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PMI-ACP Exam Prep

PMI-ACP Exam Prep

By IIL Europe Ltd

  • 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
  • Completion Certificate
  • 24/7 Technical Support

Highlights

  • Delivered In-Person

  • Delivered at organisers' location

  • London

  • Two days

  • All levels

Description

PMI-ACP® Exam Prep

This course builds on the candidates' practical experience of Agile in the workplace to equip them with the broad range of knowledge and skills required for the PMI® Agile Certification exam. It will follow the PMI® requirements and reference the suggested reading list, including the Agile Practice Guide, but will not be limited to those areas.

Within the profession and discipline of project management, Agile continues to develop as a significant and important aspect of bringing change to an organization. Where the products of change must be delivered to the business 'on time,' Agile is often the chosen methodology.

In addition to equipping candidates for the PMI® Agile Certification examination, this course will also support candidates in taking a more informed and effective role in Agile projects. It will also enable them to take a significant role in encouraging and enabling the organization to become or develop as an Agile environment.

What you will Learn

You will learn how to:

  • Appreciate the wider aspects of Agile project management tools and techniques

  • Integrate various disciplines within Agile

  • Tailor / customize Agile to suit the needs of different projects

  • Prepare yourself for the PMI® Agile Certification examination

Getting Started

  • Introductions

  • Agenda

  • Expectations

Foundation Concepts

  • Defining 'Traditional' Project Management

  • Project management parameters

  • The 'traditional' approach to the parameters

  • Strengths and weaknesses of the traditional approach

  • Defining 'Agile' Project Management

  • Project management parameters revisited

  • The 'agile' approach to the parameters

  • Strengths and weaknesses of agile

  • Managing projects with traditional and agile methods

  • Can the two approaches co-exist?

  • Leveraging the benefits of both methods

  • Options for using both methods on a project

  • Avoiding the elephant traps

  • Key aspects of the PMI® Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Handbook

  • Overview

  • Eligibility requirements

  • Exam information

  • Exam Blueprint

  • Continuing certification requirements

  • Key aspects of the PMI Agile Certification Examination Content Outline

  • Introduction

  • Agile exam content outline

  • Tools and techniques

  • Knowledge and skills

  • Domains and tasks (not examined)

An Introduction to Agile and Implementing Agile

  • Definable work vs. high-uncertainty work

  • Project factors that influence tailoring

  • The Agile Manifesto and 12 Principles

  • Agile mindset

  • Agile domains and tasks

Agile Tools and Techniques Related to PM 'Hard Skills'

  • Planning, monitoring, and adapting

  • The need for planning, monitoring, and adapting

  • The Agile approach to planning and plans

  • The Agile planning tools and techniques

  • The Agile monitoring tools and techniques

  • The Agile approach to adapting

  • Product quality

  • A definition of 'product quality'

  • Setting the standard for product quality

  • Agile tools and techniques for achieving product quality

  • Risk management

  • A definition of 'risk'

  • What is 'at risk'?

  • The acceptability of risks

  • The Agile tools and techniques for managing risks

Agile Tools and Techniques Related to PM 'Soft Skills'

  • The difference between PM 'hard and soft' skills

  • Communications

  • The importance of communications

  • Forms of agile communications

  • Communications within the project

  • Communications from the project

  • Communications to the project

  • Making communications the cultural norm

  • Interpersonal Skills

  • Defining and understanding management

  • Defining and understanding leadership

  • Defining and understanding servant leadership

  • Delegating vs. empowering

  • Playing to people's strengths

  • Overcoming the roadblocks

Core Agile Tools and Techniques

  • The philosophy of core Agile tools and techniques

  • Agile estimation

  • Will traditional forms of estimating work for agile?

  • The relationship between estimating and guessing

  • The relationship between estimating and sizing

  • The where, who, and how of agile estimating

  • Agile analysis and design

  • Product analysis and design from a user point of view

  • Product analysis and design from a supplier point of view

  • Product analysis and design from an agile project point of view

Value-Based Agile Tools and Techniques

  • The role of value-based tools and techniques in bridging traditional PM with Agile

  • Value-based prioritization

  • Value-based prioritization and agile projects

  • Investment appraisal methods

  • Regulatory driven

  • Customer driven

  • Ranking methods (MMF, MoSCoW)

  • Metrics

  • What should we measure / track?

  • Methods of measuring / tracking

  • Adding value with metrics

  • Process Improvement

  • Value-stream analysis

  • Value-stream mapping

Agile Knowledge and Skills

  • Context of Agile Knowledge and Skills vis-à-vis Agile Tools and Techniques

  • Agile Knowledge and Skills

  • Process focused

  • People focused

  • Product focused

  • Project focused

Exam Preparation and Course Closure

  • The application process - where are you now?

  • The 'Exam-Focused Journal' - what you still have to do

  • Further preparation - self-study schedule

  • Exam topic review

  • Practice exam

  • Practice exam debrief

  • Course closure

About The Provider

IIL Europe Ltd

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