AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training

Prepare your team to achieve AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training certifications with this highly successful Agile project management certification training course.

As an APMG-certified AgilePM Practitioner, you will possess a deep knowledge of the Agile project management methodology and demonstrate skills for developing solutions incrementally, enabling teams to handle changing requirements effectively, improving team collaboration, and empowering individuals.

This 5-day AgilePM Certification course includes both exams and provides a greater opportunity to discuss and explore the ideas and techniques behind the AgilePM methodology.

It also allows you to take the Practitioner exam on the morning of the final day - leading to improved pass marks compared to exams taken during afternoons.

Achieving Agile Project Management Course Information

In this AgilePM® course, you will learn how to:

• Prepare for the AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner certification exams. (Exam voucher expires 12 months from booking date)

• Establish and lead a successful Agile project with the methodology developed by the DSDM Consortium.

• Review practical and repeatable practices for project managers in an Agile environment.

• Apply Agile techniques, such as modelling, prioritising, timeboxing, user stories, and estimating.

• Manage, define, and deliver a solution acceptable to the business.

Attendees who have completed the exam are gifted 3-month membership with Agile Business Consortium. Individual Consortium membership offers the following benefits:

• Online webinars

• Member training days

• 20% discount on items in the Consortium’s web-ship, including general events such as the Agile Business Conference

• Latest templates

Eligible candidates will automatically receive an email invitation from The Consortium to activate their membership.

AgilePM® Course Prerequisites

Familiarity with project work, either as a project manager or as another role on a project - this course is not designed to teach people how to be project managers. Instead, it is intended to provide an agile framework to those who already have some essential project experience.

If new to project management, please have experience at the level of:

• Learning Tree course 296 Introduction to Project Management Training, or

• Learning Tree course 340 Software Project Management Training.

The pre-reading material provided for this course will provide the Agile background necessary to be successful. For this reason, it  is not required to have prior Agile experience (for example, Scrum), though we believe you'll find additional Agile experience helpful at the level of:

• Learning Tree course 918 Agile Fundamentals Training, or

• Learning Tree course 1814 Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Certification Training.

AgilePM Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Agile Project Management

Establishing Agile Fundamentals

• Exploring the relationship between Agile, AgilePF, and DSDM

• Contrasting traditional waterfall project management approaches with DSDM

• Integrating DSDM with best practice methods

• Outlining the eight principles that guide DSDM

Preparing for an Agile project

• Analysing the Project Approach Questionnaire (PAQ)

• Accepting the DSDM philosophy

• Identifying a successful team style

Module 2: Building the Foundations for an Agile Project

Completing pre-project activities

• Ensuring that the right projects are started and set up correctly

• Identifying essential members of the team

• Planning the Feasibility Phase

Assessing project feasibility

• Confirming that a solution exists

• Creating an outline business case

• Defining the project organisation structure

• Planning the Foundation Phase

Setting firm foundations for an Agile project

• Integrating business, solution, and management perspectives

• Establishing a Prioritised Requirements List (PRL)

• Defining project and solution standards

• Agreeing on roles and responsibilities

• Extending the outline business case

• Baselining a schedule of project activities

Module 3: Evolving an Accurate Solution

Investigating and designing options

• Iteratively exploring detailed requirements and confirming viability

• Iteratively modelling solutions

• Refining the evolving solution to meet prioritised business needs

• Expanding and refining products

Incorporating DSDM project management techniques

• Timeboxing development cycles

• Controlling progress throughout the project

• Delivering a quality product to meet requirements

• Managing project risk

Module 4: Deploying Solutions

Releasing to the business

• Achieving acceptance from stakeholders

• Planning the release

• Transferring ownership to the business environment

• Migrating products into live use

• Training end users and completing documentation

Closing the project

• Confirming that the benefits can still be delivered

• Formally closing the project

• Evaluating the project to support continuous improvement

Conducting post-project activities

• Assessing whether the project benefits have been achieved

• Comparing the results of the projects to the original business case

Module 5: Foundation and Practitioner Exams

Preparing for the exams

• Gaining insight into the exam process

• Applying proven tips for exam success

• Practicing with sample test questions

Foundation Exam (Day 2)

• Completing the necessary APMG paperwork

• Taking the foundation exam

Practitioner Exam (Day 5)

• Taking the practitioner exam