AgilePM® Agile Project Management Foundation & Practitioner - Online Classroom (exam included)

AgilePM® Agile Project Management Foundation & Practitioner - Online Classroom (exam included)

The APMG-International AgilePM® certification addresses the needs of those who work in planning contexts and who need to be agile. Agile management or agile project management is an interactive method for defining requisites and creating the corresponding output for projects, typically in the fields of engineering or information technology, which are characterised by a strong need for interaction and flexibility.

Course package:

• Course and material are in English
• Beginner to Advanced level suitable for Professional
• 5 Days classroom (3 days foundation, 2 days practitioner 8 hours per day) with an authorized AgilePM® trainer.
• 35 hours of advisable study time needed
• Multimedia presentations, group exercises and discussion, practical workshops, case study and online practice tests.
• Official manual in PDF - Agile Project Management (AgilePM®) Handbook v2
• 1 Foundation and 1 practitioner exam voucher valid for 12 months each from the purchase date. Taken online via ProctorU.
• APMG AgilePM® Foundation & Practitioner certificate of completion

Learning Objectives

The purpose of the Agile Project Management Foundation course is to discover and explore these components, principles and processes. The Foundation level is also required to advance to successive qualification levels. The purpose of the Agile Project Management Practitioner course is to ensure and confirm, with a passing grade on the exam, that a candidate is able to initiate and apply the method in many instances of real projects.

You will learn:

• Apply the underlying philosophy and principles of Agile in a project situation
• Properly set up the life cycle of an Agile project in a given scenario
• To 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 prioritization, iterative development, modeling and timeboxing
• Identify the Agile techniques to be used in a given situation within a scenario
• Understand the roles and responsibilities within an Agile project and determine the appropriate personnel to fulfill these roles within a given scenario t
• Understand the controls specific to an Agile project.
• Broadly understand how to test, estimate and measure progress in an Agile project.
• Describe the Agile approach to managing requirements and identify action to solve problems with requirements within an Agile project from a given scenario.

This AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner course will:

• Explaining how to lay the foundation for successful Agile projects
• Explaining how an Agile project is managed
• Clarify the different management styles required for successful Agile projects (compared to "traditional" projects)
• teach you how to successfully apply AgilePM® to your projects

What's Included?

Contents of AgilePM Foundation:

• What is agile? Choosing the most appropriate approach;
• Agile Project Management? The fundamentals;
• Roles and responsibilities;
• Preparing Yourself for Agile Project Management;
• Agile Project Management;
• The processes and products of Agile Project Management;
• Communication;
• Prioritizing and time-boxing;
• Agile steering;
• Requisites, estimates;
• Agile planning.

Contents of AgilePM Practitioner:

• Participants enrolled in AgilePM Practitioner training should have a thorough knowledge of the Foundation course topics.
• The Practitioner level provides customization and application of Agile Project Management within the context of simulated real-world cases.

Prerequisites

• There are no formal prerequisites for taking the AgilePM® Foundation course, though it will certainly be helpful to have some prior knowledge of project management in general.
• No educational background needed
• For practitioner: delegates will be expected to have some experience of working in an Agile project management environment prior to attending the AgilePM® Practitioner course or theoretical knowledge gained during the Foundation training.

Exam Information

Once you complete the AgilePM® Foundation online training course, you can test your knowledge on the AgilePM® Foundation mock exam simulator and mock exams. Once you achieve more than 60%, you can register yourself for the real AgilePM® Foundation exam. The AgilePM® Foundation exam can be taken online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at a time and date of your choice.

AgilePM Foundation exam

• 50 multiple-choice questions per section
• 25/50 points needed
• 40 minutes
• Closed book

AgilePM Practitioner exam

• 4 questions per section, 20 points available per question 40 points needed to pass (out of 80 available) - 50%
• 2.5 hours
• Open book exam (limited to the AgilePM® manual only)

Statements

The AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner course offered by AVC is accredited by APMG International, based on the Partner's Agreement and fulfils the accreditation requirements.

FAQ

When is the classroom schedule?

Depending on the starting dates, our classroom courses are consecutively held from 10 am - 6 pm (CET) with lunch breaks in between

Will missing a live class affect my ability to complete the course?

Yes, you may be subject to not getting the exam voucher if you don't attend a class. Therefore, it's better always to let us know at least 2 weeks in advance if you require any rescheduling requests.

*note that reschedule request is not always given depending on the situation