UOP-CSS435: Project Management in Software Development

• 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

• History and the Agile Manifesto
• Roles and Responsibilities of a Project Manager
• The Importance of Project Management for Software Development
• Project Management Tools
• Software Project Management Activities

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• What Is Scrum?
• The Scrum Team
• Scrum Artifacts
• Scrum Events
• The Daily Scrum
• The Sprint Review
• The Sprint Retrospective
• Kanban
• What Is Lean Product/Software Development?
• Charters and Agile Projects
• Determining Return on Investment
• Techniques of Pre-Project Engagement
• The Definition of Done
• Agile Knowledge Sharing and Communication

8 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• Interpersonal Skills
• Conflict Resolution
• Adaptive Leadership
• 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

5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

• Collaborative Working Environments
• Distributed Teams
• Team and Individual Coaching
• Velocity Tracking
• Burn Down and Burn Up Charts
• Return on Investment and Benefit Measurement Methods
• Earned Value Analysis
• Key Performance Indicators
• The Triple Constraints

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →