AgilePM ® version 3 Combined Foundation and Practitioner
(course code APJC4)

Overview

This course covers the certification developed by APMG and the Agile Business Consortium to provide an agile approach to project management. The course is based on AgilePM Version 3 which was launched in 2024.

The Combined course bundles our Foundation and Practitioner courses. Each participant is first provided with a solid Foundation in AgilePM concepts, and is then advanced to a Practitioner understanding of how to apply AgilePM guidance in practice.

The course is equally divided between the theory of the new wave of agile project management and the practical experience of the techniques and disciplines involved.

Course Objectives

The Foundation Course will cover the latest Agile project management techniques and practices, focusing on:

Effective leadership styles;
Balancing real-world constraints;
Shaping appropriate Agile team structures;
Managing risks in a volatile environment;
Ensuring proper communication and collaboration;
Tailoring the approach to specific project needs, and
Effectively planning, controlling, and governing Agile projects, while prioritizing delivering real business value through iterative development cycles.

The Practitioner Course will enable delegates to demonstrate their ability to:

Apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of AgilePM in a project situation;
Appropriately configure the lifecycle of an Agile project to a given scenario;
Produce and evaluate the content of Agile products produced during an Agile project in a given scenario;
Apply the following Agile techniques in a project situation: Facilitated Workshops; MoSCoW prioritisation; Iterative Development; Modelling; Timeboxing;
Identify the Agile techniques to be used for a given situation within a scenario;
Understand the roles and responsibilities within an Agile project and correctly determine the appropriate personnel to fulfil these roles within a given scenario;
Understand the mechanisms for control of an Agile project which are specific to an Agile project;
Understand in outline how to test, estimate and measure progress in an Agile project;
Describe the agile approach to managing requirements and identify action to rectify problems with requirements within an Agile project from a given scenario.

Delegates will be fully prepared for the Foundation and Practitioner exams.

Who Should Attend

The course is aimed at Project Managers who are either adding to their knowledge of traditional approaches such as PRINCE2 or who are operating in an agile environment and need to be able to run projects in more complex and scalable situations.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for the course, however some exposure to project management would be useful. Candidates for the Practitioner exam must have previously passed the Foundation exam.

Course Content

The Foundation course covers:

Day 1: Scrum Essentials
- Introducing Scrum and agile
- How Scrum works
- The Scrum team and its values
- The Product Backlog
- Sprints and sprint planning
- Working in a sprint
- The sprint review and sprint retrospectives
- Backlog refinement and estimating
- Empiricism and lean thinking
Days 2 and 3: Agile Project Management
- AgilePM Fundamentals
- Individuals and interactions
- Collaboration and communication
- Process model and lifecycle
- Defining and organising
- Estimating and prioritising
- Planning and control
- Governance
- Risk and agility

The Practitioner course helps you to integrate the concepts presented in the Foundation course. Delegates will work through nine practical exercises in order to broaden & deepen their understanding of Agile Project Management and to prepare for the exam.

Certification Exams

The Foundation Exam is a 40 minute closed book multiple choice exam. You must get at least 25 (50%) of the 50 questions correct to pass the exam.

The Practitioner Exam is a 2½ hour objective testing open book (only the Agile Project Management handbook may be used) exam. There will be 4 questions and 80 question items, each worth 1 mark for a total of 80 marks. You must get at least 40 (50%) of the 80 question items correct to pass. The questions will be presented in the following styles:

Classical multiple choice
Yes/No
Multiple response
Matching
Sequencing
Assertion/Reason

Candidates for the Practitioner Exam must have passed the Foundation Exam.

The exams are conducted by the examiner, APMG, and is subject to their terms and conditions.

Delivery Options and Fees

Why we are the best value

Our AgilePM version 3 courses cover the breadth and depth of agile project management. They are presented in a clear, predictable manner with key concepts reinforced and broken down into manageable sections, making them enjoyable courses.

We recognise that studying and sitting exams can be a stressful time on top of the day-to-day commitments of our lives. Therefore the structure and flow of the course provides predictability and confidence that the learner will be able to plan and manage their own learning experience and to grasp key concepts quickly. This results in being confident in your ability to pass the certification exams and to be able to apply what has been learnt to work practice.

And we are able to offer one-on-one tutor support to those taking our Self Study and eLearning courses, so you won't feel isolated, and can clear up any aspects of the course content or use of project management in an agile environment that may be causing concern.

Our courses were developed by Geoff Rankins, our Lead Trainer and Instructional Designer. He has worked in project management for more than 40 years, has been a Scrum Master since 2007 and has been a Practitioner of AgilePM since 2014 when it was first offered by APMG and the Agile Business Consortium. His systematic approach to courseware and eLearning development is recognised by many Accredited Training Organisations and fellow trainers globally. Our Self Study and eLearning courses are based on our classroom courses; the eLearning format allows us to add content to most sessions that increases the value and clarity of what is being covered.

AgilePM ® version 3 Combined Foundation and Practitioner (course code APJC4)