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Course Overview: PMI-ACP® Certification Training

This course prepares you for the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® exam and equips you with the skills to become an Agile Certified Practitioner. The PMI-ACP certification is one of the most sought-after credentials in Agile Project Management, validating your expertise in agile practices and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD). It demonstrates your ability to manage projects in a fast-paced, complex environment with adaptability and collaboration.

Why PMI-ACP Certification Matters

In today’s dynamic work environment, the demand for agile project management professionals continues to grow. As organizations increasingly adopt agile methodologies to enhance productivity and deliver customer value, the PMI-ACP credential becomes essential to stand out. With a globally recognized certification, you will prove your proficiency in agile principles, enhance your versatility across different agile frameworks, and be better equipped to lead high-performing teams that deliver value efficiently.

The PMI-ACP certification covers a broad range of agile approaches, empowering project managers to adapt to the specific needs of each project. This course will enable you to embrace agile values, foster collaboration, and effectively manage project complexity.

Course Highlights:

  • Master Agile Principles and Mindset: Develop a deep understanding of agile principles, fostering continuous improvement, innovation, and team empowerment.
  • Lead Agile Teams: Enhance your leadership and collaboration skills to form high-performing teams, promote transparency, and resolve conflicts.
  • Manage Agile Products and Delivery: Learn to manage product backlogs, optimize value delivery, and use agile metrics to ensure project success.
  • Apply Agile Techniques Across Frameworks: Gain practical knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and other frameworks to deliver high-quality products that meet stakeholder expectations.

By the end of the course, you will be prepared to take the PMI-ACP® exam and confidently lead agile projects across industries, enhancing your career prospects and professional reputation.


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Key Features of PMI-ACP Exam Prep Training

The PMI-ACP Certification Advantage

Certifies your talent:

The PMI-ACP credential is proof that as a project manager you have the experience and skills to apply agile tools and techniques to make the project successful

Improves your earning prospects:

Professionals with PMI-ACP credential usually see better salary hikes than their non-certified counterparts

Opens doors

A PMI-ACP certification gets you access to world renowned organizations of your choice

Widely applicable:

Since PMI-ACP certification is widely-recognized across the globe, its applicability is universal across industries, market segments and geographies

Continuous learning:

In order to maintain your PMI-ACP credential valid, you will have to keep yourself updated at regular intervals with best practices in the domain of agile project management

Did You Know?

  • According to PMI’s “2015 Pulse of the Profession” report, it says that 75% enterprises that are highly agile are more responsive to the dynamics of the competitive market and complete their projects successfully than those with low agility at 56%.
  • As per research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it says that agile enterprises grow revenue 37% faster and also generate 30% higher profits than non-agile enterprises.

Instructor

Petros Rigas PMI Authorized Training Instructor

  • President of PMI Thailand Chapter (profile on PMI Thai website)
  • He is a Certified Program Management Professional (PgMP®) (Project Management Institute – www.pmi.org); Certificate # 2079271.
  • He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP/CAPM®) (Project Management Institute – www.pmi.org); Certificate #1258917
  • He is an Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) (Project Management Institute – www.pmi.org); Certificate #2600926
  • He is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM®) (Scrum Alliance – www.scrumalliance.org); Certificant ID: 001062861
  • He is a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)® 5.0; Certificate ID: 50804412-3031
  • He is a SAFe Agilist® 5.0 (www.scaledagile.com); Certificate ID: 23353981-8934
  • He is Certified Risk Management Professional (RMP®) (Project Management Institute – www.pmi.org); Certificate #2033120
  • He has experience managing and leading mega-projects (Information Technology, Airport-related, CCTV-related, Transport-related, and Power Infrastructure) in various industries.
  • He is a commercial contract manager, reviewer, and advisor.
  • He teaches part-time at King Mongkut University of Technology (Thonburi) – Graduate School of Management and Innovation (Master Degree in Project Management). He is an invited lecturer to Chulalongkorn University.
  • He holds a Doctorate degree obtained from Assumption University of Thailand with an international record of publications in refereed journals with a special concentration on business management.
  • He has trained more than 5000 program/project managers, project engineers, project coordinators, and project team members since 2010.
  • He has helped certify more than 400 Project Management Professionals (PMP/CAPM) in Thailand.
  • He is also a highly experienced speaker and trainer who is also passionate about Project Management.
  • Passionate about the Agile methodologies and their applications in different business environments.

