PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) ® Course

Course
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) ® Course

Course_CertPMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) ® Course

This three-­‐day PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-­‐ACP)®Course provides participants the knowledge,tools and techniques in various agile practices. This accelerated learning course is designed to help trainees toprepare for the new PMI-­‐ACP®Agile Certified Practitioner exam—and gain the most understanding with the least amount of study. Developed by a five-­‐person team including four members of the PMI-­‐ACP®Steering Committee, this course is designedto decrease your after-­‐class study time from hundreds of hours to less than 40.

Unique features of this course include games, exercises, case studies and other tools to help you understand—NOT MEMORIZE—the concepts necessary to pass the PMI-­‐ACP®exam. Courseware includes the PMI-­‐ACP®Exam Prep System, which consists ofthree products—a PMI-­‐ACP®Exam Prep textbook, a copy of PM FASTrack®Exam Simulation Software and one copy of Hot Topics Flashcards.

Course Materials

  • CourseHandouts
  • PMI-­‐ACP®Exam Prep Book by Mike Griffiths, the PM FASTrack®PMI-­‐ACP®Exam Simulation Software, and Hot Topics PMI-­‐ACP®Exam Flashcards

Course Outline

  • Overview of Agile Methods and the manifesto
  • It’s All About People: agile engagement models
  • Project Initiation: agile chartering, planning, the backlog and stories
  • Release Planning: story mapping, estimation, prioritization, release plans•Iteration Planning: inside an iteration, daily standup
  • Agile Execution: project reporting, changes and defects
  • Iteration Review: retrospectives, coaching and mentoring
  • Building High Performance Teams: servant leadership
  • A Catalog of Agile Methods: Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, others•PMI-­‐ACP Special Topics: agile accounting, agile contracts

Course duration 

3 days (21 hours)

21 PDUs