The PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® is a widely accepted credential in the Agile community and is a reflection of the holder’s competence in carrying out project management using Agile practices.

The certification mandatorily requires a combination of agile training, experience working on agile projects, and a thorough comprehension of agile principles, methods, tools, and techniques.

Join our The PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® course now and learn how best to implement Agile practices appropriate for single and enterprise-scale projects, through an engaging blend of discussion, group interaction, case studies, and real-world focused workshops.

Our workshop on the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^®  will help you implement Agile practices appropriate for your teams, and gain the skills and knowledge required to sit for the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® certification exam.

Comprehensive courseware and ample quiz sessions will also thoroughly prepare you for the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® examination. Candidates who have successfully obtained this certification can meet the needs of organizations by applying a diversity of methods to project management.

The PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^®  certification recognizes your expertise in applying agile principles and techniques in your organization.

Earning PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® certification shows you have the skills to implement value-driven delivery while facilitating continuous improvement through improved communication and collaboration.

Prepare to achieve your MI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® certification and earn 21 Professional Development Units (PDUs) with this training course.

Through real-life scenarios, you will review Agile terminology and public practices, and leverage seven domains of the method to create a personalized self-study plan and increase the effectiveness of your exam preparation.

This training will empower you to become a skilled, agile professional with knowledge of a broad range of agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming, and test-driven development.

The MI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® is the fastest-growing certification and is a recognized way for a project manager to demonstrate experience and professional versatility.

Today’s employers care about the PMI^® credential, making it an excellent choice for career advancement.

Reach a milestone in your Agile career, with the PMI-ACP^® certification!

The course can be taken as a next level after Project Management Professional (PMP)^®  

This course will allow you to apply for PMI^® exams.

PMBOK, PMI-ACP, and PMI are registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

Our PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® training program is aligned to the PMI^® guidelines and is designed to help you pass your PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® exam in the first attempt.

The course covers agile methodologies, tools, and techniques extensively and provides real-life scenarios plugged in throughout the course.

This course provides participants with a solid foundation of the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® exam. During class, participants will be introduced to Agile concepts and practices with banks of sample questions.

Additionally, participants will apply agile principles directly to a real-world project taken directly from their industry.

If you already use agile practices or your organization is adopting agile methods, earning the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® certification will demonstrate your knowledge of and commitment to this rapidly growing approach to project management.

Participants will:

• Prepare for the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® exam while completing the required 21 contact hours/PDUs
• Navigate the tools, techniques, knowledge, and skills addressed in the exam
• Review relevant topics in the PMI^® suggested reference materials
• Practice for the exam with sample questions and exercises

IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION

Requirements:

• 2,000 hours of general project experience in the last five years
• 1,500 hours of Agile project experience in the previous three years

Course Preparation:

Overnight reading required during class.

Certification & Exam Information:

To earn this certification, you must take and pass the three-hour PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^® exam, comprised of 120 multiple-choice questions

Strategic Axis can help you maintain your certification with a comprehensive list of PDU-eligible training courses.

To maintain your PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)^®, you must earn 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in agile topics every three years.

PMBOK, PMI-ACP, and PMI are registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Recognizing critical Agile developments and definitions
• Applying the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto
• Mapping tools, techniques, knowledge, and skills to PMI’s six domains of Agile development
• Why and When Agile
• Agile Manifesto
• Agile Vs. Waterfall
• Agile Methods
• SCRUM
• Extreme Programming (XP)
• Feature Driven Development
• LEAN
• DSDM
• Crystal

Module 2: Implementing Value-Driven Delivery

• What is Value-Driven Delivery
• Assessing Value
• Planning Value
• Focusing on business value
• Defining and prioritizing features regarding user and stakeholder value
• Leveraging rapid feedback cycles
• Ensuring progressive elaboration of requirements
• Identifying Minimally Marketable Features for release planning
• Sharpening the requirements definition by agreeing on the Definition of Done
• Customer Value Prioritization
• Moscow prioritization
• Kano Analysis
• Relative Prioritization
• Product Roadmap – Story Ma
• Risk-Adjusted Backlogs
• Agile Contracts
• DSDM Contracts
• “Money for Nothing and your change for Free.”
• Graduated Fixed Price Contract
• Fixed Price Work Package
• Delivering Value
• Task and Kanban Board
• WIP Limits
• Incremental Delivery
• Confirming Value
• Tracking and Reporting Value
• Agile EVM
• Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)
• Risk Burn Down Graphs
• Tasks / Kanban Boards

