23 PDUs

This three-day course introduces managers to Agile approaches including Scrum, XP, DSDM, AgileUP, Kanban and hybrid approaches.  Although the course focuses on Scrum, students learn the Agile values, principles, and techniques prevalent to Agile environments. 

Students learn the paradigm shifts that occur when organizations move from traditional environments to Agile environments.  Students learn the different the techniques which should be used in guiding Agile teams to successful implementations.

"This class allows understanding the applied values and open process of agile clear. Utilizing agile instruction, student participation, and trial applications infuse the information in students. The customer centric emphasis of this management style is matched by the student centric application in teaching. Do not judge Agile until you have the real information on what it is and what it includes. Agile is the only future project management has to non-manufacturing world."

"I came into the class with a limited world view of what "Agile" is. I felt after taking the PMI-ACP prep course I have a better understanding and comprehension at what "Agile" is as it relates to project management. The class is exciting and interactive and you feel as an equal participant. You will walk out feeling that you know how to prepare and successfully take the PMI-ACP exam."

- Paul T. Rykiel

Throughout the course students will also work on Agile teams which simulate the Agile environment. The environment enables students to better understand the perspective of different Agile team members.  It also gives the students an opportunity to explore self-organization concepts and how they contribute to inspecting and adapting to changes and past performance. 

This course fulfills the educational requirement in preparation for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP℠

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Demonstrate Agile techniques on a project
• Apply empirical thinking to your project work
• Negotiate organizational agreement on software readiness
• Review and understand the critical characteristics a ScrumMaster must have to succeed
• Compare traditional and Agile project estimating and planning
• Conduct decomposition to estimate a Scrum project
• Use effective metrics for managing Agile team performance
• Build trust between teams and management
• Explore how to help teams to create a cadence that will enable them to succeed
• Avoid some of the common pitfalls Agile teams may encounter

.Audience

This course is intended for those who wish to take the “deep dive” into the benefits that Agile techniques bring.  Those who seek certification will certainly love this course.  Those who are interested in learning practical application of Agile techniques will be delighted.  All team roles and management roles will benefit from this course.