High quality agile training that helps students develop the skills required to be successful in an Agile environment and enable more iterative project delivery. We offer both public and private group training courses in various Agile frameworks including Scrum, PMI's Disciplined Agile, Scaled Agile (SAFe).
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2-Day PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Exam Prep
This exam prep course provides a solid foundation for anyone seeking to develop fluency in Agile concepts, terms, and practices as well as the necessary knowledge to be prepared for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® exam. This course covers the values and principles articulated in the Agile Manifesto, as well as the values of key Agile frameworks and methods, including Scrum, XP, and Lean.
Our 2-day PMI-ACP exam prep course, with successful completion of an online mock exam, satisfies the 21 hours of formal education required to sit for the certification exam.
What students will learn:
- Core terminology, principles and practices of Agile
- Key elements of the popular Agile approaches such as Scrum, Lean and XP
- Types of projects that are ideal for applying Agile practices
- Anticipation and adaption techniques to changing customer needs
- Effective deployment of Agile tactics to improve quality, reduce defects and accelerate delivery
- Knowledge necessary to pass the PMI-ACP® exam
General Project Experience:
- 2,000 hours working on project teams
- These hours must be earned within the last 5 years
- Active PMP® or PgMP® certification will satisfy this requirement
Agile Project Experience:
- 1500 hours working on agile project teams or with agile methodologies
- These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in "general project experience"
- These hours must be earned within the last 3 years
Training in Agile Practices:
- 21 contact hours
- Hours must be earned in agile practices
*21 contact hours are satisfied by PMA's PMI-ACP training course
Your organization's Agile goals can only be achieved when championed by advocates with a holistic perspective of Agile and the value it offers. This course equips participants with the language, skills, and mindset they need to engage stakeholders and collaborate to move their organization forward on their Agile journey.
- Improved ability to use an Agile mindset when collaborating
- Better team productivity with clearly defined roles and responsibilities
- A common language and improved team communication
- Higher-quality products developed more rapidly
- Increase customer satisfaction
- Greater organizational agility to respond to change and uncertainty
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2-Day Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®) Exam Prep
This two-day Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®) certification course will give participants an opportunity to work with an experienced practitioner to hear real stories and learn first-hand what it means to be a Scrum Master. All Certified Scrum Master (CSM®) training course are taught by Certified Scrum Trainers (CSTs®) who will teach you how to utilize the Scrum framework in a manner that will enhance the effectiveness of your agile projects. The course will also enable you to become an effective and efficient leader of a Scrum team.
What students will learn:
- The principles of Scrum and be able to identify Scrum-appropriate projects
- The various Scrum roles, ceremonies, and artifacts
- The responsibilities and the core competencies of an effective Scrum Master
- Best-practices on how to build and guide an effective Scrum team
- An understanding of user stories and techniques to prioritize and manage a product backlog
- Ways to communicate Scrum team progress throughout all levels of the organization
- Everything you need to know to pass the 50 question CSM test (exam fee included in the cost of this course)
We also offer an Advanced-Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM®) course for students who have already passed their CSM® exam and are looking to learn more advanced techniques and strategies for managing scrum teams.
This 2-day class is intended for those practicing or looking to serve as a Scrum Master, but is also highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum (Formal Leaders, Scrum Masters, Team Members, Product Managers, etc.).
There are no pre-requisites to be eligible to take the course or sit for the CSM® exam. Upon completion of the course, all students will be eligible to sit for the ScrumMaster® Certification exam with the Scrum Alliance. The CSM exam fee is included in the cost of the course. Attendees will also receive a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, an organization that provides valuable materials and resources exclusively to CSMs.
This course gives students what they need to effectively facilitate Scrum Team meetings and collaborate with stakeholders to deal with complexity, deliver value to customers, and achieve business goals. The experience and knowledge gained in this course sets students up for success in the CSM® exam and in the field as they help their organizations navigate their Scrum implementations.
