PMI-ACP : PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner

Saket BansalPMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, ITIL-F

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By the end of 2012, agile development methods will be used on 80% of all software development projects - Gartner

Use of agile has tripled from December 2008 to May 2011 - PMI’s Research


Most recognized project management certification organization

Developed by Agile thought leaders 1500+ PMI-ACP Certified

◦ Pilot exams began in October 2011 ◦ Pilot ended November 30, 2011◦ PMI-ACP testing begins January 31, 2012◦ 150 PMI-ACP certified in India◦ 10 PMI-ACP certified in Delhi - NCR


Requirements◦ 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.


Value - Driven Delivery Stakeholder Engagement Boosting Team Performance Adaptive Planning Problem Detection and Resolution Continuous Improvement


Training covering agile philosophy , methodologies, principles and practices

Training Providers :◦ PMI Registered Education Provides (REPs)◦ PMI Chapters or communities of practice◦ Employer / company sponsored program◦ Training Company or Consultants◦ Distance Learning companies, including an end of course

assessment◦ University / college academic and continuing education

programs


Fixed Cost◦ 435 $ PMI-Members ◦ 495 $ Non Members

Variable Cost◦ 21 Contact Hour Training : 12,000 INR to 25,000 INR◦ Books : 0 INR to 5000 INR◦ Online Support : 3000 INR to 8000 INR◦ Retake : 335 $


PMI-ACP Exam


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




Priority Item

1 Communications

2 Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting

3 Agile Estimation

4 Agile Analysis and Design

5 Product Quality

6 Soft Skills Negotiation

7 Value-Based Prioritization

8 Risk Management

9 Metrics

10 Value Stream Analysis


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


• 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


• 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


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



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


The iZenBridge Way….


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


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.


Meetups in association with DIT Facebook group for PMI-ACP participants LinkedIn group for PMI-ACP participants Online Training Portal with 130 Practice questions Much More coming….


Facebook :www.facebook.com/groups/PMIACPStudy/Meetup :www.meetup.com/Delhi-Pro/LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4673212


Two and Half Day Training Program Starting 2 Nov 2012(Friday, 2nd Half) Venue : Pharpur Business Center , Nehru Place Cost : 12,000 All Inclusive


Saket [email protected] : 9910802561Web : www.iZenBridge.comLinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/saketbansal


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PMI-ACP : PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner