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    Manage Agile projects like a pro

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    Improve project management skills

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    Understand and apply Agile project principles

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    Gain two valuable Agile certifications

Being responsive to change is a must to survive in the modern business environment. The Waterfall model used in many traditional organisations cannot keep up, leading to missed deadlines and lower chance of project success. The Agile approach, on the other hand, is well known for its flexibility as well as its incremental and interative approach. Agile skills are vital for any project manager wishing to be able to keep up with modern project management.

Our Agile Training is inspired by successful agile business environments and provides two globally recognised Agile certifications: AgilePM® Foundation and AgilePM® Practitioner.

AgilePM® is a registered trademark of Agile Business Consortium Limited. All rights reserved.

All courses are offered by Pentagon Training Ltd, an Affiliate of The Knowledge Academy Ltd., an Accredited Training Organisation of The APM Group Ltd.

Who should take this course

Project Managers who need to apply the Agile approach in their workplace efficiently and effectively.

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course but the following skills are recommended:

  • Management skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Project support skills
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What Will You Learn

You will learn how to:

  • Manage projects using Agile skills
  • Adapting Agile principles to meet project requirements
  • Use the DSDM approach and associated techniques
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What's included

  Course Overview

AgilePM® is an iterative method for planning and managing project processes. This course is open to everyone, from those new to Agile to experienced project managers. It covers applying Agile principles to manage projects, adapting these principles and managing the project environment. Our instructors are Agile certified and experts in project management. After completing this course, you will be empowered to handle Agile projects efficiently, as well as hold the AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner certifications.

Foundation Exam:

The Foundation Exam uses multiple choice questions. The duration is 40 minutes, and the pass mark is 50%.

Practitioner Exam:

The Practitioner Exam uses complex multiple choice questions. The duration of the exam is two hours, and the pass mark is 50%.

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  Course Content

Foundation Course Content

  • An overview of Agile
  • What are the objectives of Agile?
  • Principles of Agile
  • The success story of Agile
  • Classifying Philosophy and Principles
  • An overview of Agile Project Management (AgilePM®)
  • Using Scrum in a work environment
  • An overview of DSDM
  • An Introduction to Timeboxing and Prioritisation
  • Analysis of Lifecycle planning and control
  • An Overview of Iterative Development, Facilitated Workshops, Modelling and Prototyping

Practitioner Course Content

  • The Agile Project Management Lifecycle
  • Delivering projects on time
  • The summary of Conjoining Moscow and Timeboxing
  • Understanding the user requirements
  • Reviewing user stories
  • Evaluation of the process
  • Planning of projects throughout the Lifecycle
  • What is the quality of project?
  • Recognising Risk Management
  • Altering approaches
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Agile

What is Agile?

The Agile framework applies iterative and incremental methods throughout the project management lifecycle to be more responsive to change and to create outcomes which are more aligned with customer requirements. Teams are allowed to be more empowered and creative. The Agile framework can be diagrammatically represented as:

 

What are the benefits of taking the course?

The benefits are:

  • Gain a high level of knowledge in handling projects using Agile methods
  • Delegates can prepare for both courses from a single source
  • Learn about business agility by which you can respond to the adapting environment
  • The Agile methodology provides the skills for working in complex adaptive systems. The Agile methods separate the development of projects into sprints
  • The Agile certification demonstrates an individual’s reliability
  • Learning prioritisation helps you to understand the workings of a team
  • Effectively plan, execute, and deliver the projects

Why choose Pentagon training?

Pentagon is the best training provider as we provide expertise and accomplishment in the domain of project management. We have experienced and certified instructors who provide the best support. The candidates will acquire hands-on experience of Agile methodologies.

Pentagon Training’s portal provides support and will be able to provide assistance 24*7. We are available to answer any queries and doubts before, during, and after the completion of the course

 

Which Agile methodology is best used in the industry?

Agile is executed in work environments using various methods. DSDM is one of the best approaches. DSDM stands for Dynamic Systems Development Method. DSDM was introduced in 1994 to deliver the industry standard project delivery structure. The main objective of DSDM is fast project execution. DSDM delivers the base to plan, manage, execute, and scale Agile processes.

The DSDM is based on nine principles that rotate around business values, rapid delivery, combined testing, and stakeholder collaboration. DSDM is considered suitable for business purpose, because 80% of systems can be organised in 20% of the time.

The requirement analysis is done at an earlier stage in the project. The development processes are made rescindable. The requirements are planned based on MoSCoW methods, which are:

  • M: must have requests
  • S: should have if all are possible
  • C: could have but not the critical ones
  • W: will not have now but may arise later

The critical work is made complete first. The lowest priority supplies are made out of implementation processes so the high priority requirements can be finished.

Business Agility:

Businesses need to rapidly respond to changes by familiarising the initial stable configuration. The business agility can be conserved by supporting and refining services and goods to accomplish customer demands. Agility is the capability to adjust to market and environments in an organisation, as agile provides complex adaptive systems and complexity science.

The difference between the Agile and Waterfall model:

  • In the waterfall model, the software process is divided into phases whereas the Agile methods divide the development of projects into sprints.
  • The waterfall model is fairly rigid whereas the Agile methodology is known for it's flexibility.


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