PMI®-ACP® Certification Training Course
PMI-ACP® Certification while learning to lead Agile software projects that adapt to change, drive innovation and deliver on-time business value. Today, more and more organizations and companies are adopting the Agile Approach over the traditional Waterfall Methodology and many more are progressively making this essential transition. It is increasingly important that Project Management professionals demonstrate true leadership in today’s software projects. Our Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)® Certification Training will prepare you to lead your next Agile project and help you prepare for the Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Certification Exam.
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- 3 days Intensive Classroom Training
- 21 Contact Hours / PDUs Certificate
- Knowledge Area Quiz with explanation
- 3 simulation test papers (200 questions each)
- 180 days e-Learning Access
- ACP Study Guide - PMBOK® 7th Edition
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About PMI® - ACP® Certification
Prepare for Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Certification while learning to lead Agile software projects that adapt to change, drive innovation and deliver on-time business value. Today, more and more organizations and companies are adopting the Agile Approach over the traditional Waterfall Methodology and many more are progressively making this essential transition. It is increasingly important that Project Management professionals demonstrate true leadership in today’s software projects. Our Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)® Certification Training will prepare you to lead your next Agile project and help you prepare for the Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Certification Exam.
- We at Course Highlights follow a Practitioners’ Approach towards training. We focus on:
- Providing experienced Faculty to teach and transmit The PMBOK® Guide, content.
- Making participants oriented to globally accepted Project Management methodology.
- Helping participants to improve their Project Management Skills.
- Fostering continuous improvement in project performance.
- Instilling confidence to manage projects of various complexity and size.
- Preparing participants for the PMI®-ACP examination.
- Assisting in expediting professional advancement.
- Increasing the corporate bottom line.
- Enabling participants to pass the PMI®-ACP exam on their first attempt. We have a 96% first-time success rate!
- Aspiring Professional Project Managers who have a College Degree and a minimum of 3 years working as a Project Manager.
- Aspiring Professional Project Managers who have a High School Diploma (or equivalent) and a minimum of 5 years working as a Project Manager.
- Anybody who is interested in Project Management.
Guidelines to help you successfully gain PMI-ACP®Certification:
Eligibility:
- Educational Background: Secondary School Certification (High School Diploma or Equivalent)
- General Project Management Experience: 2,000 hours of project team work experience. These hours must have been earned within the last 5 years.
- If you already hold a PMPR credential, you have already fulfilled this requirement
- Agile Project Management Experience: Agile Project Management Experience 1,500 hours working on Agile project teams or in Agile methodologies. These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required for general Project Management experience. These hours must have been earned within the last 2 years.
- Agile Project Management Training: 21 contact hours earned in Agile Project Management topics (PMI-ACP®PDUs)
- PMI-ACP®Examination: Tests knowledge of Agile Fundamentals and the ability to apply that knowledge to basic projects.
- PMI-ACP®Maintenance: Once you pass the exam, it is required that you earn 30 Agile PDUs, or 3 Agile CEUs every 3 years, in order to maintain your PMI-ACP®®Certification. These contact hours can concurrently count toward your PMI-ACP®and/or PMP if you hold both designations.
- Once the PMI-ACP®application process has been initiated then it must be completed within 90 days.
- We advise that you complete the online PMI-ACP®application if possible. It is much quicker than other methods and only takes 5 business days to process.
- Please note, it is not possible to schedule your PMI-ACP®Exam until your application has been approved by the governing body, PMI, and all fees have been paid.
- If you are audited (possibly up to 25% of applications are randomly audited), you have 90 days to respond. You will not be considered eligible to appear for the exam unless you have successfully completed the audit.
- You have one year to take the PMI-ACP®exam after application approval. You can retake the PMI-ACP®exam up to three times during the approval year.
- Your PMI-ACP®Certification cycle starts the day you pass your Exam, and your cycle is 3 years. You need to earn 30 PDUs during that cycle.
- You complete the renewal process once you have 30 PDUs and pay the renewal fee.
- PMI-ACP®Certification suspension happens on the third anniversary of the day you actually passed the exam. You have 1 full year to renew your Certification.
- Your PMI-ACP®Certification expires one year after the suspension period begins.
