PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®)
Enrich your project experience with a structured understanding of agile practices. Connect approaches, roles and collaboration through PMI-ACP® to adapt your decisions to the context. Strengthen your ability to support teams while preparing for certification.
- Duration
- 3 days 21 hours
- Code
- PMI-ACP Code
- Certification
- PMI-ACP® : Agile Certified Practitioner Certification
Accredited training for the PMI-ACP® : Agile Certified Practitioner certification.
Presentation
Agile methods such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean and eXtreme Programming (XP) are becoming increasingly popular in project management, particularly in software development. Our PMI-ACP course is designed for project management professionals who work with agile methodologies or want to develop expertise in this area. It helps you assess your individual ability to manage projects effectively using agile practices and principles.
Based on agile best practices published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the programme prepares participants for PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) certification. It offers an excellent opportunity to specialise in agile project management or strengthen existing skills.
This certification requires prior agile project management experience. You must meet the eligibility criteria before taking the PMI-ACP exam (see the Certification tab for more information).
Objectives
By the end of the PMI-ACP course, you will achieve the following competency objectives:
- understand agile principles and mindset;
- understand value-driven delivery;
- define stakeholder engagement;
- assess team performance;
- plan adaptively;
- detect and resolve problems;
- understand continual improvement of products, processes and people;
- take the official exam and earn PMI Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP® certification.
Program
Module 1: agile principles and mindset
- Explore, adopt and apply agile principles and mindset according to the project, team and organisation.
Module 2: value-driven delivery
- Deliver meaningful results by producing high-value increments for review early and frequently, according to stakeholder priorities.
- Seek stakeholder feedback on these increments and use it to prioritise and improve future increments.
Module 3: stakeholder engagement
- Engage current and future stakeholders by creating a trusting environment that aligns their needs and expectations while balancing requests with an understanding of the costs and effort involved.
- Promote participation and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle and provide tools for effective, informed decisions.
Module 4: team performance
- Create an environment of trust, knowledge sharing, collaboration and conflict resolution that encourages team self-organisation, strengthens relationships and develops an agile team spirit.
Module 5: adaptive planning
- Create and maintain an evolving plan from project initiation to closure, based on objectives, values, risks, constraints, stakeholder feedback and assessment results.
Module 6: problem detection and resolution
- Continuously identify problems, obstacles and risks.
- Prioritise and resolve them promptly; monitor and communicate resolution status.
- Implement the process in a timely manner; monitor and communicate problem resolution status.
- Improve processes to prevent recurrence.
Module 7: continual improvement
- Continually improve the quality, effectiveness and value of the product, process and team.
Module 8: PMI-ACP exam preparation
- A mock exam with self-marking.
- A question-and-answer session.
- Guidance for taking the official exam.
Audience
This course is intended for:
- anyone working in an agile team;
- professionals seeking to implement agile practices;
- candidates preparing for the PMI-ACP® certification exam.
Prerequisites
The PMI-ACP course has the following prerequisites:
- basic knowledge of waterfall or agile project management; experience in this area is desirable;
- ability to read and understand English to use the course materials.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
- Mock exam
Course highlights
PMI-ACP certification preparation with the exam included, practical exercises and a mock exam.
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This training programme earns you 21 Professional Development Units (PDUs).
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PMI-ACP® is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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