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PMI® Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Prep Workshop, Course Outline, Page 1 of 3 Prepared on September 22, 2014, by Agile Transformation, Inc.

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This unique three-day workshop aims to help new and seasoned Agile Practitioners learn how to successfully apply Agile methods to their projects and programs. Through an engaging combination of discussion, group interaction, case studies, and Real World-focused workshops, you will learn not only how to apply Agile, but will gain the experience necessary to immediately implement Agile practices that are appropriate for your teams. Better yet, this course was designed to hit all ten of the tools and techniques and all forty-three knowledge skill areas you need to learn to pass the new PMI® Agile Certified Practitioner exam. Bonus Handouts: The Agile Jump Start Toolkit: Sample Agile Project Workbook Agile Lifecycle Diagram Agile Team Cheat Sheet Sample Agile Release Plan The Agile Project Manager Cheat Sheet Agile Meetings and Their Agendas Cheat Sheet Making Retrospectives Great Signs of Project Trouble Cheat Sheet Distributed Teams Best Practices Cheat Sheet Valuable Short Articles Agile Resources and Links




DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

I. Agile Foundations

1. Traditional Process 2. Agile Manifesto/History 3. Agile Values & Principles 4. Empirical vs. Defined 5. The Various Agile Methods (Scrum, XP,

Lean, etc.) 6. Lean Principles 7. Build In Quality 8. Agile Myths 9. Why Agile?

II. Agile Team

10. Agile Roles 11. Self-Organization 12. Generalizing Specialists 13. Boosting Team Performance 14. Communication, Collaboration, &

Decision-Making 15. Servant Leadership & Empowerment 16. Coaching Agile Teams 17. Trust, Conflict Resolution, & Team-

Building 18. Building The Team 19. Distributed Agile Teams

III. Pre-Project Considerations

20. Risks of Agile & Failure Modes 21. Agile Contracts 22. Organizational Consideration 23. Project Feasibility (ROI, NPV, IRR) 24. Hybrid Approaches

IV. Project Initiation

25. Project Visioning & Chartering 26. ROI & Business Value Justification 27. Creating the Backlog with MMF Set 28. Alternative Solution Analysis 29. Agile Contracts 30. Stakeholder Analysis 31. Prioritization 32. Project-Level Risk Management 33. Project High-Level Estimates 34. WIP (Work in Progress) 35. Team Release Velocity Estimation

36. Building a Roadmap

V. Project Release Planning

37. Project & Team Kickoff 38. Refine the Backlog 39. Story-Level Prioritization 40. Story Sizing/Estimation 41. Estimating Initial Iteration Velocity 42. Building the Release Plan 43. Setting Up Collaboration Environments 44. Hardening/Stabilization Iteration

VI. Project Foundation Setup

45. Identifying “Must Haves” for Iteration 1 46. High-Level Architectural, Business, & UI

Design 47. Hardware, Software, Training 48. Pre-Planning for Iteration 1 49. Risk Mitigation Through Spikes &

Dependency Identification 50. Testing Strategy Planning

VII. Iteration Execution

51. Iteration Planning 52. Task Breakdown & Estimating 53. Team Commitment & Cadence 54. Technical Excellence 55. Collaboration, Empowerment, &

Conflict Management 56. Pre-Planning & “Just-In-Time” Detailed

Requirements 57. Daily Standups 58. Activities During an Agile Iteration 59. Information Radiators 60. Impediment & Risk Mitigation 61. Coaching & Facilitation 62. Stakeholder Engagement 63. Agile Documentation Considerations 64. Story-Level User Acceptance Testing 65. Iteration Review 66. Backlog Grooming 67. Scope & Schedule Management 68. Retrospective




Learn the forty-three Knowledge & Skills areas:

1. Active Listening 2. Agile Frameworks & Terminology 3. Agile Contracting Methods 4. Agile Manifesto Values & Principles 5. Building High-Performance Teams 6. Agile Project Accounting Principles 7. Assessing & Incorporating Community &

Stakeholder Values 8. Business Case Development 9. Applying New Agile Practices 10. Brainstorming Techniques 11. Co-Location 12. Compliance (Organization) 13. Building Empowered Teams 14. Continuous Improvement Processes 15. Control Limits for Agile Projects 16. Coaching & Mentoring Within Teams 17. Elements of a Project Charter for an Agile

Project 18. Failure Modes & Alternatives 19. Communications Management 20. Facilitation Methods 21. Globalization, Culture, & Team Diversity 22. Feedback Techniques for Product 23. Participatory Decision Models 24. Innovation Games 25. Incremental Delivery 26. PMI’s Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct 27. Principles of Systems Thinking 28. Knowledge-Sharing 29. Process Analysis Techniques 30. Regulatory Compliance 31. Leadership Tools & Techniques 32. Self-Assessment 33. Variance & Trend Analysis 34. Prioritization 35. Value-Base Analysis 36. Variations in Agile Methods & Approaches 37. Problem-Solving Strategies, Tools, &

Techniques 38. Vendor Management 39. Project & Quality Standards for Agile Projects

40. Stakeholder Management 41. Team Motivation 42. Time, Budget, & Cost Estimation 43. Value-Based Decomposition & Prioritization

Learn the Ten Tools & Techniques Areas:

1. Communications 2. Planning, Monitoring, & Adapting 3. Agile Estimation 4. Agile Analysis & Design 5. Product Quality 6. Soft Skills Negotiation 7. Value-Based Prioritization 8. Risk Management 9. Metrics 10. Value Stream Analysis

Understand the Six Domains & Underlying Tasks Areas:

1. Value-Driven Delivery a. Define positive value b. Incremental development c. Avoid potential downsides d. Prioritization

2. Stakeholder Engagement a. Stakeholder needs b. Stakeholder involvement c. Stakeholder expectations

3. Boosting Team Performance Practices a. Team formation b. Team empowerment c. Team collaboration d. Team commitment

4. Adaptive Planning a. Levels of planning b. Adaptation c. Estimation d. Velocity / throughput / cycle time

5. Problem Detection & Resolution 6. Continuous Improvement

a. Product b. Process c. People

PMI-ACP® Certification Reference Sheet This sheet can be used as a guide in your preparation efforts to pass the PMI-ACP® Exam and all areas will be covered in

the PMI® Agile Certified Practitioner Prep Workshop. For a full exam content outline, go to http://bit.ly/hzRRIL

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