What You Get in Class

  • Project Victor’s Designed PMI-ACP Exam Course Material
  • Project Victor Course completion certification
  • 2.5 Days at a reputable hotel that includes 2 coffee breaks and International Buffet lunch
  • PMI® Contact Hours: Each Contact Hour is 1 PDU (Total of 21 Contact Hours/PDUs for full course)
  • Sample PMI-ACP Questions and Answers on each module.
  • All the training and content required to pass the Project Management Professional (PMI-ACP®) exam
  • Project Victor Project Management Training
  • Pens, Pencils, Markers, Eraser

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course Duration

3 Days (equivalent to 21 Contact Hours or Professional Development Units – PDUs)

Course Objectives

This course focuses on PMI-ACP® training and prepares participants for the PMI-ACP® exam, helping them become Agile Certified Practitioners, a globally recognized certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. The course covers key concepts in Agile Project Management and emphasizes the application of agile practices across multiple frameworks, enhancing your ability to lead agile teams and implement agile methodologies in your organization.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand and Apply the Agile Mindset
    • Embrace the core values and principles of Agile and foster an environment conducive to experimentation, learning, and innovation.
    • Build a collaborative, high-performing team by encouraging shared vision and psychological safety.
    • Utilize retrospective findings and feedback loops to continuously improve team performance.
  2. Lead and Empower Agile Teams
    • Establish an environment of trust, transparency, and motivation to drive high team performance.
    • Facilitate problem resolution and conflict management within Agile teams.
    • Promote knowledge sharing, collective ownership of goals, and continuous improvement.
  3. Develop and Deliver Value through Agile Product Management
    • Prioritize and manage product backlogs, ensuring alignment with business needs and stakeholder feedback.
    • Visualize work, manage value delivery, and optimize the flow of product increments to deliver value in small, measurable iterations.
    • Define and manage increments, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and stakeholder requirements.
  4. Optimize Agile Project Delivery
    • Utilize Agile metrics to monitor progress, measure value, and drive decision-making.
    • Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks and impediments to maintain project flow.
    • Continuously engage customers, incorporating their feedback to ensure that deliverables meet acceptance criteria.
  5. Map Agile Approaches to PMI’s Domains and Frameworks
    • Align Agile practices with PMI’s four core domains: Mindset, Leadership, Product, and Delivery.
    • Integrate Agile methodologies with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and other relevant PMI standards.

Target Audience

  • Project Managers
  • Project Leaders
  • Project Team Members
  • Managers (Directors, General Managers)
  • Professionals interested in applying for the PMI-ACP Exam

Eligibility

According to the PMI®, the main pre-requisites for taking the PMI-ACP® exam are:

  • Secondary diploma (high school diploma, GED, associate’s degree or global equivalent)
  • Agile Project Experience: 2 years of agile experience in past 5 years OR 1 year agile experience and degree from Global Accreditation Center (GAC program) OR 1 year agile experience and active 3rd party agile certification (current and earned more than 1 year ago) OR Active PMP Certification.
  • Training in Agile Practices: 28 contact hours of formal training in agile practices, frameworks, methodologies.

Course Content

This course focuses on PMI-ACP training – and will prepare you to take the PMI-ACP® exam and become an Agile Certified Practitioner, a certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. The PMI-ACP exam measures professionalism in Agile Project Management, increases versatility in PM methods, validates ability to lead Agile teams and finally provides a framework for Agile training.

Day One

  • Topic 1: Agile Principles and Mindset (Domain 1: Mindset)
    Why Use Agile?
    Knowledge Work Projects Are Different
    Defined versus Empirical Processes
    The Agile Mindset
    Personal, Team, and Organizational Agility
    The Agile Triangle
    The Agile Manifesto
    The Four Values
    The Twelve Principles
    Agile Methodologies
    Scrum
    Extreme Programming (XP)
    Lean Product Development
    Kanban
    Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
    Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
    Crystal
    Agile Process Overview
    Agile Leadership
    Management versus Leadership
    Servant Leadership
    Twelve Principles for Leading Agile Projects
    Agile Leadership Practices
    Leadership Tasks
    Module Review
  • Topic 2: Value-Driven Delivery (Domain 4: Delivery)
    What is Value-Driven Delivery?
    Deliver Value Early (Eat Your Dessert First!)
    Minimize Waste
    Assessing Value
    Financial Assessment Metrics
    Earned Value Management
    Agile Project Accounting
    Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
    Managing Risk
    Regulatory Compliance
    Prioritizing Value
    Customer Valued Prioritization
    Prioritization Schemes
    Relative Prioritization/Ranking

