PMI-ACP Training - Online Course Agenda

Getting started with PMI-ACP® Certification Preview

Domain 00 - Course Overview

1 Course Overview Preview 2 Objectives Preview 3 Value of PMI-ACP® Certification to the Professional Preview 4 Value of PMI-ACP® Certification to the Organization 5 PMI-ACP® Eligibility Requirements 6 PMI-ACP® Timeline 7 PMI-ACP® Certification Fees 8 PMI-ACP® Certification Maintenance and Renewal 9 PMI-ACP® Exam Information 10 Domains and Tasks 11 Domains Covered 12 PMI-ACP® Exam Blueprint

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13 Practice QuestionsPreview 14 Sources of Information 15 Conclusion

Domain 01 - Agile Principles and Mindset - Part 1

1 Agile Principles and Mindset 2 Objectives 3 Agile 4 Agile-Best Practices 5 Agile Evolution 6 Agile Manifesto 7 Principles of the Agile Manifesto Preview 8 Agile-Less Engineering, More Enabling 9 Agile Core Principles and Practices

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10 What Agile is Not 11 Benefits of Agile 12 Agile-Real Life Example 13 Quiz 14 Summary 15 Conclusion

Domain 01 - Agile Principles and Mindset - Part 2 1 Agile Principles and Mindset 2 Objectives 3 Agile Methodologies, Frameworks, and Processes Preview 4 ScrumPreview 5 Three Pillars of Scrum 6 Scrum Roles 7 Scrum Vocabulary

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8 Scrum Meetings 9 Project Using Scrum - Example Preview 10 Scrum Roles - Key Points 11 Extreme Programming 12 Five Core Principles of XP 13 XP Practices 14 XP Process Diagram 15 Success of XP Methodology - Example 16 Crystal Methodology Preview 17 Crystal Methodology - Key Principles 18 Crystal Methodology - Key Categories 19 Dynamic Systems Development Method 20 Principles of DSDM Atern 21 Phases of DSDM

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22 Feature Driven Development 23 Agile Project Management Preview 24 APM Framework 25 APM and PMBOK® Guide 26 Lean Software Development 27 Lean Principles 28 Kanban Preview 29 Kanban Method - Case Study 30 Lean Kanban Method 31 OpenUP 32 OpenUP - Phases 33 Information Radiators Preview 34 Effective Information Radiators 35 Examples of Information Radiators Preview

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36 Knowledge Sharing 37 Knowledge Sharing (contd.) 38 Knowledge Sharing Contexts 39 Servant Leadership 40 Characteristics of a Servant Leader 41 Agile Servant Leadership 42 Quiz 43 Summary 44 Conclusion Preview

Domain 02 - Value-Driven Delivery - Part 1 1 Value - Driven Delivery 2 Objectives 3 Value

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4 Forecasting ValuePreview 5 Time Value of Money 6 Time Value of Money - Terminologies 7 Future Value and Present Value - Formulas 8 Calculation of Future Value - Example 9 Financial Feasibility of Projects 10 Return on Investment 11 Net Present Value 12 Net Present Value - Example 13 Internal Rate of Return 14 Internal Rate of Return - Example 15 Payback Period Preview 16 NPV, ROI, and Payback Period - Example 17 Prioritization

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18 Factors in Prioritization 19 Agile Customer - Value Prioritization 20 Prioritization Techniques 21 Prioritization Techniques - MoSCoW 22 MoSCoW Technique - Example 23 Prioritization Techniques - Kano Model Preview 24 Kano Model - Categories 25 Kano Model - Example 26 Prioritization Techniques - Relative Weighting Preview 27 Relative Weighting - Example 28 Risk Management in Agile 29 Risk Adjusted Product Backlog 30 Risk Adjusted Product Backlog - Example 31 Non - Functional Requirements

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32 Prioritization of Non - Functional Requirements Preview 33 Quiz 34 Summary 35 Conclusion

