Presenting all you need to know to begin your preparation for PMI-ACP certification. It will provide you details like prerequisites, exam fees, good reference materials, preparation technique and a lot more....

2. What is PMI ACP and why should we do it?
• Fastest growing certification
• The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
certification formally
recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile
techniques
• The PMI-ACP certification spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum,
Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD)
• Gartner predicted that 80% of all Software projects will be using Agile
• Strong focus on adopting Agile in organizations
• Covers Gamut of Agile methods and principles
• Approval for your knowledge
• Demonstrate to employers their level of professionalism in agile principles,
practices, tools and techniques.
• More credibility of this certification than training based offerings

3. Deck covers
PART 1
•Pre-requisites for PMI-ACP
•Fees & re-imbursement
•Administrative process while preparing
PART 2
•Exam details
•PMI-ACP Content and what has changed from Jul 2015
•Preparation Material
•References

4. Pre-requisites & how to attain them
 2,000 hours of
general project
experience working
on teams
 1,500 hours addition
to above; working on
agile project teams or
with agile
methodologies
 21 contact hours of
training in agile
practices
Sources for Free PDU’s
•PMI Members:
•Project Management.com –Agile
Webinars
•PMI.org – On demand webinars on
Agile
•More inputs: Refer CCRS@PMI

5. Certification Fees
•Fees
• PMI Membership: US $139
• Certification fees: PMI Member US$435 Non-member
US$495
• *Check with your organization if they have any discount

6. Administrative work required to appear in exam
• Step 1: Fill the application form – PMI takes 7 to 10 days to
revert
• Step 2: Prepare well
• Step 3: At around 80% prepared: Submit fees.
• Step 3a: If you randomly get selected for Audit  Submit
evidences. PMI takes 7-10 days post submission
• Step 4: Go to prometric site to select a exam date
• Step 5: Take exam and get certified 

7. PMI-ACP PREPARATION
PART 2: How to prepare?

8. Exam Details
•120 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours
•(100 scored items & 20 unscored –randomly placed)
•7 domains
Domain Names of Domain Percentage
on test
Domain I Agile Principles and Mindset 16%
Domain II Value-driven Delivery 20%
Domain III Stakeholder Engagement 17%
Domain IV Team Performance 16%
Domain V Adaptive Planning 12%
Domain VI Problem Detection and Resolution 10%
Domain VII Continuous Improvement (Product, Process,
People)
9%

9. Change in PMI ACP
•Role delineation study done every 3-5 years to make it more relevant to
current scenario
•Assessment moved from Tool & Techniques & Knowledge & skills to
Domains
•Jul 15, 2015 to Oct 14, 2015 – Pilot period (results not announced
immediately)
•New Domain introduced: Agile Principles & Mindset
•Focus on metrics & governance
•When to use Agile
•Newer ways of communication: Engagement of social media
•Establishing Agile mindset
•Around 10% course content change – but change in focus
• Increased focus on Kanban (2 new addition in PMI reference book) &
Lean

10. Formal introduction of new topics
Tools & Techniques
Workshops Defect rate (Metrics)
Learning cycles Backlog grooming/ refinement
Collaboration games Product-feedback loop
Two way communication Approved Iteration
Social media based communication Pre –mortem (rule setting, pre failure
analysis)
Feedback methods Testing, including exploratory and usability
Work in progress (Metrics) Requirements reviews
Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
Knowledge and skills
Agile discovery
Agile hybrid models
Managing with agile KPIs

11. Some preparation tips & reference materials
•Practicing Agile (At least at “Shu” stage of Shu-ha-ri)
•Choose a study book (e.g. Mike Griffith’s etc.) and go through it at
least twice
• Give as many mock exams as possible (some links given towards
end as reference)
•Note wrong answers or unfamiliar terms & content – look for other
materials (some reference links given towards end)
•Practice eliminating wrong answers in mocks
•Aim for minimum 76-80% in mock exams before finalizing exam date
Read articles, blogs, white papers on Agile by Jim Highsmith,
Alistair Cockburn, Mike Cohn, David J. Anderson, Marcus
Hammarberg, Joakim Sunden

12. When should you target from for this certification
• New editions with latest content coverage : September mid onwards
e.g.
 RMCLS – Mike Grifith’s
 Izenbridge –Saket Bansal
• Target certification dates: Post October 15, 2015
• Begin preparations today!!
• Work to attain PDU’s and submit application form

13. Reference list for mock exams
External Links:
• Izenbridge sample tests – (Good Question bank)
• Leading answers -Sample questionnaire
• Pmiacptraining.com
• PM instructors – sample questions
• Free PMI-ACP exam dumps 120 Quest – Tough & unsure of correct
ans
• Star PMO 120 sample questions
• Whizlabs.com
• Gr8pm.com

14. Reference reading materials
External links:
• PMI website
• Article - Jim Highsmith’s Thoughtworks
• Book - Mike Cohn – Agile Estimating & Planning
• Blog- PMI-ACP in 3 Iterations
• Blog - How To Pass PMI-ACP Exam
• Blog - How I passed the PMI-ACP Exam
• Sample free chapters of "Kanban in action" book
• Gartner Highlights: 10 Things CIOs Need to Know About Agile
Development

15. Thank you & All the best!!
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Parul Jain