Free Seminar/Workshop Series

(Free Orientation Seminar)

Agile Project Management

Using SCRUM

+

PMI-ACP Certification Exam

(How to Pass ACP Certification Exam in a Month)

Agenda

Overview of Agile & SCRUM

Introduction to PMI & PMI-ACP Certification

PMI-ACP Certification Requirements & Exam Fee

PMI-ACP Exam Contents & Reading Materials

Prudential Exam Prep Methodology (Pass PMI-ACP In a Month)

Prudential PMI-ACP Exam Prep Training Workshop

About Prudential Solutions & Its Training Programs

PMI®, PMP®, CAPM® and PMBOK® Guide are trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

PMI® has not endorsed & did not participate in the development of this product.

Note: Any views OR Opinion OR Techniques presented and showcased in this

presentation is solely those of the authors & may not necessary represent those of company.

Name: K. R. Ghori

Education: M.Sc (Mathematics) & MS (CS)

Experience: 15 Years

Professional Certification: PMP, ITIL, CSBA, MCTS, MCSD.NET

Profile

Highly-motivated information technology management professional

with 15 years experience in IS/IT research and development, having

strategic vision of enterprise solutions with comprehensive

understanding of software development processes and life cycle while

proficient in creating and implementing the development standards and

methodologies with international compliance standards (i.e PMBOK,

BABOK, Agile/SCRUM, CMMI, ITIL)

Linkedin Profile: http://pk.linkedin.com/in/krghori

Speaker Profile

Expertise / Interest

− Project Management

− PMP® Certification Exam Prep

− Business Analysis

− CBAP® Certification Exam Prep

− Agile PM/SCRUM & PMI-ACP

− Microsoft Project/Server 2010

− PMO Setup & Optimization

− ITIL V3 Foundation

What is Agile?

Agile is the ability to adapt to changes as fast or faster than

changes occur. Agile is an umbrella term for a set of values,

principals and practices that have been shown to improve the

efficiency, productivity, and quality of software delivery.

The Agile Manifesto was written

In 2001, a group of 17 “lightweight” methodologists met

Including Representative of

eXtreme Programming (XP)

Scrum

DSDM Adaptive Software

Development

Agile Manifesto

The Agile Manifesto

We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

Source: www.agilemanifesto.org

Agile Manifesto – Graphical Representation

Individuals and

Interactions

Processes and

Tools

Working

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Comprehensive

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Traditional

Agility is a relative term

Focus on empowered, self-managing teams;

Autonomous teams do not need the day-to-day intervention of

management

Management protects team from outside interference

Agile teams are composed of a mix of skills

Agile team members are able to step in for each other as

necessary

Individuals And Interactions Over Processes And Tools

Traditionally we measure progress by the percent complete of

the functional milestones

Agile teams provide actual working product as a status report,

“product review”

Design changes as the system is built, results in outdated

documentation

Agile teams prefer face-to-face communication over

documentation because it is simpler, faster, and more reliable.

Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation

Contract negotiation, Identify and define everything and spells

out the payment and date specifications

Customers become a part of the development process

Writing specs down and throwing them over the fence is

simply not effective

Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation

It’s much easier to respond to change when the organization

and the customer share a clear understanding of the project’s

status

In plan-driven environments, all requirements are specified up

front, broken down to the task level and estimated

Agile plans follow more of a rolling wave approach using top-

down planning

Responding to Change over Following a Plan

What is Agile?

• An iterative and incremental (evolutionary) approach performed in a highly collaborative manner with just the right amount of ceremony to produce high quality software in a cost effective and timely manner which meets the changing needs of its stakeholders.

