Course Details
Agile Certified Practitioner certificate by Project Management Institute (PMI-ACP)® is one of the most sought-after credentials globally in IT industry in the area of Project Management. The PMI-ACP certification recognizes an individual’s expertise in using agile practices in their projects while demonstrating their increased professional versatility through agile tools and techniques. To earn the Agile certification, professionals need to clear the PMI-ACP exam conducted by PMI®.
Online Agile Practitioner program is designed to help aspiring professionals earn Agile Certification (PMI-ACP)® and empower the current & future project managers to demonstrate their level of professionalism in agile principles, practices, tools and techniques. This course is taught by trainers who have years of experience in training and who have been practicing Agile Project Management with some of the top IT organizations.
On completion of the PMI-ACP® course learner will be able to:
- Help participants clear the PMI-ACP® exam in the first attempt while completing the required 21 contact hour’s training
- Understand Agile principles and practices that will enhance team productivity and improve customer satisfaction
- Gain insights on how to establish transparency in communication within the team and with customers
- Experience the freedom on embracing change and explain ways to manage the project’s scope, schedule and budget to help timely delivery of products
- Build trust with their teams and customers through consistent cadence of “common sense” best practices
- Acquire valuable insights on how the teams can “empower and inspire”
- Familiarize oneself with latest industry knowledge on how to manage dynamic projects in the most competitive environments
- Evaluate one’s exam preparedness and create a personalized plan for self-study.
- Instil confidence to manage projects of various sizes
This Agile Certified Practitioner training course is designed for anyone who is considering the use of an Agile Project Management methodology for software development. In general, practitioners who are seeking to: Understand Agile principles, Agile practices, Agile tools and techniques, including Project Managers, Program Managers, Analysts, Developers, Testers, IT Managers/Directors, Software Engineers, Software Architects, Software Managers, Testing Managers, Team Leaders and Customers.
1. General project management experience of 2000 hours on project teams earned within the last 5 years (Active PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement).
2. 1500 hours of working with Agile project teams and Agile methodologies within the last 3 years.
3. 21 contact hours of education on Agile practices.
Curriculum
- About PMI & ACP
- ACP Exam & Eligibility
- PMI-ACP Application Process Overview
- The Seven Domains and their overview
- The weightage of questions in the seven domains
- Tools & Techniques
- Knowledge & Skills
- 9 Tasks
- Why Agile
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Principles
- Agile Methodologies, Frameworks and processes
- Agile Leadership
- 14 Tasks
- Agile Value Proposition
- Frequent and Incremental Delivery
- Value Assessment & Economic models
- EVM for Agile Projects
- Little’s law
- Prioritization
- Minimal Marketable Product
- Factor Risk Reduction efforts into Product Backlog
- Frequent Verification and Validation
- Agile Tools
- Agile Contracting
- 9 Tasks
- Identify and engage empowered business stakeholders
- Share project information frequently and throughout the project with stakeholders
- Ensure stakeholder’s involvement through working agreements
- Agile Chartering
- Agile Modelling
- Manage Stakeholder’s Expectation through shared vision, shared understanding of success criteria, transparency on project status and forecasting.
- Communication & Knowledge Sharing
- Collaboration
- 9 Tasks
- Agile Team Roles
- Building an Agile Team
- Characteristics of High-Performing Team
- Cockburn’s Skill Mastery Model (Shu-Ha-Ri)
- Dreyfus Skill Acquisition Model
- Tuckman’s Team Formation Model
- Team Motivation
- Empowerment and Emerging Leadership
- Training, Coaching & Mentoring
- Collaborative Team Space
- Communication and Knowledge Sharing
- Team Performance Metrics
- 10 Tasks
- Agile vs Predictive planning
- Principles of Agile planning process
- Progressive Elaboration & Rolling Wave Planning
- Value based analysis and decomposition
- User Stories
- Product Backlog
- Timeboxing
- Agile Sizing & Estimation
- Tools & Techniques
- Multi-Level Planning (High Level, Release, Iteration)
- 5 Tasks
- Problems and their impact on Project
- Create Open & Safe Environment
- Agile Metrics (Lead Time, Cycle time, Throughput, Productivity, Defect Rate)
- Problem Detection
- Problem Solving
- Risk Management Life Cycle
- Tools & Techniques
- 6 Tasks
- Continuous Improvement – Process
- Process Analysis
- Value Stream Mapping
- Continuous Improvement – Product
- Product Review & Feedback
- Continuous Improvement – People
- Retrospectives
- Tools & Techniques
- PMI’s Code ethics and Professional Conduct
- Exam Question patterns
- Study Plan
- Exam Tips
- Related Readings.
FAQ'S
“You will never miss a lecture! You can choose either of the two options:
- View the recorded session of the class available in your LMS.
- You can attend the missed session, in any other live batch.”
Your access to the Support Team is for lifetime and will be available 24/7. The team will help you in resolving queries, during and after the course.
The ACP exam fees for a PMI® Member is $1399 (USD) . You need to apply directly to PMI® to book your schedule at any of the Prometric test centres..
The PMI-ACP® exam is a computer-based exam conducted in the Prometric centres. The exam has 120 multiple choice questions and each question has exactly one correct answer. You will get three hours to answer these questions. Out of the120 questions, 20 questions are pre-test questions. They are randomly placed throughout the exam and are used for research purposes. These questions are not evaluated while computing the exam results. You will be evaluated only on the basis of 100 questions.
Yes, we will guide you on how to apply & fill up the ACP® application form in PMI® website. You can use the following link to apply for examination: Apply for Exam
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