Duration
3 days
Synopsis
Have you ever led a ICT related product development project with only high-level product feature requirements and a drop-dead project schedule? How do you negotiate with project governance body to reduce project management documentation and yet able to gain their confidence that your project will be tightly controlled with disciplined approach? You are serious about getting the PMI-ACP credential, but you are not sure how to prepare for the exam. This unique course is aimed at project managers and leaders who are looking for skills beyond traditional heavy-weight Project Management approach. In this intensive 3-day exam preparation course, your instructor will explain the processes and techniques of Agile approach, how these techniques differ from traditional methods, and why Agile approach will improve your project outcomes. He will also show you what you need to know in order to pass the PMI-ACP exam at the first attempt. This course carries 21 PDUs which can be used to meet part of your PMP re-certification PDU requirements, as well as the fulfilling the 21 PDU requirements to attend the PMI-ACP certification examination.
Course Content
The course content covers the same knowledge domains as described in the PMI-ACP Examination Content outline. Day-1
- Assessing Value: ROI, NPV, Payback Period, IRR
- Planning Value: Chartering, Value stream, Customer Value Prioritization, Minimally Marketable Features (Just in Time Requirements), Relative Prioritization, Product Road Map, Risk-adjusted backlog, Agile Contracting
- Delivering Value: Task / Kanban Board, WIP Limit, Incremental Delivery
- Confirming Value: Customer Value Prioritization, Prototyping, Simulations and Demos
- Tracking & Reporting Value: Earned Value Analysis, Cumulative Flow Diagrams, Risk Burn Down Graphs, Task / Kanban Board
Day-2
- Stakeholder Identification: Team & customer participation
- Aligning Understanding (User or Solution Requirements): Wireframes, Personas, User Stories / Backlogs, Requirement Hierarchy, Story Maps, Requirement Management & Development
- Communicating with Stakeholders (Manage Expectations)
- Essential Soft Management Skills: Negotiation, Active Listening, Facilitation, Cultural Diversity, Conflict Resolution, Distributed Teams, Participatory Management
- Effective Leadership: Servant Leadership, Leadership Tools & Techniques
- Planning Concept: Timeboxing, Progressive Elaboration, Process tailoring, Minimally Marketable Features (MMF), Prioritization & Change Request Management: Value-Based Analysis, Agile Games
- Estimating (Time & Cost): Wideband Delphi and Planning Poker; Ideal Time, Relative Sizing / Story Points, Affinity Estimating, Accounting Principles
- Agile plans: Charter & Business Case, Iteration and Release Planning, KPI
- Understanding & Foster Team Performance : Adaptive Leadership, EQ, Team Empowerment (Self- Organizing / Directing Team) , Building High Performance Teams, Motivation, Mastery Model
- Team Practices: Daily Stand-ups, Coaching & Mentoring, Brainstorming, Team Space, Co-location, Osmotic Communication, Agile Tooling
Day-3
- Problem Identification: Quality Management Highlights & Standards, Cycle Time, Escaped Defects, Failure Modes and Alternatives, Variance and Trend Analysis and Defect Log, Control Limits
- Problem Resolution: Continuous Integration, Risk-based Spike, Frequent Verification & Validation, Test-Driven Development / Test First Development, Acceptance test-Driven Development, Problem-Solving, Engaging the Team
- Process Improvements Process, Retrospectives, Knowledge Sharing, Process Tailoring, Principle of Systems Thinking in Agile, Process Analysis, Applying New Agile Practices, Self -Assessment
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Quote the basic principles & techniques of Agile Project Management & Product
- Development processes, and to consider its implementation at work
- Take the first step in preparing for the PMI-ACP® Exam
Audience
- Those who are interested in applying light-weight Project management process to keep-up with the continuing pace of business changes during system development cycle and be successful in creating innovative products
- Project Managers and Team Leaders who want to know the new trend in Project Management
- Those who are interested in the PMI-ACP Credential
- PMPs aiming at gaining PDU Format
- Interactive classroom instruction
- Class open discussion and mini exercises
- Practice Examination Questions, Answers and Explanations
Instructor:
Mr. Raymond Wong, Past-President PMI HK Chapter
PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, CSM, CSPO
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.