COPR ACP study plan
COPR ACP · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Agile and Lean Foundations & Value-Driven Delivery
Define and contrast the core Agile and Lean concepts (iterative vs. incremental flow, value stream, waste, empiricism) in your own written notes
Explain how value-driven delivery differs from plan-driven scope delivery, citing at least three trade-off examples
Map each of the eight exam domains to the Agile/Lean principle or practice it most depends on
Draft a personal glossary of 30 Agile and Lean terms with one-sentence definitions
Your checkpoint
A 30-term glossary plus a one-page domain-to-principle map, self-scored against source material
Value-Driven Delivery & Agile and Lean Foundations
Prioritize a sample backlog using at least two techniques (e.g., value-based ranking and weighted shortest job first) and justify the ordering
Identify and describe five Lean wastes in a software delivery scenario you construct
Explain how incremental value delivery enables earlier return on investment
Trace how a single requirement moves from idea to delivered value, naming each handoff
Your checkpoint
A worked backlog-prioritization artifact with a written justification and a value-stream sketch
Team Performance and Servant Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
Describe the servant-leader behaviors that shift a team from command-and-control to self-organization
Draft a plan for facilitating a team's first self-selection of work
Identify three stakeholder-engagement techniques and match each to a stakeholder type
Explain how psychological safety and trust building support high-performing teams
Your checkpoint
A one-page servant-leadership self-assessment with three concrete behavior changes you will practice
Team Performance and Servant Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement & Adaptive Planning
Practice running a retrospective and a daily coordination event, writing the facilitation script for each
Explain how adaptive planning differs from predictive planning across horizon, granularity, and re-planning cadence
Build a release plan for a sample product using progressive elaboration
Describe how to engage a skeptical stakeholder using transparency and incremental delivery
Your checkpoint
A facilitation playbook for two team events plus a sample release plan
Adaptive Planning & Problem Detection and Resolution
Estimate a sample backlog using relative sizing and explain how velocity informs forecasting without becoming a target
Identify the signals that indicate a team is off track and describe the response to each
Describe a structured problem-solving approach for a delivery impediment you construct
Explain how to make work visible so problems surface early
Your checkpoint
A sample backlog with relative estimates, a velocity-based forecast, and a written impediment-resolution case
Problem Detection and Resolution & Continuous Improvement and Product Quality
Describe how continuous improvement practices (retrospectives, kaizen, root-cause analysis) feed product quality
Explain the relationship between technical practices and sustainable delivery pace
Identify quality metrics that inform decisions without incentivizing gaming
Design a feedback loop that shortens the time between defect discovery and correction
Your checkpoint
A continuous-improvement plan for a sample team, listing practices, metrics, and feedback cadence
Continuous Improvement and Product Quality & Risk and Compliance in Adaptive Delivery
Explain how risk is identified, assessed, and managed in adaptive delivery
Describe how compliance obligations can be satisfied incrementally rather than only at the end
Build a simple risk register for a sample adaptive project with likelihood, impact, and response
Explain how transparency and frequent inspection reduce delivery risk
Your checkpoint
A sample risk register with at least eight risks and mitigation responses
Agile and Lean Foundations & Value-Driven Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement & Team Performance and Servant Leadership & Adaptive Planning & Problem Detection and Resolution & Continuous Improvement and Product Quality & Risk and Compliance in Adaptive Delivery
Synthesize all eight domains into a single concept map showing dependencies
Complete a timed full-length practice set and review every missed item
Identify your three weakest areas and write targeted remediation notes for each
Rehearse explaining key concepts aloud to test recall under time pressure
Your checkpoint
A timed practice-set score report with remediation notes for the three weakest areas
Milestones
Week 2: Can explain value-driven delivery and Lean waste in your own words and pass a self-written 20-question quiz on Domains 1 and 2 at 80% or better
Week 4: Can facilitate a retrospective and daily coordination event from a written script, and can explain adaptive planning trade-offs without notes
Week 6: Can walk through an impediment from detection to resolution and connect continuous improvement to product quality in a written case
Week 8: Score at or above your target on a timed full-length practice set and have remediation notes for the three weakest areas