PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Certification Preparation Program

The use of Agile as an approach to managing projects is growing rapidly all over the world. The PMI-ACP® (Agile Certified Practitioner) certification recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile methodologies.

This course covers the PMI-ACP® Examination Content Outline, on which the PMI-ACP® certification exam is based. It provides an essential knowledge of Agile along with a detailed coverage of the examination content.

Learning Objectives

• Learn about the requirements and process for PMI ACP® certification

• Learn the 7 Domain areas that constitute the PMI ACP Examination Content Outline

• Understand the Agile Manifesto and Principles

• Acquire in-depth knowledge of scrum – the most commonly used Agile framework

• Understand the basics of other major agile frameworks – XP, Lean and KANBAN

• Learn popular Agile techniques for estimation, planning, requirements definition, etc.

• Understand project management in the Agile context

Who Should Attend?

Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers/QA, PMO Leaders, and other agile practitioners interested in acquiring the PMI-ACP certification.

Pre-Requisites

Course Participation Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to attend the training.

Certification Exam Prerequisites:

A candidate must attain:

• Secondary Degree (High School Diploma, Associate’s Degree or global equivalent)

• 2,000 hours (approx 12 months) of General Project Experience

• Experience must be earned within the last 5 years.

• 1,500 hours (approx 8 months) of Agile Project Experience (These hours are in addition to the 2000 hours required in “general project experience”)

• Experience must be earned within the last 3 years

•  21 contact hours of training in Agile Practices

Training And Exam

Training
The course material shall be issued on the first day of the course during registration.

Exam
The exam may be scheduled at a Pearsonvue testing centre close to your location or from from home or your office – whatever works better for the candidate. (https://home.pearsonvue.com/pmi).

Exam Pattern

The PMI-ACP exam consists of 120 multiple choice questions. The exam is closed-book, i.e. no materials are allowed to be used.

Course Outline

Pre-course Assessment

• Understand current level of knowledge of Agile

About PMI-ACP® Certification

• About PMI

• PMI-ACP Certification Process

• PMI-ACP Course Content

Introduction To Agile

• What is agile

• Differences between Agile and other frameworks

• Success stories with Agile

• Business benefits observed

• Agile Life Cycle

• Activity – The Penny Game

Agile Foundation

• Agile Manifesto

• Agile Principles

• XP Principles

• Activity – Agile Principles

• Agile Values and Frameworks

Introduction To Scrum

• Scrum Characteristics

• Scrum @ 50k Feet

• Time-Boxes

• The Scrum Framework

Scrum Roles

• Scrum Characteristics

• Scrum @ 50k Feet

• Time-Boxes

• The Scrum Framework

Introduction To Scrum

• Scrum Characteristics

• Scrum @ 50k Feet

• Time-Boxes

• The Scrum Framework

Recap of Day 1

• Day 1 learning

• Quiz on soft skills

Scrum Framework – Roles

• Product Owner

• Scrum Master

• Team

• Pitfalls in performing the roles

Scrum Framework – Ceremonies

• Sprint Planning

• Planning Poker

• Affinity Estimation

• Sprint review

• Sprint Retrospective

• Daily scrum

Scrum Framework – Artifacts

• Product backlog

• Spint backlog

• Burndown charts

Agile Techniques

• Time, cost & budget estimation

• Risk management

• Information Radiators

Metrics

• Metrics for agile projects

Scalability of Scrum

• Factors in scaling

• Scrum of scrums

Learning for the Day

• Reinforce the concept

Recap Of Day 2

• Discussion

Introduction To XP

• XP roles

• XP processes

• Pair programming

• Test driven development

Introduction To Lean

• Lean Principles

• Value Stream Mapping

Introduction To Kanban

• Fundamentals of Kanban

Mock Exam