• Core principles

– ―Fits just right‖ process

– Continuous testing and validation

– Consistent team collaboration

– Rapid response to change

– Ongoing customer involvement

– Frequent delivery of working software

1. Satisfy the customer through

early and continuous delivery

2. Welcome changing requirements

3. Deliver frequently, preferring a

shorter timescale

4. Business & technical work

together daily

5. Pick the right team & trust them

6. Face-to-Face Communication

7. Working software is the primary measure of progress

8. Sustainable pace

9. Technical excellence and good design enhances agility

10. Simplicity, maximizing the amount of work not done

11. Best results emerge from self-organizing teams

12. The team regularly reflects

to become more effective

12 Agile Principles

Research on Agile PM

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Scrum Process

(Deemer, Benefield, Larman, & Vodde, 2010, p.5).

Business Benefits

Incremental over Big Bang

• Agile welcomes changes. The product owner has a chance to change the course every sprint.

– For a company who develop software products, you can add features in the middle of development for your product to be highly competitive in the market.

– For a company who develop in-house software, you can add and prioritize features with high business value

• Agile discover issues at earlier stage of the development thus improve quality

• Agile ships builds every end of sprints thus create transparency and shortens the feedback loop

Waterfall Vs. Agile Methodology

PMI’s framework is based on a waterfall methodology, while the ScrumMaster Certification is based on Agile. Both of these methodologies comprise very different approaches to software development.

Waterfall Methodologies

• Waterfall Methodologies feature distinct

planning, development, and testing phases.

• Software development projects are heavily

planned during the planning stage, where little to

no code is completed

• During the build (development, or execution)

phase, the product of the project is built.

• Any changes to product design are normally

handled by change requests to the original project

plan

• After the build phase is completed, products

are tested during a comprehensive testing phase.

Clients (or customers) do not normally receive the

finished product until all work on the project has

been completed and delivered

Agile Methodologies

• Agile methodologies feature iterative

development phases

• Product features are gathered and prioritized

in a backlog of features

• Scrum teams take on development of product

features during sprints, where they are designed,

constructed, and tested – normally during a two-

week period

• After the sprint, features emerge as deliverable

product

• Clients are presented completed features from

an individual sprint during a sprint demo

• Product changes may not take place during

sprints, but they are accepted at any other time,

so products are constructed organically

Traditional (Waterfall)

Incremental

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• Agile improves the process through regular retrospect

• Agile increases customer satisfaction and confidence to the product

• Agile builds trust and relationship with customer through regular and open communication

• Agile improves the quality of the product

• Agile shortens time to market

• Agile reduces Risk

Output over Theory

• Agile is focused more in communication with the team and the product owner to understand the customer requirements instead of documentation

• Agile is focused on bridging the communication gap between team members because feedback loop is much shorter

• Agile discovers issues before it strikes

• Agile can start the project with minimal documentation

In agile processes, the feedback loop is much shorter and more frequent, so problems get discovered quickly. Communication between the team and product owner is always open.

Faster Delivery Faster ROI

• Less Management Overhead

• Increase efficiency of the team results to lesser cost

• Product Owners could throttle the budget without sacrificing high valued features

• Quality output results to low maintenance and downtime

• Agile does not recommend Over Time results to low operation cost

• Shorten time to market thus increase revenue and help position the product in the market.

• Agile increase competitive edge of the product in the market

• Agile produces Happy developers = productive developers = less turn over

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Session 2: Essentials of Scrum

SCRUM is…

• Scrum is an agile, lightweight process that can be used to manage and controlsoftware and product development using iterative, incremental practices

• Wrapping existing engineering practices, including Extreme Programming and RUP, Scrum generates the benefits of agile development with the advantages of a simple implementation

• It is adaptive, quick, self-organizing and have few rests

..process framework, not methodology

Why SCRUM

It is HOT!

• It’s work and simple.

• More practical (practical process model).

• A rule of thumb or best practices for process inspection and continue adaptation.

Scrum Characteristics

• Scrum is an agile process that allows us to focus on delivering the highest

business value in the shortest time.

• Every sprint (two weeks to a month) anyone can see real working software.

• The business sets the priorities. Teams self-organize to determine

the best way to deliver the highest priority features.

