Agile Certified Practitioner

Audience:

If you work on agile teams or if your organization is adopting agile practices, the PMI-ACP is a good choice for you. Compared with other agile certifications based solely on training and exams, the PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill.

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Description

The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques. It will make you shine even brighter to your employers, stakeholders and peers.  The PMI-ACP® is our fastest growing certification, and it’s no wonder. Organizations that are highly agile and responsive to market dynamics complete more of their projects successfully than their slower-moving counterparts 75 percent versus 56 percent as shown in our 2015 Pulse of the Profession® report.  The PMI-ACP spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD.) So it will increase your versatility, wherever your projects may take you.

Course Outline

I. Agile Framework

• Why Agile Methods?
• Agile vs. Traditional
• Project Management
• Agile Manifesto –Values and Principles
• The Agile Triangle
• Usage Level Roles in Agile
• Variants in Agile (Scrum, XP, Crystal, DSDM, or FDD)

II. Scrum

• What is Scrum
• Scrum Origins
• Scrum Legs/ Three Pillars (Transparency, inspection & adaptation)
• Scrum Cycle Summary
• Scrum team -Roles of Scrum Team (Product Owner, Development Team, Scrum Master)
• Scrum Events/Meetings/Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog Refinement)
• Scrum Artifacts (Product Backlog, Product Backlog Item (PBI), Sprint Task, Sprint Burn-down Chart, Product/release Burn Down Chart)

III. Extreme Programming (XP)

•   What is XP
•   Values Principles
• Practices
• The XP Team
• Roles
• The Theory of Constraints

IV. Other Agile Methods

• Future-Driven Development (FDD)
• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
• Crystal
•  Lean Software Development
•   Kanban Development

V. Tools and Techniques

• Communications
• Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting
• Agile Estimation
• Agile Analysis and Design
• Product Quality
• Soft Skills Negotiation
• Value-based Prioritization
• Risk Management
• Metrics
• Value Stream Analysis

VI. Closing Review

• PMI-ACP Application Review
• Domain Reviews
•   Tips and study recommendation on how to pass in a first try
•   Recommended reading
•   Other key Concept and comprehensive review