3 hrs.-Examination is preceded by a tutorial and followed by a survey both are optional
Empirical Process
Introduction to AGILE and PMI
Prerequisites for the PMI-ACP® Exam
About the AGILE Exam; Procedure, Format and its Content
Question Answer Session
Agile Information Radiator
Agile Team Space
Agile Tooling
Osmotic Communications for collocated teams
Osmotic Communications for distributed teams
Agile Daily Stand-ups
Quiz
Agile Planning, Monitoring and Adopting
Agile Retrospectives
Agile Task and Kanban boards
Agile Time Boxing
Agile Iteration and Release Planning
Agile WIP limits
Agile Burn Down/up Charts
Agile Cumulative Flow Diagrams
Agile Process Tailoring
Quiz
Agile Estimation
Agile Relative Sizing/story Points
Agile Wide Band Delphi
Agile Planning Poker
Agile Affinity Estimating
Agile Ideal Time
Agile Process Tailoring
Quiz
Agile analysis and design
Agile Product Road Map
Agile User Stories and Backlog
Agile Story Maps
Agile Progressive Elaboration
Agile Wire Frames
Agile Chartering
Agile Personas
Agile Modelling
Quiz
Product Quality
Agile Frequent Verification and Validation
Agenda for the Session
Agile Test First Development
Agile Acceptance Test-Driven Development
Agile Definition of Done/Complete
Agile Continuous Integration
Quiz
Soft skills Negotiation
Agile Emotional Intelligence
Agile Collaboration
Agile Adaptive Leadership
Agile Negotiation
Agile Conflict Resolution
Agile Servant Leadership
Quiz
Risk management
Agile Risk-Adjusted Backlog
Agile Risk Burn Down Graphs
Agile Risk-based Spike
Quiz
Value-based prioritization
Agile Return On Investment (ROI)
Agile Net Present Value (NPV)
Agile Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Agile Compliance
Agile Customer-Valued Prioritization
Agile Minimally Marketable Feature (MMF)
Agile relative Prioritization or Ranking
Quiz
Agile Metrics
Agile Velocity
Agile Cycle Time
Agile Earned Value Management (EVM) for agile projects
Agile Escaped Defects
Quiz
Agile value stream analysis
Agile value Stream Mapping
Agile Flow Charts
Agile Spaghetti Diagrams
Quiz
Agile Knowledge and Skills (Level-1)
Active listening
Agile Manifesto values and principles
Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values
Agile Brainstorming techniques
Building empowered teams
Coaching and mentoring within teams
Agile Communications management
Feedback techniques for product (e.g., prototyping, simulation, demonstrations, evaluations)
Incremental delivery
Agile Knowledge sharing
Agile Leadership tools and techniques
Prioritization
Agile Problem-solving strategies, tools, and techniques
Project and quality standards for Agile projects
Stakeholder management
Agile Team motivation
Time, budget, and cost estimation
Value-based decomposition and prioritization
Quiz
Agile Knowledge and Skills (Level-2)
Agile frameworks and terminology
Building high-performance teams
Agile Business case development
Collocation (geographic proximity)/distributed teams
Agile Continuous improvement processes
Elements of a project charter for an Agile project
Agile Facilitation methods
Agile 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
Quiz
Agile Knowledge and Skills (Level-3)
Agile contracting methods
Agile project accounting principles
Applying new Agile practices
Compliance (organization)
Control limits for Agile projects
Agile Failure modes and alternatives
Globalization, culture, and team diversity
Agile 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
Quiz
What is Agile?
Agile is a philosophy that uses organizational models based on people, collaboration, and shared values. The Agile Manifesto outlines the tenets of Agile philosophy. Agile uses rolling wave planning, iterative and incremental delivery, rapid and flexible response to change, and open communication between teams, stakeholders, and customers. There are many agile methodologies that adhere to these tenets, such as Scrum, XP, Lean, and Test-driven Development (TDD).
Here are definitions for some common terms associated with agile principles and practices:
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agile Manifesto | A public declaration of the philosophy and principles of agile software development, created in February 2001 in Snowbird, Utah, USA. Visit the Agile Manifesto to learn more. |
| Agile Methodologies | Frameworks and processes whose practices support the Agile Manifesto principles. Examples include: Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Crystal, Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM Atern), Feature Driven Development (FDD). |
| Agile Practices | Activities that are the application of agile principles. |
| Agile Principles | Fundamental truths and shared values that drive behavior in agile methodologies. |
| Incremental and Iterative | The approach of implementing a work product in successive pieces (increments), while also gradually refining the work product through targeted improvements (iterations). |
What are some examples of agile principles and practices?
