Project Management Professional PMP Training - OEM Certkit

Agile project management methodology outlines the use of short work iterations and incremental product development enabled by focusing on business priorities and customer value. This PMI-ACP course covers agile methodologies, tools and techniques and provides real-life scenarios throughout the course. This training program is aligned with PMI® guidelines to help you pass your PMI-ACP exam.

Requirements:

To apply for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification PMI, it is required to have a secondary degree or higher, 2000 hours of general project management experience in the past five years, and at least 1500 hours of experience working on agile project teams during the last three years.

Course content

Exploring Project Management, Then and Now (2021 Update)

Course: 33 Minutes

• Exploring Project Management, Then and Now (2021 Update)
• History of Project Management
• Evolution of the Project Manager Role
• Comparison of Project Life Cycles
• Characteristics of Traditional and Agile Approaches
• Agile Characteristics
• Hybrid Project Management Approaches
• Triple Constraints of a Project
• Structure of the PMP Exam
• Domains, Tasks, and Enablers
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Management Knowledge

Building and Training the Project Team (2021 Update)

Course: 46 Minutes

• Building and Training the Project Team (2021 Update)
• Project Organizational Charts
• Influences on Project Resources
• Tools for Acquiring and Assigning Resources
• Stakeholder Identification and Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Agile Considerations for Engaging Stakeholders
• Project Charter and Kickoff
• Considerations for Virtual Teams
• Resource Estimates
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Knowledge of Building and Training Project Teams

Leading the Team (2021 Update)

Course: 57 Minutes

• Leading the Team (2021 Update)
• Team Building and Engagement Best Practices
• Stages of Personal and Team Development
• Personal and Team Motivation
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Servant Leadership
• Stakeholder Communication Needs
• Communication Tools and Techniques
• Communication Channels
• Goals and Feedback
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Team Leadership Skills

Engaging Team Members and Stakeholders (2021 Update)

Course: 45 Minutes

• Engaging Team Members and Stakeholders (2021 Update)
• Effective Decision-making
• Conflict Management and Resolution
• Emotional Intelligence
• Assessment Tools
• Change Management
• Team Member Skill Sets
• Agile Team Characteristics
• Agile Team Spaces and Tools
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Team and Stakeholder Engagement Skills

Supporting Agile Team Performance (2021 Update)

Course: 33 Minutes

• Supporting Agile Team Performance (2021 Update)
• Agile Values and Principles
• User Stories and Personas
• Adaptive Planning
• The Scrum Framework
• Scrum Team Roles and Responsibilities
• Sprint Planning
• Daily Scrum
• Sprint Review
• Sprint Retrospective
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Agile Team Performance Support Skills

Selecting a Project Management Approach (2021 Update)

Course: 55 Minutes

• Selecting a Project Management Approach (2021 Update)
• Characteristics of a Project
• Responsibilities of the Project Manager
• Types of Project Manager Competencies
• Programs and Portfolios
• Organizational Stakeholders
• Organizational Culture
• Environmental Influences and Organizational Assets
• Organizational Structures
• Agile Characteristics
• The Project Life Cycle
• Product Life Cycles
• Characteristics of Project Phases
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Management Approach Skills

Communicating Effectively (2021 Update)

Course: 36 Minutes

• Communicating Effectively (2021 Update)
• Project Communications Approach
• Analysis of Communication Requirements
• Communication Channels Calculation
• Elements of Communication Models
• Communication Technologies
• Tools and Techniques for Managing Communications
• Tools and Techniques for Monitoring Communications
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Effective Communication Skills

Defining and Identifying Project Risk (2021 Update)

Course: 55 Minutes

• Defining and Identifying Project Risk (2021 Update)
• Definition of Project Risk
• Examples of Project Risks
• Risk and Uncertainty
• Tools and Techniques for Planning Risk Management
• Risk Probability and Impact
• Document Analysis and Risk Identification
• Data Gathering and Brainstorming
• Interviews and Risk Identification
• Risk Identification Using Root Cause Analysis
• SWOT Analysis as a Risk Identification Tool
• Assumption and Constraint Analysis
• Checklists and Risk Identification
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Risk Analysis Skills

Performing Risk Analysis (2021 Update)

Course: 47 Minutes

• Performing Risk Analysis (2021 Update)
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Probability and Impact Assessment
• Data Gathering for Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Uncertainty and Continuous Distribution
• Sensitivity Analysis for Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Decision Trees for Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Risk Simulations
• Updates to the Risk Report
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Risk Analysis Skills

