1. 360PMO
About Agile
&
PMI-ACP Certification Overview
Aleem Khan
Principal Consultant

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About Aleem Khan
 Principal consultant, coach and trainer
 17 years experience in project management field
 Led multiple Agile transformation project
 M.S, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP Certified
 Co-author of “Agile Case Studies”
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@tweetaleem
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/aleemkhan/

3. 360PMO
Agenda
 Why Agile?
 What is Agile?
 Agile Methodologies comparison
 Project noise and method selection
 Traditional vs. Agile approach
 Certification bodies in Agile world
 PMI-ACP® certification overview
o Eligibility Requirements, Certification Process and Exam
Information
 360PMO Agile workshop details
 Q/A
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Why Agile
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Accelerate time to
market
Managing change
priorities
Better align
IT/Business
Increase productivity
Enhance software
quality
Reduce cost
Enhance software
maintainability
Improve team morale
Improve/increase
engineering discipline
Project visibility
Reduce risk
Simplify process

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What is Agile?
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Methodology?
Framework?
No
Documentation !
No
Design…
Process?
Approach?
No Discipline
No Planning! Iterative
Another Fad
…Silver
Bullet

6. Agile is a an approach of
Definition
building products or services by
EMPOWERING and
TRUSTING people, acknowledging
CHANGE AS NORM, and promoting
CONSTANT FEEDBACK.
* Shuh, Peter (2005). Integrating Agile Development in the Real World.
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7. Agile is a MINDSET……
Definition
established through 4 VALUES,
grounded by 12 PRINCIPLES &
manifested through many DIFFERENT PRACTICES
7 *Ahmed Sidky
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Agile Values
 Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
 Working products over comprehensive documentation
 Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
 Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the
items on the left more.
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12 Principles of Agile Manifesto
1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of
valuable software.
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness
change for the customer's competitive advantage.
3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.
4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they
need, and trust them to get the job done.
6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a
development team is face-to-face conversation.
7. Working software is the primary measure of progress.
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users
should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
10. Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and
adjusts its behavior accordingly.
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10. 4 AGILE VALUE
12 AGILE
PRINCIPLES
1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over comprehensive documentation
3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over following a plan
1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's
competitive advantage.
3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter
timescale.
4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get
the job done.
6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face
conversation.
7. Working software is the primary measure of progress.
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a
constant pace indefinitely.
9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
10. Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
• Time-boxing
• Retrospective
• Spike Solution
• Planning Poker
• Backlog Prioritization
• Progress Elaboration
• Minimal marketable Features
• Personas
• Story Mapping
• User Stories
• Product Backlog
• Visualize Workflow
• Wireframe
• Daily Stand-up
• Exploratory Testing
• Definition of Done
• Theory of Constraint
• Mindfulness
• Limit Work in Progress (WIP)
• Avoid Waste
• Short Iterations
• Sprint Goals
• Servant Leader
• Self -organization
• Team Agreements
• Release Goals
• Release Plan
• Project Chartering
• Quality Assurance
• Refactoring
• Relative Sizing
• Product Vision
• Backlog Grooming
• Increment
• Exploration
• Dot Voting
Being Agile……
Doing Agile……
• Pair Programming
• Face to Face Conversation
• Osmotic Communication
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Velocity
• Unit Testing
• Test First Development
• Technical Debt
• Task board
• Swarming
• Regression Test
• Minimum Viable Product
• Last Responsible Moment (LRM)
• Just in Time
• Acceptance Criteria
• Fast Feedback
• Burn-up/Burn-down
• ……..
MANY AGILE
PRACTICES
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Agile Umbrella
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Scrum
eXtreme Programming
DSDM
Lean
FDD Crystal Kanban

12. PRESCRIPTIVE (more rules to follow) (fewer rules to follow) ADAPTIVE
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Prescriptive vs. Adaptive Methods
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RUP
• 3 roles;
• 20 activities; and,
• Over 70 artifacts.
Extreme Do whatever
Programming (XP)
• Scrum + number
of engineering
practices e.g. pair
programming, test
first development
Scrum
• 3 pillars;
• 3 roles;
• 4 ceremonies;
• 3 artifacts.
Kanban
• Visualize workflow;
• Limit WIP.