Module 3: Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement

• Engaging in empowered business stakeholders
• Identifying stakeholders and their concerns
• Promoting effective collaboration and participation
• Communicating progress to help the organization make informed decisions
• Enabling knowledge sharing
• Building trust and managing expectations through shared success criteria
• Aligning Stakeholders’ understanding
• Wireframes
• Personas
• User Stories/Backlogs
• Story Maps
• Incorporating Stakeholder Values
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management
• Communicating with Stakeholders
• Information Radiators
• Burn Down and Burn Up Charts
• Velocity
• Agile Modeling
• Critical Soft Skills
• Negotiation
• Active Listening
• Facilitation Methods
• Globalization, Culture, and Team Diversity
• Conflict Resolution
• Distributed Teams
• Participatory Decision Models
• Leading Effectively
• Servant Leadership
• Leadership Tools and Techniques

Module 4: Boosting Team Performance Practices

• Forming cross-functional teams
• Establishing collaborative behaviors through group decision-making
• Influencing organizations to design their internal work processes
• Empowering teams to self-organize
• Encouraging teams to estimate and track project progress
• Creating safe environments for experimentation
• Developing high-performance teams
• Raising productivity by eliminating waste
• Coaching styles that foster skill enhancement
• Understanding Team Performance
• Adaptive Leadership
• Emotional Intelligence
• Building an Empowered Team
• Building High-Performance Team
• Team Practices
• Daily Stand-Ups
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Brainstorming
• Team Space
• Co-located and Distributed Teams
• Osmotic Communication
• Tacit Knowledge
• Communication Tools
• Agile Tooling
• Low Tech, High Touch tools
• Digital Tools

Module 5: Implementing Adaptive Planning

• Planning at multiple levels
• Applying rolling wave planning
• Leveraging progressive elaboration
• Employing empirical planning
• Balancing priorities and team capabilities
• Coaching the team to adjust cadences based on situational awareness
• Applying Agile Earned Value Measurement (EVM)
• Refining estimate ranges to reflect uncertainty
• Capturing measures of accepted work delivered within a specified timeframe
• Controlling costs through quantitative measures
• Planning Concepts
• Timeboxing
• Progressive Elaboration
• Process Tailoring
• Minimum Marketable Features
• Value-Based Analysis
• Value-Based decomposition and Prioritization
• Agile Games
• Estimation
• Planning Poker and Wideband Delphi
• Ideal Time
• Relative Sizing/Story Points
• Affinity Estimating
• Agile Project Accounting Principal
• Agile Plans
• Agile Charters
• Business Case Development
• Product Vision
• Release Planning
• Story Maps
• Iteration Planning

Module 6: Problem Detection and Resolution

• Recognizing and mitigating risks
• Time Boxing to focus on immediate issues
• Engaging the team proactively in identifying risks and creating mitigation strategies
• Ensuring impediments are resolved, and stakeholder expectations are adjusted
• Communicating threats and obstacles
• Maintaining visibility with burndown charts, value stream mapping, and Kanban boards
• Managing features and technical issues with Backlog
• Identifying Problems
• Cycle Time
• Escaped Defects
• Project and Quality Standards
• Failure Modes and Alternatives
• Variance and Trend Analysis
• Control Limits
• Resolving Problems
• Continuous Integration
• Risk-Based Spikes
• Frequent Verification and Validation
• Test-Driven Development (TDD) /Test-First Development (TFD)
• Acceptance Test-Driven Development
• Problem Solving

Module 7: Facilitating Continuous Improvement

• Tailoring the process
• Conducting retrospectives to improve the team’s behavior
• Experimenting with new techniques and process ideas
• Evaluating work efficiency
• Removing nonvalue-adding methods
• Reducing Work In Progress (WIP)
• Knowledge Sharing
• Process Tailoring
• The principal of Systems Thinking
• Process Analysis
• Applying New agile Practices
• Continuous Improvement Process

Module 8: Preparing to Pass the Exam

• Defining your exam preparation strategy
• Gaining insight into the exam format and process
• Applying proven tips for exam success
• Optimizing your study time and focus