This is the most popular agile project management certification. Ideal for people working on, managing or supporting agile projects.
This online course will:
- Help you understand how to manage agile projects
- Boost your confidence in managing agile projects
- Increase your standing within an organisation as a knowledgeable person in agile project management
- Increase job opportunities as AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner certification is still relatively rare
There are no prerequisites for this course, but any experience working on or running projects is always helpful.
Online training has the benefit of flexibility, training when and where you want, especially during times when travel is restricted.
Learning outcomes
To gain an understanding of agile project management and prepare to pass the APMG accredited AgilePM Founation and Practitioner exams.
Time
The expected time to complete the full course and sit the exams is around 35 hours. However, everyone learns differently and so some students will require more time and others will complete the course quicker. This is one of the benefits of e-learning, you're not forced to learn at the same pace as other students.
Foundation
The following 11 interactive modules, split in to 28 episodes, cover the full AgilePM Foundation syllabus. Once you complete all the modules, there are exam simulators to help with preparation for the online exam. Note the term DSDM was formally known as Dynamic System Development Method.
- The DSDM agile approach
- DSDM philosophy and fundamentals
- DSDM principles
- Success factors
- The DSDM process
- Roles and responsibilities
- DSDM Products
- Planning and control
- DSDM Practice - MoSCoW prioritisation
- DSDM Practice - timeboxing
- Other DSDM practices
Practitioner
The following 12 interactive modules, split in to 40 episodes, cover the full AgilePM Practitioner syllabus. Once you complete all the modules, there are exam simulators to help with preparation for the online exam.
- Practical applicaiton of DSDM principles
- Roles and responsibilities
- Project management through the lifecycle
- Effective use of DSDM products
- Deliver on time
- People, teams and interactions
- Requirements and user stories
- Estimating
- Planning
- Quality
- Risk management
- Tailoring the DSDM approach
This accredited course is delivered in association with Knowledge Train, an Accredited Training Organisation.
The Agile PM exams are taken within one year of purchasing an online self-study course.
The Agile PM exams are taken within one year of purchasing an online self-study course. You must pass the AgilePM Foundation exam prior to sitting the Practitioner exam.
AgilePM Foundation exam
- Multiple-choice
- 50 questions
- 25 marks required to pass - 50%
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book.
- Results: Same day (online exam), 3 business days (classroom exam).
AgilePM Practitioner exam
- Multiple-choice
- 80 questions
- 40 marks required to pass - 50%
- 2.5 hours duration
- Open book
- Results: Same day (online exam), 3 business days (classroom exam).
The APMG-International AgilePM® certification aims to address the needs of those working in a project-focused environment who want to be agile. Agile project management is widely used in several industries, particularly IT and Creative, but is gaining popularity in other industries too.
The AgilePM guidance, developed in partnership with the Agile Business Consortium, 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.
Read more on our dedicated AgilePM Information page.