Agile Project Management per PMI-ACPSM
About the training
This course is intended for professionals who are looking to introduce or who are already using agile principles, methods and approaches in their own projects. We‘ll demonstrate and assign you exercises on the practical use of Scrum, XP, Lean and Kanban. The course prepares you for PMI-ACP® certification, proving you‘re familiar with agile processes, methods and tools and can apply them in actual project work. The training is based on the „PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Examination Content Outline Guide“, half of which focuses on agile tools and methods and the other half on know-how related to agile approaches and skills.
Goals
You‘ll master agile project management methods and be well-prepared for certification as a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®.
Zielgruppe
department project managers, IT project managers, product owner, scrum masters
Prerequisite
Principles of project management
Content
Agile communication methods
Planning and managing agile projects
- Retrospectives
- Kanban boards
- Timeboxing methods
- Iteration and release planning
- WIP limits
- Burn down/up charts
- Cumulative flow charts
- Process tailoring
Agile estimation methods
- Story points
- Planning poker
- Delphi
Agile analysis and design
- Product roadmap
- User stories / backlog
- Story maps
- Wireframes
- Personas
- Agile modeling
Product quality
- Test-driven development
- Definition of Done
- Continuous integration
Soft skills and negotiation techniques
- Emotional intelligence
- Leadership, team management
- Conflict resolution techniques
Value-based prioritization
- Return on investment (ROI)
- Minimal marketable feature (MMF)
- Customer-based prioritization
- Relative prioritization
Risk management
- Risk burndown chart
- Risk-adjusted backlog
- Risk-based spike
Metrics
- Velocity
- Cycle time
- Earned value management (EVM) for agile projects
- Error metrics
Value stream analysis
- Value stream mapping
- Value stream management
- Value stream design
- Value stream planning
Agile knowledge - Level 1
- Active listening
- Agile Manifesto and principles
- Stakeholder management
- Brainstorming
- Team building
- Coaching and mentoring teams
- Communication management
- Feedback techniques
- Knowledge sharing
- Team motivation
Agile knowledge - Level 2
- Business case development
- Working with distributed teams
- Process analysis techniques
- Value-based analysis
- PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Agile knowledge - Level 3
- Agile contracts
- Implementing agile processes within organizations
- Compliance
- Agile method variants
- Limitations of agile methods and projects
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We offer you this course as an inhouse training for your company. Here you can learn more about our service packages. Tell us more about your needs, so that we can tailor an offer that perfectly fits your requirements.
We offer this course also on several dates as a webinar and face-to-face training in German. You can find all upcoming dates for our open trainings in German on our Website.