PMI

Project Management

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1

Role of the Project Manager

  • Overview
  • The Project Manager's Sphere of Influence
  • Project Manager Competencies
  • Performing Integration
  • Summary
2

Building the Foundation

  • Establishing the Foundation
  • What Is Project Management?
  • Understanding How Projects Come About
  • Skills Every Good Project Manager Needs
A

Appendix A: Process Inputs and Outputs

  • Initiating Processes
  • Planning Processes
  • Executing Processes
  • Monitoring and Controlling Processes
  • Closing Processes
4

Introduction

  • It Pays to Get Certified
  • How Certification Helps Your Career
  • Steps to Getting Certified and Staying Certified
  • Before You Begin Studying for the PMI-ACP® Certification Exam
  • Why Become PMI-ACP® Certified?
  • How to Become a PMI-ACP Certified Professional
  • Who Should Read This Course?
  • What Does This Course Cover?
  • Tips for Taking the PMI-ACP Exam
  • What’s Included in the Course
  • How to Use This Course and the Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
  • PMI-ACP® Exam Objectives
  • PMI-ACP® Certification Exam Objective Map
5

Agile Foundations

  • History and the Agile Manifesto
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
6

Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP)

  • What Is Scrum?
  • The Scrum Team
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Scrum Events
  • The Daily Scrum
  • The Sprint Review
  • The Sprint Retrospective
  • eXtreme Programming (XP) Overview
  • Core Practices of XP
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
7

Key Aspects of Additional Agile Methodologies

  • Dynamic Systems Development Method
  • Kanban
  • What Is Lean Product/Software Development?
  • Feature-Driven Development
  • Crystal Methods
  • Adaptive Software Development (ASD)
  • Creating a Successful Mindset
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
8

Agile Initiation and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Charters and Agile Projects
  • Determining Return on Investment
  • Techniques of Pre-Project Engagement
  • The Definition of Done
  • Agile Knowledge Sharing and Communication
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
9

The Human Side of Agile Project Management

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Adaptive Leadership
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
10

Agile Estimation and Planning

  • Iteration Zero
  • Analyzing Based on Business Value
  • Timeboxing
  • Themes, Epics, and User Stories
  • Backlog Refinement
  • Story Mapping
  • Relative Sizing
  • Planning Poker
  • Planning Poker Best Practices
  • Initial Velocity
  • Iteration/Sprint Calculations
  • Story Point Estimates and Spikes
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
11

Effective Team Performance on Agile Projects

  • Tuckman’s Ladder
  • Shu Ha Ri and Skill Mastery
  • Dreyfus Model: Five Stages of Skill Acquisition
  • Collaborative Working Environments
  • Distributed Teams
  • Osmotic Communication
  • Team and Individual Coaching
  • Velocity Tracking
  • Burn Down and Burn Up Charts
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
12

Agile Execution and Tracking of Iterations

  • Return on Investment and Benefit Measurement Methods
  • Earned Value Analysis
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • The Triple Constraints
  • The Gulf of Misunderstanding
  • Dot Voting, or Multi-Voting
  • MoSCoW
  • Monopoly Money
  • 100 Points
  • Kano Analysis
  • Customized Procurement
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
13

Detecting Problems and Working Through Changes

  • The Cost of Changes
  • Determining Defects
  • Risk Management
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
14

Tailoring, Quality Management, and Improving Project Processes

  • Tailoring
  • Tailoring and the PMBOK® Guide
  • Lead Time and Cycle Time
  • Process Improvement
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Continuous Product Improvement
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
B

Appendix A: Next Steps

  • What Is the PMI-ACP Certification?
  • Tools and Techniques Overview
  • Task Overview
  • Tools and Techniques Overview
  • Knowledge and Skills
  • Concluding Thoughts
C

Appendix B

  • Video Tutorial
D

Appendix C

  • Topics covered in PMI-ACP according to the Agile Practice Guide
  • Topics covered in PMI-ACP according to the PMBOK Guide

1

Agile Foundations

  • Understanding the Satir Model
  • Understanding the 12 Principles of Agile Manifesto
2

Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP)

  • Understanding Scrum Framework
  • Analyzing Scrum Team Roles
  • Analyzing Scrum Artifact
3

Key Aspects of Additional Agile Methodologies

  • Understanding the Kanban System
  • Understanding Philosophies of Agile Framework
  • Understanding Practice of Feature-Driven Development
4

Agile Initiation and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Understanding the Definition of Done
  • Understanding the INVEST Acronym
  • Understanding the Types of Knowledge
5

The Human Side of Agile Project Management

  • Analyzing Interpersonal Skills
  • Analyzing Conflict Resolution Strategy
6

Agile Estimation and Planning

  • Analyzing Business Values
  • Understanding Priority Levels of User Stories
  • Analyzing Relative Sizing
7

Effective Team Performance on Agile Projects

  • Understanding the Dreyfus Model
  • Understanding Collaborative Working Environment
  • Understanding Velocity Tracking Chart
8

Agile Execution and Tracking of Iterations

  • Understanding Earned Value Analysis
  • Understanding Agile Procurement
9

Detecting Problems and Working Through Changes

  • Understanding Change Control Techniques
  • Understanding Risk Management
10

Tailoring, Quality Management, and Improving Project Processes

  • Understanding Agile Framework
  • Understanding Product Improvement

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