13. Project Noise and Method Selection
Known/Certain Unknown/Uncertain
Technology
Requirement
Known Unknown
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Operating Model of Agile teams
Project
Manager
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Functional Silos Agile Teams
• Team organized around the work
• Empowered
• Self organize / Self managed
• Team pulls the task from queue /backlog
• Cross functional
• Intensely collaborative
 Work is organized around the team
 Tasks are assigned (most of the time by the PM)
 Functional silos
Coach/Facilitator
Business Analyst
Testers/QA
Customer
Product Owner
Product
Manager
Developer
Support
Engineer
Cross
functional
Teams

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Traditional Project Phases
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Requirements
Analysis
Design
Coding
Integration
Testing
Deployment
Operations and
Maintenance
Time
Final Product

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Incremental delivery
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Final Product
Product
Increments
Product
Increments
Product
Increments
Feedback Loops
Review and Adjust
Inspect & Adapt
Analysis
Design
Code
Integrate
Test
Deploy
Analysis
Design
Code
Integrate
Test
Deploy
Time
Adapts to frequent feedback by delivering working & tested product

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Traditional Approach
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Agile Approach
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Team Pull
the work
Work Queue Agile Teams

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Crossing the Chasm
19 Geoffrey Moore's "Crossing the Chasm' diagram

20. Envisioning Speculate Explore | Adapt Close
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Process Overview
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Iteration n
Iteration 3
Iteration 2
Feasibility
Project Visioning
Initiation Release Planning
Iteration 1
Close Out
NPV, IRR, ROI
Business Case with
High level Estimates
Project
Charter
Product
Backlog
High level estimating
using affinity
Product Roadmap
Epic
Theme
Stories
Stories
Estimating Using
Planning Poker
L
M
S
X
L
Release Plan
Final
Product
Increment
• Testing Agreement
• Team Environment
• Architecture approach
• Dependencies
• Risks
Iteration
Backlog
Go back to Release Planning for
another release, or if final release,
go to project closeout
Backlog To Do In Progress Done
Task Board
Iteration
Planning
Release
Daily stand-up, Development,
Testing, deployment, etc.
Review Retrospective
Burn up/down
Iteration 0
Next Iteration
Higher
Priority
Lower
Priority
Increment
Iteration
Task

21. 360PMO
Certification Bodies
 Project Management Institute (PMI)
o Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
 Scrum Alliance
o Certified ScrumMaster
o Certified Product Owner
o Certified Developer
o Certified Scrum Professional
 Project Management Association of Canada (PMAC)
o Certified Agile Project Manager
 APMG International
o AgilePM -Foundation and practitioner
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PMI-ACP® Overview
 PMI-ACP® Official testing began in January 31, 2012
 6,668 PMI-ACP® Certified Professionals as of October, 2014
 Certification is designed to:
o Demonstrate to employers the practitioner’s level of
professionalism in Agile practices
o Increase the practitioner’s versatility in project management tools
and techniques
o Show that the practitioner has the capacity to lead basic Agile
project teams, or basic knowledge to be a member of an Agile
team and
o Provide a framework for Agile training and professional
development initiatives
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23. Requirement Description
Educational Background • Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree of
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Eligibility requirement
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global equivalent
General Project Experience • 2,000 hours working on project teams
• These hours must be earned within the last 5 years
• Active PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement
Agile Project Experience • 1500 hours working on agile project teams or with agile
methodologies
• These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in
“general project experience”
• These hours must be earned within the last 3 years
Training in Agile Practices • 21 contact hours
• Hours must be earned in agile practices
Examination • Tests knowledge of agile fundamentals
Fees (CBT) • US$435 for members and US$495 for non-members

24. Application Submission Application Completeness Review
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Certification process
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YOU PMI
(10 Days)
No
Yes
Submit Payment
Schedule Exam
(1 Year up to 3 times)
Provide Audit Material
(90 Days)
Application Selected for Audit
Review Documents
(7 Days)
Schedule Exam
(1 Year up to 3 times)
If Accepted