Day Two

  • Topic 2: Value-Driven Delivery (Continued)
    Delivering Incrementally
    Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
    Agile Tooling
    Low-Tech, High-Touch Tools
    Task/Kanban Boards
    Work in Progress (WIP)
    WIP Limits
    Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)
    Bottlenecks and the Theory of Constraints
    Agile Contracting
    Agile Constraints and Contracts
    DSDM Contract
    Money for Nothing and Change for Free
    Graduated Fixed-Price Contract
    Fixed-Price Work Packages
    Customized Contracts
    Verifying and Validating Value
    Frequent Verification and Validation
    Testing and Verification in Software Development
    Module Review
    PMI-ACP Practice Exam Questions
  • Topic 3: Stakeholder Engagement (Domain 2: Leadership)
    Taking Care of Stakeholders
    Stakeholder Stewardship versus Stakeholder Management
    Educating Stakeholders about Agile
    Keeping Stakeholders Engaged
    Why the Big Focus on Stakeholders?
    Principles of Stakeholder Engagement
    Establishing a Shared Vision
    Agile Chartering
    Definition of “Done”
    Agile Modeling
    Wireframes
    Personas
    Communicating with Stakeholders
    Face-to-Face Communication
    Two-Way Communication
    Knowledge Sharing
    Information Radiators
    Social Media
    Working Collaboratively
    Workshops
    Brainstorming
    Collaboration Games
    Using Critical Interpersonal Skills
    Emotional Intelligence
    Active Listening
    Facilitation
    Negotiation
    Conflict Resolution
    Participatory Decision Making
    Module Review
  • Topic 4: Team Performance (Domain 2: Leadership)
    Why People Over Processes?
    Agile Team Roles
    Building Agile Teams
    Benefits of Generalizing Specialists
    Characteristics of High-Performing Teams
    Models of Team Development
    Adaptive Leadership
    Team Motivation
    Training, Coaching, and Mentoring
    Creating Collaborative Team Spaces
    Co-Located Teams
    Osmotic Communication
    Global, Cultural, and Team Diversity
  • Distributed Teams
    Tracking Team Performance
    Burn Charts
    Velocity
    Module Review
  • Topic 5: Adaptive Planning (Domain 3: Product)
    Agile Planning Concepts
    Adaptive Planning
    Agile versus Non-Agile Planning
    Principles of Agile Planning
    Agile Discovery
    Progressive Elaboration
    Value-Based Analysis
    Value-Based Decomposition
    Timeboxing
    Estimate Ranges
    Ideal Time

Day Three

  • Topic 5 Adaptive Planning (Continued) (Domain 3: Product)
    Sizing, Estimating, and Planning
    Decomposing Requirements
    User Stories
    User Story Backlog (Product Backlog)
    Refining (Grooming) the Backlog
    Relative Sizing and Story Points
    Affinity Estimating
    T-Shirt Sizing
    Story Maps
    Product Roadmap
    Wideband Delphi
    Planning Poker
    Release and Iteration Planning
    Types of Iterations
    Spikes
    High-Level Planning (Visioning)
    Release Planning
    Iteration Planning
    Daily Stand-Ups
    Module Review
  • Topic 6: Problem Detection and Resolution (Domain 4: Delivery)
    Understanding Problems
    How Problems Impact a Project
    The Cost of Change
    Technical Debt
    Create a Safe and Open Environment
    Failure Modes
    Success Modes
    Success Strategies
    Detecting Problems
    Lead Time and Cycle Time
    Defects
    Variance Analysis
    Trend Analysis
    Control Limits
    Managing Threats and Issues
    Risk-Adjusted Backlog
    Risk Severity
    Risk Burndown Graphs
    Solving Problems
    Engage the Team
    Some Problems Can’t Be Solved
    Module Review
  • Topic 7: Continuous Improvement (Domain 4: Delivery)
    Kaizen
    Multiple Levels of Improvement
    Continuous Improvement-Process
    Process Tailoring
    Systems Thinking
    Process Analysis
    Value Stream Mapping
    Project Pre-Mortems
    Continuous Improvement- Product
    Reviews
    Product Feedback Loops and Learning Cycles
    Feedback Methods
    Approved Iterations
    Continuous Improvement-People
    Retrospectives
    Team Self-Assessments
    PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
    Module Review
    PMI ACP Mock Exam Questions
    Wrap-up and Adjourn

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