Since its introduction in 2010, AgilePM has fast established itself as the world's leading framework and certification for Agile project management, with over 200,000 exams sat worldwide.
The AgilePM qualification is based on the AgilePM Handbook, published by the Agile Business Consortium.
The Handbook offers a practical and repeatable methodology that achieves an ideal balance between the standards, rigour and visibility required for good project management, and the fast-pace, change and empowerment provided by Agile.
Agile Project Management training and certification help individuals to:
- Apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of AgilePM in a project situation
- Appropriately configure the lifecycle of an Agile project to a given scenario
- Identify and apply popular Agile techniques in a project situation, including MoSCoW prioritization, iterative development and timeboxing
- Understand and assign roles and responsibilities within an Agile project
- Understand the mechanisms for governance and control of an Agile project
- Understand how to test, estimate and measure progress in an Agile project
- Describe and apply the Agile approach to managing requirements.
AgilePM v3 is here!
The AgilePM framework has recently been updated to version 3. Accredited training aligned to AgilePM v3 is currently being rolled out to our global network of Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs). For details of the latest training providers offering AgilePM3 check our AgilePM3 News Page.
When enquiring about AgilePM training, please check with providers which version of AgilePM training will be aligned with.
Summary of changes from v2 to v3.
The AgilePM v3 Reference Book is now available to purchase via Amazon.
Additional recognition with Agile Business Consortium
Successful AgilePM candidates can claim Business Agility Professional Level 1 – Explorer status and a digital badge from the Agile Business Consortium for added recognition of your Agile credentials. If you're a successful AgilePM candidate, claim your additional recognition and digital badge here.
Further details of Business Agility Professional recognition can be found at the Consortium’s website.
AgilePM Foundation
Learn how to flex and deliver projects rapidly to meet your customer needs.
- Practising project managers.
- Agile team members looking to become Agile Project Managers.
- Individuals pursuing the AgilePM Practitioner Certificate.
AgilePM Foundation introduces the DSDM Agile Project Management framework, a pragmatic and repeatable methodology. This course explains how to prepare for and run an agile project, highlighting documentation, techniques, roles and responsibilities recommended within the framework.
- The underpinning philosophy and principles of Agile.
- The lifecycle of an Agile project, including alternative configurations.
- The products produced during an Agile project and their purpose.
- The techniques used and their benefits and limitations.
- The roles and responsibilities within an Agile project.
AgilePM Foundation courses typically follow this agenda:
- What is Agile? Choosing an appropriate Agile approach
- Philosophy, Principles and Project Variables
- Preparing for Success
- The DSDM Process
- The People – DSDM Roles and Responsibilities
- The DSDM Products
- Key Practices - Prioritisation and Timeboxing
- Planning and Control throughout the Lifecycle
- Other practices: Facilitated Workshops, Modelling, and Iterative Development.
- Multiple choice format
- 50 questions per paper
- 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) - 50%
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book.
AgilePM Practitioner
Become an agile project leader with in-depth knowledge of agile principles.
- AgilePM Foundation certificate.
- AgilePM Foundation Certified Professionals.
- Agile team members who want to become Agile Project Managers.
As the AgilePM Practitioner certification is for those who have passed the Foundation exam, it’s objective is to transition learners from understanding the framework to applying it effectively. It is designed for professionals in project focused environments who want to be agile.
- How to apply a variety of agile practices to a project, for example, workshops, the MoSCoW technique to define project priorities, iterative development and modeling.
- How to test, estimate and evaluate profit delivery in an Agile project.
- Facilitation and support mechanisms within an Agile project.
- The agile approach to manage and prioritize requirements.
The standard agenda for an AgilePM Practitioner course includes:
- Roles and Responsibilities - the Project Managers view
- Agile Project Management – through the lifecycle
- The Effective Use of the Products
- Deliver on time – Combining MoSCoW Prioritization and Timeboxing
- People, Teams and Interactions
- Requirements and User Stories
- Estimating – How and When
- Project Planning through the Lifecycle
- Quality – Never Compromise Quality
- Risk management
- Tailoring the approach.
- Objective testing examination. 4 questions (20 points per question).
- 40/80 points required to pass the exam (50%).
- Duration 2.5 hours.
- Open book (only the official AgilePM manual is allowed).
AgilePM Practitioner Re-registration
Maintain your Registered Practitioner status.
A valid Practitioner certificate (must be before the certification expires).
AgilePM Registered Practitioners wishing to retain their 'Registered' status.
- Objective testing examination. 4 questions (20 points per question).
- 40/80 points required to pass the exam (50%).
- Duration 2.5 hours.
- Open book (only the official AgilePM manual is allowed).