Domain 02 - Value-Driven Delivery - Part 2 1 Value-Driven Delivery 2 Objectives 3 Minimum Marketable Feature 4 Kanban Boards 5 Kanban Cards Preview 6 Simple Kanban Board 7 Detailed Kanban Board Preview 8 Kanban and JIT 9 Siemens Health Services- -Example

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10 Incremental Delivery 11 Reviews and Feedback Techniques 12 Benefits of Review and Feedback 13 Reprioritization or Relative Prioritization 14 Prioritization List 15 Agile Compliance Preview 16 Earned Value Management for Agile 17 EVM Terminologies 18 Earned Value Metrics with Formulae 19 Earned Value - Planning Parameters 20 EVM for Agile 21 Agile Earned Value Metrics - Example 22 Agile Contracts 23 Agile Contracting Methods

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24 Quiz 25 Summary 26 Conclusion Preview

Domain 03 - Stakeholder Engagement - Part 1 1 Stakeholder Engagement 2 Objectives Preview 3 Stakeholder Management 4 Principles of Stakeholder Management 5 Project Charter 6 Project Charter (contd.) 7 Components of Agile Project Charter 8 Business Case 9 Understanding Stakeholder Needs Preview

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10 Agile Wireframes 11 Agile Wireframes - Real Life Example 12 User Story 13 User Story - Card, Conversation, and Confirmation 14 User Story-Attributes 15 Story Card Information 16 User Story Card-Example 17 User Story - Examples 18 Agile Personas 19 Creating Agile Personas - Example 20 Creating Agile Personas - Example (contd.)Preview 21 Theme and Epic Preview 22 Theme and Epic Example 23 Product Backlog

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24 Agile Story Maps 25 Assessing and Incorporating Community and Stakeholder Values 26 Assessing and Incorporating Community and Stakeholder Values (contd.) 27 Real Life Example Preview 28 Quiz 29 Summary Preview 30 Conclusion

Domain 03 - Stakeholder Engagement - Part 2 1 Stakeholder Management-2 2 Objectives 3 Communication Management 4 Agile Communication 5 Social Media Communication 6 Information Radiators

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7 Information Radiators (contd.) 8 Visible Charts 9 Agile Modeling 10 Agile Modeling contd 11 Best Practices of Agile Modeling 12 Active Listening 13 Key Elements of Active Listening Preview 14 Globalization Culture and Team Diversity 15 Cultural Diversity Issues-Recommendations Preview 16 Agile Facilitation Methods 17 Agile Participatory Decision-Making Preview 18 Agile Participatory Decision-Making Models 19 Agile Negotiation Preview 20 Agile Negotiation and Conflict Management

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21 Five Levels of Conflict 22 Agile Conflict Resolution 23 Quiz 24 Summary 25 Conclusion

Domain 04 - Team Performance - Part 1 1 Team Performance 2 Objectives 3 Team Formation Stages 4 Building High - Performance Teams 5 HPT - Generalizing Specialist 6 Attributes of High - Performance Agile Teams Preview 7 Building Empowered Teams

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8 Setting and Managing Expectations 9 Daily Stand - Up Meeting Preview 10 Introduction to Agile Leadership 11 Leadership Best Practices 12 Adaptive Leadership 13 Adaptive Leadership - ‘Doing Agile’ Tools 14 Management vs. Leadership 15 Coaching and Mentoring Within Teams 16 Agile Coaching 17 Coaching at Levels 18 Skills of an Agile Coach 19 Agile Emotional Intelligence 20 EI and Scrum Masters Agile Project Managers 21 EI Skills Assessment Framework

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22 Benefits of EQ 23 Quiz 24 Summary 25 Conclusion Preview

Domain 04 - Team Performance - Part 2 1 Team Performance (2) 2 Objectives 3 Agile Team Motivation 4 Team Space Preview 5 Signs of Bad Team Space 6 Co - Located Teams 7 Distributed Teams 8 Co - Located vs Distributed Teams 9 Osmotic Communication

