Course description
PMI-ACP® Exam Preparation - In House
This course will help prepare students for the Agile Certified Practitioner exam, first by explaining the application process and test, then by looking at specific areas of Agile such as the Agile framework, value-driven delivery, stakeholder engagement, boosting team performance, adaptive planning, problem detection and resolution, and continuous improvement.
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Who should attend?
This course is best suited for those with existing agile training and experience; it is designed to satisfy the educational requirements of the PMI-ACP® exam. To write the exam, one must have 200 hours of project experience (or a PMP®) plus 1.500 hours of agile experience. Exam registration is separate from this course and must be arranged through PMI®.
Prerequisite
It is recommended that one have taken Introduction to Agile prior to this course.
Training content
Lesson 1: Application Process & Test
- Application Process
- ACP Qualifications
- Scheduling Your Exam
- Rescheduling/Cancelling
- Exam Results
- Fees
- The Test
- Test Breakdown
- The Exam
- Test Breakdown (Cont.)
- Level 1 (33% of Total Examination Questions)
- Level 2 (12% of Total Examination Questions)
- Level 3 (5% of Total Examination Questions)
- Key Readings
- Key Domain Areas
Lesson 2: Agile Framework
- PMBOK® Guide Agile
- Overview - Agile is Iterative and Incremental
- The Effects of WIP and “Best Resourcing”
- Overview - The Beginning of Agile
- Overview - Agile Development Values…
- Overview - The 12 Principles of Agile Software
- The Heartbeat of Agility
- Must, Wants and Needs
- Agile Methodologies
- Scrum Basics - Foundation
- Scrum Basics - The Scrum Roles
- Team Members
- Scrum
- The Daily Sprint Schedule
- Key Scrum Artifacts - Product Backlog
- Scrum Board
- Extreme Programming - Core Values
- Extreme Programming - XP Core Practices
- Extreme Programming - XP Is Customer Focused
- Extreme Programming - Iteration 0
- Extreme Programming - The Basic Steps
- Feature-Driven Development
- Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
- Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Dynamic Systems Development Method - DSDM
- Eight Principles
- Crystal
- Lean Software Development
- Kanban Development
- Task/Kanban Board
- Kanban Development (Cont.)
- Test Assumption
Lesson 3: Value-Driven Delivery
- Assessing Value
- Planning Value
- Value Stream Mapping
- A Sample Story Map
- A Sample Product Roadmap
- Types of Risks
- Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
- Decision Tree Analysis
- Agile Contracting
- Why Not Gantt Charts and Other Software?
- Little’s Law
- Cumulative Cost Curve
- Forecasting - ETC
- Forecasting - EAC
- Forecasting - TCPI
- Burndown Chart
Lesson 4: Stakeholder Engagement
- Who is a Stakeholder?
- Wireframes
- Personas
- User Stories
- User Story Strengths
- User Stories The 3 Cs
- You Must INVEST in Your Stories
- Definition of Done (DoD)
- F2F is Best
- Information Radiators Examples
- Conflict Resolution
- Speed B. Leas Conflict Model
- Participatory Decision Models
- Management vs. Leadership
- Servant Leadership
- 12 Principles for Leading Agile Projects
Lesson 5: Boosting Team Performance
- COCOMO
- Adaptive Leadership
- Leadership Styles
- Theories of Management Style
- Emotional Intelligence
- Empowered Teams
- High-Performance Teams
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- The Daily Scrum
- One-on-One Coaching & Mentoring
- Brainstorming Techniques
- Other Tools
Lesson 6: Adaptive Planning
- Timeboxing
- Progressive Elaboration
- Process Tailoring
- The Agile Pyramid
- Value-Based Analysis
- Value-Based Decomposition and Prioritization
- Agile Games
- Wideband Delphi and Planning Poker
- Estimation
- Time, Budget and Cost Estimation
- What Causes Project Delays?
- Planning Differences
Lesson 7: Problem Detection and Resolution
- Cost vs. Value of Change
- Escaped Defects
- Quality Standards
- Failure Modes and Alternatives
- Continuous Integration
- Risk-Based Spike
- Test-Driven Development
- Acceptance Test-Driven Development
- Problem Solving
- Problem Solving - Gather Data
- Problem Solving - Generate Insights
- Problem Solving - Decide What to Do
Lesson 8: Continuous Improvement
- Retrospectives Are Key
- Retrospectives Steps
- Complexity Assessment
- Course Closure
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Procept Associates Ltd.
Since 1963, Procept (and its subsidiaries) have trained over 1 million people from over 17,000 organizations. We focus on developing competencies in project management, change management, agile management, leadership, business analysis, IT and data management, as well as soft skill...