Course overview

Duration: 4 days 

This accredited course is designed for Project Managers, who require an understanding of the agile approach and/or who are intending to run projects using the AgilrePM V3 framework.

It is also designed to equip practising Project Managers with the confidence to sit the AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner qualifications, and each delegate will receive a copy of the Agile Project Management V3 Reference Book published by the Agile Business Consortium.

Objectives 

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a detailed, practical knowledge of Agile Project Management, based upon the AgilePM Process Framework and be equipped with the ability to apply the agile approach in the workplace.
• Describe how the agile way of working can sit alongside more traditional project management frameworks, such as PRINCE2®
• Plan, organise and control Agile projects
• Sit the AgilePM Foundation examination, held on the third day and for the Practitioner examination, held on the afternoon of the fourth day. Both examinations will be taken online using the APMG Learning Platform and results will be available to the candidate immediately following each examination

Content

Key Concepts

• Business Agility - VUCA
• The Agile Manifesto
• Product Development and Project Management working together

Scrum Essentials

• Definition
• Theory – Empiricism based on Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation
• Values
• Roles
• Artifacts

The AgilePM Fundamentals

• Philosophy, Variables and Principles
• Individuals & Interactions
• Leadership
• Organization and Roles

Collaboration and Communication

AgilePM Process Framework & the Project Lifecycle

Requirements, Estimating & Prioritization

Planning & Control

Risk Management and the Project Approach

Governance, Compliance and the AgilePM Project Artifacts

Foundation Examination and results

Practitioner Workshop and Examination

• AgilePM® Practitioner Examination Objectives and Guidance
• AgilePM® Review
• AgilePM® Practitioner Examination Workshops
• AgilePM® Practitioner Examination

 AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner Examinations

The AgilePM® Foundation Exam is taken online and is of 40 minutes duration and consists of 50 multiple choice questions.  A Pass is 30 correct answers.

The AgilePM® Practitioner Exam is taken online and is of 2 hours duration.  There are 4 Objective Test style questions to be answered in the 2 hours and the candidate may use an annotated manual. Each question is worth 15 marks and the candidate must score 30/60 to be successful.

Please note that examinations are the responsibility of the examination board, APMG.

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