Managing Project Risks (2021 Update)

Course: 33 Minutes

• Managing Project Risks (2021 Update)
• Common Risk Responses
• Responses for Negative Risks or Threats
• Responses for Positive Risks or Opportunities
• Contingent Risk Responses
• Risk Audit Outcomes
• Risk Performance and Reserve Analysis
• Risk Response Strategies
• Knowledge Check: Applying Your Project Risk Management Skills

Engaging Stakeholders (2021 Update)

Course: 45 Minutes

• Engaging Stakeholders (2021 Update)
• Examples of Stakeholders
• Stakeholder Identification
• Stakeholder Register
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Relationships and Expectations
• Communication Skills for Stakeholder Engagement
• Interpersonal Skills for Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Engagement Tools and Techniques
• Stakeholder Expectations
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Stakeholder Engagement Skills

Planning and Managing the Project Budget (2021 Update)

Course: 1 Hour, 13 Minutes

• Planning and Managing the Project Budget (2021 Update)
• Tools and Techniques to Estimate Costs
• Bottom-up Technique to Estimate Costs
• Budget Determination
• Tools and Techniques for Cost Control
• Earned Value Management and Cost Performance
• Estimate at Completion (EAC)
• To-complete Performance Index
• Planned Value and Earned Value Calculations
• Schedule Variance Calculation
• Cost Variance Calculation
• Example 1: Determining Project Performance
• Example 2: Determining Project Performance
• Scenarios 1 & 2: Estimate at Completion
• Scenarios 3 & 4: Estimate at Completion
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Project Planning and Management Skills

Managing the Project Resources (2021 Update)

Course: 32 Minutes

• Managing the Project Resources (2021 Update)
• Project Resource Management
• Resource Management Planning Tools and Techniques
• RACI Chart Components
• Activity Resource Estimates
• Tools and Techniques for Estimating Resources
• Bottom-up Estimates
• Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
• Techniques for Controlling Resources
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Resource Management Skills

Planning the Project Schedule (2021 Update)

Course: 45 Minutes

• Planning the Project Schedule (2021 Update)
• Schedule Planning
• Tools and Techniques for Defining Activities
• Defining Activities in Large and Small Projects
• Activity Attributes and the Activity List
• Schedule Milestones
• Dependencies between Activities
• Types of Precedence Relationships
• Duration Estimates
• Parametric Estimating
• Three-point Estimating
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Project Schedule Planning Skills
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Performing a Critical Path Analysis (2021 Update)

Course: 53 Minutes

• Performing a Critical Path Analysis (2021 Update)
• Project Schedule Elements
• Schedule Development Tools and Techniques
• Critical Path Method
• Activity Start and Finish Dates
• Schedule Compression and Leads & Lags
• The Forward Pass
• The Backward Pass
• Total Float Calculation
• Free Float
• Identifying the Critical Path
• Convert a Table to a Schedule Network Diagram
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Critical Path Analysis Skills

Managing the Project Schedule (2021 Update)

Course: 29 Minutes

• Managing the Project Schedule (2021 Update)
• Tools and Techniques for Schedule Control
• Schedule Performance
• Resource Leveling
• Resource Smoothing
• Crashing the Schedule
• Fast Tracking
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Schedule Management Skills

Establishing Quality Standards (2021 Update)

Course: 58 Minutes

• Establishing Quality Standards (2021 Update)
• Overview of Quality Management
• Precision vs. Accuracy, Quality vs. Grade
• Quality Management Tools and Techniques
• The Cost of Quality (COQ)
• Cost-benefit Analysis Calculation
• Elements of a Quality Management Plan
• Effective Quality Audits
• Root Cause Analysis
• Tools and Techniques to Control Quality
• Data Representation for Quality Control
• Control Charts
• Knowledge Check: Applying Your Skills at Establishing Quality Standards

Delivering Project Quality (2021 Update)

Course: 47 Minutes

• Delivering Project Quality (2021 Update)
• Quality Management
• Quality Control
• The Quality Cycle
• Lean Methodology for Quality Improvement
• Principles of Lean
• Six Sigma for Quality Improvement
• Quality Management and Continuous Improvement
• The Kanban Pull System
• Value Stream Mapping and Quality
• Key Principles of ISO 90005
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Skills at Delivering Project Quality

Managing the Project Scope (2021 Update)

