Become a Certified Agile Project Manager
Agile Project Management is a hot topic these days, appearing on the
front covers of magazines and being presented to packed rooms at
conferences. Agile methods promise to speed up project
delivery, improve stakeholder satisfaction, improve quality, and reduce
overall project risk. Recent studies have backed these
claims, showing that for some types of projects, agile project
management will reduce the risk of late delivery or cost overruns.
In this three-day intensive workshop, participants will learn the basic
techniques of Agile Project Management including how these techniques
differ from traditional methods, what value each technique can bring to
a project, and how to introduce the techniques to project teams.
Participants will learn:
- Where Agile fits into the Evolution of Systems
Development Lifecycles
(SDLCs)
- The history of Agile Project Management
- The Agile Philosophy
- Agile Team and Project Characteristics
- Scrum Overview
- Lean Development Overview
- Feature-Driven Development Overview
- Extreme Programming Overview
- Agile Requirements Management
- Agile Modeling
- Agile Model-Driven Development
- Agile Documentation
- Agile Planning & Estimating
- Agile Change Management
- Negotiating with Stakeholders
- Metrics and Project Control
- Test-Driven Development
Audience:
This course is ideally suited to project managers, business analysts,
and senior technical leads. While this course will focus on
the application of agile techniques to IT projects, they also apply to
non-IT projects as well, and in-class examples will be modified to suit
the needs of the audience.
Duration:
Three full days of lectures and workshop activities, starting at 8:30
a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m., with two 15-minute breaks and a 45-minute
lunch break.
Materials:
Students will be provided with an in-class workbook containing copies
of the presentation materials, case studies, sample project materials,
and much more. Included in the workbook are two CD-ROMs: one
containing a copy of the presentation slides, and the Agile Estimating &
Planning Resource Kit containing sample templates in
MSWord and MS Excel formats (retails for $59.95 USD). Each
student will also receive a copy of the best-selling book Managing Agile Projects,
edited by Kevin Aguanno (retails for $39.95 USD). These bonus
materials are a $99.90 value!
Project
Management Professionals (PMPs) Earn 21
PDUs with this course!
Upcoming Dates:
July 19, 2010
[Toronto - UofT St. George Campus] - Delivered at the University of Toronto in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3 consecutive days from 8:30am to
5pm, from July 19-21. Includes reference textbook, DVD, and a
printed binder of course
materials. Couse costs $1,500 per student. Certification exam can be written on the last day
after classes for an additional fee of $100 per student.
[Details and Online Registration]
September 18, 2010
[Toronto - Downtown] - Delivered
in a classroom in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3
consecutive Saturdays from 8:30am to 5pm, September 18/25 and October 2. Includes
reference textbook, DVD, and a printed binder
of course materials. Offered by MMP Inc.
Certification exam
can be written on the last day at the end of class.
$1,495 per student (includes cost of certification exam) with $500 earlybird discount.
[Details and Online Registration] October 18, 2010
[Waterloo - UW Campus] - Delivered at the University of Waterloo in
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
3 consecutive days from 8:30am to 5pm, from October 18-20.
Includes reference textbook, DVD, and a printed binder of
course
materials. Certification exam can be written on the
last day at the end
of
class. $1,390 per student.
[Details and Online Registration] November 15, 2010 [Toronto Airport] - Delivered in a hotel near the Toronto Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3
consecutive days from 8:30am to 5pm, from Nov. 15-17.
Includes
reference textbook, DVD, and a printed binder
of course materials. Offered by MMP Inc.
Certification exam
can be written on the last day at the end of class.
$1,495 per student (includes cost of certification exam) with $500 earlybird discount.
[Details and Online Registration]
January 17, 2011 [Waterloo - UW Campus] - Delivered at the University of Waterloo in
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
3 consecutive days from 8:30am to 5pm, from January 17-19.
Includes reference textbook, DVD, and a printed binder of
course
materials. Certification exam can be written on the
last day at the end
of
class. $1,390 per student.
[Details and Online Registration]
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Earn
your Cert.APM Credential
This course is accredited by the Project Management Association of
Canada. It meets the prerequisites to write the PMAC Certificate in
Agile project Management exam.
For details on the certification process, please see the following
document, provided in Adobe PDF format:
 Agile Project
Management Certification Program Details
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Endorsements
| Agile
Community |
"I applaud your
work and your commitment to bringing sanity
to the often insane world of project management. History has shown that
PMs who act as 'servant leaders' often succeed where others fail. The
Agile principles and practices provide a good framework for encouraging
that mindset for the PM and the team members. Keep up the good work!"
- Huet Landry, PMP, CSM, Senior
IT Consultant specializing in UML modeling, requirements elicitation with use cases, and Scrum.
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"Personally, I'm
glad to finally see a move towards a
respectable approach to certification within the agile PM community.
Although I'm not enamored of certification in general, the reality is
that within our industry there is a demand by employers that their
employees earn certifications. Furthermore, there is an assumption that
there is something behind the certification program [...] Anyway, I
believe that the PMAC agile certification is clearly a step in the
right direction for our community. My hope is that this program can
evolve into an international effort, not just a Canadian one, but first
things first."
- Scott W. Ambler,
Chief Methodologist/Agile, IBM Rational
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"Best wishes with
your certification [...] I commend your effort."
- Alistair Cockburn,
IT Strategist
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| Students of this Course |
"Highly-enthusiastic and
knokwledgable instructor made potentially dry material interesting and
engaging. Lots of great tools to bring back to work."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, April 2010, University of Toronto
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"Instructor was easy to understand and gave lots of good examples. Did a great job."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, April 2010, University of Toronto
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"Very well presented. Kevin flexed to the areas that we had more questions about."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, April 2010, University of Toronto
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"One of the best courses I have taken in Agile models."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, June 2010, University of Waterloo | "Lots of information, great overview, kowledgeable teacher."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, June 2010, University of Waterloo | "Kevin was great. This course will be a big help for me moving forward with future projects."
- Kris Olafson, June 2010, University of Waterloo | "Just
wanted to thank you for an excellent session. I felt I got a lot out of
the class and was able to relate to the material. I hope you enjoyed
teaching the Agile PM course as much as I did, participating."
- Dananthi Arnott, June 2010, University of Waterloo | "Inspiring!"
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, July 2010, University of Toronto | "Good examples. Easy to understand the instructor. Explanations were specific to class/student situations."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, July 2010, University of Toronto | "The instructor was clear, knowledgable, and charismatic. The content was very usable."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, July 2010, University of Toronto | "I
learned a lot about agile project management. The instructor [taught]
very clear concepts and suggested a lot of practical examples which are
very helpful."
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, July 2010, University of Toronto | "Fantastic!"
- Anonymous Evaluation Form Feedback, July 2010, University of Toronto | "Your
class was incredibly informative. I really enjoyed the fact that
you permitted the class to lead the discussions and then added the
important knowledge to colour in the information. I've taken a
lot of courses over my career and I would definitely rank this one as
the top. I really enjoyed the fact that you introduced the topic
in baby steps and then expanded the complexity but not once did it feel
as though it was getting overly complicated. Before I knew it I
had picked up really complicated ideas with minimal effort."
- Gary Vamvakitis, July 2010, University of Toronto | Kevin
brings a fresh positive energy to a subject which he is passionate
about. His teaching style uses many anecdotal examples to deliver
his point. I am about to embark upon an Agile project and this
course has equipped me to take it on with confidence. I highly
recommend Kevin and the Agile course he teaches."
- Scott Lee, Project Leader, JEVCO Insurance, July 2010, University of Toronto |
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