IT Product Managers to Benefit from International Agile Certification Offered by PMI

Submitted by dhananjay on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 21:46

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Bangalore: SABCONS Project Management Consultants a leading Project Management Training and Consulting organisation, today announced the launch of its new service offering - a 3 day training program based on Agile Project Management in various cities in India. The PMI- ACPSM Agile certification program prepares participants for the highly popular PMI-ACPSM Certification Examination conducted by PMI, USA and gives them the much required insights into various agile methodologies like Scrum, XP and Lean.

Agile is a topic of growing importance in project management. Gartner predicts that by the end of 2012, agile development methods will be used on 80% of all software development projects. Research by the Project Management Institute (PMI), USA has shown that the use of agile has tripled from December 2008 to May 2011. Further organizations all across the world have acknowledged benefits of agile methodologies - reduced product defects, improved team productivity, and increased delivery of business value.

In keeping with the growing demands for trained Agile professionals, PMI has introduced the PMI-ACPSM (Agile Certified Practitioner) Certification. As the first Registered Education Provider of PMI in India, SABCONS is committed to carrying forward its efforts in building a capable project management community for the future. "SABCONS does not believe in the mere dispensing of theoretical knowledge," said Mr. Rathinakumar, Head-Agile Practice at SABCONS, "SABCONS wants to bring about a transformation in the understanding and application of Project Management. It is proven that Agile methodologies help deliver more value to customer projects; so SABCONS is eager to contribute its part in furthering the know-how and acceptance of this philosophy."

[BWI]