Course Overview:

This course is developed for those individuals seeking to pass the Project Management Institute’s PMI-ACP Exam. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is one of the newest certifications offered by PMI and is expected to become the industry standard certification for agile over the next few years. The PMI-ACP® certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or even potential employers that students are ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management, and delivery.

While preparing you for the exam, you will explore various approaches to agility including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), and Test-Driven Development (TDD). By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered the practices and techniques that Agile practitioners use to improve team performance, resolve problems and engage in continuous process improvements and be equipped with job-ready skills.

This course provides students with 21 contact hours in agile practices to help attain the Project Management Institute (PMI)® credential.  PMI® and PMI-ACP® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Attendees to PM-224: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Prep Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Duration: 3 Days

Course Objectives:

• Agile Principles and Mindset
• Value-driven delivery
• Stakeholder engagement
• Team performance
• Adaptive planning
• Problem detection and Resolution
• Continuous Improvement

Prerequisites:

• Secondary degree
• 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
• 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP^® or PgMP^® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP
• 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

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Course Overview: 

This class uses a sample product development initiative to illustrate the course principles.  If you need to learn what is required to lead or participate in an Agile effort using the SCRUM approach within your organization, this course will cover the Agile adaptive life cycle framework and all of the ceremonies, artifacts, and roles.

Attendees to PM-222: Agile Principles using will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Duration: 2 Days

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

• Compare the Agile (adaptive) and Plan Driven (predictive/ waterfall) approaches
• Understand the Agile Manifesto and SCRUM Framework
• Apply the basics of Agile / SCRUM Team Organization, with importance of the Development Team responsibilities
• Use Agile / SCRUM chartering, high-level estimating, and prioritization techniques to initiate a Product Roadmap and a Product Backlog
• Create personas and user stories to lead to Development Team task assignments
• Understand Release and Sprint Planning to lead to the Sprint Backlog
• Plan and conduct a sample SCRUM Sprint from the Vision Statement through the Sprint retrospective

Target Student:

• Designed specifically for Agile project team members, product owners, project leaders and senior managers or anyone wanting to understand the Agile Framework.

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