AGPMP Agile Project Management Practitioner Training Course

This course covers how to operate in such an Agile fashion within an overall project framework.  It is based on the DSDM Agile Project Framework.

Through practical experience of the Agile style of working, case studies and example scenarios from a highly experienced trainer, it provides delegates with an understanding of how the Agile Project Management process can enable planning, management and control for predictable Agile project deliveries.

Audience

The course is aimed at Project Managers and others involved in Project Management who want to understand how to apply Agile approaches within an overall project management lifecycle framework.

Learning Objectives

By actively participating in this course, you will learn about the following:

• Set up an Agile project.

• Identify appropriate people for Agile roles.

• Define Increments and Timeboxes to keep a project on track.

• Manage a Solution Development Team.

• Communicate with business stakeholders in a project environment.

• Use Agile techniques, including prioritisation of requirements, to ensure on-time project delivery.

• Present the benefits of Agile approaches to senior management.

• Identify risks to delivery of projects managed using the DSDM Agile approach.

Prerequisites

Delegates must already be qualified at APMG agile Project Management Foundation level and will need to provide evidence on day one of the course.

The Practitioner course is intended for anyone who expects to have a management or leadership role in an Agile project and is specifically built to support anyone who needs to apply the DSDM Project Management framework in a business environment.

Delegates are expected to have experience of team leading, project management, or project assurance/support. This course is not aimed at delegates new to project management and Agile.

Course Contents

• Roles and Responsibilities - the project manager's view

• Agile Project Management through the Lifecycle

• The Effective Use of the Products

• Deliver on Time - Combining MoSCoW and Timeboxing

• People, Teams, and Interactions

• Requirements and User Stories

• Estimating - How and When

• Project Planning throughout the Lifecycle

• Quality - Never Compromise Quality

• Risk Management

• Tailoring the Approach

• Agile Practitioner Examination

   

Exam Information

Agile Project Management Practitioner exam

• Complex multiple choice Objective Test - 2.5-hour exam

• Open book exam (reference to Agile PM Handbook allowed)

• Four questions worth 20 marks each (80 marks), pass mark is 40 (50%)

• Taken at the end of Day 3 of training