Agile is a topic of growing importance in project management. The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is developed in response to this increasing demand of organizations in the marketplace for project practitioners who can apply a diversity of methods to their projects.
This PMI-ACP® course provides a high quality training program that teaches you the skills and knowledge you need to successfully apply Agile practices in real life and to pass the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®examination to earn your certification.
This classroom course is aimed at people who work in Agile projects or whose organizations are adopting Agile principles.
Learning Objectives:
- Agile manifesto, principles and practices across Agile methodologies, such as:
· Scrum
· eXtreme Programming (XP)
· Lean
· Kanban
· Dynamic Systems Development Methods (DSDM)
· Test-Driven / Feature-Driven Developments
- Agile project lifecycle and key Agile management skills and social, economical and environmental influences.
- Applying Agile management knowledge and skills, such as communications, coaching and mentoring, leadership, team motivation, problem solving strategies, and more.
- Using Agile tools & techniques, such as value based prioritization, risk management, soft skills negotiation, product quality, Agile estimation, analysis, and design.
- How to deliver a high quality product in a shorter period of time
- Empowerment of team; self-organization and self-management
- Professional responsibilities concerning Agile Project management.
- Requirements to apply for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification and pass the PMI-ACP ® exam
Benefits of Taking This Course:
- Provides you with increased professional versatility in project management methodologies and Agile framework,
- Presents you a higher level of professional credibility with a combination of Agile training and examination on Agile principles, practices, tools, and techniques.
- Supplies you with the material to apply Agile, Agile framework and in demand methodologies. i.e. SCRUM, Kanban, Lean, XP, TDD, DSDM and more
- Gives you the most recent information about the PMI-ACP® exam by PMI
- Provides everything you need to be fully prepared to take and pass the PMI-ACP® exam, including satisfying the 21 CPUs required to write the examination.
Agenda:
Module 1 – Introduction
Module 2 - Introduction to the Project Management
Module 3 - Agile Manifesto and Principles
Module 4 - Agile Methods and Approaches
Module 5 - Agile Domains and Tasks
Module 6 - Agile Tools and Techniques – I
Module 7 - Agile Tools and Techniques – II
Module 8 - Agile Knowledge and Skills
Module 9 - PMI-ACP Exam Preparation
Prerequisites:
There are no formal requirements for participating in this course; however, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the Agile basics.
There are eligibility requirements for taking the exam if you plan to apply for the PMI-ACP certification upon completion of this course:
- Secondary school diploma, associate's degree or global equivalent
- 2000 hours working on project teams within the last 5 years (active PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement)
- 1500 hours working on Agile project teams or with Agile methodologies within the last 3 years (in addition to the above 2000 hours)
- At least 21 contact hours (CPUs) worth of Agile Project management training.
Follow-on Courses:
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PRINCE2®
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Agile Scrum Foundation
- Agile PM Foundation and Practitioner
Course Materials:
Students will receive a course manual with presentation slides and reference materials.
Examination:
- Candidates can only purchase the exam at PMI as part of their registration process, as training companies such as ITpreneurs cannot sell the exam vouchers directly to the candidates.
- Candidates need to meet PMI’s exam eligibility (as listed above – see prerequisite).
- The exam is computer based and is in closed-book format; consists of 120 multiple-choice questions distributed between definitions, essay-type, and scenario-based questions.
- The time allotted to complete the exam is 3 hours and computer based. A pass / fail result score is generated based on their overall performance at the end of the exam.
Note: If you would need any assistance, let me help you to get registered. Reach us at: info@mountskills.com
