Monday 26 May 2014

Principles on which Agile Manifesto is based

Traditionally, agile development was considered as an alternative to traditional plan-driven project management methodologies. At that time, plan-driven methodologies were well suited for smaller projects, with limited scope of work and few variables. However, expansion of industry led to development projects becoming complex and there was a rapid need to switch to agile development practices comprehensively. Agile works on the principles of lean development focusing on effectiveness to boost the delivery of value to the end user. Hence, the increasing need of agile processes and practices laid down the agile manifesto which is based on certain principles as follows:

• Highest priority is to satisfy the needs of the customer through consistent delivery of worthy software
• Adapting to changing requirements to help maintain the customer’s competitive benefits
• Deliver software that works in the shortest timescale, from a couple of months to a couple of weeks
• Synergistic working of developers and business people throughout the project
• Develop projects around innovative individuals and giving them an environment to accurately complete the job, on time
• Encouraging face to face conversation within teams, allowing the  most effective way of conveying information
• Agile practices encourage sustainable development and the sponsors, developers and customers must be willing and able to maintain a consistent pace through the project
• Measuring progress through working software
• Being careful with the technical excellence and implementing good design for improving agility
• Self-organizing teams build the best architecture, designs and requirements

These are principles behind the agile manifesto which is thoroughly covered in Agile training in Noida. Candidates must be up to date and well-versed with the agile principles to apply them effectively in their projects. In order to get wide-ranging career opportunities, professionals have realized the importance of applying for PMI®-ACP certification exam and adding value to their resume. Agile certification and training is intended to prepare the professionals with skills necessary to handle wide-ranging projects under minimum supervision. There is professional training in Agile available for project management professionals to learn crucial agile terminology, tools and techniques and the specialized elements required to successfully clear the agile exam.

In order to be eligible to apply for PMI®-ACP, candidates must meet the requirements of project management experience. They must possess general project experience of at least 2000 hours. Also, they must possess project management experience of a year. Gaps and overlapping in the experience is not counted. Finally, all the relevant experience must not date back than five years from the submission of application.

Friday 16 May 2014

Elements Required building a Scrum Project Team

Scrum methodology is one of the best agile methodologies built for complex projects with rapidly changing factors and needs. Generally, there are two elements required to build a scrum project team:

• The Scrum team working on developing procedures directly
• External team like marketing or sales

Traditionally, both the internal and external teams were kept away from each other to avoid any complications and conflict. However, the modern methodologies hold a different view. According to the modern approach, the more contact both the teams have with each other, there will be better release of content and timing. The Scrum team includes various people working together, to make the development process easier.

The members of a Scrum team include the product owner, Scrum Master and Developers. The product owner is intended to decide the functions and features of the product. He works on the most crucial functions of the product to be implemented. On the other hand, Scrum Master is responsible to supervise the team and the processes being undertake to ensure they are adhering to the principles and practices of Scrum. In case of any problem, Scrum Master is contacted by the team. For instance, he is the first person to be contacted in shortage of certain software and tools. Finally, the developers work directly on creating software. Developers can have different tasks depending upon the requirement of the project such as developing software, developing documentation or projecting.

The Scrum working on different projects are also divided in two elements:

Management: The Management includes the managers, Scrum Master, supervisors who decide the initial content and time of the processes including the extension of the product, backlogs, risks and release content.

Development: The Development includes the developer, quality control staff and other professionals who are responsible to decide the changes which are to be made before implementing the items from the backlog.

Candidates can take Professional training in Scrum Master in order to be well-versed with the functioning and usage of Scrum methodologies in development process. In order to carry out various activities like managing and using burn-down charts, product backlogs, releases, sprints, sprint plans, sprint reviews etc., Scrum Master Certification is recommended. The certification holds huge importance in the industry and helps candidates get wide-ranging career opportunities. Scrum Master Certification in Noida helps candidates to be proficient with the Scrum methodologies and its functionality which ultimately helps to build efficient project teams.

