360PMO PMI-ACP Learning Objectives

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PMI Agile Certified Practitioner(PMI-ACP)速

Learning Objectives

By Aleem Khan MS, PMP, CSM, ACP

ACP Certification Overview At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Acquire knowledge of PMI®

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List the library of PMI® global standards

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List the credential offered by PMI®

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Describe PMI-ACP® eligibility criteria, timeline and certification process

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Identify the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR)

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Review exam information , content and reference material suggested by PMI® 360PMO

Agile Framework At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Explain the Agile mindset

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Describe situations where Agile best fits

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List the benefits of using Agile

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Know the origin/history of Agile

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Demonstrate an understanding of the Agile Manifesto, Values, Principles and Practices

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Compare traditional vs. Agile project management methods

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Identify high-level differences from one Agile method to another 360PMO

Agile Approach to Planning At the conclusion of this lesson, students should be able to: 

Recognize multiple levels of planning in Agile

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Describe a planning onion

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Write product vision statement using a template

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Explain Agile chartering

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Describe product roadmap and story mapping

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List the key areas of release and iteration planning and

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Define minimal marketable features (MMF) 360PMO

Scrum At the end of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Define Scrum

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Know Scrum origin

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List Scrum legs / pillars

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Summarize Scrum cycle

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Interpret the roles and responsibilities of Scrum Team

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Distinguish Scrum events/ceremonies

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Describe Scrum artifacts 360PMO

Extreme Programming At the conclusion of this lesson, students should be able to: 

Define Extreme Programming (XP) and its origin

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Explain the XP lifecycle

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List the roles in XP team

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Identify key XP concepts including values, principles behind it

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Explain the concept behind theory of constraints (TOC)

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User Stories At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Explain the purpose of writing a requirement in user stories format

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Understand using the template of writing good user stories

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Identify the importance of card, conversation and confirmation

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Attributes of a good user story

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Distinguish between epic, story and theme

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Recognize the importance of writing acceptance criteria

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Summarize difference between acceptance criteria, acceptance test and definition of done

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Develop an understanding of the concept of SLICING

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Describe user role modeling and understand the roles, persona, and extreme characters terminologies

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Apply the knowledge and write effective user stories

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Product Backlog At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Describe what is a product backlog

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Outline the qualities of a good product backlog

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Recognize the importance of backlog ordering/force ranking

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Apply learning and identify a good product backlog

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Recognize the purpose of conducting product backlog grooming sessions

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Explain the purpose of definition of done (DoD) and Definition of ready (DoR) 360PMO

Kanban At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Differentiate between time-boxing and flow-based methods

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Describe the Kanban Model

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Identify the importance of work in progress (WIP) limit

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Name core Kanban principles

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Recognize the Kanban matrix and able to a draw cumulative flow diagram

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Identify key differentiators of Kanban and discuss the situations/environment where application of Kanban can be utilized.

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Agile Estimating At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Identify the challenges in estimation

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List the reasons and be able to explain the who, what and how of estimation in traditional projects

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Compare between accuracy vs. precision

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Explain the concept behind cone of uncertainty

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Distinguish between relative and absolute estimates

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Explain the Fibonacci sequence as an estimation scale

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Describe wideband Delphi and planning poker

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Relate affinity estimates 360PMO

Agile Testing At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to:

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Describe how traditional testing practices evolved Compare traditional & Agile testing Distinguish from test last to test first driven approach Explain whole team collaborative approach of effective testing; Define overall Agile testing flow Explain different Agile testing practices e.g. test-driven development/test-first development, acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) and exploratory testing

 Assess the key learning from Agile testing approach 360PMO

Agile Retrospective At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

Describe retrospective and its purpose

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Describe how to facilitate retrospective

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List the steps of running a retrospective

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Agile Metrics At the conclusion of this lesson, students should be able to: 

Understand the performance metrics used in Agile projects

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Explain velocity and perform necessary calculations to find out average velocity for planning purposes

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Explain cycle time and perform necessary calculations

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Identify the benefit of cumulative flow diagram (CFD) and be able to interpret the diagrams

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Compare the usage of burn-up and burn-down charts.

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Demonstrate the understanding of Earn Value Management (EVM) in Agile projects 360PMO

Other Agile Practices At the conclusion of this lesson, students should be able to: 

Lean software development

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Value stream mapping

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Information radiators

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Agility and stages of learning –Shu Ha Ri

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Agile modeling

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Wireframes

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Generalizing Specialist

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Adaptive Learning 360PMO

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