Course: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes

• Managing the Project Scope (2021 Update)
• Defining the Project Scope
• Collecting Requirements
• Characteristics of Project Requirements
• Tools and Techniques to Define the Scope
• Project Scope Statement Components
• The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Layers of the WBS
• Techniques to Decompose Work
• Characteristics of Effective Decomposition
• WBS Verification
• WBS Finalization
• WBS Dictionary
• Validating the Project Scope
• Scope Validation and Quality Control
• Controlling the Project Scope
• Variance Analysis
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Scope Management Skills

Implementing a Procurement Strategy (2021 Update)

Course: 51 Minutes

• Implementing a Procurement Strategy (2021 Update)
• Buyer and Seller Roles in Procurement Management
• Contracts Overview
• Types of Fixed-price Contracts
• Time-and-Materials and Cost-reimbursable Contracts
• Tools and Techniques for Planning Procurements
• Make-or-buy Analysis Activities
• The Break-even Point
• Procurement Documents
• Tools and Techniques for Conducting Procurements
• Tools and Techniques for Controlling Procurements
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Procurement Strategy Implementation Skills

Integrating Project Activities and Changes (2021 Update)

Course: 57 Minutes

• Integrating Project Activities and Changes (2021 Update)
• Managing Project Integration
• The Charter and Project Management Plan
• Creating the Project Management Plan
• Directing and Managing Project Work
• Controlling and Monitoring Project Work
• Techniques for Monitoring & Controlling Project Work
• Updating Project Baselines
• Principles of Change Control
• Configuration Management Activities
• Controlling Change
• Closing a Project or Phase
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Project Activity and Change Integration Skills

Maintaining Project Artifacts and Knowledge (2021 Update)

Course: 45 Minutes

• Maintaining Project Artifacts and Knowledge (2021 Update)
• Defining Lessons Learned
• Project Knowledge Base Management
• The Process for Conducting Lessons Learned
• Gathering Information for Lessons Learned
• Conducting Lessons Learned Meetings
• Analyzing Information from Lessons Learned
• Adopting and Sharing Lessons Learned
• Documentation of Lessons Learned
• Continuous Improvement Tools
• Knowledge Check: Applying Your Skills at Maintaining Project Artifacts & Knowledge

Understanding Agile Fundamentals (2021 Update)

Course: 44 Minutes

• Understanding Agile Fundamentals (2021 Update)
• Understanding the Agile Methodology
• Values and Principles of Agile
• Agile Project Management Model Phases
• Agile Project Management Methodologies
• Scrum Events
• Transitioning to an Agile Approach
• Agile Project Initiation
• Creating a Project Charter
• Types of Agile Contracts
• Types of Agile Documentation
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Agile Fundamentals Knowledge

Communicating and Engaging Teams and Stakeholders (2021 Update)

Course: 54 Minutes

• Communicating and Engaging Teams and Stakeholders (2021 Update)
• The Role of Stakeholders throughout the APM Model
• Making Effective Decisions in Agile Projects
• Characteristics of an Agile Team
• Scaling an Agile Team
• Developing an Agile Team
• Developmental Mastery Models in Agile
• Agile Communication Tools
• Using Agile Games
• Creating a Shared Product Vision
• Defining Physical Space for Agile Teams
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Communication and Engagement Skills

Prioritizing and Delivering Value (2021 Update)

Course: 56 Minutes

• Prioritizing and Delivering Value (2021 Update)
• Defining the Project Roadmap and Scope
• Creating Personas and Use Cases
• User Story Formatting
• Story Mapping
• Value-based Prioritization Methods
• Using the MoSCoW Model to Prioritize User Stories
• Requirement Prioritization Tools
• Tools for Tracking Progress
• Earned Value Management for Agile Projects
• Review and Feedback Methods for Agile
• Risk Management Strategies for Agile
• Agile Product Testing and Integration
• Knowledge Check: Applying Your Value Prioritization & Delivery Skills

Estimating Agile Project Work (2021 Update)

Course: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes

• Estimating Agile Project Work (2021 Update)
• Techniques for Estimation in Agile
• Estimation of Team Velocity
• Release Plan Completion
• Setting Work in Progress Limits
• Types of Scheduling Buffers
• Project Buffer Calculation
• Iteration Progress Monitoring
• Types of Waste
• Characteristics of Kanban Pull
• Using Kanban Boards
• Lead and Cycle Time
• Calculating PCE
• Applying Little's Law
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Agile Project Work Estimation Skills

