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The PMI-ACP exam assesses knowledge of Agile principles and practices, requiring candidates to have a secondary degree, project experience, and 21 contact hours of Agile training. The exam consists of 120 questions across various Agile domains, with a certification valid for three years, necessitating 30 PDUs for renewal. The document also outlines the application process, exam fees, and PMI's Code of Ethics.

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Module - 1 - Introduction

The PMI-ACP exam assesses knowledge of Agile principles and practices, requiring candidates to have a secondary degree, project experience, and 21 contact hours of Agile training. The exam consists of 120 questions across various Agile domains, with a certification valid for three years, necessitating 30 PDUs for renewal. The document also outlines the application process, exam fees, and PMI's Code of Ethics.

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Introduction

IntroductiontotoPMI-ACP
PMI-ACP
About PMI-ACP Exam

PMI-ACP exam is based on the following:

• 12 recommended books from PMI known as “Reference Materials”.

Once certified, the ACP certification is valid for 3 years.

To continue to hold the PMI-ACP • PDU stands for Professional Development Unit
certification, at the end of the 3 year
certification cycle, one needs 30 PDUs • 1 PDU corresponds to 1 hour of professional development activity
About PMI-ACP Certification

The distribution of questions on the PMI-ACP exam paper are now based on the domains (rather than
the Agile Tools and Techniques – 50% / Agile Knowledge and Skills – 50% as for the previous version of
PMI-ACP exam):

• Agile Principles and Mindset – 16%

• Value-driven Delivery – 20%

• Stakeholder Engagement – 17%

• Team Performance – 16%

• Adaptive Planning – 12%

• Problem Detection and Resolution – 10%


• Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People) – 9%
Agile Domain Areas

Second level of Exam Result will be based on following domains:

Agile
Principles and
Continuous Mindset
Improvement
Problem (Product,
Detection and Process,
Adaptive Resolution People)
Planning
Team
Performance
Stakeholder Practices
Engagement
Value Driven
Delivery
Tools and Techniques

Communications
Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Agile Estimation
Agile Analysis and Design
Product Quality
Interpersonal Skills
Value-based Prioritization
Risk Management
Metrics
Process Improvement
Knowledge and Skills

• Agile values and principles


• Agile frameworks and terminology
• Agile methods and approaches
• Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values
• Stakeholder management
• Communication management
• Facilitation methods
• Knowledge sharing/written communication
• Leadership
• Building agile teams
• Team motivation
Knowledge and Skills

• Physical and virtual co-location


• Global, cultural, and team diversity
• Training, coaching, and mentoring
• Developmental mastery models (for example, Tuckman, Dreyfus, Shu Ha Ri)
• Self-assessment tools and techniques
• Participatory decision models (for example, convergent, shared collaboration)
• Principles of systems thinking (for example, complex adaptive, chaos)
• Problem solving
• Prioritization
• Incremental delivery
• Agile discovery
Knowledge and Skills

• Agile sizing and estimation


• Value based analysis and decomposition
• Process analysis
• Continuous improvement
• Agile hybrid models
• Managing with agile KPIs
• Agile project chartering
• Agile contracting
• Agile project accounting principles
• Regulatory compliance
• PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
PMI-ACP Exam Pattern

Exam Pattern

No. of Questions 120 Multiple choice questions

Allocated Time 3 Hours

Number of Scored questions 100

Number of un-scored (Pre-test) questions 20

Negative markings for wrong answers No


PMI-ACP Eligibility Requirements

Requirement Description

Secondary degree (high school diploma),


Educational Background
associate’s degree or global equivalent

2000 Hours (12 months) working on project


General Project Experience
Teams, must be earned in the last 5 years

1500 Hours (8 months) working on project


teams using Agile methodology
Agile Project Experience Must have earned this in the last 3 years
These hours are in addition to the 2000 hours
of general project experience

21 Contact Hours
Training in Agile Practices
(In Agile Practices)
Exam Application Process

Application can be submitted via • Online Processing Time – 5 business days


online or in a paper based mode • Paper based Processing Time – 10 to 20 days

Once application is reviewed for completeness, payment for the exam is done

After payment is made, PMI sends an electronic notification indicating


- Examination Scheduling Instructions - or - the Application is selected for audit

Exam should be taken within 1 year of date of registration - Conducted via Pro-metric worldwide
Certification Fee

Exam Administration type PMI Member Status US Dollars Euros

Computer based Testing (CBT) Member $435 €365


Computer based Testing (CBT) Non-member $495 €415
Paper based Testing (PBT) Member $385 €320
Paper based Testing (PBT) Non-member $445 €370
Re-examination CBT Member $335 €280
Re-examination CBT Non-member $395 €330
Re-examination PBT Member $285 €240
Re-examination PBT Non-member $345 €290
CCR Certification Renewal Member $60 USD only
CCR Certification Renewal Non-member $150 USD only
PMI-Code of Conduct and Professional Ethics

PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct


Applies to all PMI members

Individual who are not PMI members, but meet one or more of the following criteria:
• Non-members who hold a PMI certification
• Non-members who apply to commence a PMI certification
• Non-members who serve in PMI as volunteer capacity

Based on:

Responsibility Respect Fairness Honesty

Take ownership for High regard for Make decisions and Understand the truth
the decisions we ourselves, others act impartially and and act in a truthful
make objectively manner
Understanding Exam Result

Exam Results are reported in two ways:

• Pass/Fail result is generated on overall performance in the examination.

Second level of results is assignment of one of three proficiencies:

• Each domain is assigned Proficient, moderately proficient and below proficient based on questions
answered from each domain.

PMI defines proficiency as:

Proficient Moderately proficient Below proficient

• Indicates above average • Indicates average level of • Indicates below average


level of knowledge in this knowledge in this domain level of knowledge in this
domain domain

Online certificate after passing exam can be accessed online after 10days of exam
Exam Retake Criteria

If you are not successful in all the three attempts, then you have to wait one year from the date of your last
test before re-applying for the PMI® credential
Further Reading

• Agile Estimating and Planning, by Mike Cohn


• Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, by Jim Highsmith
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber
• Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, by Alistair Cockburn
• Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition, by Lyssa Adkins
• Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile Extreme, by Robert K. Wysocki
• Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals, by Dan Rawsthorne with Doug Shimp
• Kanban In Action, by Marcus Hammarberg, Joakim Sunden
• Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business, by David J. Anderson
• Lean-Agile Software Development, by Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver and James R. Trott
• The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility, by Michele Singer and Stacia Broderick
• User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development, by Mike Cohn

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