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 (PMI-ACP)® Certification Training Benefits

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

• Certification Requirements

  Before applying to take the PMI-ACP exam, you will need to meet the following requirements:

  • Secondary degree
  • 21 contact hours of agile practice training
  • 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years (a current PMP® or PgMP® satisfies this requirement but is not mandatory)
  • 8 months of Agile project experience within the last 3 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