Introduction To Agile Project Management

• Knowing PMI®
• Certification Programs offered by PMI®
• Value of PMI-ACP®
• PMI-ACP® Certification Cycle
• PMI-ACP® Eligibility Requirements
• PMI-ACP® Exam Application
• PMI-ACP® Exam Pattern
• PMI-ACP® Exam Blueprint
• PMI ®Contact Information

Agile Project Management

• What is Agility?
• Traditional/Agile Project Management
• Key Values for Agile Leaders
• The Agile Triangle
• Agile Methodologies
• APM Framework
• Envision Phase
• Speculate Phase
• Explore Phase
• Adapt Phase
• Close Phase

Value Based Prioritization

• Time Value of Money
• Return On Investment (ROI)
• Present Value (PV), Net Present Value (NPV)
• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
• Opportunity Cost (OC)
• Payback Period
• Prioritization
• Customer Valued Prioritization
• Minimally Marketable Feature (MMF)
• Agile Compliance
• Business Case Development

Agile Analysis & Design

• Agile Chartering
• Product Roadmap
• Product Backlog
• User Story
• Story Maps
• Wireframes
• Personas
• Agile Modeling
• Best Practices – Agile Modeling
• Planning Games / Collaborative Games

Agile Estimation

• Estimation
• Story Points
• Relative Sizing
• Theme and Epic
• Ideal Day, Ideal Time
• Planning Poker
• Wide Band Delphi
• Affinity Estimating
• Agile Cost Estimation

Planning, Monitoring & Adapting

• Time-Boxing
• Multiple Levels of Planning
• Release Planning
• Iteration Planning
• Release Plan Vs Iteration Plan
• Daily Standup
• Burndown Chart / Burnup Chart
• Variance and Trend Analysis
• Cumulative Flow Diagram
• Agile Task Board
• Kanban Board
• WIP Limits

Product Quality

• Quality in Agile
• Project and Quality Standard in Agile
• Agile Testing Quadrants
• Frequent Verification and Validation
• Test First Development (TFD) / Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD)
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Refactoring
• Definition of Done (DoD)
• Collection Code Ownership
• Knowledge Sharing
• Technical Debt

Communication

• Agile Communication
• Information Radiator
• Agile Team Space
• Osmotic Communications
• Collocated Team
• Distributed Team
• Agile Tools
• Active listening
• Brainstorming
• Feedback Methods

Interpersonal Skills

• Emotional Intelligence
• Emotional Intelligence Skills Assessment (EISA) Framework
• Goleman Emotional Intelligence Model
• Collaboration
• Agile Leadership
• Adaptive Leadership
• Servant Leadership
• Negotiation
• Conflict Resolution

Agile Risk Management

• Risk as Prioritization Factor
• Risk Management in Agile
• Risk Adjusted Product Backlog
• Expected Monetary Value
• Risk Management
• Risk Burn-down Chart
• Risk Based Spike

Agile Matrics

• Metrics
• Velocity
• Cycle Time
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Various EVM Terms
  • Earned Value Metrics
  • Measuring Metric
• Escape Defects

Process Improvement

• Value and Non-Value
• Value Stream Mapping
• Waste in Software Development
• Retrospectives
• Control limit for agile projects
• Process Analysis
• Process improvements
• Agile failure modes
• Agile coach failure and success modes
• Agile Process Tailoring
• Shu-Ha-Ri

Knowledge & Skills Part-1

• Community and Stakeholder Values
• Building Empowered Teams
• Building High Performance Team
• Coaching and Mentoring within Team
• Coaching at Levels
• Stakeholder Management
• Team Motivation
• Self-Assessment
• Knowledge Sharing
• Problem solving
• Facilitation method
• Participatory Decision Models