PMI-ACP - Online Training
3 Days Program
Our PMI’s Agile Certified Professional training program is aligned to the 2015 PMI guidelines and is designed to help you clear you’re PMI ACP Exam in the first attempt. Additionally, this course will empower you to become a versatile agile professional with the knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD).
Who should do this course?
PMI Agile Certified Professional training program is a professional requirement across the IT/Tech industry for all project management roles globally. This certification is best suited for:
- Project managers
- Agile Team Members
- Associate/Asst. Manager - Projects
- Team leads/Managers
- Project Executives/Engineers
- Software Developers
- Any professional aspiring to be a Project Manager
Course Agenda
Overview of Agile Project Management
- Agile Manifesto
- Popular Agile Methodologies
- Agile Principles and Practices
- Quick Overview of the Agile Practices using Scrum
Understanding the Key roles and Artifacts of Scrum
- Scrum Master (Agile Project Manager)
- Product Owner
- Team Members
- Product Backlog
- Sprint Planning Meeting
- Sprint Backlog
- Tracking Board
- Sprint Demo
- Retrospectives
Understanding User Stories
- The Anatomy of a User Story
- User Story Development Techniques
- Story Points
- Ideal Time
- Wide Band Delphi
The Sprint Planning Meeting
- The Sprint Planning Meeting Time Box
- Feature Prioritization
- The Tracking Board
- Definition of Done
- Load Balancing
Sprinting
- Self Organized teams
- Work Volunteering
- Daily Stand-up Meetings
- Burn Down Chart Updation
- Sprint Demo Meetings (Continuous improvement process)
- Velocity
- Sprint Retrospectives
- Scaling Scrum
- Co-located and Distributed Teams
Best Practices and Concepts
- Agile Tooling
- Osmotic Communications for Co-Located and Distributed Teams
- WIP Limits
- Cumulative Flow Diagram
- Process Tailoring
- Affinity Estimating
- Product Road Map
- Story Maps
- Wire Frames
- Chartering
- Frequent Verification and Validation
- Test Driven Development / Test First Development
- Continuous Integration
- Project Charter for an Agile Project
- Participatory Decision Models
- Process Analysis Techniques
- Self-Assessment
- Value-based Assessment
Soft Skills
- Negotiation
- Emotional Intelligence
- Collaboration
- Adaptive Leadership
- Conflict Resolution
- Servant Leadership
- Building High Performance Teams
Value Based Prioritization
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Compliance
- Customer Valued Prioritization
- Minimally Marketable Feature (MMF)
- Relative Prioritization / Ranking
- Business Case Development
Agile Implementation
- Agile Contracting Methods
- Agile Project Accounting Principles
- Applying New Agile Practices
- Compliance (Organization)
- Control Limits for Agile Projects
- Failure Modes and Alternatives
- Globalization, Culture and Team Diversity
- Innovation Games
- Principles of Systems Thinking (Complex Adaptive Chaos)
- Regulatory Compliance
- Variance and Trend Analysis
- Vendor Management