19 September 2015 | 1 Day PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Professional) Boot Camp

Date: 19 September 2015, Saturday Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm, Registration starts from 9.00am, inclusive of lunch and 2 teabreaks Location: ParkRoyal on Kitchener Road | 181 Kitchener Road | Singapore 208533 | Sapphire Room 3 PDUs: 7 SPMI Members: SGD 330.00 Non-Members: SGD 385.00 Early-Bird Discount, off SGD 55.00 - valid till 31 August 2015 SPMI Members please log-in to avail members' rate

The agile approach is gaining increasing importance in project management. The collaborative and adaptive nature of agile methodologies can help reduce the overhead of development, including documentation, upfront planning, and controls on development. It focuses on frequent delivery of working software, featuring a continuous interaction with customers, and paying great attention to the human factor in a project environment. It is able to produce business value early in the project lifecycle and is more responsive in dealing with changing user requirements than the traditional methods of project management.  

This 1-day PMI-ACP Bootcamp is intended for those who are interested to learning the agile methodology. It is also for those who want to prepare themselves for the PMI-ACP certification exam.

Key Takeaways

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

1. Understand the Agile Manifesto and Principles
2. Understand the basics of common agile frameworks such as SCRUM, XP, Lean and KANBAN
3. Apply agile techniques in requirements definition, story point estimation, iterative planning and execution, retrospectives, and more
4. Become familiar with the requirements and process for PMI-ACP® certification

Intended Audience

Project Managers, and anyone from product developer to senior management, who has already used agile practices, or whose organization is adopting agile methods, including those who want to obtain the PMI-ACP® certification.

Trainer Profile

Lee Boon Kee
B. Sc. (Computer Science & Information Systems), NUS
PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, BPMP

Boon Kee is a consultant and lecturer at the Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, with over 25 years of professional experience in project and product management. His focus is on consulting and teaching for professional development and post-graduate programmes at ISS, and helping customers drive success through project and product management best practices. Prior to joining ISS, he has worked in Accenture, HP, EDS, Sun Microsystems, and NEC. His work experience spans the financial and telecommunications industries, as well as the education and government sectors. He is a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and a Blackblot Product Management Professional (BPMP).