Agile Project Management Foundation and Practitioner - AgilePM

This course has been updated to version 2.0 of the Agile Project Management Handbook.
This five-day accredited course provides participants with a thorough grounding in the DSDM Agile Project Management framework. It is comprised of a Foundation-level introduction to the framework, and an in-depth Practitioner-level examination of how a project manager applies the framework.
Presented by skilled lecturers with extensive experience in the practical application of project management, the course includes examination coaching and practice using sample questions.
This course does not cover the Scrum Framework.
Delegates should be prepared to set aside time to revise for the Foundation and Practitioner exams, in the evenings after the course lecture finishes. This includes studying the course Handbook, and working through sample exam questions.

Course Prerequisites

• • PRE-COURSE READING
    While not required, delegates are encouraged to visit the DSDM Consortium's website and start to become familiar with the framework, at www.dsdm.org.
    
  • PROOF OF IDENTITY
    Delegates must bring signed photo ID on any APMG exam (passport, driving license, student card) as they will be asked by the invigilator to produce it prior to the exam. Delegates must also be familiar with the APMG Terms and Conditions of Certification which can be found on the APMG International website. ?
    

Course Objectives

• • 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

Target Audience for this 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.

Included with this course

• • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
  • Exam fees
  • Pre-course reading

Agile Project Management Foundation and Practitioner - AgilePM Course Content

• Foundation Preparation

  What is Agile? And why use DSDM?
  Philosophy, Principles, and Project Variables?
  Preparing for Success
  Preparing for Agile Project Management
  The DSDM Process?
  The People - DSDM Roles and Responsibilities
  The DSDM Products?
  Key Practices - Prioritisation and Timeboxing?
  Planning and Control Throughout the Lifecycle?
  Other Practices - Iterative Development, Facilitated Workshops, Modeling and Prototyping?

• Practitioner Preparation

  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