Part 1: Getting Started

During this kick-off section of the class the group not only covers introductions and course objectives, but they are also taken through an overview of the different Agile methods that are tested on the exam. This section specifically covers:

1. Introductions
2. Objectives
3. Working Agreements
4. Agile Overview
   • Why Agile?
   • What is Agile?
   • Agile Manifesto & Principles
   • Agile Practices
   • The Agile Team
   • Agile Metrics

Part 2: Tools and Techniques

During this section of the class, the group examines the PMI recognized Tools and Techniques of Agile Project Management. This material represents 50% of the material on the test. This section specifically covers:

1. Agile analysis and design
2. Agile estimation
3. Communications
4. Interpersonal skills
5. Metrics
6. Planning, monitoring, and adapting
7. Process improvement
8. Product quality
9. Risk management
10. Value-based prioritization

Part 3: Knowledge and Skills

During this section of the class the group explores Agile Knowledge and Skills. This material represents 50% of the material on the test. This section specifically covers:

1. Agile values and principles
2. Agile frameworks and terminology
3. Agile methods and approaches
4. Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values
5. Stakeholder management
6. Communication management
7. Facilitation methods
8. Knowledge sharing/written communication
9. Leadership
10. Building agile teams
11. Team motivation
12. Physical and virtual co-location
13. Global, cultural, and team diversity
14. Training, coaching, and mentoring
15. Developmental mastery models (for example, Tuckman, Dreyfus, Shu Ha Ri)
16. Self-assessment tools and techniques
17. Participatory decision models (for example, convergent, shared collaboration)
18. Principles of systems thinking (for example, complex adaptive, chaos)
19. Problem solving
20. Prioritization
21. Incremental delivery
22. Agile discovery
23. Agile sizing and estimation
24. Value based analysis and decomposition
25. Process analysis
26. Continuous improvement
27. Agile hybrid models
28. Managing with agile KPIs
29. Agile project chartering
30. Agile contracting
31. Agile project accounting principles
32. Regulatory compliance
33. PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

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