PMI-ACP® Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Prep with Voucher
FORMAT:
Online, On Demand
ASSOCIATED CREDENTIAL:
Project Management Professional (PMP)
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