- Increased confidence and knowledge of Scrum
- Better collaboration among team members and stakeholders
- More confident and effective Scrum Team members
- Improved servant-leadership and more development of high performing teams
- Better advocacy for Scrum throughout the organization
- More mature Scrum practices and increased organizational agility
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2-Day Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®) Exam Prep
During this interactive, two-day Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®) course, participants will focus on the Product Owner (PO), who serves as an advocate for the end-user throughout development. The Product Owner will learn valuable skills and techniques to ensure alignment across the Scrum Team and broader organization by understanding how to best craft a Product Vision, how to create, maintain, and prioritize a Product Backlog, and how to support the sizing (estimating) of user stories for development.
What students will learn:
- Understand the responsibilities and the core competencies of an effective Scrum Product Owner
- Identify PO challenges, techniques and best practices for working with stakeholders, customers, users and Scrum teams
- Learn the PO's role in developing a product vision and delivery strategy
- Understand the role of the PO in defining product value
- Test and validate product assumptions
- Learn tools and techniques effective POs use to develop, order, and refine the product backlog
We also offer an Advanced-Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO®) course for students who have already passed their CSM® exam and are looking to enhance their Scrum implementation skills.
This 2-day class is intended for those practicing or looking to serve as a Product Owner, but is also highly valuable for anyone involved in Scrum including: formal leaders, Scrum Masters, team members, product managers, project managers, facilitators, etc.
There are no pre-requisites to be eligible to take the CSPO course. Upon completion of our 16-hour course taught by a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST)®, all students will be eligible for Product Owner Certification through the Scrum Alliance. Attendees will also receive a two-year membership, allowing access to valuable materials and resources exclusively to CSPOs. There is no exam for the CSPO certification and you are eligible based on successful completion all educator-designed components of the course.
This course helps students build on your foundational knowledge with enhanced implementation skills and distinguish yourself in the global marketplace as a highly trained Agile professional. The course is designed and taught by Certified Scrum Trainer® partners with extensive knowledge of the principles and values of Scrum. Each student will receive a comprehensive student guide complete with examples and workshop solutions.
- Increased confidence and knowledge about the Scrum framework
- Better collaboration among team members and stakeholders
- More confident and effective Scrum Team members
- Product Owners able to take on the key decision-making role
- Product Owners experienced with techniques most critical to defining and delivering value using Scrum
- More mature Scrum practices and increased organizational agility
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1-Day Disciplined Agile: Foundations Training
Disciplined Agile (DA) is a process-decision tool kit that provides straightforward guidance to help people, teams, and organizations to streamline their processes in a context-sensitive manner. DA provides a solid foundation for business agility by showing how the various activities such as Solution Delivery (software development), IT Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management, Security, Finance, Vendor Management, and many others work together. DA also describes what these activities should address, provides a range of options for doing so, and describes the trade-offs associated with each option.
Becoming certified as a Disciplined Agilist (DA) indicates to colleagues and employers that you have taken the initial steps to learn about Disciplined Agile. This module teaches you the foundation for successfully starting an Agile way of working (WoW) inside your team.
There are no prerequisites for this course as it is introductory and not technical. It is recommended for all team members new to Agile. Games, simulations, and group discussions reinforce the practices learned.
Becoming certified as a Disciplined Agilist (DA) indicates to colleagues and employers that you have taken the initial steps to learn about Disciplined Agile. This module teaches you the foundation for successfully starting an Agile way of working (WoW) inside your team by focusing on the following four views:
- Mindset. Builds on the foundations of agile and lean to address enterprise realities.
- People. Roles, responsibilities, and team structures.
- Flow. This captures the dynamic aspects of processes via lifecycle diagrams and workflow diagrams.
- Practices. Small strategies/techniques. Goal diagrams are a high-level pick list of practices.
