PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

PMI-ACP training will prepare you to become an Agile Certified Practitioner, the industry standard for those who lead Agile software projects.

Agile has become mainstream – it's no longer a grassroots movement to change software development.

Today, more organizations and companies are adopting this approach over a more traditional waterfall methodology, and more are working daily to make the transition. To stay relevant in the competitive, professional world, it's increasingly important that professionals demonstrate leadership ability on today's software projects. The Project Management Institute's Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations, or even potential employers that you're ready and able to lead in this new age of product development, management, and delivery.

• Learn precisely what you need to know to pass the Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI–ACP) Exam.
• Understand Agile principles and practices that will improve team performance and customer satisfaction.
• Acquire valuable insights into how you can empower and inspire your team
• Discover techniques to more actively manage a project's scope to help better ensure the delivery of the best product possible, even if that differs from what was planned
• Learn to know and collaborate with customers for better results
• Understanding and applying multiple agile approaches including Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and Test-Driven Development.
• Engaging stakeholders effectively to gather requirements, incorporate feedback, and ensure project success.
• Delivering value to customers through iterative development cycles and employing agile metrics for informed decision-making
• Arm yourself with the latest industry knowledge on how to manage dynamic projects in the most unforgiving environments.
• Learn why studies have shown Agile teams are significantly happier with their work, and ensure this benefit for your team.

Domain I: Agile Principles and Mindset

Domain 2: Value-Driven Delivery

• Define Positive Value
• Avoid Potential Downsides
• Prioritization
• Incremental Development

Domain 3: Stakeholder Engagement

• Understand Stakeholder Needs
• Ensure Stakeholder Involvement
• Manage Stakeholder Expectations

Domain 4: Team Performance

• Team Formation
• Team Empowerment
• Team Collaboration and Commitment

Domain 5: Adaptive Planning

• Levels of Planning
• Adaptation
• Agile Sizing and Estimation

Domain VI Problem Detection and Resolution

Domain VII Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People)

Organizations that embrace agility and adaptability outperform their counterparts, completing more projects successfully.

With the demand for agile practitioners soaring, earning the PMI-ACP certification is more valuable than ever.

 Developed by agilists for agilest, this certification enhances your agile mindset and skills to deliver value and versatility across diverse industries.

• The median salary for a Scrum Master holding the PMI-ACP certification stands at $133K, while those without it typically earn $115K. (Source: 2021 ZipRecruiter data)
• PMI-ACPs are highly satisfied with the qualification. (Source: 2021 PMI survey of 592 PMI-ACP certification holders.)

This PMI-ACP exam prep is designed for anyone who is considering the use of an Agile PM methodology for software development, including:

• Project Managers
• Program Managers
• Analysts
• Developers
• Testers
• IT Managers/Directors
• Software Engineers
• Software Architects
• Software Managers
• Testing Managers
• Team Leaders

Earning the PMI-ACP certification requires commitment, but it's worth it. If you possess real-world agile experience, you've already overcome the most challenging part. Before applying, ensure you meet the following requirements:

• Secondary degree
• 21 contact hours of agile practice training
• 12 months of general project experience within the last five years (a current PMP® or PgMP® satisfies this requirement but is not mandatory)
• Eight months of agile project experience within the previous three years

If you’re experienced in using agile approaches, have good collaboration skills, eagerly embrace complexity, and thrive on rapid response times, then your talents are in demand.

• Agile Project Manager
• Scrum Master
• Agile Product Owner
• Agile Consultant
• Agile Transformation Lead:
• Project Management Office (PMO) Agile Lead
• Agile Program Manager
• Agile Team Lead

• Results of the study indicated that the 100 scorable questions on the test should be distributed among the domains as shown in the following table. The remaining 20 questions will be dispersed throughout the domains as pretest questions and will not count in the candidates’
• To obtain the PMI-ACP certification, a project manager must meet specific requirements and pass a 120 multiple-choice question exam.
• You can prepare for and take the exam in English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.