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PMI-ACP Exam Prep Training

This PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner) exam prep course teaches learners agile best practices for project management and helps them prepare and pass the PMI-ACP exam. This course also aligns with the latest PMI ECO (Project Management Institute’s Exam Content Outline) and fulfills the 21-hour education requirement.
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Course Details

Duration

3 days

Delivery

Hybrid, On-Site, Live Virtual, On-Demand

Requirements/exam eligibility

  • Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate degree, or the global equivalent)
  • 21 contact hours of agile practices training (covered in School of PE's PMP exam prep course)
  • 12 months of general project experience within the last five years (A current PMP® or PgMP® satisfies this requirement)
  • 8 months of agile project experience within the last three years

Target Audience

Individuals who work on agile teams and/or if your organization used agile methodologies. Anyone who has a PMP® and works in an agile methodology environment.

Skills Gained

  • Explain the Agile Manifesto and its guiding principles for software development.
  • Create user stories to capture and prioritize product features from a user perspective.
  • Develop a product backlog to manage and track the development of project features.
  • Conduct a sprint planning meeting to define the scope and objectives of a sprint.
  • Utilize a Kanban board to visualize and manage workflow in an Agile project.
  • Apply relative sizing techniques, such as story points, to estimate effort for user stories.
  • Monitor and control Agile projects using Earned Value Management (EVM) and burn-down charts.
Course Outline
  • Agile Foundation
    • Introduction and Framework
    • What is Agile and When is Agile appropriate?
  • Agile Fundamentals
    • Project Charter
    • Project Roadmap
    • Product Backlog
    • User Stories
    • Story Maps
    • Epics & Themes
  • Agile Methodologies
    • Looking at the various methodologies
    • Introduction to Scrum
    • Sprint Planning Meeting
    • Spring Goal
    • Modeling
    • Sprint Backlog
    • Daily Scrum Meetings
  • Agile Communication
    • Communications Management Plan
    • Colocation/Virtual and Distributed Teams
    • Osmotic Communications
    • Agile Tooling
    • Task/Kanban Board
    • WIP (Work in Progress)
    • Cumulative Flow Diagram
  • Agile Estimating
    • Relative Sizing
    • Story Points
    • Planning Poker
    • Cycle Time
  • Agile Metrics
    • Agile EVM
    • Unit Testing
    • Acceptance Testing
    • Escaped Defects
    • Risk Burn-Down Chart
  • Agile Leadership
    • Leadership Theories
    • Knowledge Sharing
    • Active Listening
    • Negotiation
    • Stakeholder Management Plan
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Emotional Intelligence
  • Agile Contracts and Accounting Principles
    • Agile Contracts and Accounting Principles
    • Compliance
    • Burn Rate
    • Value Based Analysis