IPSO FACTO Accredited AgilePM® Training Provider
At IPSO FACTO, we help you gain the confidence, skills, and certification to deliver successful agile projects on time, on budget, and with clear stakeholder value. Our AgilePM® Foundation and Practitioner courses are designed for professionals who want to lead projects with greater flexibility, collaboration, and control. Delivered live online via Microsoft Teams, our courses are interactive, practical, and engaging. You’ll learn from experienced trainers who bring real-world project insights to every session. Recordings are provided daily, so you can review and consolidate your learning at your own pace. From your first enquiry to your final exam, our team ensures you’re supported, prepared, and confident to succeed. With high pass rates, excellent delegate feedback, and accredited materials included, you’ll gain a recognised qualification that enhances your credibility and career prospects.
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Beyond Buzzwords: 5 Proven Benefits of AgilePM Certification
In today's global landscape, projects often face Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA). To navigate this environment, traditional, rigid approaches are giving way to adaptability. This is precisely why gaining an AgilePM certification is essential for modern project professionals. Here are five key benefits of becoming AgilePM certified. 1. Global Recognition and Market Leadership AgilePM is not just another certification; it holds a prominent place in the market. • Established Popularity: First released in 2010 (formerly called DSDM), AgilePM had certified over 250,000 people worldwide by 2025. • Most Popular Qualification: This widespread adoption makes AgilePM the most popular agile project management qualification globally. • A Defined Pathway: The Agile Business Consortium, the professional body behind AgilePM, promotes professional standards and a code of practice to support career progression. 2. Mastery in Handling VUCA Environments The primary target audience for this qualification includes anyone looking to increase project agility when facing the challenging conditions of a VUCA operating environment. • Adaptive Strategy: AgilePM is designed to help organizations and individuals thrive in these VUCA environments by focusing on collaboration and delivering incremental value early and often. • Balancing Constraints: Unlike non-agile approaches that assume stability, AgilePM explicitly teaches you how to manage the four key project variables: Time, Cost, Quality, and Features. • Contingency Built-In: In AgilePM, the approach is to fix Time, Cost, and Quality, while managing contingency through flexibility in the scope of Features using MoSCoW Prioritisation. This is the direct opposite of traditional approaches, which often fix features while risking time and cost overruns. 3. A Holistic, Blended Skillset AgilePM is unique because it integrates the governance needs of project management with the execution strength of delivery teams. • Combining Methodologies: AgilePM version 3 refines the approach by blending its robust framework (handling the full lifecycle from initiation to closure) with the simplicity and agility of Scrum (driving incremental delivery). • Project Management Focus: AgilePM provides the project management layer used alongside Scrum for Product Delivery, ensuring overall Value Ownership, Delivery Enablement, and Solution Delivery are aligned. • Pragmatic Delivery: It teaches you to integrate multiple development approaches, such as Kanban or DevOps, which fit within the AgilePM project structure. 4. Accelerated Career Growth (The Practitioner Edge) The certifications are tailored to different levels of responsibility, confirming competence from team member up to project leader. • Foundation Qualification: Confirms sufficient knowledge to participate in an Agile project as an informed stakeholder or team member. • Practitioner Qualification: Aimed at those with responsibility for leading a project. Achieving this level demonstrates you can apply and tailor the AgilePM v3 approach to a real-world scenario. Successful Practitioners gain critical, high-level leadership skills, including the ability to: • Prioritise team dynamics, fostering an environment that empowers individuals over following rigid procedures. • Guide teams through influence, vision, and support, rather than through control. • Deliver measurable business value and communicate essential outcomes. • Apply techniques for managing multiple agile teams and coordinating delivery. • Embed agile-compatible risk management practices directly into planning and delivery. 5. Practical Application, Not Just Theory The goal of the certification is practical and pragmatic application. You don't just memorize terms (Level 1: Recall) or understand concepts (Level 2: Understand). • Application (Level 3): You learn to use information to perform a skill or task. • Analysis (Level 4): You learn to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate uses of the framework in a given scenario. For example, you learn to evaluate whether process changes hinder agility or whether roles have been allocated appropriately for effective delivery.
Tim Whitaker Founder/Director IPSO FACTO www.ipsofacto.uk.com
Mastering Modern Project Delivery: The Power of AgilePM v3
The pace of modern business requires organisations to be flexible, resilient, and adaptable. In a world defined by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA), achieving project goals demands more than traditional planning. This is where Agile Project Management (AgilePM) version 3 steps forward, cementing its place as the most popular agile project management qualification globally, with over 250,000 certifications by 2025. AgilePM version 3 refines the approach to agility in a project context. By integrating the comprehensive governance of AgilePM with the lightweight, popular product delivery approach of Scrum, it brings the benefits of agility to a wider range of projects. The Core Blended Approach AgilePM v3 integrates Project Management and Product Development into a single Process Model, helping to shape and guide a project's lifecycle in a flexible and adaptable way. • AgilePM handles the full lifecycle and project governance (Initiation to Closure). • Scrum is the team-focused delivery framework that drives incremental delivery in short, fixed periods called Sprints. Together, AgilePM and Scrum provide structure for initiation, governance, stakeholder and user engagement, and value delivery. Managing the Variables A key point of AgilePM is how it handles the fundamental constraints of any project: Time, Cost, Quality, and Features. In AgilePM, the approach is clear: time, cost, and quality are fixed, while the scope of features remains variable. This flexibility is critical for managing the inevitable VUCA inherent in modern delivery environments. • Quality is Never Compromised: AgilePM upholds the principle to "Never Compromise Quality". Quality is protected by encouraging design simplicity, defining clear Acceptance Criteria, and establishing a Definition of Done (DoD) for every Product Increment. • Contingency in Scope: Contingency is managed primarily by adjusting the scope of features. This is achieved using MoSCoW Prioritization (Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Won't Have This Time) to ensure focus on the most critical work that delivers value within a fixed timebox. The Philosophy, Principles, and People The entire framework rests on the AgilePM philosophy that "best value emerges when projects are aligned to clear goals, deliver frequently and involve the collaboration of motivated and empowered people". This philosophy is supported by eight Principles. Underpinning successful delivery is a strong focus on Individuals and Interactions. • Agile Leadership: AgilePM highlights Nine Principles of Agile Leadership. Leaders must take full responsibility for the project, actively participating in its success and making that dedication visible to the team ("Actions speak louder than words"). Leaders devolve appropriate power and authority, allowing competent teams to self-manage within clear boundaries. • Collaboration and Communication: Collaboration (people working together to reach the same goal) is a necessity for complex problems. Poor communication is cited as the biggest single cause of project failure. AgilePM encourages techniques like Modelling and Facilitated Workshops to enhance communication, reduce ambiguity, and promote a shared understanding. Using simple, shared language and a glossary of terms is recommended to improve communication effectiveness. Start Your AgilePM Journey AgilePM is a registered trademark of the Agile Business Consortium Limited. APMG International is the certification partner, ensuring professionals develop competence and gain recognition. The Foundation qualification serves as a measure of sufficient knowledge and understanding of the AgilePM v3 guide to participate in an AgilePM project as a team member or stakeholder. It is also the prerequisite for the Practitioner qualification.
Tim Whitaker Founder/Director IPSO FACTO www.ipsofacto.uk.com
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