Built around accelerated learning techniques and carefully designed learning materials,
this intense, focused PMI-ACP training delivers a passing PMI-ACP® Exam score on
your very first try. Our PMI-ACP class curriculum will educate
you on Agile methodologies and prepare you to take the PMI-ACP exam:
An Introduction to Agile Project Management
What is Agile?
Why is Agile Effective?
The Agile Manifesto
About Agile Principles and how they relate to project management
The Benefits of Agile
Class Exercise
Forming the Agile Team
Agile Team Roles and Responsibilities
Team Expectations
Self Organization
Team Communication
The Agile Coach
Role of the Agile Coach / Agile PM
All About Agile Project Management
Effectively Working with Agile Teams
Communication
The PMI Code of Ethics
Agile Planning
Agile Project Planning
The 5 Levels of Agile Planning
Product Vision
The Product Roadmap
Class Exercise
How to Focus on the Customer
Involving the Customer
User Roles
How to Create and Use Personas
Class Exercise
Creating and Maintaining the Product Backlog
All About the Product Backlog
All About User Stories
The INVEST Model
Agile Acceptance Criteria
Foundational Stories
Agile Constraints
Class Exercise
Prioritizing the Product Backlog
Agile Prioritization Themes
All About the Decision Matrix
About Kano Analysis
How to Prevent Fire Alarms
Continuous Prioritization in Agile
Class Exercise
Agile Estimating
Relative vs. Actual Estimating in Agile
An Introduction to Story Points
Using Story Points in your Project
"Planning Poker"
Class Exercise
Agile Release Planning
Velocity
All About Releases
Schedule Based vs. Feature Based Planning
How to Build the Release Plan
Communication
Class Exercise
All About User Stories
How to get to the details
Documentation methods for collecting details
Establishing a consistent approach to grooming and product backlog review
Iteration Planning and Execution
All about Capacity
How to Engage the Team
Planning the Iteration
Executing the Iteration
Daily Scrum and Stand-up
The Scrum of Scrums
Iteration Review
How to Demonstrate Working Software
Class Exercise
Measuring and Communicating Progress
Scrum of Scrums
All about Taskboards
Story and Task cards
Agile Metrics
The Burndown and Burnup Charts
Cumulative Features Diagrams
Agile Earned Value Management (EVM)
Agile Tools
Retrospectives
The Elements of a Retrospective
How to Facilitate Retrospectives
Tips for effective Retrospectives
A Review of Empirical Process Control
Advanced Agile Concepts
User stories with affinity sizing
Mapping User Stories
Tailoring Processes
Introduction to Kanban
Mapping the Value Stream
All about Monte Carlo simulations
Adopting Agile Project Management
Overview of the Agile Process
How to Overcome Resistance and Get Started
Agile Calendar of Events
Challenges to Agile Adoption
Class Exercise
Preparing for the PMI-ACP Certification Exam
Completing your PMI-ACP application
How to schedule your exam
PMI-ACP exam day expectations
Review each section of the exam
Review of PMI-ACP practice questions