PMI-ACP : PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner
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The document discusses the growing popularity of agile development methods and the Project Management Professional in Agile Certification (PMI-ACP). It notes that by 2012, 80% of software projects will use agile according to Gartner. The PMI-ACP is the industry's certification for agile project management and over 1500 professionals have earned it since 2011. The certification requires agile experience and training hours along with ongoing professional development. It also outlines the exam structure, available study materials, costs, and an upcoming training program from iZenBridge to help candidates prepare to earn the PMI-ACP.
PMI-ACP : PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner
- 1. Saket Bansal PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, ITIL-F www.iZenBridge.com 1
- 2. By the end of 2012, agile development methods will be used on 80% of all software development projects - Gartner Use of agile has tripled from December 2008 to May 2011 - PMI’s Research www.iZenBridge.com 2
- 3. Most recognized project management certification organization Developed by Agile thought leaders 1500+ PMI-ACP Certified ◦ Pilot exams began in October 2011 ◦ Pilot ended November 30, 2011 ◦ PMI-ACP testing begins January 31, 2012 ◦ 150 PMI-ACP certified in India ◦ 10 PMI-ACP certified in Delhi - NCR www.iZenBridge.com 3
- 4. Requirements ◦ General Project Management Experience – 2000 hours (12 months) within last 5 years. If you have an active PMP, you meet this requirement. ◦ Agile Project Management Experience – 1500 hours ( 8 months) within last 3 years. ◦ Agile Project Management Education – 21 contact hours. ◦ Maintenance – 30 PDU's every 3 years. These hours count towards fulfilling PMP requirements as well. www.iZenBridge.com 4
- 5. Value - Driven Delivery Stakeholder Engagement Boosting Team Performance Adaptive Planning Problem Detection and Resolution Continuous Improvement www.iZenBridge.com 5
- 6. Training covering agile philosophy , methodologies, principles and practices Training Providers : ◦ PMI Registered Education Provides (REPs) ◦ PMI Chapters or communities of practice ◦ Employer / company sponsored program ◦ Training Company or Consultants ◦ Distance Learning companies, including an end of course assessment ◦ University / college academic and continuing education programs www.iZenBridge.com 6
- 7. Fixed Cost ◦ 435 $ PMI-Members ◦ 495 $ Non Members Variable Cost ◦ 21 Contact Hour Training : 12,000 INR to 25,000 INR ◦ Books : 0 INR to 5000 INR ◦ Online Support : 3000 INR to 8000 INR ◦ Retake : 335 $ www.iZenBridge.com 7
- 8. PMI-ACP Exam www.iZenBridge.com 8
- 9. 120 questions, 20 pretest questions that are thrown out Passing scored not yet published Duration 3 Hours No scheduled break Exam Questions ◦ Developed and Validated by global work group of agile professionals ◦ Referred to the current agile reference list ◦ Monitored through psychometric analysis ◦ Satisfy the Examination Content Outline www.iZenBridge.com 9
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- 12. Priority Item 1 Communications 2 Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting 3 Agile Estimation 4 Agile Analysis and Design 5 Product Quality 6 Soft Skills Negotiation 7 Value-Based Prioritization 8 Risk Management 9 Metrics 10 Value Stream Analysis www.iZenBridge.com 12
- 13. Level 1: 33% = 40 questions Level 2: 12% = 15 questions Level 3: 5% = 6 questions • Active listening • Agile frameworks and terminology • Agile contracting methods • Agile Manifesto value and principles • Building high-performance teams • Agile project accounting principles • Assessing and incorporating • Business case development • Applying new Agile practices community and stakeholder values • Colocation (geographic proximity/distributed • Compliance (organization) • Brainstorming techniques teams) • Control limits for Agile projects • Building empowered teams • Continuous improvement processes • Failure modes and alternatives • Coaching and mentoring within teams • Elements of a project charter for an Agile project • Globalization, culture, and team • Communications management • Facilitation methods diversity • Feedback techniques for product (e.g. • Participatory decision models (e.g., input-based. • Innovation games prototyping, simulation, Shared collaboration, command) • Principles of systems thinking (e.g. demonstrations, evaluations) • PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct complex adaptive, chaos) • Incremental delivery • Process analysis techniques • Regulatory compliance • Knowledge sharing • Self assessment • Variance and trend analysis • Leadership tools and techniques • Value-based analysis • Variations in Agile methods and • Prioritization approaches • Problem-solving strategies, tools, and • Vendor management techniques • Project and quality standards for Agile projects • Stakeholder management • Team motivation • Time, budget, and cost estimation • Value-based decomposition and prioritization www.iZenBridge.com 13
- 14. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great Agile Estimating and Planning Esther Derby, Diana Larsen Mike Cohn ISBN #0977616649 ISBN #0131479415 Agile Software Development: The Art of Agile Development The Cooperative Game – 2nd Edition James Shore Alistair Cockburn ISBN #0596527675 ISBN #0321482751 User Stories Applied: The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility For Agile Software Development Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick Mike Cohn ISBN #0321502752 ISBN #0321205685 Coaching Agile Teams Agile Project Management with Scrum Lyssa Adkins Ken Schwaber ISBN #0321637704 ISBN #073561993X Agile Project Management: Lean-Agile Software Development: Creating Innovative Products – 2nd Edition Achieving Enterprise Agility Jim Highsmith Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott ISBN #0321658396 ISBN #0321532899 Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky ISBN #1933988258 www.iZenBridge.com 14
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- 16. No Single Reference Book Reading 11 Books looks great idea but….looks too much 21 Contact Hours Agile Education Programs are not available frequently New certificate difficult to get details / help www.iZenBridge.com 16
- 17. The iZenBridge Way…. www.iZenBridge.com 17
- 18. We recommend reading books based on your work experience, it may vary from 1 to 4 Our training program is designed by taking reference from all 11 Books Based in exam content outline we prioritize the reading material www.iZenBridge.com 18
- 19. We have started 21 Contact Hours Program and unlike other training provide we conduct the program even we get 3 participants The program covers ACP content outlines We give reading material to our participants from the point they enroll for it We provide all relevant study material, candidate may not need to buy anything beyond that. www.iZenBridge.com 19
- 20. Meetups in association with DIT Facebook group for PMI-ACP participants LinkedIn group for PMI-ACP participants Online Training Portal with 130 Practice questions Much More coming…. www.iZenBridge.com 20
- 21. Facebook : www.facebook.com/groups/PMIACPStudy/ Meetup : www.meetup.com/Delhi-Pro/ LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4673212 www.iZenBridge.com 21
- 22. Two and Half Day Training Program Starting 2 Nov 2012(Friday, 2nd Half) Venue : Pharpur Business Center , Nehru Place Cost : 12,000 All Inclusive www.iZenBridge.com 22
- 23. Saket Bansal [email protected] M : 9910802561 Web : www.iZenBridge.com LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/saketbansal www.iZenBridge.com 23