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Agile Project Management® Foundation Level with Practitioner (AgilePM)

APMG Accredited Training

Chaired by
Steve Browne

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14 - 18 July, 2025
09:25 - 16:15

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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

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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

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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