Introduction
The Practitioner level empowers, encourages and equips you with an in-depth knowledge of not just the certification, but also how to apply and implement these principles into the life of a project manager on a daily basis.
Professional Development Units (PDUs) 21.
Audience profile
The Agile Project Management Practitioner certification is useful for highly experienced project managers with high competency levels.
Pre-requisites
Students will be required to complete pre-course reading prior to their attendance to ensure that they are prepared for the course. Students should receive their courseware two weeks prior to the start date of the course. It is therefore encouraged that students read, and familiarize themselves with, the Agile Project Management Handbook prior to the start of the course. Whilst attending the course students should also be prepared to complete evening work.
Pre-requisites accepted to be eligible to take the Practitioner examination:
- AgilePM Foundation Certificate (either 2010 or 2014 version), or
- DSDM Atern Foundation Certificate, or
- DSDM Advanced Practitioner Certificate
The Practitioner examination takes place on the last day and tests a candidate’s ability to apply the concepts of Agile Project Management to the running and managing of projects.
Course objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Provide integration with PRINCE2
- Apply the concepts of Agile Project Management to the running and managing of projects.
| Session 1: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Roles and Responsibilities the PM View |
- Project Manager Role – the full detail
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- Project Manager and Business Analyst Relationship
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- Project Manager and Business Sponsor Relationship
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- Project Manager and Team Leader Relationship
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- Project Manager and Business Visionary Relationship
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- Project Manager and SDT Relationship
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- Project Manager and Technical Coordinator Relationship
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- Roles and Responsibilities AgilePM Top Tips
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| Session 2: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Agile Project Management – through the lifecycle |
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- Foundations and the Agile PM
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- Evolutionary Development and the Agile PM
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- Pre-Project and the Agile PM
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- Deployment and the Agile PM
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- Feasibility and the Agile PM
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- Post-Project and the Agile PM
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| Session 3: Agile PM Digging Deeper: The Effective Use of the Products |
- Terms of Reference – Milestone
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- Feasibility Assessment – Milestone
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- Business Case – Evolutionary
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- Foundation Summary – Milestone
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- Prioritised Requirements List (PRL) – Evolutionary
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- Evolving Solution – Evolutionary
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- Delivery Plan – Evolutionary
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- Timebox Plan – Evolutionary
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- Management Approach Definition (MAD) – Evolutionary
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- Timebox Review Record – Milestone
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- Solution Architecture Definition (SAD) – Evolutionary
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- Project Review Record – Milestone
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- Development Approach Definition (DAD) – Evolutionary
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- Benefits Assessment – Milestone
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| Session 4: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Deliver on time – Combining MoSCoW Prioritisation and Timeboxing |
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- MoSCoW Relating to a Specific Timeframe
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- Timeboxing – Agile PM Top Tips
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- Timeboxing – Which style?
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- Prioritisation – Who Decides?
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- MoSCoW – Integral Part of Planning Process
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- The Daily Stand-up and the AgilePM
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- Timeboxing – Which style?
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- Empowered Teams and Change in Timeboxes
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- A DSDM Structured Timebox
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| Session 5: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Deliver on time – Combining MoSCoW Prioritisation and Timeboxing |
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- MoSCoW Relating to a Specific Timeframe
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- Timeboxing – Agile PM Top Tips
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- Timeboxing – Which style?
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- Prioritisation – Who Decides?
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- MoSCoW – Integral Part of Planning Process
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- The Daily Stand-up and the AgilePM
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- Timeboxing – Which style?
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- Empowered Teams and Change in Timeboxes
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- A DSDM Structured Timebox
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| Session 6: Agile PM Digging Deeper: People, Teams and Interactions |
- People, Teams and Interactions
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- Planning Effective Communication
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- Distributed Team Communication
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- People, Teams, Interactions – Agile PM Top Tips
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| Session 7: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Requirements and User Stories |
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- Confirmation – User Story Card – The Back
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- Well-Constructed User Stories
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- Example User Story Card – The Front
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- Requirements through the DSDM Lifecycle
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| Session 8: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Estimating – How and When |
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- Styles of Estimating – Bottom Up
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- Estimating – Coping With Uncertainty
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- Estimating Through The Lifecycle
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- Styles of Estimating – Top Down
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- Estimating – Agile PM Top Tips
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| Session 9: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Project Planning through the Lifecycle |
- Planning in a DSDM Project
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- Planning – Evolutionary Development
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- Planning Activity Phase by Phase
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- Planning – Agile PM Top Tips
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- Planning – Early Phases – Foundations
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| Session 10: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Quality – Never Compromise Quality |
- Using DSDM Helps “Never Compromise Quality”
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- Quality Across The Lifecycle
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- DSDM as a Quality Process
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- Process Quality to Provide Predictability
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- Quality – Agile PM Top Tips
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| Session 11: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Risk Management |
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| Session 12: Agile PM Digging Deeper: Tailoring the approach |
- Project Approach Questionnaire (PAQ)
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- Tailoring – Agile PM Top Tips
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Associated certifications and exam
This course prepares students to write the APMG’s Exam EP-ABAF: AgileBA exam. Exam Format is 40 minutes, multiple choice questions, 50 questions per paper, 25 out of 50 marks required to pass & a closed book exam. The delivery method of the exam is Proctor-Led & Computer-Based.
This course prepares students to write the APMG’s Exam EP-ABAP: AgileBA Practitioner exam. Exam Format is 2½ hours, multiple choice questions, 4 questions per paper, 20 marks available per question, 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50% & an open book (restricted to the official manual only) examination. The delivery method of the exam is Proctor-Led & Computer-Based.
On successful completion of this course students will receive a Torque IT attendance certificate.
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