Essential reference for PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)(R) training and certification plus an effective and handy reference for project managers and teams. This six page laminated quick reference guide is authored by expert and trainer Aileen Ellis, PgMP(R), PMP(R) whose mission is to provide students the tools to gain certification in skills proven effective and highly valued by businesses worldwide. Ms. Ellis's goal is for professionals to understand processes and interactions with limited memorization which she has been doing for 25 years through workshops, her training material, and books. With experience working with groups and individuals she knows what you need to succeed and has pulled the most important facts together in our famous QuickStudy format. This is a perfect tool for project teams to have on-hand so key aspects of the process can be referred to and referenced quickly and easily keeping the team in synch. For all of this, at this price, you cannot miss having this guide in your toolbox for testing or for team use. Agile was primarily used in software development but is increasingly being used in other industries like healthcare, medical research and finance among others.
6 page laminated guide includes:

• Key Ideas
• 12 Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto
• Guide includes the following for each section:
  • Objectives
  • Benefits
  • Best practices
  • Challenges
  • Examples
• Roles
  • Agile Team
  • Some Additional Roles
• Practices
  • Leadership & Culture
    • Servant leadership, Agile coaching, Self-organizing teams, Empowerment, Cross-functional teams, Learning culture, Feedback loops, Trust & transparency
  • Communication & Collaboration
    • Daily stand-ups, Iteration reviews, Retrospectives, Stakeholder engagement, Information radiators, Agile games, Team charters, Communication tools
  • Planning & Estimation
    • Release planning, Use stories, Story points, Planning poker, Product backlog refinement, Definition of Ready (DoR), Spike, Iteration (sprint) planning
  • Development Practices
    • Swarming, Test-driven development (TDD), Pair programming, Continuous integration (CI), Continuous delivery (CD), Refactoring, Code reviews, Version control, Branching strategies, Collective code ownership
  • Quality Assurance
    • Automated testing, Acceptance test-driven development (ATDD), Behavior-driven development (BDD), Exploratory testing, Definition of Done (DoD)
  • Monitoring & Tracking
    • Scrum boards, Burndown charts, Burnup charts, Velocity tracking, Timeboxing, Work in Progress (WIP) limits, Impediment backlog