PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Certification Training

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-Agile Certified Practitioner Training Information

In this course, you will: 

• Prepare for the PMI-ACP exam while completing the required 21 contact hours/PDUs.

• Navigate the tools, techniques, knowledge, and skills addressed in the exam.

• Review relevant topics in the PMI suggested reference materials.

• Practice for the exam with sample questions and exercises.

• Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching.

Training Prerequisites

Experience at the level of:

• Learning Tree Course 918, Agile Fundamentals Training

• Learning Tree Course 1814, Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Certification Training

• 2,000 hours (about 2 and a half months) of general project experience in the last five years

• 1,500 hours (about 2 months) of Agile project experience in the last three years

Certification 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 total training time required by PMI).

The PMI-ACP® exam is based on the Sixth Edition of the PMBOK® Guide and PMI's Agile Practice Guide (2017).

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Training Outline

Module 1: Introduction to the PMI-ACP Exam

• 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

Module 2: Implementing Value-Driven Delivery

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

Module 3: Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement

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

Module 4: Boosting Team Performance Practices

Forming cross-functional teams

• Establishing collaborative behaviors through group decision-making

• Influencing teams to design their 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

Module 5: Implementing Adaptive Planning

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

Module 6: Problem Detection and Resolution

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

Module 7: Facilitating Continuous Improvement

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)

Module 8: Preparing to Pass the Exam

• 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