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Agile, Project Management
Who is the Foundation Level for?
- Practising project managers.
- Agile team members looking to become Agile Project Managers.
- Individuals pursuing the AgilePM Practitioner Certificate.
Course Summary
AgilePM Foundation introduces the DSDM Agile Project Management framework, a pragmatic and repeatable methodology. This course explains how to prepare for and run an agile project, highlighting documentation, techniques, roles and responsibilities recommended within the framework.
What are the key things you will learn?
- The underpinning philosophy and principles of Agile.
- The lifecycle of an Agile project, including alternative configurations.
- The products produced during an Agile project and their purpose.
- The techniques used and their benefits and limitations.
- The roles and responsibilities within an Agile project.
Course Structure
AgilePM Foundation courses typically follow this agenda:
- What is Agile? Choosing an appropriate Agile approach
- Philosophy, Principles and Project Variables
- Preparing for Success
- The DSDM Process
- The People – DSDM Roles and Responsibilities
- The DSDM Products
- Key Practices – Prioritisation and Timeboxing
- Planning and Control throughout the Lifecycle
- Other practices: Facilitated Workshops, Modelling, and Iterative Development.
Exam Format:
- Multiple choice format
- 50 questions per paper
- 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) – 50%
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book.
Since its introduction in 2010, AgilePM has fast established itself as the world’s leading framework and certification for Agile project management, with over 200,000 exams sat worldwide.
The AgilePM qualification is based on the AgilePM Handbook, published by the Agile Business Consortium.
The Handbook offers a practical and repeatable methodology that achieves an ideal balance between the standards, rigour and visibility required for good project management, and the fast-pace, change and empowerment provided by Agile.
Agile Project Management training and certification help individuals to:
- Apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of AgilePM in a project situation
- Appropriately configure the lifecycle of an Agile project to a given scenario
- Identify and apply popular Agile techniques in a project situation, including MoSCoW prioritisation, iterative development and timeboxing
- Understand and assign roles and responsibilities within an Agile project
- Understand the mechanisms for governance and control of an Agile project
- Understand how to test, estimate and measure progress in an Agile project
- Describe and apply the Agile approach to managing requirements.
APMG exam vouchers for any APMG accredited course can be requested at any time after you have started your course.
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Exam voucher requests are typically processed within 1-2 business days. Students must request their exam voucher within the course access period which starts from the date of purchase.
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Exam Terms and Conditions
- Exam vouchers are non-transferable and must be used for the certification requested at time of purchase.
- Exam vouchers are only valid for the person purchasing the course and cannot be transferred.
- All Accrediting Bodies will ask to see proof of identity, such as a passport or driving licence, before candidates are able to sit their exam.
Receiving your voucher: Exam vouchers for APMG accredited course can be requested at any time after you have started your course.
Voucher validity: APMG exam vouchers are valid for one year from the date of purchase. The exam must be booked within this period.
Extending exam voucher validity: APMG exam vouchers cannot be extended beyond the validity period shown on the voucher.
Rescheduling your exam: APMG allows candidates to reschedule their exam once with no additional cost. You must reschedule the exam at least 10 days before the original exam date. APMG charge an administration fee to reschedule an exam a second time.
Taking your exam: Exams for APMG courses can only be taken online. APMG’s exams are managed through the ProctorU service. To take an exam via ProctorU, candidates will need to download the Guardian Browser. Installing this browser may require local administrator permission.
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