Agile Project Management: Applied Common Sense and Pragmatism - Gain Your Certification Now!
26 April 2018
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Agile Project Management-themed Quick Quiz - Test Your Instincts!
Agile project management is based on common sense: delivering requirements incrementally throughout the project's life-cycle. Some key features are iterative development, self-organising teams, empowerment and collaboration.
Our quick quiz (scroll down) gives some examples of how these concepts will be used in practice.
Summary of AgilePM® Training and Certification
Our course web pages and AgilePM blog provide full details on the certification process. In summary:
- Foundation Level - a 40 minute exam requiring around 2.5 days of study
- Practitioner Level - a 2.5 hour exam requiring around 1.5 days of additional study
Quick Quiz: See how you do at these 7 light-hearted questions about Agile Project Management (No experience needed!)
We've put together a short quiz that will test your instincts - it's based on the AgilePM Manual guidance and its in the ball-park of the level of knowledge you'll be needing. Let us know how you've done and you'll qualify for discounts on TrainX's courses!
Start The Quiz - (returns to this page) »
AgilePM® Short Quiz Results Sections
Below are the three landing areas that the quiz returns you to.
Score of 0 to 2 - Slow and steady can get you there in the end!
Okay, so you didn't do that great. At least you've made a start and while many of the 'agile' ideas are in the end common sense, applying them can take some thought.
Hopefully from taking this quiz you'll have sparked your interest in all things agile. Contact us for more information - we're here to help in any way we can.
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What to do now
AgilePM is here to stay and so we'd suggest starting your journey the right way with the Foundation Course. We've a number of options including:
- Weekday Courses - Classroom, Virtual Classroom and Onsite
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- Blended-study - coming soon
We'll happily provide some free pointers including the exam objectives and an approach for studying them. As you'll imagine, we're also able to provide you with the training and exams.
Contact us for an informal chat.
Score of 3 to 5 - Practise makes perfect. Put in the effort and your next stop will be Ninja Warrior!
Good on you! You're already ahead of the curve with your agile project management insights.
Don't stop now: Some organised study and you'll be running rings around the competition!
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What to do now
You've clearly a good grasp of the subject and by attending one of our training events you'll soon have the certification.
We here to provide you with free pointers including the exam objectives and an approach for studying them. We suggest you attend our training which includes the exams - here are some options:
- Weekday Courses - Classroom, Virtual Classroom and Onsite
- Weekend Courses
- Part-time Evening Courses
- Blended-study - coming soon
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Score of 6 to 7 - The Student has become The Master!
Excellent! Your agility knows no bounds. If you haven't already passed the exams then contact us now - gain your rightful certification!
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What to do now
Our quick quiz isn't designed to fully test ability with agile project management but it does give an indication of how well educated in the method or how insightful someone is.
So attend one of our courses and by applying the same level of thinking that you've just demonstrated, you'll quickly attain your AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner.
Your current knowledge appears to be exemplary and puts in you in good stead for both exams. To be certain we'd suggest formal training and using the practise exams as feedback to let you focus your study. We'll provide you with the syllabus and study exams and guidance on how to bring yourself fully up to speed. Here are some of the delivery options:
- Weekday Courses - Classroom, Virtual Classroom and Onsite
- Weekend Courses
- Part-time Evening Courses
- Blended-study - coming soon
Contact us for an informal chat.
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| Course | Location | QA Fee (www.qa.com 26/04/2018) | TrainX Fee - Discounts Available |
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| AgilePM® Foundation & Practitioner | Various & Online | £2430 |
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Quiz Answers - See How Well You Did!
Just in case any of the questions are gnawing at you, here are the answers with some context.
- Provide a detailed design specification and monitor them hourly to ensure value?
NO - You should trust your developers and micro-management will not be efficient nor will it demonstrate trust - Present them with a set of requirements and let them get on?
YES - You've hired the developer in to use their expertise - an empowered and self-organising team is an agile ideal - Quickly train up as a developer and buy a Bugatti
Maybe - We recommend buying a jackpot winning EuroMillions ticket - why earn your money?
- Collaboratively help them plan, making the best use of their collective skills?
NO - The development team should self-organise and create their own plan. The project manager should not be involved in this activity - Liaise with Operations to ensure the production server upgrade is on time for the currently-in-development software increment?
YES - The project manager should pave the way for the team, ensuring there are no impediments to progress - Wonder why 'Team-work' stock-art is so cheesy
Maybe - One person's cheese might be another's bread and butter
- Have the Development Team log every decision?
NO - The development team must include an empowered role from the business that can make decisions on the product without onerous documentation - Log every Development Team decision yourself to free them up?
NO - Any logging will be done by the team, the project manager isn't involved in the day-to-day development activities - Recommend that only higher risk tasks have formal logging
YES - It may be a management requirement to keep additional records during higher risk sections of the project
- The Hotel Manager should arrange an appointment to have the drawings revised
NO - This will slow down progress and as long as the sockets are in place, the solution should meet the quality expected without unnecessary documentation and effort - The Project Manager should organise a planning workshop
NO - Although workshops can be an excellent way to resolve a problem, this is not necessary as the solution lies with the hotel manager - The Hotel Manager should attend with the electrician and point out where the sockets should be
YES - In this project the hotel manager is the customer and can direct the electrician (the developer) to where the sockets should be
- An empowered team should make their own decision to work overtime
NO - Although this seems like empowerment its actually a symptom of either bad estimation or an impediment that's not being dealt with correctly - An agile project should fix time and cost, prioritising features as a form of contingency
YES - An agile project will have fixed time, cost and resources. The contingency is simply the descoping of optional features to maintain the fixed cost and time - Working extra hours to achieve goals strengthens a team
NO - Teams perform best when they have appropriate downtime. Unexpected additional hours are a cause of stress and will be counterproductive
Q6: You're Project Manager: All the essential features are deployed. Has the project been a success?
- Yes. If the essential features are delivered then the project is a success
NO - Although a good result, simply deploying the solution doesn't mean any value has been added. Unless the features are used to the benefit of the organisation the project would be regarded as a failure - Maybe. Its important for the business to measure the actual value gained rather than just that deployment of the essential features has occurred
YES - Measuring the actual usage of the features will allow for a judgement on whether real value was gained and hence the project's level of success can be stated
- Assume that your colleagues can keep their elbows to themselves, keep calm and carry on
NO - As a project manager you should resource your team correctly. Insufficient physical room to work is an impediment - Assume that as its so expensive that it must be good
NO - Your budget should be used to benefit the organisation. High pricing is a often a psychological trick rather than a true indicator of value - Worry that you've found the exact same event on the provider's 'other site' at half the price
Maybe - Every organisation has its ethical standpoint, unfortunately many of the training providers have multiple websites and companies, selling the same events at massively differing prices *1 - Look for a provider who understands that training is about value and results rather than just making a vast profit and diverting it to an OFFSHORE ACCOUNT!
YES - Your own solutions should be at an appropriate level of quality and should meet the ethical standards of your organisation. A project manager should be 'on message' and able to explain their resourcing decisions *2
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