PMI-ACP Certification: Adopting an Agile Approach

PMI-ACP Certification: Adopting an Agile Approach, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.1, with 49 lectures, 8 quizzes, based on 276 reviews, and has 13196 subscribers.

You will learn about understand agile project management determine whether your organization should adopt agile practices identify factors to consider when deciding whether to adopt agile practices apply key principles of agile practices develop an agile mindset obtain buy-in from stakeholders to implement agile practices This course is ideal for individuals who are Managers and members of project teams who currently use or plan to adopt agile techniques or All interested in learning about project management and agile project management practices or aligned with the Agile Certified Practitioner exam objectives developed by the Project Management Institute® and Certified ScrumMaster learning objectives or will entitle you to claim 5 PDU’s for the PMI certification exams and to maintain your PMI certification It is particularly useful for Managers and members of project teams who currently use or plan to adopt agile techniques or All interested in learning about project management and agile project management practices or aligned with the Agile Certified Practitioner exam objectives developed by the Project Management Institute® and Certified ScrumMaster learning objectives or will entitle you to claim 5 PDU’s for the PMI certification exams and to maintain your PMI certification.

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Summary

Title: PMI-ACP Certification: Adopting an Agile Approach

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.1

Number of Lectures: 49

Number of Quizzes: 8

Number of Published Lectures: 49

Number of Published Quizzes: 8

Number of Curriculum Items: 62

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 62

Original Price: $39.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

understand agile project management
determine whether your organization should adopt agile practices
identify factors to consider when deciding whether to adopt agile practices
apply key principles of agile practices
develop an agile mindset
obtain buy-in from stakeholders to implement agile practices

Who Should Attend

Managers and members of project teams who currently use or plan to adopt agile techniques
All interested in learning about project management and agile project management practices
aligned with the Agile Certified Practitioner exam objectives developed by the Project Management Institute® and Certified ScrumMaster learning objectives
will entitle you to claim 5 PDU’s for the PMI certification exams and to maintain your PMI certification

Target Audiences

Managers and members of project teams who currently use or plan to adopt agile techniques
All interested in learning about project management and agile project management practices
aligned with the Agile Certified Practitioner exam objectives developed by the Project Management Institute® and Certified ScrumMaster learning objectives
will entitle you to claim 5 PDU’s for the PMI certification exams and to maintain your PMI certification

This course provides guidance on how to take steps towards adopting an agile project management approach for those who currently use a traditional, plan-driven methodology.

It discusses some common myths and misconceptions about agile development approaches, identifies factors to consider when deciding whether to adopt agile practices, and explains the general agile practices that a company may want to adopt.

The Adopting an Agile Approach to Project Management Course provides project leaders with general guidelines on how to develop an agile way of thinking, one of the first steps in transitioning a team. The course also looks at some guidelines for obtaining buy-in from organizational stakeholders so they also embrace agile practices.

Adopting an Agile Approach to Project Management is intended for project managers, program managers, or anyone who wants to efficiently participate in projects that experience frequent change in the project requirements.

After completing this topic, you will be able to:

understand and correct common misconceptions about agile project management;
determine whether your organization should adopt agile practices;
identify factors to consider when deciding whether to adopt agile practices; and
recognize and apply the key principles of agile practices.

You will be also able to:

develop and champion an agile mindset; and
facilitate the buy-in of stakeholders in implementing agile practices.

The course duration is not more than 3 hours and you will have video lectures, written materials, quizzes, examples and exercises, to lear and practice, but also a small optional course project if you are interested in getting the most out of this course.

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Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: A day in the life of an agile project manager

Lecture 2: Course Overview

Lecture 3: Effective Learning

Lecture 4: FAQs

Lecture 5: Program Overview

Chapter 2: Understanding Agile Project Management

Lecture 1: The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles

Lecture 2: Common Misconceptions about Agile

Lecture 3: The Science of Better Learning

Lecture 4: Combining Traditional and Agile Models

Lecture 5: Contrasting Historical Project Management with Agile Project Management

Lecture 6: Agile Documentation

Lecture 7: Identifying Useful Documentation

Lecture 8: Applications for Agile

Lecture 9: Agile Project Planning

Lecture 10: Agile Project Management

Chapter 3: When to Adopt Agile Practices

Lecture 1: Factors to Consider

Lecture 2: Alignment of the agile transition team

Lecture 3: Project Type

Lecture 4: Organizational Structure and Culture

Lecture 5: Agile Pain Points and Troubleshooting Possibilities

Lecture 6: Existing Processes and the Team

Lecture 7: Industry and Customer

Lecture 8: Adopting Agile Practices

Lecture 9: Application of Agile in PMBOK Knowledge Areas

Chapter 4: Agile Practices for Initial Adoption

Lecture 1: General Agile Practices

Lecture 2: Requirements Definition

Lecture 3: Iterative Development

Lecture 4: Team and Customer Communication

Chapter 5: Developing an Agile Mindset

Lecture 1: Lean Principles

Lecture 2: Using Additional Agile Principles

Chapter 6: Getting Stakeholders to Adopt Agile

Lecture 1: Getting Buy-in from Stakeholders

Lecture 2: Communicating the Need for Change

Lecture 3: Explaining Benefits

Lecture 4: Agile Practices Statistics

Lecture 5: Explaining Risks

Chapter 7: Next Steps

Lecture 1: Course Project (Optional)

Lecture 2: Adopting Agile Management

Chapter 8: Bonus – Agile Key Exam Concepts

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Waste Types

Lecture 3: The Kanban Pull System

Lecture 4: Kanban Boards

Lecture 5: Determining Lead Time and Cycle Time

Lecture 6: Process Cycle Efficiency

Lecture 7: Little's Law

Lecture 8: Communicating the Product Vision

Lecture 9: Defining the Agile Team's Physical Space

Lecture 10: Exercise – Key Agile Exam concepts

Lecture 11: Agile Key Exam Concepts

Lecture 12: What's next?

Instructors

Sorin Dumitrascu
Management trainer

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1 stars: 4 votes
2 stars: 5 votes
3 stars: 39 votes
4 stars: 68 votes
5 stars: 160 votes

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