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THE BASI
Software development projects often involve
special requirements and pose more chal-
lenges than normal investment, organisa-
tion or development projects. The “Agile PM
Guide 2.0“ presents the most popular forms
of agile project management – scrum and
kanban – as well as agile methods such as
extreme programming, whereby the major-
ity of the content and certification is about
scrum.
The “Agile PM Guide 2.0” prescribes the rel-
evant knowledge elements for scrum, kan-
ban and extreme programming and their dif-
ferent areas of application. It explains basic
principles, such as the difference between
product owner, scrum master and scrum
team member, the structure of a kanban
board or the combination of agile work meth-
ods with agile project management methods.
The “Agile PM Guide 2.0” defines agility,
details the factors of success and commu-
nicates the value system and essential prin-
PM GUIDE 2.0
How can knowledge be assessed and how
can competence be proven? What theoreti-
cal knowledge and competencies does a
project manager need to be awarded an
internationally valid certificate? The IAPM
has been considering these questions
since 1997 and the first content that it de-
veloped in this respect was published in
the IAPM By-laws of Project Management
in 1998. In 2010, the new and improved
version was published as the PM Guide
2.0. It includes knowledge and experience
contributed by project managers around
the world with many years of experience in
international projects as the basis for mod-
ern certification guidelines.
The PM Guide 2.0’s content covers all
aspects of theoretical knowledge that are
necessary in order to implement a project.
From project check to project close-out, it
provides project managers with a compre-
hensive reference tool for their everyday
project activities. The PM Guide 2.0 is the
basis for the IAPM certification programme
and it defines all the knowledge elements
that are necessary to pass the certification
examinations for each level.
The PM Guide 2.0 has three parts.
Part 1 covers the hard factors of project
management relating to “the project” itself,
and it explains how to initiate a project and
bring it to a successful conclusion.
Part 2 is all about “people in projects“.
Project managers have to be able to iden-
tify and evaluate problems and crises that
affect their teams and themselves. The
IAPM stresses the importance of this part
because project managers can’t be pro-
ject managers if they aren’t able to lead
their teams effectively or if they don’t have
themselves under control. Topics such as
team building, team management, motiva-
tion, dealing with conflicts, personal suc-
cess and stress management are covered
in this section and they are intended to en-
courage the reader to look into these areas
in more depth.
Part 3 explains how project managers can
have their competencies certified and in-
crease their market value. The IAPM certi-
fication levels and the certification process
are described and explained in detail here.
57% of project managers have already
worked in an agile project environment
Result of the IAPM Certificate Holder Survey 2013
AGILE PM GUIDE 2.0
