Introduction to the PMI
Agile Certification:
PMI-ACP
SM
PMI-NIC Agile Project Management Workshop
Victor Carter-Bey, PMI Manager of Certification 2 December 2011
• Benefits of Certification
• PMI’s History with Agile
• Overview of PMI-ACP
SMo Value Proposition
o Eligibility Requirements
o Exam Structure- what’s on the exam?
PMI in Summary
• Global Non-Profit Professional Association
− More than 550,000 members and credential holders, 260 chapters, 182 countries
− 10-15% annual growth for 15 years
• Global Standards
− 13 global standards
− +3 million PMBOK® Guide in circulation
• Credentials
− 6 major credentials, used worldwide ( PMP® | CAPM® | PgMP® | PMI-RMP® | PMI-SP® |
PMI-ACPSM)
• Professional and Market Research
− Academic Accreditation Program
• Advocate for Project Management excellence to
− Business, government, NGOs
− C-level executives: CEO, COO, CHR, CFO
Why Certification?
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Need for Skilled Project Managers
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Skilled practitioners are leaving the workforce
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Baby Boomers are leaving workforce at same time
–
Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM) identifies this trend as having a major
strategic impact for 64% of organizations
studied
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Despite high unemployment, over 3 million jobs
will go unfilled this year in U.S. alone due to talent
gap
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Example: Siemens only filled 5 out of 6 open
positions in 2010
SHRM: Workplace Visions (Issue 5, 2010) SHRM: Global Talent Mismatch (June 2011)
Why Certification?
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Need for Skilled Project Managers
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Companies are trying to recruit people with
more specialized knowledge
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65% of HR professionals say their companies
are increasing investment in recruiting and
Why Certification?
•
Credentialed project managers
are correlated with project
performance
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80% of high-performing projects use
a credential project manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers Insights and Trends: Current Programme and Project Management Practices (2007)
Why Certification?
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Credentialed project managers are
correlated with project performance
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Higher maturity organizations have higher
Why Certification?
•
Higher maturity organizations have
better project performance
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Worldwide, organizations
will embrace, value and
utilize project management,
and attribute their success to it.
Historical Perspective: PMI & Agile
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Congress presenta-ons since 2004
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Agile Community of Prac-ce established 2009
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PMBOK
®Guide 3
rd& 4
thedi-on references to
itera-ve development
Agile Certification Investigation Process
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Leveraged research, focus groups, and formulated
steering commiFee of Agile thought leaders
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Over one year to determine market interest and
need (e.g. training, cer-fica-on, standards)
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Focus: What role, if any, should PMI play in Agile?
Agile Steering Committee
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Diverse, cross-‐methodological leadership
– Represen-ng Scrum, DSDM, Crystal, XP, Kanban, Lean
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Diverse, Agile cer-fica-on experience
– Scrum Alliance, APMG, APLN, IC Agile
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Founding member/co-‐author of Agile Manifesto
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Founder of Agile CoP
Research with Hiring
Managers
Hiring Managers
Understanding the differences between Agile project management vs. tradi9onal project management/waterfall methods…
Usefulness of Agile to the organization
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70% of the respondents said Agile project management is valuable to their organization
Research with
Practitioners
Value
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How valuable is Agile project management
in managing your projects?
How familiar are you with Agile
project management?
Hiring Managers (A) Prac99oners (B)
Total answering 674 911 Very familiar 19% B 7% Somewhat familiar 46% 44% Not familiar 36% 50% A
Why did PMI Launch the PMI-ACP
SM?
