Hi everybody,
I attended the AHPP course in order to acquire some basic knowledge about hybrid projects and also to earn the micro credential, but I remained a bit confused when I took the practice quiz at the end of the course. It seemed to me that questions were not directly related to the course, or probably it needs an experience with this project typology that I still don't have. Could someone suggest me some text or articles where I can go deeper in Hybrid project management and prepare me better for AHPP exam? Thanks in advance Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Enrico
That’s correct. The exam requires that you have some experience in Agile, but not in depth. If you have knowledge and experience of Agile in general combined with the course, this should be enough to equip you for the exam.
Steve WinokerManufacturing Programs| Certified Manager of Quality/Operational
ExcellenceEdgewater, Nj, United States
Enrico, I took the exam yesterday only to FAIL. PMI doesn’t reveal your score nor what questions you got wrong so I don’t see how one can learn and improve if they don’t know areas they got wrong. Also, what I like to know is what equivalence is the PM title in the AHPP framework. Is the PM equal to a Product Owner which to my understanding is only in the Scrum framework of the overall Agile bubble? It’s a quick money maker for PMI at $50 per retake.
@Rami - you had mentioned to me that reviewing the ACP Study Guide is the best approach. I think you are right for someone who hasn’t been involved in Agile (XP, Crystal Methods, Lean, etc. sans Scrum).
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Mar 16, 2022 12:42 PM
Kiron Bondale
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Steve -
Few agile frameworks define a role for the PM even though it is well understood that for unique, timebound endeavors more complex than a breadbox, a PM Is needed.
Scrum is a product management framework, hence a lot of the PM effort spent in mobilizing and closing down a project doesn't apply. The assumption is that we have a product, a team, environments and so on already established.
XP diffuses the role of the PM somewhat between the Coach, Tracker, Customer and Team.
Kanban doesn't prescribe roles, hence a PM is a perfectly reasonable role within it providing support for the team and creating an environment for team members to do their best.
Scaled agile toolkits and frameworks are more inclusive. DA for example, understands the benefits of a PM/PgM type role when dealing with team of teams contexts.
Enrico, I took the exam yesterday only to FAIL. PMI doesn’t reveal your score nor what questions you got wrong so I don’t see how one can learn and improve if they don’t know areas they got wrong. Also, what I like to know is what equivalence is the PM title in the AHPP framework. Is the PM equal to a Product Owner which to my understanding is only in the Scrum framework of the overall Agile bubble? It’s a quick money maker for PMI at $50 per retake.
@Rami - you had mentioned to me that reviewing the ACP Study Guide is the best approach. I think you are right for someone who hasn’t been involved in Agile (XP, Crystal Methods, Lean, etc. sans Scrum).
Steve -
Few agile frameworks define a role for the PM even though it is well understood that for unique, timebound endeavors more complex than a breadbox, a PM Is needed.
Scrum is a product management framework, hence a lot of the PM effort spent in mobilizing and closing down a project doesn't apply. The assumption is that we have a product, a team, environments and so on already established.
XP diffuses the role of the PM somewhat between the Coach, Tracker, Customer and Team.
Kanban doesn't prescribe roles, hence a PM is a perfectly reasonable role within it providing support for the team and creating an environment for team members to do their best.
Scaled agile toolkits and frameworks are more inclusive. DA for example, understands the benefits of a PM/PgM type role when dealing with team of teams contexts.
Kiron
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1 reply by Steve Winoker
Mar 16, 2022 5:31 PM
Steve Winoker
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Kiron,
That is a great summation. Thank you. What is “DA” ? So from your assessment that the scrum framework is really a Product Management tool with the Product Owner equalling that of Product Manager not Project Manager which I can now see.
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Steve WinokerManufacturing Programs| Certified Manager of Quality/Operational
ExcellenceEdgewater, Nj, United States
Mar 16, 2022 12:42 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Steve -
Few agile frameworks define a role for the PM even though it is well understood that for unique, timebound endeavors more complex than a breadbox, a PM Is needed.
Scrum is a product management framework, hence a lot of the PM effort spent in mobilizing and closing down a project doesn't apply. The assumption is that we have a product, a team, environments and so on already established.
XP diffuses the role of the PM somewhat between the Coach, Tracker, Customer and Team.
Kanban doesn't prescribe roles, hence a PM is a perfectly reasonable role within it providing support for the team and creating an environment for team members to do their best.
Scaled agile toolkits and frameworks are more inclusive. DA for example, understands the benefits of a PM/PgM type role when dealing with team of teams contexts.
Kiron
Kiron,
That is a great summation. Thank you. What is “DA” ? So from your assessment that the scrum framework is really a Product Management tool with the Product Owner equalling that of Product Manager not Project Manager which I can now see.
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Mar 16, 2022 5:54 PM
Kiron Bondale
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DA is Disciplined Agile which is a pragmatic, non-prescriptive toolkit which teams can use to define their ways of working in a context-sensitive, enterprise-aware manner. The intellectual property and thought leadership of DA was acquired by PMI back in August 2019 and has become integrated with the rest of PMI's offerings.
Product Owners usually work with Product Managers - in some cases, the titles are interchangeable whereas in others the PrM has P&L responsibilities which the PO might not.
That is a great summation. Thank you. What is “DA” ? So from your assessment that the scrum framework is really a Product Management tool with the Product Owner equalling that of Product Manager not Project Manager which I can now see.
DA is Disciplined Agile which is a pragmatic, non-prescriptive toolkit which teams can use to define their ways of working in a context-sensitive, enterprise-aware manner. The intellectual property and thought leadership of DA was acquired by PMI back in August 2019 and has become integrated with the rest of PMI's offerings.
Product Owners usually work with Product Managers - in some cases, the titles are interchangeable whereas in others the PrM has P&L responsibilities which the PO might not.
I’ve completed the course and am about to take the exam. Wondering about the usefulness of reference materials mentioned per the link on the initial AHPP information page, These include the “Agile Practice Guide”, “Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid”, “Essential Scrum:A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Processes” and 3 others. Does anyone think these would be helpful in preparing to take the exam? Saving Changes...
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