Agile Project Management Certification

Agile Project Management Certification (AgilePM®) Overview

The APMG Accredited Agile Project Management certification (AgilePM®) aims to address the needs of those working in a project-focused environment who want to be Agile. The AgilePM guidance is developed in partnership with the Agile Business Consortium and 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.

The focus of AgilePM is on developing solutions incrementally enabling project teams to react effectively to changing requirements, whilst empowering project personnel and encouraging increased collaboration and ownership.

• 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.

The guidance is based on the Agile Business Consortium's Agile Project Framework and is underpinned by eight principles for effective agile project delivery.

Eight Principles

• FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS NEED
• COLLABORATE
• BUILD INCREMENTALLY FROM FIRM FOUNDATIONS
• COMMUNICATE CONTINUOUSLY AND CLEARLY
• DELIVER ON TIME
• NEVER COMPROMISE QUALITY
• DEVELOP ITERATIVELY
• DEMONSTRATE CONTROL

Agile Project Management Certification Structure

The Agile Project Management certification includes the  Foundation and Practitioner training courses that provide you with the knowledge and know-how to lay the foundations for successful agile projects and manage an agile project from start to finish.

Agile Project Management Foundation Course

The key learning points are:

• 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.

Agile Project Management Practitioner Course

The key learning points are:

• How to apply a variety of agile practices to a project, for example, workshops, the MoSCoW technique to define project priorities, iterative development and modeling.     
• How to test, estimate and evaluate profit delivery in an Agile project.     
• Facilitation and support mechanisms within an Agile project.     
• The agile approach to manage and prioritize requirements.