Introduction to Agile Project Management and PMI-ACP Certification

DATE: Sunday June 13th, 2021
TIME: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

ASCM Toronto Members: $55 + HST
Non-Members: $75 + HST

Certification of Maintenance: 4.0 points

OVERVIEW

Some Projects have clear requirements from the beginning of the project, and complete planning can be done (Initiation to Closure). Once the Plan is made, everyone follows the plan and completes all the activities, one after the other and delivers, one time, only one end product. This approach is known as Waterfall Project Management approach and is the most common and most in use project management approach.

On the other hand, lots of Projects do not have clear requirements at the beginning, client is not sure what they want, and a different iterative and incremental project management approach has to be applied. This approach is called Agile Project Management. Repeated increments of Products are delivered every week or every month, and the Customer and the Agile team gets more clarity about the project as they work on priority items, one by one.

Agile Project Management focusses on 4 Values, 12 Principles and Practices (Lean, Agile- Scrum, XP, DSDM, Crystal and more methodologies). Agile professionals understand the foundation of all the practices and uses them as it fits their project needs.

Lean thinking is the foundation of Agile methodologies. Lean believes in respecting your staff, letting them make decisions on the product and estimation. Leaders only act as Servant Leaders and they trust the staff (development team) to make all the discission related to the actual work. Requirements are always taken from the Clients, the client, and the team works together to find a solution, at speed and is done incrementally.

OBJECTIVES

In this powerful half-day overview, you will understand the difference between Waterfall and Agile. You will be able to lead your teams in future and will be able to use the right methodology that fit your needs, whether will be Agile or Waterfall. You will also understand 4 Values and 12 Principles of Agile.

Who Should Attend

If you work on agile teams or if your organization is adopting agile practices, then Agile knowledge is a good choice for you. Agile training and certifications are evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill as part of an agile team. 

Course Materials

Topics that will be covered are as follows:

• Basics of Project Management  

• When to use Waterfall Project Management  
• History of Agile 
• Basics of Agile  
• Servant Leadership Vs. Traditional Leadership 
• 4 Values of Agile 

• 12 Principles of Agile  
• Overview of types of Agile methodologies  
• Differentiation between Agile and Waterfall 
• Case study of Waterfall  
• Case study of Agile – Scrum approach 

• Exercise by Trainees 
• Share Agenda for the 2 Days Agile Certification course 
• Overview of PMI-ACP® certification 
• Closure  

Charanjit Singh Bawa, PMP, Black Belt, Certified Scrum Master, Change Agent and Group Facilitator

Charanjit is an Authorized Training Facilitator and Authorized Training Partner for Project Management Institute

A training professional utilizing Experiential Learning with a sound reputation of attention to detailed and focus on end goals. Specialized in: Practical Project Management, learned Project Management from Japanese Sensei while working for Honda. Successfully launched brand new, Daewoo Car Manufacturing Plant, HONDA Car Manufacturing Plant, Tier 2 Automotive Plant, Managed 400 different product /program launches, coached 200 Project Teams on their Continuous Improvement Projects and continuing on the journey to save Billions of Dollars. Uses best practices like LEAN, Agile, Change, Leadership Skills and Project Management methodologies, Program Management, Group Facilitation to improve Business. Prepared course materials from 10 knowledge areas, done numerous training topics, PROJECT MANAGEMENT Exam Preparation, Managing Project Teams, Leadership Skills, General Management and shared his experience with 12,000 trainees across GTA.

Highly Detailed oriented and ensures all the 10 knowledge areas are covered during Planning stage (Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Risks, Communications, Human Resources, Procurement & Stakeholder Management)

26 years of multidisciplinary experience in different business aspects from Program / Project Management, Operations, Finance, support processes like Tooling, Maintenance, Quality Control, across all the sectors including Manufacturing, Service, Public Service, Construction, Healthcare,

Education: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Project Management Professional Project Management, Certified in ADKAR Change Management, Black Belt from ASQ and a Certified Facilitator from ICA Associates Canada

Public Speaker for PMI (Lakeshore, Durham, Hamilton), APICS (Toronto, Peel, London), ASQ (Toronto, Peel, London, Kitchener) & OACETT

Extensive knowledge about planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling (applying Deming’s continuous PDCA cycle daily), and closing, and multi-disciplinary programs and projects.

Master of Employee engagement through daily Project Huddles or Scrums, keeping everyone focussed on Project Scope, Budget, Schedule, and Time

Teaching Daily application of PDCA and Daily Lessons Learned to keep the project in control

Training Experience: ♦ Planned, developed, organized, and led over 200 effective PROJECT MANAGEMENT related training courses, topics, training over 12,000 professionals (out of these 4000 professionals belong to PMI professional chapters across Toronto Area in Canada) ♦ Trained these Professionals on PROJECT MANAGEMENT topics including Planning, Continuous Improvement, Change Manage3ent, Communication, Team Building, Technical (Statistical Analysis), Huddle structure, Team Management, and more topics ♦ Successfully managed multicultural multidisciplinary courses, with up to 100 trainees ♦ Maintained very good satisfaction of course stakeholders, scoring 95% as overall feedback average ♦ Provided training to professional and educational organizations on Project Management Professional Project Management topics, Change Management, 5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT Process Groups and 10 Knowledge Areas ♦ Effectively delivered training courses in classroom and virtual setups