APMG-International AgilePM® Foundation & Practitioner classroom

The AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner course aims to address the needs of those working in a project-focused environment who want to be agile, via a five-day instructor-led training course.

About the course

Based on the proven fundamentals within DSDM - the only agile approach to focus on delivery of projects in a fully agile way - the certification lives up to its name by providing users of the method with the core principles needed to facilitate a successful project, whilst allowing a degree of scope and agility that not many other methodologies provide. The five-day workshop is divided into two modules, the first being the one-day Foundation course which includes the Foundation examination on the afternoon of day one, and a four-day Practitioner course which provides the opportunity for participants to take the Practitioner examination on the morning of the final day (subject to passing the Foundation examination).

Duration

This is a five-day classroom workshop.

Pre-requisites

There are no formal pre-requisites for attending the Foundation exam.

In order to sit the Practitioner exam you must hold one of the following qualifications:

Agile PM Foundation certificate
DSDM Foundation certificate
DSDM Advanced Practitioner certificate

Learning objectives

By the end of the Foundation element of the course you should understand the key principles and terminology within the Agile Management Foundation guidance. Specifically:

The underpinning philosophy and principles of Agile
The lifecycle of an Agile project, including alternative configurations
The products produced during an Agile project and their purpose
The techniques used and their benefits and limitations
The roles and responsibilities within an Agile project

By the end of the Practitioner element of the course you should be able to:

Apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of DSDM 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
- 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 which 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 and identify action to rectify problems with requirements within an Agile project from a given scenario

Materials

This is an intensive five-day instructor-led classroom course, providing all you need to pass the AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner examinations first time: