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A Quick Glance

Change is must in business culture to get the required outcomes. The Traditional Waterfall model in business organisations cannot adapt to change in organisation environment. This leads to lesser productivity. To meet complete business success, agility is required. The Agile approach is well known for its flexibility. It is an incremental as well as iterative approach. If you are wishful to attain the fast pace for the business projects, you should gain agile skills.

Our Agile Training is inspired by successful agile business environments. You can start by gaining the following skills that the successful business environment has:

It follows 8 Agile Principles: The Agile principles are must for the agile project delivery. You have to make these principles as the base for the project.
It prioritises the iterative development: Iterative development lets you refine the weak areas of your project. The iterative process makes progress through successive refinement.
It detects and resolves problems: The successful business environments identify threats and resolves them at the appropriate time.
It encourages team members: Encouraging team members enables you to create high-performance

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

The Agile Project Management (AgilePM®) course is proposed for the following professionals:

The persons who desire to be managers or leaders.
The candidates who need to apply DSDM project management framework in a business environment

Prerequisites

Agile Project Management Foundation (AgilePM®) course is a prerequisite for this course.

What Will You Learn

The purpose of this course is to acquaint you:

With managing skills to manage projects
To improve your practical knowledge about the adapting principles as the project requirements
To Analyse DSDM approach and conjoining Moscow

Key Learning Points

Tutor Support

Course Overview

Agile PM is an iterative method for planning and managing project processes. This course is open to advanced candidates. It covers applying principles to manage projects, adapts principles and permits to run a project team. Our instructors are Agile certified and expert in project management. After completing this course, you will be empowered to handle the projects efficiently.

Practitioner Exam:

The Practitioner Exam includes objective type questions. The duration of exam is two hours, and passing marks are 50%.

Course Content

Practitioner Course Content

The Agile Project Management Lifecycle
The working of the Products
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 the approaches

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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About Bolton

The name Bolton originates from bothl-tun with the name Boelton being first used in 1185 AD. The town acquired different names such as Bothelton and Boulton, and finally Bolton (1307). The towns motto means “overcome difficulties”.

Bolton is located in North West England. Since the 14th century it was one of the largest and most productive centers of cotton spinning in the world due to the settlement of Flemish weavers. It reached its zenith in the beginning of the 20th century. However, towards the fag end of the 20th century, the scenario changed. The cotton industry came to an end virtually if not physically.

The various smaller towns and villages around Bolton form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.

History

Bolton, part of Lancashire, came up as a small settlement in the moorland and was known as Bolton le Moors. At the time of the English Civil War, it was a political outpost in a staunchly Royalist region. This resulted in an attack by 3,000 Royalist troops led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1644. 1,600 residents were killed and 700 taken prisoners in what came to be known as the Bolton Massacre.

Transport

Bolton is connected by local road as well as national routes. The A6 is a major north–south trunk road that passes to the west. The A666 dual carriageway, is an offshoot from the M61/M60 motorway interchange. The M61 has three dedicated stops.

Bolton is served by a network of local buses coordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester. The bus station on Moor Lane was scheduled to be replaced by a new interchange in the town centre by the end of 2014, at a cost of £48 million.

Bolton Interchange was served by Virgin West Coast trains passing through Manchester Piccadilly station. Managed by Northern, the station is part of a town-centre transport interchange. It provides services to many stations are operated by TransPennine Express and Northern trains.

Sports

Bolton is home to various sports such as Football, Hockey and Cricket. Bolton Wanderers F.C. play football in the English League club. The Bolton Wanderers was formed in 1874 and they played at Burnden Park for 102 years. In 1997, it moved to the Reebok Stadium. The club has won four FA Cups, the last one being in 1958. The club has 73 seasons in the top division of the English league – most by any team.

Bolton Hockey Club has men and women in its teams and there are junior as well as regular teams with more than 120 playing members. The town also has two local cricket leagues, the Bolton Cricket League, and the Bolton Cricket Association.