Read More: http://multisoft-pmp.com/course/Certified-Scrum-Master-Certification-Training

Friday 9 May 2014

Sure-shot ways to browse through PMP certification exam with Multisoft Systems training

PMI's Project Management Professionals (PMP) is one of the highly sought certification exams among professionals. The reason being many private companies and government agencies prefer to recruit professionals with PMP certification, as they possess knowledge about every phase and process of a project, which is necessary to manage a project efficiently. The credentials of PMP certification is so highly valued that companies do not hesitate to pay lucrative salary to the individual who has attained the certification.

However, passing PMP certification exam is not that easy without adequate practice and preparation. To attain the certification, candidates must score well in 200-question test questions. Also, the candidates must have undergone 35 hours of training. Besides, professionals must have a work experience as a project manager, with 4,500 to 7,500 direct work hours on the assigned project. With this being the case, sometimes, professionals find it difficult to pass PMP certification exam as they have constraints such as non availability of time to study; lack of study material; long office hours and many more. A professional can get help from a PMP training institute in Noida to attain the certification.

Multisoft Systems is a reputed and established PMP training institute in Noida which is aware of the difficulties that professionals have to face for preparing for PMP certification exam. Thus, it has adopted the best and practical training practices that are tailored to suit professional’s situation, timing and convenience.

Given below are some services provided by Multisoft Systems as part of its PMP training & certification program to ensure that all professionals sail through the PMP certification exam easily.

1. Multisoft Systems' certified training in PMP focuses on 10 knowledge areas and five process group required to manage a project efficiently and pass the exam.

2. Its 35 hours training is intense with major focus on project based training.

3. PMP training & certification program follows PMBOK guidelines. Hence, training includes all details which are part of each phase of project management. This is very essential for passing the exam as only with thorough knowledge of project management concepts related to each phase, a project manager can run a project smoothly and effectively.

4. It offers Official courseware which includes latest techniques and strategies implemented by top companies. This ensures that professionals have the latest and best courseware for studying.

5. For professionals who have to work for long hours at office and cannot attend regular classroom sessions, Multisoft Systems offers the facility of online eLearning for them. The online eLearning portal has videos, handouts, flash cards, and other files to ensure that professionals can learn from a place and timing of their convenience.

6. As a part of training, the PMP training & certification also offers free practice exams, assignments, Mock tests, mostly asked questions, and many more.

Sunday 4 May 2014

All you wanted to know about 35 PDUs and other factors while enrolling for PMP certification

To pass PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, there are many prerequisites. Among all, one of the basic requirements is to obtain 35 PDUs by attending 35 contact hours, where one contact hour equals one hour of training/instruction. This makes compulsory for professionals to join a PMP training institute in Noida or other place which conducts certified training in PMP. Also a professional need to submit documents and contact hours to PMI while enrolling for PMP certification exam. This is because it is a mandatory criterion of PMP audit. This article lists down ways to obtain 35 PDUs and other essential procedures to be fulfilled while applying for PMP certification exam.

One of the first steps to get 35 PDUs is to find reliable and established PMP training institute in Noida. Given below is the list of PMI education providers recognised by PMI to conduct PMP training & certification:

1. PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s)
2. Training companies or consultants
3. Distance-learning companies
4. Employer/company-funded programs
5. PMI component organisations
6. University/college academic

Second step is to undergo 35 hours training which focuses on project training; workshop, course based training related to project management.

More importantly, one should find an organization which offers PMP training certification program in Noida. The program should be designed such that the 35 contact hours covers everything related to project management such as project scope, project communication, project budget, project procurement, Project quality, project schedule, project risk, and other associated topic areas.

Third step is to find the provider of coursework and file coursework which will help while submitting PMP application to PMI.

As a part of admission process, candidate has to submit 35 contact to PMI which is the fourth step. If contact hours are not provided to PMI, then the training hours will not be recognized officially even if it is completed. Thus, one has to submit it without fail.

Next, see to it that how updated is the course-ware provided by the PMP training institute in Noida. Old courseware is of not much use as updated course-ware has to be provided by Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s), of PMI.