Agile Excellence™

Creating Winning Products with Agile Development Teams™

Training


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Agile Excellence for Product Managers is a one day, live training class for product managers that teaches the necessary practices for working in an Agile environment. The course covers multiple Agile development methods (Scrum, XP and Lean) and is focused on practical application to make participants more effective the moment they return to their desks.  The course prepares participants for the industry standard AIPMM Agile Certified Product Manager (ACPM®) exam.  A testing time may be scheduled upon completion of the course.   

If you or your team are new to Agile or struggling with adjusting to working with an Agile development team, you will learn  how Agile is going to make your life easier, how the development team now builds software, and how to adjust your work to support your team and achieve Agile Excellence.

Participants will learn how to:
  1. Accelerate time to market for their products
  2. Manage risk and adapt to emerging requirements at an entirely new level of effectiveness
  3. Amplify market learning through shorter feedback loops
  4. Structure one's time across multiple iterations or Sprints
  5. Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders
  6. Plan, manage, and track an Agile release
  7. Prioritize features
  8. Create and maintain a product backlog
  9. Convey requirements as user stories with acceptance tests
  10. Organize for success including large projects and distributed teams
and more!

The course covers nine sections:
  • Why Agile is good for Product Management
  • A look at Scrum
  • Release management
  • Release planning
  • Documentation
  • Organizing around Agile
  • Starting out
  • XP and Lean
  • Wrap-up
Learn the theory, practice, and tools to unleash your team's potential and deliver winning products to market in record time.  Contact us to learn more about Agile Excellence for Product Managers today!


   

"The concepts and techniques taught in this class have really opened our eyes to the huge potential Agile can bring to our products."


Gene Litt
Senior Director, Product Management & Strategy
Shunra Software
 

  
 
 

"Greg's deep real world experience in the software industry and his hands-on teaching style brought the issues truly alive."


Hans Fremuth
Founder
Metability Software

  
 
 
"This was exactly what my product management team needed to help advance Agile at our company."

Vance Clement
Director of Upstream Marketing
MAKO Surgical Corp.
 

Agile Certified Product Manager (ACPM®) Self-Study Course


If you want the convenience of learning on your schedule and your own pace, try the online version of the course. The ACPM Self-Study Course is an instant electronic download that includes a nine part narrated training presentation, study guide, practice exam and two chances to take the industry standard AIPMM Agile Product Management Certification exam (a $395 value).  The course is delivered through the 280 Group. Click here to learn more.

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Public Training


We offer public trainings throughout the world directly and through our partner network. Check back for schedule updates.

San Jose, CA

Dates Offered (select one):
  • Nov. 3rd, 2011
  • Feb. 17th, 2012
  • Mar. 23rd, 2012*
  • May 18th, 2012
  • Jun. 29th, 2012
  • Aug. 24th, 2012
  • Oct. 5th, 2012
  • Nov. 16th, 2012

Time: 8 am to 5 pm
Price: $995 per person. Agile Certified Product Manager Exam $395.
Instructor: Greg Cohen (*March 23rd taught by Phil Burton)

Seating is limited. Register thru 280 Group Today!

NOTE: you must have a current AIPMM membership ($125) in order to take the exam.

New York, NY

Dates Offered (select one):

  • Feb. 2nd, 2012
  • Mar. 16th, 2012
  • May 4th, 2012
  • Jun. 15th, 2012
  • Aug. 17th, 2012
  • Oct. 12th, 2012
  • Nov. 9th, 2012

Time: 8 am to 5 pm
Price: $995 per person. Agile Certified Product Manager Exam $395.
Instructor: Phil Burton

Seating is limited.  Register thru 280 Group today!

NOTE: you must have a current AIPMM membership ($125) in order to take the exam.



Austin, TX

Dates offered (Select one):
  • Feb. 10th, 2012
  • Mar. 30th, 2012
  • May 11th, 2012
  • Sept. 14th, 2012
  • Dec. 7th, 2012
Time: 8 am to 5 pm
Price: $995 per person. Agile Certified Product Manager Exam $395.
Instructor: Tom Evans

Seating is limited.  Register thru 280 Group today!

NOTE: you must have a current AIPMM membership ($125) in order to take the exam.




Dallas/Fortworth, TX

Dates offered (Select one):
  • Jun. 22nd, 2012
  • Oct. 19th, 2012  
Time: 8 am to 5 pm
Price: $995 per person. Agile Certified Product Manager Exam $395.
Instructor: Tom Evans

Seating is limited.  Register thru 280 Group today!

NOTE: you must have a current AIPMM membership ($125) in order to take the exam.




Monterrey, Mexico

Dates offered (Select one):
  • Jan 28th, 2012
  • Feb 24th, 2012
Time: 8 am to 5 pm
Price: $995 per person. Agile Certified Product Manager Exam $395.
Instructor: Tom Evans

Seating is limited.  Register thru 280 Group today!

NOTE: you must have a current AIPMM membership ($125) in order to take the exam.