACP Course Outline
Introduction to Project Management Agile
• Agile Manifesto and Principles
• Project Charter for Agile Project
• Agile Methodology
• Agile Principles
• Agile Frameworks and Terminology
• Agile Roles

Communications
• Team Space
• Information Radiator
• Agile Tooling
• Daily Stand-ups
• Osmotic Communication

Planning and Monitoring
• Iteration and Release Planning
• Progressive Elaboration
• Time Boxing
• Cumulative Flow Diagram
• Kanban Boards
• WIP Limits
• Burn Charts
• Retrospectives
• Innovation Games

Agile Metrics and Estimations
• Relative Sizing
• Story Points
• Wideband Delphi Technique
• Planning Poker
• Affinity Diagram
• Ideal time
• Velocity
• Cycle Time
• EVM
• Escaped Defects Agile Analysis and Design
• Agile Modeling
• Wireframes
• Charting
• Personas
• Product Roadmap
• Backlog
• Story Maps
• Agile Modeling
• Wireframes
• Charting
• Personas

Product Quality
• Frequent Verification and Validation
• Test Driven Development
• Definition of Done
• Continues Integration
• Feedback Techniques
• Incremental Delivery
• Continuous Improvement


Value Based Prioritization
• ROI/NPV/IRR
• Customer Valued Prioritization
• Compliance
• Relative Prioritization
• Value Stream Mapping
• Minimum Marketable Feature
Risk Management
• Risk Adjusted backlog
• Risk Burn down charts
• Risk based spike

Agile Project Management Office
• Vendor Management
• Failure Mode analysis

PMI Code of Ethics Knowledge and Skills
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3






At end of this workshop, you will…
 Learn the 10 Tools and Techniques and 43 Knowledge and Skills areas needed to pass the PMI-ACPTM 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.
 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.