Get certified with this PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) boot camp. PMI-ACP certification recognizes your expertise in applying agile principles and techniques in your organization. Earning PMI-ACP® certification shows you have the skills to implement value-driven delivery while facilitating continuous improvement through improved communication and collaboration.
Through real-life scenarios, you will review Agile terminology and well-known practices and leverage PMI's seven domains of practice to create a personalized self-study plan and increase the effectiveness of your exam preparation.
PMI-ACP Course Delivery Methods
PMI-ACP Course Benefits
Prepare for the PMI-ACP exam while completing the required 21 contact hours/PDUsNavigate the tools, techniques, knowledge, and skills addressed in the examReview relevant topics in the PMI suggested reference materialsPractice for the exam with sample questions and exercises
Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching
PMI-ACP Course Outline
Prerequisites
- Experience at the level of:
- 2,000 hours of general project experience in the last five years
- 1,500 hours of Agile project experience in the last three years
Coursework
- Overnight reading is required during class.
Exam Information
- To earn this certification, you must take and pass the three-hour PMI-ACP® exam, comprised of 120 multiple-choice questions (these three-hours are factored into the full training time required by PMI)
Continuing Education
- Learning Tree can help you maintain your certification
- To maintain your PMI-ACP®, you must earn 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in agile topics every three years.
- The PMI-ACP® exam is currently based on the Sixth Edition of the PMBOK® Guide, and PMI's Agile Practice Guide (2017).
- Recognizing key Agile developments and definitions
- Applying the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto
- Mapping tools, techniques, knowledge and skills to PMI's six domains of Agile development
Focusing on business value
- Defining and prioritizing features in terms of user and stakeholder value
- Leveraging rapid feedback cycles
Ensuring progressive elaboration of requirements
- Identifying Minimally Marketable Features for release planning
- Sharpening the requirements definition by agreeing on the Definition of Done
Engaging empowered business stakeholders
- Identifying stakeholders and their concerns
- Promoting effective collaboration and participation
Communicating progress to help the organization make informed decisions
- Enabling knowledge sharing
- Building trust and managing expectations through shared success criteria
Forming cross-functional teams
- Establishing collaborative behaviors through group decision-making
- Influencing teams to design their own internal work processes
Empowering teams to self-organize
- Encouraging teams to estimate and track project progress
- Creating safe environments for experimentation
Developing high performance teams
- Raising productivity by eliminating waste
- Coaching styles that foster skill enhancement
Planning at multiple levels
- Applying rolling wave planning
- Leveraging progressive elaboration
Employing empirical planning
- Balancing priorities and team capabilities
- Coaching the team to adjust cadences based on situational awareness
Applying Agile Earned Value Measurement (EVM)
- Refining estimate ranges to reflect uncertainty
- Capturing measures of accepted work delivered in a specified time frame
- Controlling costs through quantitative measures
Recognizing and mitigating risks
- Time Boxing to focus on immediate issues
- Engaging the team proactively to identify risks and create mitigation strategies
- Ensuring impediments are resolved and stakeholder expectations are adjusted
Communicating risks and impediments
- Maintaining visibility with burndown charts, value stream mapping and Kanban boards
- Managing features and technical issues with Backlog
Tailoring the process
- Conducting retrospectives to improve the team's behavior
- Experimenting with new techniques and process ideas
Evaluating work efficiency
- Removing nonvalue-adding processes
- Reducing Work In Progress (WIP)
- Defining your exam preparation strategy
- Gaining insight into the exam format and process
- Applying proven tips for exam success
- Optimizing your study time and focus