• Requirements are captured as items in a list of product backlog

• Product progresses in a series of month-long “sprints”

• Activities for the team are captured as tasks in a list of sprint backlog

• No specific engineering practices prescribed

• One of the ―agile processes‖

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Wolff, 3

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

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24

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The Sprint

SM

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Daily Scrum

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Development

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Ref: Scrum in One Day - Schematic v1.0

The Basics of Scrum

5 Events (Ceremonies)3 Roles 3 Artefacts

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Development

Team

24

Hours

The Sprint

The

Daily Scrum

Sprint Planning

Meeting

Product Backlog

Sprint Backlog

Increment

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

Scrum in One Day - Schematic v1.0 enquiries@agilekrc.co.uk +44 (0) 1934 710332

Product

Backlog

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Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

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The Basics of Scrum

Product Owner

• Responsible for the overall project vision and goals

• Responsible for managing project ROI vs. risk

• Responsible for taking all inputs into what the team should produce, and turning it into a prioritized list (the Product Backlog)

• Participates actively in Sprint Planning and Sprint Review meetings, and is available to team throughout the Sprint

• Determines release plan and communicates it to upper management and the customer

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

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The Basics of Scrum

Team

• 7 people, + or – 2

– Has worked with as high as 15, as few as 3

– Can be shared with other teams (but better when not)

– Can change between Sprints (but better when they don’t)

– Can be distributed (but better when colocated)

• Cross-functional

– Possesses all the skills necessary to produce an increment of potentially shippable product

– Team takes on tasks based on skills, not just official ―role‖

• Self-managing

– Team manages itself to achieve the Sprint commitment

The Basics of Scrum

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

Weeks

24

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PO

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The Role of the ScrumMaster

• The ScrumMaster does everything in their power to help the team achieve success

• This includes:

– Serving the team

– Protecting the team

– Guiding the team’s use of Scrum

What the Scrum Master Does

• Serves the team

– The Scrum Master takes action to help remove impediments to the team’s effectiveness

– The Scrum Master facilitates the team’s group interactions, to help the team achieve its full potential

• Protects the team

– The Scrum Master protects the team from anything that threatens its effectiveness, such as outside interference or disruption

– The Scrum Master will need to confront uncomfortable issues, both inside and outside the team

• Guiding the team’s use of Scrum

– The Scrum Master teaches Scrum to the team and organization

– The Scrum Master ensures that all standard Scrum rules and practices are followed

– The Scrum Master organizes all Scrum-related practices

The Basics of Scrum

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

Weeks

24

Hours

PO

The Sprint

SM

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Sprint Planning

Meeting

Daily Scrum

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Development

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Product Backlog

Product Owner lists

items in descending

order of priority (highest

priority item is listed

first, next-highest is

second, etc.)

Size estimates are rough

estimates (can either be

arbitrary “points”, or

“ideal days”)

Product Backlog

• List of everything that could ever be of value to the business for the team to produce

• Ranked in order of priority

– Priority is a function of business value versus risk

• Product Owner can make any changes they want before the start of a Sprint Planning Meeting

– Items added, changed, removed, reordered

• How much documentation is up to the team and Product Owner to decide

• The farther down the list, the bigger and less defined the items become

– ~2 Sprints worth are defined in detail

The Basics of Scrum

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

Weeks

24

Hours

PO

The Sprint

SM

SM

Sprint Planning

Meeting

Daily Scrum

Meeting

Development

Team

SMDevelopment

Team

Development

Team

PO

PO

Sprint Planning Meeting

• Takes place before the start of every Sprint

• Team decides how much Product Backlog it will commit to complete by the end of the Sprint, and comes up with a plan and list of tasks for how to achieve it

• What’s a good commitment?

–Clearly understood by all

–Shared among the team

–Achievable without sacrificing quality

–Achievable without sacrificing sustainable pace

• Attended by Team, Product Owner, ScrumMaster, Stakeholders

• May require 1-2 hours for each week of Sprint duration

–2 week Sprint = 2-4 hours, 4 week Sprint = 4-8 hours

The Sprint Backlog

Daily Scrum Meeting

• Every weekday• Whole team attends• Everyone stands• Lasts 15 minutes or less• Everyone reports 3 things only to each

other– What was I able to accomplish since last meeting– What will I try to accomplish by next meeting– What is blocking me

• No discussion, conversation until meeting ends

• Product Owner can attend and report• Update of artifacts after standup

Updating the Sprint Backlog

• Before or after the Daily Scrum, team members update the hours remaining on the Sprint Backlog

Updating the Sprint Backlog

The Basics of Scrum

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

Weeks

24

Hours

PO

The Sprint

SM

SM

Sprint Planning

Meeting

Daily Scrum

Meeting

Development

Team

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Development

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Sprint Review

• Purpose of the Sprint Review is– Demo what the team has built

– Generate feedback, which the Product Owner can incorporate in the Product Backlog

• Attended by Team, Product Owner, ScrumMaster, functional managers, and any other stakeholders

• A demo of what’s been built, not a presentation about what’s been built– no Powerpoints allowed!

• Usually lasts 1-2 hours

• Followed by Sprint Retrospective

The Basics of Scrum

Product

Backlog

Sprint

Backlog

Sprint Review

Sprint Retrospective

2 to 4

Weeks

24

Hours

PO

The Sprint

SM

SM

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Meeting

Daily Scrum

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Development

Team

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Development

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Sprint Retrospective

• What is it?

– 1-2 hour meeting following each Sprint Demo

– Attended by Product Owner, Team, ScrumMaster

– Usually a neutral person will be invited in to facilitate

– What’s working and what could work better

• Why does the Retrospective matter?

– Accelerates visibility

– Accelerates action to improve

PMI-ACP CertificationExam Prep Mentoring Seminar

Session - 3: PMI-ACP Certification

Are You Agile Ready?

• Do you use Agile practices, tools, and techniques in yourprojects?

• Do you belong to an organization that is in the process ofadopting or is already implementing projects using the Agilephilosophy, methodologies, principles, and practices?

• Do you want to demonstrate your expertise in Agilepractices, tools, and techniques?

• Then you may be ready to take the next step and become aPMI® Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) ®.

• The PMI-ACP is not limited to project managers or ProjectManagement Professional (PMP) credential holders;individuals with experience working on Agile project teamscan also apply

Project Managem ent Institute

®

The world’s leading not-for-profit global professional organization for project management

knowledge, information and professionalism

Project Management Institute

• Most recognized project management certification organization

• Along With Other PM Certification, Agile certification available– PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)– Developed by Agile thought leaders

• Just completed pilot program– Pilot exams began in October– Pilot ended November 30, 2011– Results send out January 9, 2012– PMI-ACP testing begins January 31, 2012

WHY PMI AND AGILE?

• 65% of PMI members working on IT projects

• 80% of software projects using Agile

Strengths

– Reputation, penetration in the market

– History and credibility

Weaknesses

– Heritage in Agile methods

– Perceptions of the ―Evil Empire‖ that Agile is the solution to

• Realities

– Created by a committee of Agilists across the Agile umbrella of frameworks

PMI-ACP - Who should apply & Why?

• If you are working in organizations using agile to manage projects, the PMI-ACP can provide an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of agile practices.

• The PMI-ACP is not limited to project managers or Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential holders; individuals with experience working on agile project teams can apply.

• For practitioners, PMI-ACP® helps:

– Demonstrate to employers their level of professionalism in agile practices of project management

– Increase their professional versatility in both Waterfall and agile techniques

– Hold a certification that is more credible than existing entry-level, training or exam-only based offerings

• For organizations, PMI-ACP® demonstrates a practitioner’s:

– Knowledge of Agile practices, which shows the practitioner has greater breadth and depth as a PM

– General Project Management Experience – 2000 hours

(12 months) within last 5 years.

(If you have an active PMP, you meet this requirement.)

– Agile Project Management Experience – 1500 hours

( 8 months) within last 3 years.

– Agile Project Management Education – 21 contact hours.

– Maintenance – 30 PDU's every 3 years. These hours count

towards fulfilling PMP requirements as well.