Deep Dive into the Project Scope (2021 Update)

Course: 47 Minutes

• Deep Dive into the Project Scope (2021 Update)
• Shared Product Vision
• Traditional Approach to Requirements Gathering
• Traditional Approach to Planning the Scope
• Traditional Scope Baseline
• Scope and the Agile Mindset
• Minimum Viable Product
• Agile Approach to Prioritizing Requirements
• Agile and Evolution of Scope
• Scope Validation
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Management Knowledge

Deep Dive into the Project Schedule (2021 Update)

Course: 50 Minutes

• Deep Dive into the Project Schedule (2021 Update)
• Activities and Milestones
• Activity Relationships and Dependencies
• The Schedule Network Diagram
• Critical Path Method Exercise
• Float Calculations
• Tools and Deliverables in Traditional Projects
• Agile Adaptive Planning
• Scrum and the Project Schedule
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Schedule Knowledge8

Deep Dive into Project Costs and Estimates (2021 Update)

Course: 48 Minutes

• Deep Dive into Project Costs and Estimates (2021 Update)
• Traditional Decomposition of Work
• Traditional Approach to Cost Estimates
• Three-point Estimating
• Traditional Approach to Refining Cost Estimates
• Traditional Approach to Monitoring Cost Performance
• Traditional Approach to Budget Forecasting
• Traditional Approach to Resource Variations
• Agile Approach to Cost Estimates
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Management Knowledge

Deep Dive into Project Quality (2021 Update)

Course: 53 Minutes

• Deep Dive into Project Quality (2021 Update)
• International Quality Standards
• Quality Strategies
• Key Quality Terminology
• Cost of Quality
• Quality Metrics and Tools
• Quality and Change Control
• Agile Approach to Quality
• Sprint Reviews and Quality
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Quality Knowledge

Deep Dive into Project Procurement (2021 Update)

Course: 43 Minutes

• Deep Dive into Project Procurement (2021 Update)
• Make-or-buy Analysis
• Contract Types and Procurement Considerations
• Fixed Price Contracts
• Cost-reimbursable Contracts
• Comparison of Contract Types
• Vendor Selection Process
• Contract Signing and Vendor Performance
• Procurement Documents and Deliverables
• Procurement in Agile Projects
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Project Procurement Skills

Deep Dive into Project Risk (2021 Update)

Course: 56 Minutes

• Deep Dive into Project Risk (2021 Update)
• Risk Terminology
• Risk Identification Tools and Techniques
• Risk Register and Risk Report
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Expected Monetary Value
• Risk Responses
• Risk Audits and Reassessment
• Risk Management in Agile Projects
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Understanding of Project Risk

Planning and Managing Project Compliance (2021 Update)

Course: 51 Minutes

• Planning and Managing Project Compliance (2021 Update)
• Confirm Project Compliance Requirements
• Classify Compliance Categories
• Determine Potential Threats to Compliance
• Establish Performance Metrics for Project Compliance
• Measure the Degree of Project Compliance
• Analyze the Consequences of Noncompliance
• Use Tools and Technology to Ensure Compliance
• Project Ethics, Team Diversity, and Value
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Project Compliance Planning and Management Knowledge

Assessing the Business Environment and Changes (2021 Update)

Course: 43 Minutes

• Assessing the Business Environment and Changes (2021 Update)
• Assess Organizational Culture
• Evaluate and Adapt to Internal and External Change
• Uncontrolled Changes and Project Risk
• Change Requests and the Project Manager
• Integrated Change Control and Project Success
• The Change Control Board
• Monitoring Changes for Effectiveness
• The Agile Approach to Project Changes
• Refining the Product Backlog
• Knowledge Check: Reviewing Your Knowledge of Assessing the Business Environment

Delivering Project Benefits and Value (2021 Update)

Course: 1 Hour, 12 Minutes

• Delivering Project Benefits and Value (2021 Update)
• Identify and Estimate Project Benefits
• Calculating Tangible Benefits and Value
• Tracking Value in Traditional Projects
• Delivering Value in Agile Projects
• Agile Techniques for Value Delivery
• Agile Metrics to Track Value
• Apprise Stakeholders of Progress in Delivering Value
• Value-based Management and Value Drivers
• Performance-based Earned Value Management
• Knowledge Check: Assessing Your Knowledge of Project Benefits and Value

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