APMG Agile Project Management Foundation and Practitioner - AgilePM(R)

The Practitioner course is intended for anyone who expects to have a management or leadership role in an Agile project and is specifically built to support anyone who needs to apply the DSDM Project Management framework in a business environment. Delegates are expected to have experience of team leading, project management, or project assurance/support.

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Set up an Agile project
• Identify appropriate people for Agile roles
• Define Increments and Timeboxes to keep a project on track
• Manage a Solution Development Team
• Communicate with business stakeholders in a project environment
• Use Agile techniques, including prioritisation of requirements, to ensure on-time project delivery
• Present the benefits of Agile approaches to senior management
• Identify risks to delivery of projects managed using the DSDM Agile approach

Proof of identity

Delegates must bring signed photo ID on any APMG exam (passport, driving license, student card) as they will be asked by the invigilator to produce it prior to the exam. Delegates must also be familiar with the APMG Terms and Conditions of Certification which can be found on the APMG International website.

Pre-Course Reading

While not required, delegates are encouraged to visit the DSDM Consortium's website and start to become familiar with the framework, at www.agilebusiness.org. It is advised that this could take between 2 - 4 hours.

Foundation Preparation

• What is Agile? And why use DSDM?
• Philosophy, Principles, and Project Variables
• Preparing for Success
• Preparing for Agile Project Management
• The DSDM Process
• The People - DSDM Roles and Responsibilities
• The DSDM Products
• Key Practices - Prioritisation and Timeboxing
• Planning and Control Throughout the Lifecycle
• Other Practices - Iterative Development, Facilitated Workshops, Modeling and Prototyping

Practitioner Preparation

• Roles and Responsibilities - the project manager's view
• Agile Project Management through the Lifecycle
• The Effective Use of the Products
• Deliver on Time - Combining MoSCoW and Timeboxing
• People, Teams, and Interactions
• Requirements and User Stories
• Estimating - How and When
• Project Planning throughout the Lifecycle
• Quality - Never Compromise Quality
• Risk Management
• Tailoring the Approach

Agile Foundation and Practitioner Examinations

All delegates will sit the APMG Agile Foundation examination (a multiple choice paper) in the late afternoon of the second day of the course. Successful candidates will then be eligible to sit the Practitioner exam in the afternoon of the fifth day. Photo ID is required to take these exams.

Exam timing

The Foundation examination is taken at 15:00 during the afternoon on Day 2 and candidates may take 40 minutes to complete it

The Practitioner examination takes place at 13:00 on the afternoon of Day 5 and will last for up to 2.5 hours

Exam Format: Foundation

• Multiple choice format
• 50 questions per paper
• 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) - 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed book

Exam Format: Practitioner

• Objective examination. 4 questions (20 points per question).
• 40/80 points required to pass the exam (50%).
• Duration 2.5 hours.
• Open book (only the official AgilePM manual is allowed).

Please Note: The last day (Day 5) will finish by 15:30 after the conclusion of the Practitioner exam.

APMG-International Agile Project Management is a trademark of The APM Group Limited.

CM reserves the right to improve the specification and format of its courses for the benefit of its customers without notice to the customer.

Please note: Due to the current situation with Covid 19 the APMG are enabling your exam to be taken virtually. Your exam will therefore be scheduled for the same day and time as it would for a classroom event. CM’s exam administration team will place the booking with APMG. APMG will then email delegates directly confirming the details of the exam session and provide the relevant information the delegates will require in order to access their exam on the day.

Please note: to support your learning this course features digital assets and may also feature digital courseware that require a login in order to access. All the relevant links and sign-up details will be sent to you in the course joining instructions email. During the in-centre training we provide laptops to access these digital assets and courseware, but you will need your own internet-connected device in order to access any evening homework. If you foresee any problems please get in touch with CM as soon as possible.

This course has been updated to version 2.0 of the Agile Project Management Handbook.