Agile principles and practices include:
- Early, measurable return on investment through defined, iterative delivery of product increments.
- High visibility of project progress allows early identification and solution or monitoring of problems.
- Continuous involvement of the customer throughout the product development cycle.
- Empowerment of the business owner to make decisions needed to meet goals.
- Adaptation to changing business needs, giving more influence over requirement changes.
- Reduced product and process waste.
What value do agile principles and practices bring to an organization?
Organizations who use agile principles and practices have documented the value they see from these techniques:
- Adaptive to changing business needs, giving the organization more influence over adding, changing, or removing requirements.
- Early and continuous customer feedback improves communication and empowers business owners who can receive and review critical information necessary to make decisions to steer the project throughout the development process.
- Early measurable return on investment.
- High visibility and influence over the project progress leading to early indications of problems.
- Incremental delivery rather than a single complete delivery at the end of the project. Reduces product and process waste.
How is the PMI-ACP® different from the Project Management Professional(PMP)®credential?
The PMI-ACP® certification specifically validates a practitioner’s ability to understand and apply agile principles and practices. The PMP®credential recognizes demonstrated competence leading and directing project teams.
Why did PMI develop the PMI-ACP® certification?
Agile is a topic of growing importance in project management. PMI market research shows that project management practitioners are embracing agile principles and practices for successfully managing projects. Additionally, the following points show the increasing demand for agile certification:
- PMI members, credential holders, and individuals who embrace agile principles and practices are looking to PMI for certification, recognition, and educational opportunities.
- Many project professionals experienced in traditional techniques are seeing the demand for agile principles and practices in many industries and organizations. These practitioners are eager to add agile principles and practices to their project management skillset.
- Organizations that use project management to serve both internal and external clients are seeing the value in agile principles and practices to deliver projects more quickly, with less waste and cost due to misunderstood or poorly defined requirements.
Do this Scrum Alliance course qualify for the education eligibility requirement of CSM certification?
Yes, Scrum Alliance courses qualify for the education eligibility requirements. Only hours of training in agile practices will meet the certification eligibility requirements. One hour of education equals one contact hour of education eligibility.
What is (PMI-ACP)® certification?
PMI-ACP® is a single certification that provides the brief details of the umbrella of all Agile frameworks in one workshop, along with Agile project management practices, including engineering / technical practices. This helps participants under the expectations from each of the other roles in addition to his/her role. The coverage is comprehensive.
Who can attend (PMI-ACP)®training?
This 3-day training workshop is ideal for all agile aspirants such as PMO Leaders, Project Directors, Project Heads, Project Leads, Project Consultants, Project Analysts, Project Managers, Program Managers, Delivery Managers, Product Managers, Business Analysts, QA Analysts, Project Stakeholders, Project Coordinators and all other professionals who are involved in projects. The most benefitted are the traditional Project Managers working with agile developers, and Project Managers looking for more successful ways to facilitate a project’s success.
PMI®Agile Certification Practitioner Eligibility Requirements
What are the fees?
What is the certification process?
The process is you complete the application online and upon review and confirmation; you will be able to pay the fees as above. Once the fee is paid your application may optionally be selected for audit. If it is, you follow the instructions to complete the audit and proceed to schedule the examination.
Exam format
- The examination consists of 120 multiple choice questions and each question has only one correct answer. There are no negative marks.
- Out of 20 questions, 100 questions are actually counted towards your final score.
- Upon completing the examination, you will be able to see your result immediately.
How do I prepare for this examination?
You should enroll yourself for Agile training, which in any case is one of the pre-requisites for the examination. The training should provide you with guidance about Agile methodologies and what to study for the examination.
In addition, you should go through the list of suggested references by PMI (see link:http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/~/media/Files/PDF/Agile/PMI000-GainInsightsAIGLE418.ashx). If you are not a PMP or not otherwise familiar with the Project Management Body of Knowledge, you may want to read the PMBOK to familiarize yourself with general Project management concepts. You would also need to read the PMI Code of ethics document.
You must also get sufficient practice of solving exam questions including few “full-length” examinations under simulated conditions