Overview
The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques. It will make you shine even brighter to your employers, stakeholders and peers.
The PMI-ACP® is our fastest growing PMI certification, and it’s no wonder. Organizations that are highly agile and responsive to market dynamics complete more of their projects successfully than their slower-moving counterparts.
The PMI-ACP spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD.) So it will increase your versatility, wherever your projects may take you.
Skills Covered
- Apply agile practices on specific project situations;
- Understand the agile approach, during the requirement, analysis, design, development, tests and deployment phases;
- Understand the challenges of the agile approach in project management;
- Determine if the agile approach is an option considering the project situation and environment;
- Adapt the agile approach;
Who Should Attend
If you work on agile teams or if your organization is adopting agile practices, the PMI-ACP is a good choice for you. Compared with other agile certifications based solely on training and exams, the PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill.
Course Curriculum
Prerequisites
General Project Experience:
- 2,000 hours working on project teams
- These hours must be earned within the last 5 years
- Active PMP or PgMP credential will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP.
Agile Project Experience:
- 1500 hours working on agile project teams or with agile methodologies
- These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in “general project experience”
- These hours must be earned within the last 3 years
- 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years
Training in Agile Practices
- 21 contact hours
- Hours must be earned in agile practices
Examination
- Tests knowledge of agile fundamentals
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Be formally recognized for your knowledge of agile principles and your skills with agile techniques. The PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill as part of an agile team. It spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD), not limiting a practitioner to one agile approach.
