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PMI-ACP® Agile Certified Practitioner

PMI-ACP® AGILE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER


ARMY IGNITED CRITERIA

TRAINING NAME:


  • PMI-ACP® Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Prep with Voucher    
         

FORMAT:

  • Online, On Demand

ASSOCIATED CREDENTIAL:


  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
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  LOCATION & SCHEDULES:
  • Virtual - Can be taken from Any Location, Any Time according to Your Schedule
COST:
  • Contact Learn@AristaLearn.com for $
                TESTING VOUCHER or CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION?
  • One (1) Testing Voucher Provided with this Course.
TARGET STUDENT:
  • Project Management, Project Coordination, Operations, Logistics, Management, Administrative, Technical, Human Resources Specialists, or any professional who desires to grow their Agile Certification portfolio.
  PREREQUISITES:


  • 2,000 hours of project experience (or a PMP®) plus 1,500 hours of agile experience.


COURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE:

  • Access to on-line Learning Portal
  • Videos, training content, examples, quizzes, labs, and all items needed to learn the material and successfully pass this course!

                

HOW TO
ENROLL:
  • Email Learn@AristaLearn for a Quote and Detailed Upload instructions


PMI-ACP® Exam Preparation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This course will help prepare students for the Agile Certified Practitioner Exam:

• Explaining the application process and test.
• Looking at specific areas of Agile such as the Agile framework.
• Value – driven delivery, stakeholder engagement. 
• Boosting team performance, adaptive planning.
• Problem detective and resolution, and continuous improvement. 

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 2,000 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®.Want to prepare 
for the CAPM®designation.

PREREQUISITE

• It is recommended that one have taken Introduction to Agile prior to this course or Scrum Immersion 
– but it is not required.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Lesson 1: Application Process & Test 

• Application Process, ACP Qualifications, Scheduling your Exam.
• Test Breakdown, Key Readings, Fees.
• Level 1 (33% of total examination questions) 
• Level 2 (12% of total examination questions)
• Level 3 (5% of total examination questions)

Lesson 2: Agile Framework 

• PMBOK® Guide vs. 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 and much more

Lesson 3: Value – Drive 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 
• Forecasting – ETC, Forecasting EAC, Forecasting TCPI 
• Cumulative Cost Curve Burndown Chart and mush more

Lesson 4: Stakeholder Engagement 

• Who is a Stakeholder? 
• Wireframes, Persons, User Stories, User Stories, User Story Strengths
• User Stories The 3 Cs 
• Definition of Done DoD, F2F is Best 
• Information Radiators Examples, Conflict Resolution and much more

Lesson 5: Boosting Team Performance 

• COCOMO, Adaptive Leadership 
• 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 and more

Lesson 6: Adaptive Planning 

• Timeboxing, Progressive Elaboration, Process Tailoring 
• The Agile Pyramid, Value-Based Analysis, Value-Based Decomposition and Prioritization 
• Agile Games, Wideand Delphi and Planning Poker 
• Estimation, Time, Budget and Cost Estimation 
• What Causes Project Delays? 
• Planning Differences 

Lesson 7: Problem Detective and Resolution 

• Cost vs. Value of Change 
• Escaped Defects, Quality Standards 
• Failure Modes and Alternatives 
• Continuous Integration, Risk-Based Spike 
• Test-Driven Development, Acceptance 
• Problem Solving and more 

Lesson 8: Continuous Improvement 

• Retrospectives Are Key 
• Retrospectives Steps 
• Complexity Assessment 
• Course Closure 

MATERIALS

  • You will receive the course workbook