• PMI members and creden-al holders have an expecta-on that PMI will provide cudng edge assessment opportuni-es
• Project professionals who u-lize tradi-onal techniques are seeing the use of Agile techniques increase in both their own and other industries
• Research suggests that organiza-ons that use tradi-onal
project management prac-ces are seeing increased value from a cost and efficiency perspec-ve with Agile techniques
PMI-ACP
SM:
Value Proposition/ Overview
Eligibility Requirements
Content Outline
Market Reaction
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For prac--oners, PMI-‐ACP
SMhelps:
o Demonstrate a level of professionalism in Agile principles, prac-ces, tools and techniques
o Increase professional versa-lity in project management
•
For organiza-ons, PMI-‐ACP
SMdemonstrates a
prac--oner’s:
o Knowledge of Agile prac-ces, which shows the
prac--oner has greater breadth and depth as a PM
The Value of PMI-ACP
SM
April: Exam Content Outline available May: Pilot applica-on opens Sept: Exam available for pilot candidates End of Q4: First Agile cer-fica-ons awarded
Requirement Descrip9on
Educa9onal Level Secondary degree (high school or equivalent) or higher
General PM Experience
2,000 hours working on project teams. These hours must be earned within the last 5 years. Note: a PMP will be accepted to fulfill these requirements.
Agile PM Experience
1,500 hours working on Agile project teams or in Agile methodologies. These hours are in addi-on to the 2,000 hours required in general project management experience. These hours must be earned within the last 2 years.
Agile PM Training 21 contact hours; hours must be earned in Agile project management topics Examina9on Tests knowledge of Agile fundamentals and ability to apply to basic projects Maintenance 30 PDUs/3 CEUs every 3 years in Agile project management Note: hours would count toward PMP
PMI-ACP
SM– Eligibility Requirements
Some Major Questions
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What’s the process?
– Like other cer-fica-ons
– Applica-on Payment Exam
– Training can be taken between applica-on exam
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How will you get the exam?
– Via Prometric Tes-ng Centers
– IT channel (same as CAPM
®)
Product Definition
Product is:
NOT a methodology-‐specific cer-fica-on (e.g., Scrum, XP, DSDM, or Lean specific)
NOT an Agile Project Manager creden-al (role-‐based creden-al)
NOT exclusively for ICT
Exam Content Outline
(100 scored items; 20 un-‐scored [pre test])
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Agile Tools and Techniques
50%
•
Agile knowledge and skills
50%
Agile Tools and Techniques
– Communica9ons
– Planning, monitoring and
adap9ng
– Agile es9ma9on
– Agile analysis and design
– Product quality
– So` skills nego9a9on
– Value-‐based
priori9za9on
– Risk Management
– Metrics
Agile Knowledge and Skills
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This por9on of the exam includes 43 knowledge
and skill areas
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The knowledge and skills are organized into the
following 3 levels of importance:
Agile Knowledge and Skills
Each level includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
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Level 1
– Agile Manifesto values and principles, incremental
delivery and 9me/budget/cost es9ma9on
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Level 2
– Co-‐loca9on/distributed teams, PMI’s Code of Ethics, Agile
frameworks and terminology
Market Reaction and
Update
• Since February, 7,000+ people have signed up to receive further information about the PMI-ACPSM pilot
• 4,000+ individuals have responded to PMI’s “Agile knowledge” quiz
• 150,000+ individuals have visited PMI’s
www.PMI.org/Agile launch page
• Since 23 May, 6,000+ applicants have opened a PMI-ACP application
• 1200+ individuals have submitted a PMI-ACPSM
PMI-ACP
SM
Update
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Reaction from organizations has been
robust
• Over a dozen large organizations requested 1-on-1 presentations on the certification
• Mature organizations find good ‘fit’ with the
methodology neutral approach of certification and internal methodologies
• Demand for Agile driven by clients requesting their projects be managed using Agile
• H.R. 2647 Section 804 also driving demand
• Mandates some DoD IT acquisitions be designed and executed using Agile
PMI-ACP
SM
Update
•
REP Community has grown from
this product
• 13 new REPs who are existing training
organizations in the Agile space have
become REPs
• Additional REP applications in progress from
like organizations
PMI-ACP
SM
Update
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Reaction to the exam – largely positive
• Sally Elatta, Agile Transformation Coach
• First, my overall feedback is that the exam was pretty
good, especially being this is the pilot and there will be updates and improvements based on our Agile value of inspecting and adapting
• Bryan Campbell, Senior Program Manager
• In general, I found the actual exam questions well written
and a good overview of agile knowledge.
• Deniz Iren, Project Management Consultant
