The Agile Certified Product Manager Self-Study Course contains everything you need to get up to speed quickly, get certified and become an Agile expert. The ACPM Self-Study Course allows you to thoroughly prepare for and take the prestigious industry-standard AIPMM ACPM certification exam, and contains everything you need to master the material and get certified.

Becoming an ACPM (Agile Certified Product Manager) shows that you understand the different types of Agile development methodologies and have a good grasp of how to apply them effectively at both a strategic and tactical level. Whether you are new to Agile or have been doing it for a long time, the ACPM self-study course will get you to the next level.

By earning the AIPMM Agile Product Management Certification you will:

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of theoretical and practical Agile product management concepts, principles and terminology
• Show that you understand multiple types of Agile development, including basic and advanced concepts.

Benefits of Agile product management certification to Product Managers:

• Advance your Product Management career
• Get a great new job or promotion
• Open up new opportunities in the rapidly growing Agile development market
• Increase your salary dramatically over your entire career
• Differentiate yourself from others
• Prove domain mastery of Agile
• Study at your own pace
• Take the test at your convenience from your own computer anywhere in the world
• NOTE: THE ACPM SELF-STUDY COURSE MAY BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE FOR YOU AS A CAREER EXPENSE. Check with your accountant or CPA.

Benefits of Agile product management certification to CEOs, Directors/VPs of Product Management:

• Increase your team’s skill set and effectiveness
• Help your employees grow their careers
• Increase team satisfaction
• Deliver superior customer focused products faster through Agile methodology

Benefits of Agile product management certification to HR Departments & Professionals

• Provides employees with a widely-respected credential
• Self-contained packaged offering that can be taken anytime and anywhere
• Eliminates the cost of bringing a trainer onsite or sending attendees to training

Comprehensive self-study course includes everything you need

• INSTANT ELECTRONIC DOWNLOAD (start studying immediately)
• Nine section narrated training course lets you study at your own pace
• Study guide that can be printed out to take notes as you go through the training
• Sample exam to ensure you are ready to take the actual certification exam
• Two chances(a $395 value) to take the AIPMM exam (within one year of purchase). Exam can be taken from your own computer anywhere in the world.

Earn the industry-standard prestigious AIPMM certification

• Become an AIPMM Agile Certified Product Manager (supported by more than half a dozen leading companies in the product management industry).
• Stand out from other Product Managers when applying for jobs or going for a promotion
• Show that you are an expert in multiple types of Agile development methodologies
• Prove that you have mastered both theoretical and practical as well as strategic and tactical concepts

Learn at your own pace and test at your convenience when you are ready

• Take the entire course in a day or two or over the course of a few weeks or months
• Take the test from anywhere in the world at your own computer
• Includes a second chance to take the exams if you don’t pass the first time

Review and practice as much as you need to ensure mastery of the material

• Sample exam can be taken as many times as you want until you are sure you are ready
• Automatically calculated practice test scores with the ability to review and see the correct answers
• Study guide to follow along with the training presentations and take notes

Topics Covered and Sample Content from the ACPM Self-Study Toolkit

The ACPM Self-Study course covers multiple types of Agile development (Scrum, XP and Lean) including the basics as well as more advanced topics. If you are new to Agile you will learn how Agile is going to change your job as a product manager, what the best practices are for success and how you need to adjust your work to be a great Agile product manager.

The course includes nine sections with narrated training modules:

• Why Agile is good for Product Manager
• A look at Scrum
• Release management
• Release planning
• Documentation
• Organizing around Agile
• Starting out
• A word on XP and Lean
• Wrap-up

Advanced topics touched on include:

• Product launches
• Roadmapping
• Organizing your Agile team for the highest degree of success
• How to work effectively with distributed teams
• How to organize larger projects using multiple teams and a scrum of scrums
• Integrating Agile within a traditional product process