Agile Certification Program

Chapters :

1. Adaptive Planning
   • Learning Objectives
   • Planning Concepts
   • Timeboxing
   • Progressive Elaboration
   • Process Tailoring
   • Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
   • Minimally Marketable Feature / Product (MMF / MMP)
   • Value-based Analysis
   • Value-based Decomposition and Prioritization
   • Agile Games
   • Agile Games Continued
   • Sizing and Estimation
   • Wideband Delphi
   • Wideband Delphi Continued
   • Planning Poker
   • Ideal Time Estimation
   • Real Time / Actual Time Estimation
   • Relative Sizing / Story Points
   • Affinity Estimating
   • "Time
   • Agile Project Accounting Principles
   • Laws of Estimation
   • Agile Plans
   • Business Case Development
   • Iteration and Release Planning
   • Summary
   • Quiz
2. Agile Certification Program
   • Introduction to Agile Certification Course
   • About the Author
   • The Final Certification Test
3. Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Overview
   • Learning Objectives
   • Acronyms
   • Agile Certified Practitioner - Exam Prerequisites
   • Agile Certified Practitioner- Exam Application Process
   • Agile Certified Practitioner- Exam Structure
   • Agile Certified Practitioner- Exam Structure Continued
   • Agile Certified Practitioner- Certification Renewal
   • Summary
4. Agile Framework
   • Learning Objectives
   • Agile
   • The Agile Manifesto
   • The Agile Manifesto Continued
   • Agile Principles
   • Agile Principles Continued
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
   • Scrum – Overview
   • Scrum – Pillars
   • Scrum – Roles
   • Scrum – Events
   • Scrum – Events Continued
   • Scrum – Artifacts
   • Scrum – Artifacts Continued
   • Scrum – Chronology of a Project
   • Extreme Programming (XP)
   • XP – Activities and Roles
   • XP – Practices
   • XP – Practices Continued
   • XP – Structure
   • Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
   • FDD – Practices
   • Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
   • DSDM – Description
   • DSDM – Life Cycle
   • DSDM – Principles
   • Crystal
   • Lean Software Development
   • Lean – Core Concepts
   • Kanban Development
   • Kanban – Principles
   • Kanban / Task Board
   • Process Tailoring
   • Summary
   • Quiz
5. Boosting Team Performance Practices
   • Learning Objectives
   • Adaptive Leadership
   • Adaptive Leadership Continued
   • Emotional Intelligence
   • Building Empowered Teams
   • Building High-Performance Teams
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
   • Team Motivation
   • Team Practices
   • Daily Stand-Ups
   • Coaching and Mentoring
   • Brainstorming
   • Team Space
   • Co-located Teams
   • Distributed Teams
   • Summary
   • Quiz
6. Continuous Improvement
   • Learning Objectives
   • Continuous Improvement Practices
   • Retrospectives
   • Retrospectives Continued
   • Knowledge Sharing
   • Process Tailoring
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
   • Principles of Systems Thinking
   • Process Analysis
   • Continuous Process Improvement
   • Self-Assessment
   • Summary
   • Quiz
7. Miscellaneous Topics
   • Learning Objectives
   • Miscellaneous Agile Terms
   • Agile Testing
   • Developmental Mastery Models
   • Summary
   • Self Study Descriptive Questions
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
8. Problem Detection and Resolution
   • Learning Objectives
   • Identifying Problems
   • Cycle Time
   • Escaped Defects
   • Project and Quality Standards
   • Variance and Trend Analysis
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
   • Control Limits
   • Resolving Problems
   • Continuous Integration
   • Risk-Based Spike
   • Frequent Verification and Validation
   • Test-Driven Development (TDD) / Test-First Development (TFD)
   • Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)
   • Problem Solving
   • Summary
   • Quiz
9. Stakeholder Engagement
   • Learning Objectives
   • Aligning Stakeholders’ Understanding
   • Wireframes
   • Personas
   • User Stories
   • User Story Backlog
   • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
   • Requirements Hierarchy
   • Communicating with Stakeholders
   • Communications Management
   • Information Radiators
   • Burn Down Charts
   • Burn Up Charts
   • Velocity
   • Agile Modeling
   • Critical Soft Skills
   • Negotiation
   • Active Listening
   • Facilitation Methods
   • "Globalization
   • Conflict Resolution
   • Distributed Teams
   • Participatory Decision Models
   • Leading Effectively
   • Leadership versus Management
   • Servant Leadership
   • Leadership Tools and Techniques
   • Summary
   • Quiz
10. Value-Driven Delivery
    • Learning Objectives
    • Value-Driven Delivery
    • Assessing Value
    • Return on Investment (ROI)
    • Time Value of Money
    • Net Present Value (NPV)
    • Self Study Multiple Choice Questions
    • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
    • Planning Value
    • Chartering
    • Value-Stream Mapping
    • Value-Stream Mapping Continued
    • Customer-Valued Prioritization
    • Customer-Valued Prioritization Continued
    • Relative Prioritization / Ranking
    • Product Roadmap
    • Risk-Adjusted Backlog
    • Agile Contracting
    • Delivering Value
    • Kanban / Task Board
    • WIP Limits
    • Incremental Delivery
    • "Prototypes
    • Tracking & Reporting Value
    • Agile Earned Value Management (EVM)
    • Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)
    • Risk Burn Down Graph
    • Summary
    • Quiz