PMI-ACP : Requirements

• Fixed Cost

– 435 $ PMI-Members

– 495 $ Non Members

• Variable Cost

– 21 Contact Hour Training : Rs. 20,000 to Rs.

25,000

– Books : 0 to Rs. 10,000

– Retake : 335 $

Cost of Exam & Training

Exam Design Objectives

• Test Agile project knowledge and application:

– Most projects

– Most of the time

• Some remote team members Not another Scrum (or XP, FDD) exam

• • Combines Agile, Lean, and Kanban Meet Agile Alliance Exam Guidance ―…employers should have confidence only in certifications that are skill-based and difficult to achieve.”

PMI-ACP's 6 major domains of practice

• Domain 1: Value-driven delivery

● define positive value

● incremental development

● avoid potential downsides

● prioritization

• Domain 2: Stakeholder engagement

● stakeholder needs, involvement and expectations

• Domain 3: Boosting team performance practices

● team formation, empowerment, collaboration and commitment

• Domain 4: Adaptive planning

● levels of planning

● adaptation

● estimation

● velocity/throughput/cycle time

• Domain 5: Problem detection and resolution

• Domain 6: Continuous improvement (product, process, people)

Experience : Domain And Tasks Of PMI-ACP

PMI Exam Content Distribution

Tools & Techniques, 50

Knowledge & Skills, 50

Tools & Techniques (50%)

Priority Item Question*

1 Communications 10.9

2 Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting 9.8

3 Agile Estimation 8.7

4 Agile Analysis and Design 7.6

5 Product Quality 6.5

6 Soft Skills Negotiation 5.5

7 Value-Based Prioritization 4.4

8 Risk Management 3.3

9 Metrics 2.2

10 Value Stream Analysis 1.1

Total Questions 60

Knowledge & Skills (50%)

Level 1: 33% = 40 questions

• Active listening

• Agile Manifesto value 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,

evaluations)

• Incremental delivery

• Knowledge sharing

• Leadership tools and techniques

• Prioritization

• Problem-solving strategies, tools, and

techniques

• Project and quality standards for Agile

projects

• Stakeholder management

• Team motivation

• Time, budget, and cost estimation

• Value-based decomposition and

prioritization

Level 2: 12% = 15 questions

• 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 (e.g., input-

based. Shared collaboration, command)

• PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional

Conduct

• Process analysis techniques

• Self assessment

• Value-based analysis

Level 3: 5% = 6 questions

• 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

• Innovation games

• Principles of systems thinking (e.g. complex

adaptive, chaos)

• Regulatory compliance

• Variance and trend analysis

• Variations in Agile methods and approaches

• Vendor management

Exam Results

• 120 questions, 20 pretest questions that are thrown out

• Passing scored not yet published

• Duration 3 Hours

• No scheduled break

• Exam Questions

– Developed and Validated by global work group of agile

professionals

– Referred to the current agile reference list

– Monitored through psychometric analysis

– Satisfy the Examination Content Outline

PMI-ACP Exam

Agile Estimating and Planning

Mike Cohn

ISBN #0131479415

The Art of Agile Development

James Shore

ISBN #0596527675

User Stories Applied:

For Agile Software Development

Mike Cohn

ISBN #0321205685

Agile Project Management with Scrum

Ken Schwaber

ISBN #073561993X

Lean-Agile Software Development:

Achieving Enterprise Agility

Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott

ISBN #0321532899

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great

Esther Derby, Diana Larsen

ISBN #0977616649

Agile Software Development:

The Cooperative Game – 2nd Edition

Alistair Cockburn

ISBN #0321482751

The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility

Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick

ISBN #0321502752

Coaching Agile Teams

Lyssa Adkins

ISBN #0321637704

Agile Project Management:

Creating Innovative Products – 2nd Edition

Jim Highsmith

ISBN #0321658396

Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world

Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky

ISBN #1933988258

Exam Prep Challenges- No Single Reference Book. Reading 11 Books looks great idea but looks too much

- 21 Contact Hours Agile Education Programs are not available frequently

- New certificate difficult to get details / help

Official Book Reference

Reference Books

OR

PMI-ACP : Recommended Exam Prep Books

How Should You Prepare for the PMI-ACP Exam?

