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Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

The PMI-ACP spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD.) So it will increase your versatility, wherever your projects may take you. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques. Show your peers, employers, and stakeholders that your agile knowledge runs deep.

PMI-ACP certification was created by agilists for agilists. Organizations that are highly agile and responsive to market dynamics complete more of their projects successfully than their slower-moving counterparts—75 percent versus 56 percent

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Overview

Agile Certified Practitioner Certification PMI-ACP is a fastest catching up Agile Certification advocated by PMI. This is said to be a one-in-all Agile Certification that encompasses the overall umbrella of Agile practices knowledge and understanding for all the roles in Project Management. As agile is also a set of methodologies, frameworks and practices, the PMI-ACP® certification tests you on the multiple aspects and does not restrict to any particular methodology (like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.) or role (like Product Owner, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, etc.) Once you are a certified PMI-ACP®, it means that you are in a different league of agile practitioners.

Course Description

PMI-ACP certification was created by agilists for agilists. Organizations that are highly agile and responsive to market dynamics complete more of their projects successfully than their slower-moving counterparts. The PMI-ACP spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD). So it will increase your versatility, wherever your projects may take you.

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Agenda

PMI-ACP Course Outline

  • Agile Framework – Introduction to Agile, Agile principles and values.
  • Introduction of Scrum – Getting to know Scrum, Scrum roles, ceremonies, artifacts.
  • User Stories – What are user stories and how to write a good user story?
  • Agile Estimation – Learn how best to estimate project work, agile sizing and estimation techniques.
  • Value Based Prioritization.
  • Agile Planning – Planning-release and iteration; velocity estimates.
  • Agile Monitoring – Know about release and iteration level monitoring of agile projects.
  • Retrospective – Understand deeply how and when retrospective should be used.
  • Extreme Programming – Extreme programming values, practices.
  • Lean – Lean principles, lean tools.
  • Soft Skills and Communication Skills – How effective agile communication for team and project? Discusses abut team and conflict management using power of listening, interpersonal skills and effective communication.
  • Risk Management – Risk Management, risk response strategies.

Benefits

By earning the PMI-ACP certification, practitioners can:

  • Demonstrate to employers their level of professionalism in agile principles, practices, tools and techniques
  • Increase their professional versatility in project management tools and techniques.
  • Hold a certification that is more credible than existing offerings based only on exams or training
  • Get an introduction to Agile principles and practices
  • Learn how to mentor high-performance teams who deliver results
  • Understand techniques for actively managing project scope and ensuring delivery of the best products possible
  • Get familiar with new ways of managing project scope, schedule, budget and quality that are easily improved through effective Agile controls
  • Learn to combine best methods from multiple Agile methodologies
  • Learn about common pitfalls many teams fall into when adopting Agile practices
  • Change "Command and Control" leadership style to the more powerful "Servant Leadership" method of management
  • Respond to change quickly to seize competitive advantage

Who Can Attend

  • Teams involved in project management, product management, system and solution design architect or
  • Agile Project Managers
  • Product Owners
  • Scrum Masters
  • Scrum Team Members
  • Project Sponsors
  • Project Planners
  • Quality Testing and Quality Assurance members
  • Agile Developers / Programmers
  • Designers
  • Testers
  • Project Controller

Frequently Asked Questions

The PMI-ACP will equip you with following:

  • A professional and conceptual understanding of agile project management.
  • Understand the various agile techniques and tools.
  • It will enable you to lead teams using the more efficient agile practices and the certification will be a validation of your learning.

You need a general project experience of 2,000 hours with project teams you must have earned the hours within the last 5 years. Agile project experience is a minimum of 1,500 hours, and it is separate from the above 2,000 general project experience.

PMI-ACP covers a broad range of agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, Crystal, DSDM, etc.). Also, it has strict requirements for both agile training as well as agile experience.

The current costs for the PMI-ACP certification exams are $435 and $495 for members and non-members respectively.

The following are the Minimum criteria that needs to be fulfilled:

  • Educational Background: Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or global equivalent)
  • General Project Experience: Min 2,000 hours (12 months) working on project teams this experience must have been earned in the last 5 years.
  • Agile Project Experience :1,500 hours (8 months) working on project teams using agile methodologies This experience must have been earned in the last 3 years These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in general project experience.
  • Training in Agile Practices: 21 contact hours must have been earned in agile practices.
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Certification

PMI-ACP Certification Details

  • General Project Experience: For individuals with PMP® certification, general project management experience is not required else you are required to have 2000 hours project experience (in last 5 years)and
  • Agile Project Experience: 1500 hours of experience working on agile projects in last 3 years. These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in general project experience.
  • 21 contact hours of ACP Education

To earn the PMI-ACP certification, you must meet the experience and education requirements, and pass the PMI-ACP exam, a 120-question, multiple-choice test.

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