AgilePM Project Management - Foundation and Practitioner

This module provides an introduction to Agile, an overview of different Agile approaches and where Agile Project Management, based on DSDM, is positioned within the different Agile approaches.

Agile Project Management - The Basics : 

This module provided a brief introduction to the basic components of Agile Project Management, the overarching philosophy and the eight principles that underpin the way Agile Project Management works.

Roles and Responsibilities

This module identifies each of the Agile Project Management roles and explains the three main role categories of Project, Solution Development and Other. It also identifies key responsibilities for each of the individual roles.

Preparing for Agile Project Management:

This module looks at the style of project management required for Agile Project Management. It confirms the constraints that need to be managed and what is seen as the main factors that are instrumental to delivering successful agile projects.

The use of the Project Approach Questionnaire in determining risks to the project is investigated. This module also looks at how testing and configuration management are applied to Agile Project Management.

The decision to use Agile Project Management needs to be weighed up against the possible risks involved. This module will look at these risks and the fundamental aspects of Agile Project Management that make it different from a more traditional approach.

The Project Manager is responsible for motivating the team and for keeping up morale. Experience also shows that, over time, the Solution Development Teams become more self-motivated as they are given more responsibility for making decisions. 

Pre-Project, Feasibility and Foundation:

This module introduces the Agile Project Management Lifecycle and the Products produced over the Lifecycle. It then looks at the first three phases, Pre-Project, Exploration and Engineering and the products that can be produced within these phases in more detail.

These first three phases are completed sequentially. There needs to be a good understanding of the scope of work, how it will be carried out and by whom before moving on to developing the solution. There also needs to be some documentation to support this.

We will look at what is done in each phase and how these phases and products can be adapted to different sizes of project.

This module will look at the first three phases of the Agile Project Management Lifecycle. These are Pre-Project, Feasibility and Foundations. They are concerned with ensuring that there is sufficient understanding of the end solution to prove business viability and justify development work to start. This module will also look at the Agile Project Management Products that are produced during these phases.

Evolutionary Development, Deployment and Post-Project:

The purpose of this module is to explain the Evolutionary Development, Deployment and Post-Project phases. As you have seen in the previous module, the Feasibility and Foundations phases are completed sequentially and set the ground rules for Iterative and Incremental development.

In this module you will look at how the Evolutionary Development can be configured and combined in many different ways to suit the development of the solution.

The Agile Project Management products created, used and modified in each of these phases are also investigated.

This module will look at the evolutionary development phase, the Deployment phase and then the Post Project phase of the lifecycle. The Products created or updated through these phases will be introduced and which role is primarily responsible for them.

Techniques and Practices:

This module will look at each of the five techniques used in Agile Project Management, and especially the Daily Stand-up, to show how they all contribute to ensuring communication is effective.

Each technique plays a part but when combined in a project ensure that the 'Communicate continuously and clearly' principle is applied to great value.

This module looks at how communication in an Agile project is greatly enhanced by using the five Agile techniques of Facilitated Workshops, Modeling, Iterative Development, MoSCoW prioritization and Timeboxing. The Daily Stand-up and its contribution to effective communication is also looked at.

Agile Control:

This module will look at the many controls that are available to Agile Project Management and how each of the five techniques contribute to exercising an appropriate level of control over the project.

It will look at Risk and how the use of Agile Project Management itself introduces risk to the project and how this is dealt with.

The Module will look at what Requirements are, in more detail and the difference between a Functional and Non-Functional Requirement.

It will also look at how Estimating and how estimates become more accurate throughout the Lifecycle of an Agile project.

This module will also cover how to capture progress and help with estimating further iterations and increments of the project. 

The objective of the module is to look at the Control parameters that are used in Agile Project Management. It also looks at Risk, Requirements, Estimation and Measurement in more detail.

Agile Planning

This module will concentrate on the style of planning and the maintainability objectives that need to be considered when planning. It will also consider how the two quality drivers of Process Quality and Solution Quality need to be addressed. Then each of the Planning products created through the Lifecycle will be looked at in more detail.

The objective of this module is to look at the style of planning used in Agile Project Management and how the level of Quality required by the project influences planning. It also looks at each of the planning products, the Delivery Plan, the Deployment Plan and Timebox plans in more detail. 

This module will look at the AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner exams and qualifications.

You will learn the format of each exam, the styles and types of questions for each exam, and the best way to prepare for, and approach, the exams.

The objective of this Exam Preparation module is to guide you through the format and question styles of the Foundation and Practitioner exams. Techniques on how to approach each exam will also be explained.