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2-Day Leading SAFe®) SA Certification Training
This 2-day course will prepare you for the SAFe 4 Agilist certification exam. You will gain the knowledge necessary to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise by leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) and its underlying principles derived from Lean, systems thinking, Agile development, product development flow, and DevOps. You will also learn and practice the skills for supporting and executing Program Increment (PI) Planning events, and coordinating multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
What students will learn:
- Understand the five competencies of the Lean Enterprise
- Become a Lean-thinking Manager-Teacher
- Apply the values and principles of a Lean-Agile Mindset
- Apply SAFe's Lean and Agile principles to the roles and practices of SAFe
- Create high-performing teams and trains by establishing mission and purpose
- Lead the transformation with the SAFe Implementation Roadmap
- Support PI Planning and the events associated with successful Program execution
- Drive Release on Demand with the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
- Establish alignment and execution with Strategic Themes and Lean Portfolio Management
- Coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains and suppliers with a Solution Train
This course is intended for individuals who wish to obtain their SAFe 4 Agilist Certification. However, this course can be taken by anyone who wants to learn how to lead Lean-Agile enterprises. From practitioners to executives, all will benefit from becoming a more developed Lean-Agile leader. The following prerequisites are highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe® 4 Agilist (SA) certification exam:
- 5+ years' experience in software development, testing, business analysis, product, or project management
- Experience in Scrum
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) helps businesses address the significant challenges of developing and delivering enterprise-class software and systems in the shortest sustainable lead time. It is a freely revealed, online knowledge base of proven success patterns, for people building the world's most important software and systems. SAFe synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for multiple Agile teams. Scalable and configurable, SAFe allows each organization to adapt it to its own business needs. It supports smaller-scale solutions employing 50 – 125 practitioners, as well as complex systems that require thousands of people. An extensive body of knowledge, SAFe describes the roles, responsibilities, artifacts, and activities necessary to implement Lean-Agile development.
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1-Day Agile Fundamentals
For many organizations, business success and even survival hinges on embracing an Agile mindset. This course provides a solid foundation for anyone seeking to develop fluency in Agile concepts, terms, and practices. It includes the values and principles articulated in the Agile Manifesto, as well as the values of key Agile frameworks and methods, including Scrum. This course equips participants with the tools and understanding of the mindset needed to engage stakeholders and collaborate to progress on your organization's Agile journey.
In this course you will learn the Agile tools, techniques, and skills" including:
- Understanding what types of projects are ideal for applying Agile practices
- How to manage an evolving product backlog with changing requirements
- How to write better requirements using user stories and acceptance criteria that best represents the voice of the customer
- How to create and interpret "Information Radiators" and make timely decisions that impact the success of a project
- How increasing customer interaction and transparency will better ensure that the product being delivered delights the customer
- How to employ Agile practices that improve quality, reduce defects and speed up delivery time
1-Day Agile Hands-on Workshop
Organizations benefit most from their training investment when team members can actually act upon what they learn once they get back to their desks. To best augment learning with doing, this workshop is built around application of Agile terms, concepts and techniques to solidify understanding of fundamental Agile practices to make the theories real, the terms meaningful, and to improve the overall "stickiness" of Agile frameworks.
Our experts work with you in advance of the workshop to understand your objectives and design an experiential agenda that meets your organization’s most pressing needs. Participants will collaborate in teams to explore how to best utilize Agile practices in the context of organization-specific project and/or product development needs.
We recommend pairing this workshop with our Agile Fundamentals or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® exam prep course offerings to enable better understanding of how to put key concepts into practice. All workshop participants are required to have a foundational knowledge of Agile concepts.
1-Day Integrating Agile in a Waterfall Practice
Industry trends have shown Agile project management can increase project success rates. This is leading many organizations to integrate Agile into their more traditional, predictive practices often referred to as "Waterfall" project delivery. This course will provide students best practices and considerations for bringing Agile frameworks into traditional project delivery environments for a "Hybrid" project approach.
This course will provide students with best practices and considerations for bringing Agile methodologies into a traditional project delivery environment. Students will learn how to create a strategy for setting goals and deciding on the appropriate Agile methods to integrate into your organization. Students will be given a brief refresher on the different project management lifecycles, as well as the core concepts of Agile. Upon completion of these modules, students will be able to work with a PMO to create an appropriate strategy for the inclusion of Agile methodologies. Additionally, students will be able to proactively manage projects during a transition from, in parallel with, or in a hybrid delivery approach with traditional delivery methods.
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