• Know your own learning and testing style and use whatever resources and study techniques work best for you

• Many people form study groups to provide support and peer pressure

• The PMI-ACP is influence by Software industry. The exam includes conceptual, situational, application, and evaluative questions. Be ready for each type

• Study the material with eyes of Professional Not Student. Try to relate your experience with knowledge

• Study the Selected Material & Process Group/Activity Matrix by Knowledge Area and understand what each activity involves

• Start study when decide to attempt exam.

• Develop and Focus on Study plan as per your schedule for PMI-ACP

• 120 questions are multiple-choice with 4 choices. It is easy to over study, but if you fail, you need to pay to retake the exam

• Create the account at pmi.org

• Apply For Membership (Optional)

• PMI-ACP® Certification Handbook

• Select Category 1 or 2 (College degree or not)

• Complete PMI-ACP Application Form

• Complete Agile PM Education Form (Get training or train yourself)

• Complete PM & Agile Experience Validation Forms

• Send Application to PMI

• Receive Exam eligibility letter within 10-14 days (Good for 12 months)

• Contact Prometric to schedule date for the exam and submit fee

• Pass the Exam & Achieve PMI-ACP Certification

PMI Process for PMI-ACP® Certification

Prudential’s PMI-ACP In a Month Methodology

Step - 1

Need Assessment

Know yourself and assess the need to become PMI-ACP w.r.texperience & knowledge

(PMI-ACP Handbook)

Step - 2

Get Membership

Get Membership

Develop and follow you study

plan

Step - 3

Fill The Application

Align your Projects With

PMI-ACP Application

Requirements

Step - 4

Get/Align Trainings

Get Agile PM Training of 21 Hrs

OR

align your post graduate

training/Company Training for Agile

PM

Step - 5

Apply for Exam

Now Apply For Exam

&

Revise Your Study Plan

Step - 6

Do Review & Q&A Practice

Review Your Study material /Notes and

Do Extensive Practice for Exam

Q&As

(Assess deficiencies after Full-length Exam)

Step -7

Exam Readiness

Do 3 Full Length Exam for exam

readiness if Marks are 75% to 80% then go for

exam or go to step - 6

Step -7

Go For PMI-ACP Exam

Appear in Exam

(If Fail in Exam, Do

Assessment for your exam and

result. Apply for Re-Exam and go to Step 6 Again)

PRUDENTIAL PMI-ACP® Exam Prep Mentoring & Coaching Program

This PMI–ACP training Workshop will prepare you to take the PMI-ACP® exam and become an

Agile Certified Practitioner, a certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. The PMI-

ACP exam measures professionalism in Agile Project Management, increases versatility in PM

methods, validates ability to lead Agile teams and Agile software projects that adapt to change,

drive innovation and deliver on–time business value.

Program OverviewThis 3-day will help participants understand advanced techniques for product anditeration planning, project management and collaboration. The agile projectmanagement approach is targeted at projects where fast responsiveness tochanging market demands is important and for organizations with innovativecultures. An agile project management approach will help dramatically improve aproject team’s ability to cope with change and will improve project success rate.

In this program you will learn from Certified PMP® & ACP® of the industrypractitioners. They will Also Mentor and Coach you for PMI-ACP Certificationachievement & career advancement in the prestigious profession of Agile ProjectManagement.

For your PMI-ACP Certification achievement, we work with you that focuses on:

– Professional Assessment

– Personalized Study Plan

– How to document Experience & Application

– Agile PM & SCRUM based Training

– Exam Cram Sessions & Exam Practice

– Exam Tips & Techniques

– Online/Phone Mentoring

• We have started 21 Contact Hours Program and unlike other

training provide we conduct the program even we get 3 participants

• The program covers ACP content outlines

• We give reading material to our participants from the point they

enroll for it

• We provide all relevant study material, candidate may not need to

buy anything beyond that.

