Agile Project Management: Preparation for Agile Certified|Online

Overview

Why Attend

This course aims to provide participants with the skills to manage knowledge-based projects and apply agile project management methodologies. Course participants will learn the critical tools and techniques required to manage projects using agile practices, which are necessary to pass the PMI-ACP® (Agile Certified Practitioner) certification exam.

Course Methodology

This course relies on individual and group exercises aimed at helping participants learn all critical activities for agile project management. The course also includes several case studies and presentations by participants, followed by group discussions. In addition, this course incorporates pre-and post-testing.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Define agile project management frameworks, processes, methodologies and agile mindset in compliance with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards
Implement value-driven delivery approach in agile projects
Engage the agile project stakeholders through establishing an active dialogue
Explain the roles and responsibilities for each member of the team and build a high-performance agile team
Implement adaptive planning on the agile project that will enable the team to respond to changes effectively
Detect issues and risks in agile projects, manage them and determine the best way to resolve them
Incorporate continuous improvement to agile projects through process analysis and process tailoring
Identify problems, impediments, and risks; prioritize them and resolve them in a timely manner.

Target Audience

Personnel who are seeking in-depth knowledge of agile project management. The course is also designed to provide comprehensive understanding of the practices, tools and techniques used to effectively respond to changes in their project within the agile framework.

Target Competencies

Project management
Agile project management
Managing team performance
Value-added delivery
Adaptive planning
Problem-solving
Continuous improvement

Note

Smart has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. This course is worth 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs).

Course Outline

Agile Principles and Mindset
- Core principles of agile project management
- The agile manifesto: The four values
- Traditional versus agile project management
- Agile methodologies:
  - Scrum
  - Extreme Programming (XP)
  - Lean product development
  - Kanban
- Agile leadership
Value-driven Delivery
- Assessing value
- Prioritizing schemes:
  - MoSCoW
  - Monopoly money
  - Dot voting
  - Kano analysis
- Minimal value product
- Agile contracting
- Test-Driven-Development (TDD)
Stakeholders Engagement
- Principles of stakeholders engagement
- Agile modeling
- Wireframes
- Personas
- Communicating collaboratively
- Using critical interpersonal skills
Team Performance
- Agile team roles
- Building and maintaining high-performance teams
- Models of team development
- Training, coaching, and mentoring
- Creating collaborative workspaces
- Distributed teams
- Tracking team performance
Adaptive Planning
- Progressive elaboration
- Value-based decomposition
- User story (product) backlog
- Sizing tools for high-level planning (affinity estimating, t-shirt sizing)
- Story maps
- Product roadmaps
- Release and iteration planning
Problem Detection and Resolution
- Understanding problems
- Cycle time, WIP, and throughput
- Managing threats and issues
Continuous Improvement
- Process tailoring
- Value stream mapping
- Retrospectives

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

8 - 12 Nov, 2026

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

8 - 12 Nov, 2026

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

6 - 10 Dec, 2026

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

6 - 10 Dec, 2026

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

2027 Schedule & Fees

7 - 11 Feb, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

7 - 11 Feb, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

7 - 11 Mar, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

7 - 11 Mar, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

9 - 13 May, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

9 - 13 May, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

6 - 10 Jun, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

6 - 10 Jun, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

8 - 12 Aug, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

8 - 12 Aug, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

5 - 9 Sep, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

5 - 9 Sep, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

7 - 11 Nov, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

7 - 11 Nov, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

5 - 9 Dec, 2027

Arabic
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

5 - 9 Dec, 2027

English
Virtual Learning

Per participant USD 1,300

Agile Project Management: Preparation for Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

Overview

Why Attend

Course Methodology

Course Objectives

Target Audience

Target Competencies

Note

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

2027 Schedule & Fees