AgilePM® – Practitioner Certification

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Course Style - 2-day Live Instructor led or Face-to-face Course summary The AgilePM® Practitioner qualification aims to demonstrate that you have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the Agile project management guidance to apply and tailor it to a given scenario. This scenario is designed to allow you to demonstrate your competence to begin working as an Agile project manager on a non-complex project. At the end of the course you will be able to: • apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of Agile in a project situation • appropriately configure the lifecycle of an Agile project to a given scenario • produce and evaluate the content of Agile products produced during an Agile project in a given scenario • apply the following Agile techniques in a project situation: facilitated workshops, MoSCoW prioritisation, iterative development, modelling and timeboxing • identify the Agile techniques to be used for a given situation within a scenario • understand the roles and responsibilities within an Agile project and correctly determine the appropriate personnel to fulfil these roles within a given scenario • understand the mechanisms for control of an Agile project that are specific to an Agile project • understand in outline how to test, estimate and measure progress in an Agile project • describe the Agile approach to managing requirements Who is this course for? Both practising project managers and Agile team members who wish to become Agile project managers. To be able to take this exam you must have already passed one of the following: • Agile Project Management Foundation Certificate • DSDM Atern Foundation Certificate • DSDM Advanced Practitioner Certificate Course structure The course is a non-residential two-day course providing the core principles needed to facilitate a successful project with a degree of scope and agility that not many other methodologies provide. The AgilePM certification is useful to all candidates and competency levels ranging from highly experienced project managers to those new to the industry. The course has a balance of theory and practical experience of the techniques of Agile project management. Exam Format: • 'objective testing' format of scenario, question and answer booklet • 2.5 hours' duration • four questions • 20 marks per question, 80 marks available • 40 marks or more required to pass • open-book examination (handbook only)