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Agile Project Management® - Certification Foundation

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AgilePM® is a proven methodology for organising and delivering a complete project lifecycle in Agile management. Managed by the ABC (Agile Business Consortium), it offers a practical and repeatable framework 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 PM®. This enables experienced project managers to adopt a mature, scalable corporate- strength Agile approach within their organisations.

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Domain
Project Management
Target audience

​Project managers or assistant project managers, operational managers and any collaborator assigned to a project on a temporary basis, project managers seeking an internationally recognised certification
Duration

​3 days
Date

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Fees

​2400 €
Contact

Céline Brocard
+33 (0)4.93.95.32.48
info.executive@skema.edu

Overview

 

Through this accredited training and certification participants will learn 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
  • assign roles and responsibilities within an Agile project
  • understand the mechanisms for governance and control of an Agile project
  • know how to test, estimate and measure progress in an Agile project
  • describe and apply the Agile approach to managing requirements.

This training programme is designed maximise your chances of passing the exam on the 1st attempt.

Duration: 40 minutes with closed book.

Multiple choice questionnaire consisting of 50 questions (25 points are required to pass the exam).

The exam is held online after the training (we recommend participants take it within two months of completing the course).

Exercises and intermediate tests throughout the course will enable participants to check their level acquired knowledge on the essential elements of the Agile PM® method and help  them better prepare for the exam. The course material set consists of the Agile PM® reference book, course material and a practice exam.

The educational approach covers the use of the different components of Agile PM® through seminar presentations, examples and group discussions.

The training can be carried out in English or French. The course and the exam take place in the same language, The chosen language must be the same for all participants in the same session.

Training programme

    • Discover the Agile project management ecosystem History and the Agile Manifesto
    • Fundamentals and principles
    • Project framing by objectives
    • Conditions for success and key success factors
    • Active risk management
    • Intermediary test

    • The life cycle and process of the Agile project manager
    • The classification system for the prioritisation of needs
    • Roles and responsibilities
    • Planning
    • Intermediary test

    • Quality planning
    • The practice of Timeboxing and the incorporation of SCRUM in hybrid mode
    • Iterative development
    • Practice of animated workshops
    • Prototyping and modelling
    • Knowledge test
    • Test with a complete mock exam and correction
    • Advice on how to pass the exam