• We recommend reading books based on your work experience, it

may vary from 1 to 4

• Our training program is designed by taking reference from all 11

Books

• Based in exam content outline we prioritize the reading material

Prudential PMI-ACP Exam Prep Program

Prudential’s PMI-ACP Exam Prep Program Process

Activity 1 — Assessment of participants individually

Activity 2 — Orientation & Mentoring for PMI-ACP® Certification

Activity 3 — PMI Registration & Fill The PMI-ACP® Exam Application

Activity 4 — Training ―Agile PM & SCRUM‖

Activity 5 — PMI-ACP® Exam Cram Workshop

Activity 6 — Application Review & Apply For Exam

Activity 7 — Mentoring/Guideline For Exam Study & Exam Cram

Activity 8 — Audit Guidance (If Application in Audit)

Activity 9 — Full length Exam Simulation for Exam Readiness

Activity 10 — Mentoring/Coaching Session Before Exam Day.

Activity 11 — If Failed in Exam (Review your Result/Failure Causes, Join our Next

Training program With No Tuition Fee, Just Pay Admin Fee)

Activity 12 — Help you to Maintain PMI-ACP® Certification (Guidance to Earn 30 PDUs with no Money)

Company Profile

Transform your Business

Requirements into Prudent

Solution for Project and

Organizational Success

About Us:

Prudential Solutions (Private) Limited is specialized training and consulting company focusing on

– Project Management.

– Business Analysis.

– IT Management.

– Project HR Development

Prudential Solutions realize that highly skilledprofessionals and their continues learning can helpto bridge the gap for project success andorganizational excellence.

© Prudential Solutions (Pvt) Ltd.

Currently we offering the Prudential learning solutions for professionals and

corporate to enhance competencies, productivity to achieve organizational

excellence and ensure their project success.

Prudential Learning Solutions

Executive Management Training/ Mentoring

• Trainings for executive management are an important

investment—especially those people, who execute

organizational strategies and lead people.

• We offer Half-Day to Two-Day Executive Training Workshops

for Management Teams, addressing their specific business

needs, with focus to solve and overcome tomorrow's business

challenges today.

Professional Certification Exam Prep Bootcamps

• We offer high-class Professional Certification Exam Prep

Training Programs, at faster pace and affordable price with

GUARANTEE to pass in first attempt.

Corporate Training/Coaching/Mentoring Programs

• We offer training solutions that reflect organizational specific

learning needs, processes, culture & industry. We also help

organizations to prepare and conduct custom-design training

programs that meet their environment specific requirements.

OUR FEATURED TRAININGS

Project Management:

• Agile Project Management / SCRUM

• Effective PM For Engineers & Scientist

• Microsoft Project /Project Server 2010

• Professional Certifications Exam Prep

(PMP/ PgMP/ PMI-ACP /PMI-SP /PMI-RMP)

Business Analysis:

• Effective Business Analysis

• Business Analysis For Project Manager

• BA Certification Exam Prep

IT/IS Management:

• Effective ITSM With ITIL V3 Framework

• IT/IS Strategic Planning & Management

• ITIL Certification Exam Prep

People/ Soft Skills:

People/ Soft Skills For Project Success

(For Project Managers, IT Managers, Business

Analysts & Project Team Members)

Call Us For Complementary Orientation Seminar For Your Organization & TNA.

Some of Our Clients & Participant's Organizations

Contact Us and Follow Us For Trainings & Consulting

Thank you for your interest in Prudential Solutions; If you have any query

call us or email us.

Prudential Office Office # 2, 2nd Floor Huzaifa Center, I-8 Markaz Islamabad

Cell: (+92) 0333 – PRUDSOL (7783765) / 0311-8556281

Phone: (+92) 051- 122-000-456

Fax: (+92) 051-4862314

Email: info@prudsol.com

trainings@prudsol.com

Website: www.prudsol.com