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10 Collaboration and Coordination 11 Collaboration Technology Preview 12 Communication Gap Examples 13 Agile Brainstorming Session 14 Setting up an Effective Brainstorming Session Preview 15 Brainstorming Session - Steps 16 Velocity Preview 17 Velocity-Example 1 18 Velocity-Example 2 19 Unit of Measure for Velocity 20 Sample Velocity Chart 21 Agile Tools 22 Quiz 23 Summary

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24 Conclusion Preview

Domain 05 - Adaptive Planning - Part 1 1 Adaptive Planning 2 Objectives 3 Multiple Levels of Planning 4 Aligning Agile Projects to Programs and Portfolios 5 Rolling Wave Planning or Progressive Elaboration 6 Rolling Wave Planning or Progressive Elaboration (contd.) 7 Timeboxing 8 Timeboxing - Best Practices 9 Timeboxing - Advantages 10 Estimation 11 Accuracy vs. Precision

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12 Measures of Project Size 13 Relative Sizing 14 Story Points Preview 15 Story Points (contd.) 16 Story Points Estimation - Steps Preview 17 Story Points - Estimation by Analogy 18 Value Points Preview 19 Ideal Days Preview 20 Ideal Days (contd.) 21 Story Points and Ideal Days 22 Estimation Scale 23 Wideband Delphi 24 Wideband Delphi Process 25 Wideband Delphi Technique-Planning Poker

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26 Planning Poker - Example 27 Affinity Estimation 28 Affinity Estimation Process 29 Estimation Using T - Shirt SizingPreview 30 Determining Project Size 31 Project Size Estimation - Real Life ExamplePreview 32 Project Size Estimation - Explanation 33 Quiz 34 Summary 35 Conclusion

Domain 05 - Adaptive Planning - Part 2 1 Adaptive Planning 2 Objectives 3 Release Plan Preview

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4 Steps in Planning a Release 5 Release Planning - Example 6 Release Planning - Example Illustration 7 Agile Product Roadmap 8 Iteration Plan 9 Iteration Length Selection 10 Length of Iterations - Example 11 Velocity - Driven Iteration Planning 12 Commitment - Driven Iteration Planning Preview 13 Iteration Lifecycle 14 Release Plan vs. Iteration Plan 15 Value - Based Analysis and Decomposition 16 Determining Initial Schedule and Cost Range Estimates 17 Determining Initial Schedule and Cost Range Estimates - Example

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18 Cone of Uncertainty 19 Agile Cone of Uncertainty Preview 20 Velocity Variations 21 Sprint Reviews Preview 22 Importance of Sprint Reviews 23 Sprint Retrospection 24 Backlog Grooming or Refinement 25 Backlog Grooming or Refinement - Illustration 26 Mid - Course Corrections 27 Mid - Course Corrections - Inspect and Adapt 28 Release Burndown Chart Preview 29 Agile Games 30 Quiz 31 Summary

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32 Conclusion

Domain 06 - Problem Detection and Resolution - Part 1 1 Problem Detection and Resolution Preview 2 Objectives 3 Agile Problem Detection 4 Problem Detection Techniques 5 Fishbone Diagram 6 Fishbone Diagram Analysis Preview 7 5 Whys Tool 8 Control Charts Preview 9 Lead Time and Cycle Time 10 Escaped Defects 11 Work In Progress

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12 Work In Progress (contd.) 13 Cumulative Flow Diagrams 14 Cumulative Flow Diagrams (contd.) 15 CFD-Little’s Law 16 Work In Progress-Detailed 17 CFD with Bottleneck 18 Agile Problem-Solving 19 Agile Problem-Solving-Best Practices Preview 20 Quiz 21 Summary 22 Conclusion

Domain 06 - Problem Detection and Resolution - Part 2 1 Problem Detection and Resolution 2 Objectives

