Agile Certification:
PMI-ACP
Agenda
What is PMI-ACP?
Should I get certified?
Contrast ACP to PMP
Prerequisites
Exam Content
What to focus on?
How to prepare?
Resources
Not About
Merits or demerits of certifications
Review or compare agile certifications
CSM IBM CSP
RUP
DSDM
Atern Agile
Project Management Practitioner
Certification
?
PMI-ACP
PMI-ACP
"Making project management indispensable for business results“
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
Purpose: Codify & standardize what “agile” means across organizations
Designed to:
• Recognize expertise in using agile practices in projects
•Demonstrate to employers the level of professionalism in agile practices of project management; and,
•Increase professional versatility in both project management tools and techniques.
•Aid Agile training and professional development initiatives.
Covers: Principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean, DSDM, TDD, ATDD)
Certified?
Helps demonstrate, a practitioner can select agile principles and practices based on the needs and demands of a project.
By earning the PMI-ACP, you can:
• Demonstrate to employers your level of professionalism in agile practices of project management.
•Increase your professional versatility in project management tools and techniques.
•Show you have the capacity to lead basic teams using agile principles and practices
Carries a higher level of professional credibility:
• PMI brand - Global organization recognized for PMP
• Requires a combination of:
• Agile training,
• Experience working on agile projects, and
• Examination on agile principles, practices, tools, and techniques.
• Requires on-going maintenance of credential
PMP or ACP?
PMP PMI-ACP
Proficiency in project management processes.
Recognizes demonstrated competence leading and directing project teams.
•What should be done during the management of a project.
Proficiency in utilizing agile tools and techniques
Validates a practitioner’s ability to understand and apply agile principles and practices.
•how to do the things
that should be done
Educational Background
General Project Experience
Agile Project Experience
Training in Agile Practices
Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or global
equivalent).
2,000 hours (12 months) working on project teams.
This experience must have been earned in the last 5 years.
Active PMP or PgMP will satisfy this requirement.
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.
21 contact hours.
Hours must have been earned in agile
practices.
Eligibility Requirements
Process
You
PMI
Application Submission
(90 days)
Application Completeness
Review (10 days)
Payment
Review documents
(7 days) Schedule Exam
(1 year) up to 3 times
Application Accepted?
Provide audit materials (90 days)
YES
NO
Exam Content
120 multiple-choice questions:
• 100 scored
• 20 pretest (Unscored)
Domain % of Exam
Agile Tools and Techniques 50%
10 Toolkits
Agile Knowledge and Skills 50%
43 Knowledge/Skills
Tools and Techniques
Toolkit Examples
Communications information radiator, team space, agile tooling, osmotic communications for
collocated and/or distributed teams, daily stand-ups
Planning, monitoring, and adapting retrospectives, task/Kanban boards, time boxing, iteration and release planning, WIP limits, burn down/up charts,
cumulative flow diagrams, process tailoring
Agile estimation Relative sizing/story points, wide band Delphi/planning poker, affinity
estimating, ideal time
Toolkit Examples
Agile analysis and design product roadmap, user stories/backlog, story maps, progressive elaboration, wireframes, chartering, personas, agile modeling
Product quality frequent verification and validation, test- driven development/test first
development, acceptance test-driven development, definition of done, continuous integration
Soft skills negotiation emotional intelligence, collaboration, adaptive leadership, negotiation, conflict resolution, servant leadership
Tools and Techniques
Toolkit Examples
Value based prioritization return on investment (ROI), net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), compliance, customer-valued
prioritization, minimally marketable feature (MMF), relative
prioritization/ranking
Risk management risk-adjusted backlog, risk burn down graphs, risk-based spike
Metrics velocity, cycle time, earned value
management (EVM) for agile projects, escaped defects
Value stream analysis value stream mapping
Tools and Techniques
Level 1
Active listening
Agile Manifesto values and principles
Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values Brainstorming techniques
Building empowered teams
Coaching and mentoring within teams Communications management
Feedback techniques for product (e.g., prototyping, simulation, demonstrations, evaluations0
Incremental delivery Knowledge sharing
Leadership tools and techniques
Knowledge and Skills
Level 1
Prioritization
Problem-solving strategies, tools, and techniques Project and quality standards for Agile projects Stakeholder management
Team motivation
Time, budget, and cost estimation
Knowledge and Skills
Level 2
Agile frameworks and terminology Building high-performance teams Business case development
Colocation (geographic proximity)/distributed teams Continuous improvement processes
Elements of a project charter for an Agile project Facilitation methods
Participatory decision models (eg, input-based, shared collaboration, command) PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Process analysis techniques Self assessment
Knowledge and Skills
Level3
Agile contracting methods
Agile project accounting principles Applying new Agile practices
Compliance (organization)
Control limits for Agile projects Failure modes and alternatives
Globalization, culture, and team diversity Agile games
Principles of systems thinking (eg complex adaptive, chaos) Regulatory compliance
Variance and trend analysis
Knowledge and Skills
Reference List Coverage
How To Prepare
To be completely honest, I wouldn’t.?
Agile is a mindset, based on values and principles, not a methodology or process.
You should be able to take the exam relying on your experience and exposure
Metrics, portfolio planning, and value
management require some exposure at the
enterprise level.
What To Focus On
Agile Manifesto
12 Agile Principles
Scrum, XP, Kanban and Lean
Know rituals and artifacts involved.
Know roles and responsibilities
Agile Planning and Estimation.
Agile Metrics
Agile Risk and Quality Management.
Communication/Collaboration
Situational Questions: pick option most aligned with Agile
philosophy.
Sample Situational Question
During a standup the customer says he had prioritized the
"Member Tracking" feature as the top priority on the product backlog. This conflicts with the previously agreed upon
roadmap for this feature. What would you do?
A.
Add requested feature to current sprint.
B.
Tell customer that team could work on this feature during next sprint.
C.
Add requested feature to current sprint only if customer removes another feature from sprint.
D.
Politely remind customer of the approved roadmap and
its delivery schedule
Exam Logistics
Tutorial: 15 mins
Exam Time: 3 hours
No scheduled breaks
Followed by Survey
You
PMI
Earn and
Report PDUs Certificate Renewal
Process
Yes Certification
Suspended (1 year)
No
Certification Renewed
(3 years)
30 PDUs
?
Yes
Certification Expires No
Certification Active?
Continuing Certification
Requirements
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