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Agile Project Management® Foundation Level with Practitioner (AgilePM)
APMG Accredited Training
Chaired by
Steve Browne
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Only 6 Spaces Remaining
14 - 18 July, 2025
09:25 - 16:15
Virtual Using Zoom
Overview
The pressure on the public sector to deliver better services quicker, smarter and cheaper in an ever-changing world means learning and adapting - applying flexible ways of working. Delivering projects using an agile approach has become expected.
If you want to help your team communicate better, manage risks and deliver high quality services in a faster manner, you need a clear strategy to implement more effective methodologies.
Our five-day course covers the established certification by APMG and the Agile Business Consortium. It gives an extensive breakdown of the principles of this modern project management approach and highlights how it differs from and extends traditional methodologies.
Leave the course fully qualified in AgilePM Practitioner Level and confident in your ability to apply agile in your organisation to transform and improve project management.
This course is aimed at professionals who are operating in an agile environment and need to be able to run projects in more complex and scalable situations.
Exams
Foundation exam at the end of day 3 and practitioner exam at the end of day 5
Project Management Consultant,
AgilePM Accredited Trainer
Steve started as a computer programmer, working for a subsidiary of Nat West bank, before taking on a role in pre-sales consultancy and client training both in the UK and internationally.
He became involved in Project Management in the 1980’s while working for a services company. Two spells as a company director saw Steve develop a strong interest in formal methods. A return to full time project management included a series of increasingly complex projects and led to programme and portfolio management roles. He has worked with both on-shore and off-shore teams to deliver change ...
Steve Browne
Learning Outcomes
Understand Agile Project Management which is based on the internationally recognised framework of DSDM
Increase your value as a project manager in an agile project environment
Assess the difference between simple lightweight agile approaches which typically operate at the solution delivery (or ‘work package’) level and the greater holistic view of how multiple work streams are co-ordinated with the appropriate level of governance and control
Be prepared for the Foundation & Practitioner exams
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Agenda
Day 1 Scrum Essentials:
09:15 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:45 Introductions and Logistics
09:45 - 10:45 Scrum and Agile
Introduction to Scrum and Agile
How Scrum works
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 The team and their workload
The Scrum Team and its values
The Product Backlog
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Focussing attention
The Product Goal
The Sprint and Sprint Planning
14:30 – 14:40 Break
14:40 – 15:30 Pulling together
Working in a Sprint
The Sprint Review and Retrospective
15:30 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 16:10 Getting the job done
Backlog Refinement and Estimating
Empiricism and Lean Thinking
16:10 - 16:30 Some AgilePM Fundamentals concepts
VUCA
Project vs Product
16:30 Finish
Day 2 – Foundation part 1
08:45 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Recap
09:15 - 10:30 AgilePM Fundamentals
Iterative and incremental
AgilePM framework
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:00 Individuals and Interactions
Stakeholders
Agile leadership
Roles and patterns
12:00 - 12:30 Collaboration and Communication
Effective collaboration
Benefits of collaboration
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Collaboration and Communication continued
Effective communication
14:00 - 14:45 Project Process and Lifecycle
From initial idea, through delivery, to measuring the improvement it has made
Increments
Lifecycle phases
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:30 Project Process and Lifecycle continued
From initial idea, through delivery, to measuring the improvement it has made
15:30 - 16:30 Defining and Organising Requirements
Backlogs and Vision
Requirements and User stories
Refining requirements over the lifecycle
16:30 - 16:45 Homework
16:45 - 17:00 Questions & Close
Day 3 – Foundation part 2
08:45 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:00 Homework Review and Day 2 Recap
10:00 - 10:45 Estimating and Prioritising the work
Key ideas about estimating
Estimating through the lifecycle
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 Estimating and Prioritising the work continued
MoSCoW prioritisation
11:30 - 12:30 Planning and Control
Outputs, outcomes and benefits
Planning horizons
Transparency and demonstrating control
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Governance and Risk
Agile governance
Governance work products
Risk management and tailoring
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 15:15 Revision
15:15 - 15:30 Foundation Exam Administration
15:30 - 16:10 Foundation Exam
16:10 - 16:30 Exam discussion
16:30 - 16:45 Homework
16:45 - 17:00 Questions & Close
Day 4 – Practitioner part 1
08:45 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:45 Homework Review
09:45 - 10:45 Team structure and Way of Working
Analyse the team
Analyse the challenges
Processes and tools
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Risk Management
Risk register
Identifying risks
Approach based risk
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Defining and Estimating the Work
T-shirt estimating
Agreeing a persona
Product goals
User stories
MoSCoW prioritisation
Story point estimation
15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 15:45 Responding to change over following a plan
Responding to change
Planning workshop
15:45 - 16:15 Delivery Planning
Analyse the delivery plan
16:15 - 16:45 Homework
16:45 - 17:00 Questions & Close
Day 5 – Practitioner Part 2
08:45 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:00 Homework Review
10:00 - 10:30 The multi-team dimension
Multi-team planning
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 Regulatory Compliance
Identifying regulation
Integrating inspection
11:15 - 12:00 Demonstrate Control
Practical ways to ensure control
Ensuring senior stakeholders are comfortable with progress
12:00 - 12:30 Review and questions
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Practitioner Exam Administration
14:00 - 16:00 Practitioner Exam
16:30 - 17:00 Questions & Close
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