Project Management Professional (PMP®) +Agile

Project Management Startups

• Section -1- Introduction to PM and PMP Exam
• Section -2- Introduction to Project Management
• Section -3- Project Life Cycle and Organization
• Section -4- Project Management Processes Overview

Project Initiating and Planning

• Section -5- Initiating Process Group
  • Develop Project Charter
  • Identify Project Stakeholders
• Section – 6- Planning Process Group
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Plan Scope Management
  • Collect Requirements
  • Define Scope
  • Create WBS
  • Plan Schedule Management
  • Define Activities
  • Sequence Activities
  • Estimate Activity Durations
  • Develop Schedule
  • Plan Cost Management
  • Estimate Costs
  • Determine Budget
  • Plan Quality Management
  • Plan Resource Management
  • Estimate Activity Resources
  • Plan Communications Management
  • Plan Risk Management
  • Identify Risks
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Plan Risk Responses
  • Plan Procurement Management
  • Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Project Executing and Monitoring and Controlling

• Section -7-Project Executing Process Group
  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Manage Quality
  • Acquire Resources
  • Develop Team
  • Manage Team
  • Manage Communications
  • Implement Risk Responses
  • Conduct Procurements
  • Manage Stakeholder Engagement
• Section -8-Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Perform Integrated Change Control
  • Validate Scope
  • Control Scope
  • Control Schedule
  • Control Costs
  • Control Quality
  • Control Resources
  • Monitor Communications
  • Monitor Risks
  • Control Procurements
  • Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Project Closing and Code of Conduct

• Section -9-Closing Process Group
  • Close Project or Phase

Exam Preparation

• Submitting Application
• Exam Structure & Tips

Agile

• Section -1- General Introduction
• Section -2- AN INTRODUCTION TO AGILE
  1. Definable Work vs. High-Uncertainty Work
  2. The Agile Manifesto and Mindset
  3. Lean and the Kanban Method
  4. Uncertainty, Risk, and Life Cycle Selection
• Section -3- LIFE CYCLE SELECTION
  1. Characteristics of Project Life Cycles
     • Characteristics of Predictive Life Cycles
     • Characteristics of Iterative Life Cycles
     • Characteristics of Incremental Life Cycles
     • Characteristics of Agile Life Cycles
     • Agile Suitability Filters
     • Characteristics of Hybrid Life Cycles
     • Combined Agile and Predictive Approaches
     • Predominantly Predictive Approach with Some Agile Components
     • A Largely Agile Approach with a Predictive Component
     • Hybrid Life Cycles as Fit-For-Purpose
     • Hybrid Life Cycles as Transition Strategy
  2. Mixing Agile Approaches
  3. Project Factors That Influence Tailoring
• Section -4- IMPLEMENTING AGILE: CREATING AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT
  1. Start with an Agile Mindset
  2. Servant Leadership Empowers the Team
     • Servant Leader Responsibilities
     • Role of the Project Manager in an Agile Environment
     • Project Managers Use Servant Leadership
     • Team Composition
     • Agile Teams
     • Agile Roles
     • Generalizing Specialists
     • Team Structures
     • Dedicated Team Members
     • Team Workspaces
     • Overcoming Organizational Silos
• Section -5- IMPLEMENTING AGILE: DELIVERING IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT
  1. Charter the Project and the Team
  2. Common Agile Practices
     • Retrospectives
     • Backlog Preparation
     • Backlog Refinement
     • Daily Standups
     • Demonstrations/Reviews
     • Planning for Iteration-Based Agile
     • Execution Practices that Help Teams Deliver Value
     • How Iterations and Increments Help Deliver Working Product
  3. Troubleshooting Agile Project Challenges
  4. Measurements in Agile Projects
     • Agile Teams Measure Results
• Section -6- ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROJECT AGILITY
  1. Organizational Change Management
     • Drivers for Change Management
     • Readiness for Change
  2. Organizational Culture
     • Creating an Environment of Safety
     • Assessing Culture
  3. Procurement and Contracts
  4. Business Practices
  5. Multiteam Coordination and Dependencies (Scaling)
     • Frameworks
     • Considerations
  6. Agile and the Project Management Office (PMO)
     • An Agile PMO is Value-Driven
     • An Agile PMO is Invitation-Oriented
     • An Agile PMO is Multidisciplinary
  7. Organizational Structure
  8. Evolving the Organization
• Section -7- CALL TO ACTION