25. 360PMO
Exam Information
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Number of Scored Questions 100
Number of Pretest (Un-scored) Questions 20
Total Examination Questions 120
Allotted Examination Time 3 hours

26. 360PMO
Exam Content Outline
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Tools and
Techniques
50%
• Communications
• Planning, monitoring, and
adapting
• Agile estimation
• Agile analysis and design
• Product quality
• Soft skills negotiation
• Value-based prioritization
• Risk management
• Metrics
• Value stream analysis
Level 1
18 skills
33%
Level 2
12 skills
12%
Level 3
13 skills
5%
Knowledge
& Skills
50%

27. Communications Information radiator, team space, agile tooling, osmotic communications for co-located
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Tools and techniques (50% of exam)
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and/or distributed teams, daily stand-ups
Planning, Monitoring, and
Adapting
Retrospective, task/Kanban boards, time-boxing, iteration and release planning, WIP
limits, burn down/up charts, cumulative flow diagrams, process tailoring
Agile Estimation Relative sizing/story points, wide band Delphi/planning poker, affinity estimating,
ideal time
Agile Analysis & Design Product roadmap, user stories, backlog, story maps, progressive elaboration,
wireframes, chartering, personas, agile modeling
Product Quality Frequent verification and validation, test-driven development/test first development,
acceptance test-driven development, definition of done, continuous integration
Soft Skills Negotiation Emotional Intelligence, collaboration, adaptive leadership, negotiation, conflict
resolution, servant leadership
Value-Based Prioritization Return on investment(ROI)/net present value(NPV)/internal rate of return(IRR),
compliance, customer-valued prioritization, customer-valued prioritization, minimally
marketable feature(MMF), relative prioritization/ranking
Risk Management Risk Adjusted backlog, risk burn down graphs, risk-based spike
Metrics Velocity, cycle time, earn value management(EVM) for agile projects, escaped defects
Value Stream Analysis Value stream mapping

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Knowledge & Skills (50% of exam)
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Level 1 Skills
Active Listening
Agile Manifesto value and principles
Assess and incorporating community and stakeholder values
Brainstorming techniques
Building empowered teams
Coaching and mentoring within teams
Communications management
Feedback, techniques for product (e.g. prototyping,
simulation, demonstration, evaluations)
Incremental delivery
Knowledge sharing
Leadership tools and techniques
Prioritization
Problem-solving strategies, tools and techniques
Project and quality standards for Agile projects
Stakeholder management
Team motivation
Time, budget, and cost estimation
Value based decomposition and prioritization
Level 2 Skills
Agile framework and terminology
Building high-performance teams
Business case development
Colocation (geographical proximity) /
distributed teams
Continuous improvement process
Elements of a project charter for an
Agile projects
Facilitation methods
Participatory decision models 9e.g.
input-based, shared collaboration,
command)
PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional
Conduct
Process analysis techniques
Self assessment
Value-based analysis
Level 3 Skills
Agile contracting methods
Agile project accounting
principles
Applying new Agile
practices
Compliance (organization)
Control limits for Agile
projects
Failure modes and
alternatives
Globalization, culture, and
team diversity
Innovation games
Principles of system
thinking (e.g. complex,
adaptive, chaos)
Regulatory compliance
Variance and trend analysis
Verifications in Agile
methods and approaches
Vendor management

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360PMO PMI-ACP Workshop
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Lectures
- PowerPoint
Slides
Activities
Exercises
Learning
Objectives
Lesson Review
(questions)
Discussion Topics
Study Guide
Workbook
Reference
Cards
Practice Exam
Full length
120 Questions
Learning Games
Key Agile
Terms

30. Q&A
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31. Established in 2011, 360PMO Project Management Consulting Inc. is a successful provider of
worldwide project management training and consulting.
Our mission is to enhance project management practices in the industry, and help professionals and
organizations to achieve their goals through our comprehensive offerings.
360PMO Project Management Consulting, Inc.
Agile Training and Consulting
Email: contactus@360pmo.com
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Web: www.360pmo.com
Our services include:
• Agile adoption consulting
• PMO construction and methodology development
• Project and program strategy consulting
• Onsite & online training