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3 Metric and Measure Preview 4 Benefits of Metrics 5 Types of Metrics 6 Baseline Metrics 7 Actual Metrics or Actuals Preview 8 Best Practices 9 Burn Charts 10 Variance Analysis 11 Trend Analysis 12 Variance and Trend Analysis 13 Risk Management in Agile 14 Risk Management Lifecycle 15 Step 1-Risk Identification Preview 16 Risk Identification Opportunities

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17 Step 2-Risk Assessment Preview 18 Risk Assessment-Risk Census Preview 19 Step 2-Risk Assessment 20 Step 3-Risk Response Strategies 21 Step 4-Risk Review 22 Risk Log 23 Risk Burndown Chart 24 Risk Profile Graphs 25 Progressive Risk Reduction 26 Spike 27 Agile Failure Modes 28 Agile Coach Failure Modes 29 Quiz 30 Summary

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31 Conclusion

Domain 07 - Continuous Improvement - Part 1 1 Continuous Improvement 1 Preview 2 Objectives 3 Kaizen - Introduction 4 Kaizen - Introduction (contd.) Preview 5 Kaizen - Key Aspects 6 Retrospectives 7 Retrospectives-Agenda 8 Importance of Retrospectives 9 Conducting a Retrospective-Factors 10 Conducting a Retrospective - Steps 11 Techniques to Conduct Retrospectives

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12 Brainstorming Techniques 13 Process Analysis Technique 14 Agile Process Tailoring 15 Agile Process Tailoring - ShuHaRi 16 Quality in Agile 17 Project and Quality Standards for Agile Projects 18 Quality in Agile - Best Practices 19 Quality Best Practices - Frequent Verification and Validation Preview 20 Quality Best Practices - Frequent Verification and Validation (contd.) Preview 21 Quality Best Practices - Exploratory Testing 22 Quality Best Practices - Exploratory Testing (contd.) 23 Quality Best Practices - Usability Testing 24 Quality Best Practices - Test - Driven Development 25 Quality Best Practices - Test - Driven Development (contd.)

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26 Test - Driven Development - Advantages 27 Quality Best Practices - Acceptance Test - Driven Development 28 Acceptance Test - Driven Development Cycle 29 Effectiveness of TDD - Experiment 1 Preview 30 Quality Best Practices - Continuous Integration 31 Best Practices of Continuous Integration 32 Quality Best Practices - Definition of Done Preview 33 Checklist for Story Completion 34 Quiz 35 Summary 36 Conclusion

Domain 07 - Continuous Improvement - Part 2 1 Continuous Improvement 2 Objectives

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3 Value Stream Mapping 4 Value Stream Mapping - Stages Preview 5 Value Stream Mapping-Steps 6 Value Stream Mapping - Example Preview 7 Value Stream Mapping Example - Solution 8 Value Stream Mapping Example - Outcome 9 Seven Forms of Waste 10 Agile Flowcharts 11 Flowchart Symbols Preview 12 Flowchart Sample 13 Agile Spaghetti Diagrams 14 Spaghetti Diagrams - Steps 15 Benefits of Spaghetti Diagram 16 Self - Assessment

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17 Organizational Self - Assessment Preview 18 Written Communication in Agile 19 Facilitated Workshops 20 Workshop Facilitator Preview 21 Principles of System Thinking 22 Principles of System Thinking (contd.) 23 Quiz 24 Summary 25 Conclusion Preview

What’s next? The Next Step

Final Words

Final Words

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Tips and Tricks 1 The Strategic Approach x264 2 The Strategic Approach 3 Question Strategies 4 Pairwise Connections 5 Memorization Chart Preview 6 Leveraging Practice Exams x264 7 How to Use your Tutorial Time 8 Exam Strategies 9 Exam Application Process

The Agile Practice Guide 1 The Agile Practice Guide - Part 1 Preview 2 The Agile Practice Guide - Part 2 3 The Agile Practice Guide - Part 3

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4 Quiz

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