Course Overview:

With tight pressure to cut costs & yet implement technology quickly, IT project managers are under severe pressure to complete projects on time, on budget, & at the promised quality.  Yet industry figures consistently show that 90 percent of major IT project initiatives fail to be complete both on time and on budget.  This course delves into the unique challenges of managing IT projects, and offers a roadmap to success.

PM-223 offers new Project Managers the best start into the Project Management field.  This course is intended to offer the new Project Manager a practical introduction to Project Management.  If you are new to Project Management and are looking for a first step on your way to the Project Manager Professional certification, then this is the course for you.

Attendees to PM-223: Introduction to Project Management will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Duration: 3 Days

Course Objectives:

• The 5 Process Groups
• Building a WBS
• Estimating work
• Budgets
• Practical Leadership
• Ending a Project

Prerequisites:

• None

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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: 4 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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