Agile Project Management Practitioner (AgilePM®) - Includes Exam

This course is ideal for:

- Project managers and leaders looking to enhance their skills in Agile project management

- Product owners and team leads responsible for delivering Agile projects

- Solution architects, business analysts, and other roles involved in quality assurance and compliance within Agile projects

- Project management officers and professionals involved in project governance or overseeing multiple Agile projects

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply and tailor AgilePM principles and processes to different project scenarios
• Lead and manage Agile project teams with a focus on collaboration, communication, and effective leadership
• Plan, track, and control Agile projects while maintaining regulatory compliance
• Manage risks and ensure quality across Agile projects
• Effectively use AgilePM in multi-team environments and ensure successful project delivery

The course covers the following key areas:

AgilePM fundamentals

• AgilePM philosophy and framework components
• Balancing time, cost, quality, and features in AgilePM projects
• Applying AgilePM’s eight principles in real-world scenarios

Individuals and interactions, collaboration, and communication

• Agile leadership styles and situational empowerment
• Shaping appropriate Agile teams and roles
• Ensuring effective collaboration and communication across teams

Risk management and project approach

• Tailoring AgilePM to mitigate risks
• Using the Project Approach Questionnaire to assess and manage project risks
• Distinguishing between VUCA-related and approach-related risks

Defining and estimating project work

• Defining work at each project lifecycle phase
• Estimating work based on project phase and the practice of 'last responsible moment'
• Applying MoSCoW prioritisation to ensure delivery of the Minimum Usable Subset

Planning and controlling the work of the project

• Agile planning concepts for different lifecycle phases
• Tracking progress and responding to change across sprints and tranches
• Tailoring Scrum for multi-team project planning and dependency management
• Ensuring regulatory compliance and financial governance in AgilePM projects

Participants must have successfully completed the APMG AgilePM Foundation certification as a prerequisite for enrolling in the Practitioner course.

Please note - learners must have completed the v3 Foundation - QAAGPMF - not the v2 Foundation (PPMAGF)

Exam:

The Practitioner exam tests participants' ability to apply and analyse AgilePM principles and practices. The exam includes scenario-based questions that assess the participant's ability to:

- Understand AgilePM concepts and roles

- Apply AgilePM techniques to real-world scenarios

- Analyse the appropriateness of AgilePM methods for given project situations

- Each of the four questions contains 15 question lines, each of which attracts 1 mark, giving a total of 60 marks

- The pass mark is 30 (50%)