Agile Project Management Training (ICP-APM Certification)

Course Outline

This Agile project management training course will help you learn the skills, techniques, and mindset needed to manage projects using an Agile approach. In addition, you will learn how to collaborate with stakeholders and support self-organizing teams in continuously adjusting and refining their efforts to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

This instructor-led Agile project management training will prepare you for real-world challenges with the skills and mindset needed to overcome these issues and manage projects effectively using an Agile approach. You will finish the course ready to get back to work and take action with the Agile techniques you’ve learned from real-world examples.

Agile Project Management Training (ICP-APM Certification) Benefits

This Agile project management training will teach you how to:
- Justify taking an Agile approach to software and solutions development.
- Apply several tools and techniques to develop the project community, from structuring and coordinating self-organizing teams to ensuring continuous feedback across all layers of the organization.
- Use Agile techniques to plan, track, and monitor Agile projects, programs, and portfolios.
- Increase team effectiveness by focusing on value-driven delivery and continuous customer and user feedback.
- Utilize Agile tools and techniques to provide a guidance and decision-making framework for self-organizing Agile teams to ensure their continued alignment with organizational goals.
Agile Project and Delivery Management Training Course Prerequisites

This course is designed for those who already understand project management and basic Agile principles and would like to apply Agile principles to the PM role. It is recommended those taking this course already take the following:
- A fundamentals course in project management, course 296, Introduction to Project Management Training.
- A fundamentals course in Agile principles, course 918, Agile Fundamentals Training.
Agile Project and Delivery Management Training Exam Information

ICAgile accredited course: Successful completion of this course will enable you to gain ICP-APM Certification.
- This course aligns with ICAgile’s Delivery Management Track and Agile Fundamentals Training and Delivery at Scale Training (ICP-DAS Certification).
- This course is accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® for 11 PDUs (Professional Development Units).

Agile Project Management Training Outline

Module 1: Agile Refresh

Process flow
Governance framework
Agile chartering

Module 2: Projects, Programs and Portfolios

Agile culture
Role of the PM
Characteristics of Agile projects
Contracts and vendors

Module 3: Delivery Models

Challenges
Managing knowledge work
Benefits

Module 4: Creating a Shared Understanding

Project vision
Defining value
Working with constraints
Tools for discussing goals and capabilities

Module 5: Planning

Multi-level scheduling
Roadmaps of releases
How much is enough?

Module 6: Predicting the Unpredictable

Feedback loops and learning
Forecasts
When to stop delivering
Focusing on benefits
Do's and Don’ts of Estimating
Needs hierarchy

Module 7: Agile Management Practices

Delegation boards
Cross-functional teams
Building trust
Monitoring risk burndown
Burn-up charts
Conflict resolution
Continuous feedback
Closing Agile projects
Retrospectives
Developing Agile requirements