PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner
Course number: PACP-CGI001
Introduction to the PMI-ACP Exam
See course outline below for details.
Course Outline
Introduction to the PMI-ACP Exam
- Recognizing key Agile developments and definitions
- Applying the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto
- Mapping tools, techniques, knowledge and skills to PMI’s six domains of Agile development
Implementing Value-Driven Delivery
- Implementing Value-Driven Delivery
Focusing on business value
- Defining and prioritizing features in terms of user and stakeholder value
- Leveraging rapid feedback cycles
Ensuring progressive elaboration of requirements
- Identifying Minimally Marketable Features for release planning
- Sharpening the requirements definition by agreeing on the Definition of Done
Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement
- Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement
Engaging empowered business stakeholders
- Identifying stakeholders and their concerns
- Promoting effective collaboration and participation
Communicating progress to help the organization make informed decisions
- Enabling knowledge sharing
- Building trust and managing expectations through shared success criteria
Boosting Team Performance Practices
- Boosting Team Performance Practices
Forming cross-functional teams
- Establishing collaborative behaviors through group decision-making
- Influencing teams to design their own internal work processes
Empowering teams to self-organize
- Encouraging teams to estimate and track project progress
- Creating safe environments for experimentation
Developing high performance teams
- Raising productivity by eliminating waste
- Coaching styles that foster skill enhancement
Implementing Adaptive Planning
- Implementing Adaptive Planning
Planning at multiple levels
- Applying rolling wave planning
- Leveraging progressive elaboration
Employing empirical planning
- Balancing priorities and team capabilities
- Coaching the team to adjust cadences based on situational awareness
Applying Agile Earned Value Measurement (EVM)
- Refining estimate ranges to reflect uncertainty
- Capturing measures of accepted work delivered in a specified time frame
- Controlling costs through quantitative measures
Problem Detection and Resolution
- Problem Detection and Resolution
Recognizing and mitigating risks
- Time Boxing to focus on immediate issues
- Engaging the team proactively to identify risks and create mitigation strategies
- Ensuring impediments are resolved and stakeholder expectations are adjusted
Communicating risks and impediments
- Maintaining visibility with burn down charts, value stream mapping and Kanban boards
- Managing features and technical issues with Backlog
Facilitating Continuous Improvement
- Facilitating Continuous Improvement
Tailoring the process
- Conducting retrospectives to improve the team’s behavior
- Experimenting with new techniques and process ideas
Evaluating work efficiency
- Removing nonvalue-adding processes
- Reducing Work In Progress (WIP)
Preparing to Pass the Exam
- Defining your exam preparation strategy
- Gaining insight into the exam format and process
- Applying proven tips for exam success
Optimizing your study time and focus
- Optimizing your study time and focus
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