Introduction to Agile Project Management

*** PREPARE FOR THE PMI-ACP & Cert.APM AGILE EXAMS ***

Agile Project Management is a hot topic these days, appearing on the front covers of magazines and being presented to packed rooms at conferences.  Agile methods promise to speed up project delivery, improve stakeholder satisfaction, improve quality, and reduce overall project risk.  Recent studies have backed these claims, showing that for some types of projects, agile project management will reduce the risk of late delivery or cost overruns.

In this self-study course based on an intensive workshop, participants will learn the basic techniques of Agile Project Management including how these techniques differ from traditional methods, what value each technique can bring to a project, and how to introduce the techniques to project teams.

Participants will learn:

• Where Agile fits into the Evolution of Systems Development Lifecycles (SDLCs)
  
• The history of Agile Project Management
  
• The Agile Philosophy
  
• Agile Team and Project Characteristics
  
• Scrum Overview
  
• Lean Development Overview
  
• Feature-Driven Development Overview
  
• Extreme Programming Overview
  
• Agile Requirements Management
  
• Agile Modeling
  
• Agile Model-Driven Development
  
• Agile Documentation
  
• Agile Planning & Estimating
  
• Agile Change Management
  
• Negotiating with Stakeholders
  
• Metrics and Project Control
  
• Test-Driven Development

Course materials include:

1. A copy of the best-selling book Managing Agile Projects, edited by Kevin Aguanno.
2. A set of 3 DVDs containing a recording of the live 3-day Introduction to Agile Project Management workshop
3. A binder containing copies of all of the slides used in the three day workshop plus the Agile Glossary v1.1
4. A DVD titled Scrum in Under Ten Minutes by Hamid Shojaee
5. The Agile Estimating and Planning Resource Kit - a CD-ROM containing Excel spreadsheets, MS Project templates, MS Word templates, and demo copies of agile management software applications.

Credit:

This recording is accredited by the Project Management Association of Canada as meeting its content and quality standards to prepare participants for its Certified Agile Project Manager (Cert.APM) exam.

And that's not all...

Project Management Professionals (PMPs) will be eligible for 21+ Agile-classed PDUs for completing this self-study workshop. PDUs can be recorded under PMI's new Category C classification.