PMI UK Agile CoP November 2013 Event Shell, London 1 Evening - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Project Management Institute, United Kingdom PMI UK Agile CoP – November 2013 Event Shell, London 1

Evening Agenda • Introductions from Shell and Rob Moores (Chair PMI UK Agile CoP) • What is the PMI-ACP and why should I care? – Joseph Flahiff • Introduction to the PMI UK Agile Community of Practice – Bob Cowl and Sergey Pivovarov • Extended Q&A session – ‘The Panel’ – Joseph, Siamak Shams, Ray Mead, Sergey Pivovarov, Bob Cowl • Drinks and Networking #PMIUKAgileCoP 2

Joseph Flahiff President & CEO •Co-Lead PMI-ACP Content Support •PMP, CSM, CSP, PMI-ACP 3

Agenda • Why another Cert? • Who is it for? • Compare to CSM & CSP 4

A little history • 2010 survey 12% • 2011 survey 27% • Steering committee-guided the content – Ahmed Sidky Alistair Cockburn – Dennis Stevens Jesse Fewell – Jim Cundiff Michele Sliger – Mike Cottmeyer Mike Griffiths • 70+ Authors and reviewers wrote, edited, and reviewed the exam questions 5

Who would Want the PMI-ACP • Project Managers, Testers, Developers, Resource managers, just about anyone. 6

How does it Compare? PMI - - ACP ACP PMI General Agile Domain Including : Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, DSDM, • Certified Scrum Master - CSM • Certified Scrum Professional – CSP 7

Purpose Demonstrate to The intent behind the A CSM Course is Only employers your level of CSP certification the First Step . professionalism in Agile program is to offer a Becoming agile is a practices of project clearly defined and lifelong journey . management. well-respected Incorporating Scrum Increase your credential in the Agile principles and professional versatility . community, recognized practices into your Hold a certification that is as the primary more credible than world of work takes credential for Scrum existing entry-level, diligence, patience, Professionals and training or exam-only and a commitment to sought by the based offerings continuous employers who hire improvement . them. PMI-ACP ScrumMaster Scrum Practitioner 8

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Is the ACP Right for me? • Enterprise • Org only uses Scrum organizations • You will only use Scrum • Pockets of agile • Org supports scrum • Silos of technology • Multiple forms of agile • Career: 2-4 yrs • Career: 2-4 yrs – Org not completely – Committed to Scrum transformed – Org Committed to – Don’t know next move transformation Scrum Certs ACP 10

Qualifying to take the exam Traditional project 2000 hours Overlapping hours Agile 1500 hours Agile 1500 hours 11

CSM CSP PMI-ACP CSM classes typically Current CSM, CSPO Classes to get 21 PDUs: 0- between $1000 – , CSD $2500+ 2000. $300 Reg fee There is no additional Requires Member Computer: $335 cost for the exam. You membership in Non-Member computer: $435 can not take the exam Scrum Alliance: Member paper: $270 without taking the $100 / 2 years Non-Member paper: $370 class. 3 yrs Permanent 60 PDUs in AGILE 2 yrs. PDUs TBD 12

Exam Content & Results • 50% Agile Tools & Techniques • 50% Agile Knowledge & Skills – Level 1 33% – Level 2 12% – Level 3 5% • Exam Results – Proficient – Above Average level of knowledge – Moderately Proficient – At the average – Below Proficient – Below average • Exam pass percentage is NOT publicized 13

SM Exam The PMI-ACP • Questions 120 – 100 Scored – 20 Pretest (unscored) • Time – 3 hours – No breaks – No materials 14

Recommended Reading • Agile Retrospectives: Making Good • Agile Estimating and Planning – Mike Cohn ISBN #0131479415 Teams Great • The Art of Agile Development – Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber ISBN #0977616649 – James Shore ISBN #0596527675 • Agile Software Development: The • User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Cooperative Game – 2nd Edition Development – Alistair Cockburn ISBN #0321482751 – Mike Cohn ISBN #0321205685 • The Software Project Manager’s • Agile Project Management with Scrum Bridge to Agility – Ken Schwaber ISBN #073561993X – Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick ISBN #0321502752 • Lean-Agile Software Development: • Agile Project Management: Creating Achieving Enterprise Agility Innovative Products – 2nd Edition – Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott ISBN #0321532899 • Jim Highsmith ISBN #0321658396 • Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world • Coaching Agile Teams – Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky ISBN #1933988258 – Lyssa Adkins ISBN #0321637704 15

Project Management Institute, United Kingdom Why an Agile Community of Practice? Bob Cowl PMP Project Manager and Scrum Master EDFT Sergey Pivovarov PMP Delivery Manager BP 21/11/2013 16

Drivers for an Agile Community Of Practice • Very significant increase in agile over recent years • Mainly driven by:- – time to market – alignment to the business – increased flexibility to meet business needs – growing reputation for successful delivery 17 Why an Agile Community of Practice?

Drivers for an Agile Community Of Practice • Project Managers including PMI members utilising Agile already or looking to transition into Agile environments • Many members looking to the PMI as their professional body to provide a central community • Desire to share experiences, seek knowledge and contribute to best practice • Provide input to the global community, to PMBOK and PMI ACP development • Use the PMI, it’s network and infrastructure to support regular meetings, attract speakers and provide a forum for discussions 18 Why an Agile Community of Practice?

Drivers for an Agile Community Of Practice • Lots of Challenges – More adoption of Agile across enterprise environments, increase of methodologies to assist – Challenges to take team centered approach across an enterprise – Corporate visibility requires some consistency of approach – Where does the PMO fit in in the agile world? – Lots of others!! • Are you interested in participating, the community is your community if there is interest 19 Why an Agile Community of Practice?

So, Agile…do you have an opinion? Join the party! 20 Why an Agile Community of Practice?

What next? • Survey – What problems are you facing? – Areas of interest – Experience with Agile implementations • Events – Topics for debate – Success stories • PMI UK Agile CoP Committee – Let us know if you’d like to be involved • Other feedback – Twitter, email, survey, LinkedIn group 21 Why an Agile Community of Practice?

Project Management Institute, United Kingdom Q&A Session 22

PMI – UK Chapter • How to join 23