PMI-ACP Exam Prep

$1,995

PMI-ACP certification training will build your knowledge around agile practices and help you on your way to take and pass the PMI-ACP certification exam.

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This PMI-ACP Exam Prep course enables you to prepare for the PMI-ACP® (Agile Certified Practitioner) certification exam offered by the Project Management Institute which is a high in-demand credential. The certified professionals are well experienced with working on projects including agile projects and have a thorough understanding of agile principles, practices, tools, and techniques acquired through formal training and certification.

This course teaches the best methods to implement Agile practices to smaller and enterprise level projects. In addition, it also builds participants broad knowledge around agile practices and gets them going on their path to certification. Furthermore, classroom training consists of lectures, exercises, case studies, discussion, and practice of sample exam question.

What you will learn in the PMI-ACP Exam Prep course:

  • Understand the basics of Agile philosophy
  • Learn about Agile Manifesto, its methodologies, principles, tools, and techniques
  • Understand the Scrum Framework, artifacts, roles and responsibilities
  • Grasp how to estimate agile projects using planning poker
  • Establish an approach to write user stories
  • Develop detail comprehension of release and sprint planning using timeboxing
  • Learn how and when to perform retrospectives
  • Develop an approach to maintain product and sprint backlogs
  • Review some advanced concepts in agile methods

What you will get:

  • Detailed Class Notes in a binder
  • 21 PDUs that meet the education requirement for PMI-ACP® eligibility
  • 6 months unlimited email support (48 hrs guaranteed reply)
  • Certificate of Course Completion

Group options and discounts

  • Group and corporate discounts are available so please contact to discuss.
  • If you are a group of 5 or more, call/email us to discuss a flexible scheduling option that can meet your group’s specific needs.

Agenda

Introduction to PMI-ACP® certification

  • Who is PMI and what is PMI-ACP®
  • PMI-ACP certification cycle
  • PMI-ACP exam eligibility, application
  • PMI-ACP exam structure, tools & techniques

Agile Project Management Framework

  • What is Agility?
  • Key Values for Agile Leaders
  • The Agile Triangle
  • Agile Methodologies
  • APM Framework
    • Envision Phase
    • Speculate Phase
    • Explore Phase
    • Adapt Phase
    • Close Phase

Agile Estimation

  • User Story
  • Story Points & Agile Relative Sizing
  • Theme and Epic
  • Ideal Day, Ideal Time
  • Planning Poker
  • Wide Band Delphi
  • Agile Affinity Estimating
  • Agile Cost Estimation

Value-Based Prioritization

  • Time Value of Money
  • Agile Return on Investment
  • Agile Present Value, Net Present Value
  • Agile Internal Rate of Return
  • Agile Opportunity Cost
  • Agile Payback Period
  • Agile Prioritization
  • Customer Valued Prioritization
  • Minimally Marketable Feature
  • Agile Compliance
  • Business Case Development

Agile Analysis and Design

  • Agile Chartering
  • Product Roadmap
  • Agile Story Maps
  • Agile Product Backlog and User Stories
  • Agile Wireframes
  • Agile Personas
  • Agile Modeling
  • Best Practices – Agile Modeling

Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting

  • Time-Boxing
  • Multiple Levels of Planning
  • Release Planning
  • Iteration Planning
  • Release Plan Vs Iteration Plan
  • Burndown Chart/ Burnup Chart
  • Cumulative Flow Diagram
  • Agile Task Board
  • Kanban Board
  • Retrospectives
  • Agile Process Tailoring

Agile Product Quality

  • Agile Frequent Verification and Validation
  • Agile Test First Development
  • Agile Acceptance Test Driven Development
  • Agile Continuous Integration
  • Agile Refactoring
  • Agile Definition of Done
  • Collection Code Ownership
  • Technical Debt

Agile Communication

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

Agile Soft Skills Negotiation

  • Agile Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Intelligence Framework
  • Agile Collaboration
  • Agile Adaptive Leadership
  • Agile Negotiation
  • Agile Conflict Resolution
  • Agile Servant Leadership

Agile Risk Management

  • Risk As Prioritization Factor
  • Risk Management in Agile
  • Agile Risk Adjusted Product Backlog
  • Expected Monetary Value
  • Agile Risk Management
  • Agile Risk Burn-down Chart
  • Agile Risk-Based Spike

Agile Metrics

  • Agile Metrics
  • Agile Velocity
  • Agile Cycle Time
  • Earned Value Management (EVM)
    • Various EVM Terms
    • Earned Value Metrics
    • Measuring Metrics
  • Agile Escape Defects

Agile Value Stream Analysis

  • Value-add and Non-Value-add
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Value Stream Process

Knowledge and Skills

  • Basic Skills
  • Intermediate Skills
  • Advanced Skills

Who Should Attend

If you use agile practices in your projects, or your organization is adopting agile approaches to project management, the PMI-ACP® certification may be right for you. The PMI-ACP® recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile methodologies.

However, there are some pre-requisites to be eligible for the exam.

Pre-requisite for ACP Training & Exam:

  • Education: Individual should hold a minimum high school diploma or global equivalent
  • Experience: Working in project teams, minimum 2000 hours or 12 months in the last 5 years
  • Experience: Working in project teams using agile methodologies, experience of minimum 1500 hours or 8 months in the last 3 years (These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours above)
  • Training: 21 contact hours of formal training in agile practices

If you are working in organizations using agile, the PMI-ACP can provide an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of agile practices. The PMI-ACP is not limited to project managers as individuals with experience working in agile project teams can apply and experience requirements to obtain the PMI-ACP do not reflect the need to manage projects.

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