This is a bridging course which acts as a refresher for delegates wishing to achieve Agile Project Manager Practitioner status. This is the newly launched certification by APMG and the DSDM Consortium that has been created to sit alongside PRINCE2 as an approach to project management.

The Certified Agile Tester (CAT) Foundation level course prepares delegates for the three part examination that must all be passed to gain the qualification set and examined by iSQI. The course introduces experienced testers to the practices they will need to understand and use to be effective team members and testers on an agile project.

This workshop covers the hybrid approach of running a project using a combination of agile techniques and PRINCE2™ in tandem. The relative merits of the approaches are explained as well as the rationale for integrating them.

The course is for developers who want to understand how Agile methods impact the day-to-day process of writing software. Many of the courses, books and papers on Agile development approach the subject from the point of view of the project manager or analyst.

The term ‘Agile’ is increasingly being heard wherever software development is discussed, and a number of software development methodologies have been invented that fall under the Agile banner.

The course provides an overview of the leading agile methods and techniques which are currently being used in I.T. and non-I.T. project environments. The fundamentals of what ‘agile’ really is and how it works are explained by describing and contrasting several methods such as DSDM Atern, Lean, XP and Scrum.

Agile has caught the attention of business leaders in the UK and globally as a means of managing change, reducing time to market, eliminating waste and attracting and retaining customers.

Agile software development practices are now so widespread that they are no longer considered ‘extreme’. However, many organisations and agile teams still struggle with how to do successful testing on an agile development project.

This four-day accredited course provides participants with a thorough grounding in the DSDM® Atern® Agile approach and is comprised of three main elements

This course covers the newly launched certification by APMG and the DSDM Consortium that has been created to sit alongside PRINCE2 as an approach to project management. The course is equally divided between the theory of the new wave of agile project management and the practical experience of the techniques and disciplines involved.

Delegates will receive a copy of the Agile Project Management handbook and will sit the Agile Project Management Foundation exam at the end of the course.