1. Tip 2: PMI-ACP® Exam Tip:
Take an Agile Approach to
Your Studies
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Although Agile is a relatively new project
management framework (compared to
Traditional/Waterfall project management),
there are countless resources available to
help you study for the PMI Agile Certified
Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification. As a
result, you could potentially spend weeks or
even months reading different materials to
study for the PMI-ACP Exam. You might find,
however, that all you are likely doing is
duplicating your efforts — simply reading the
same information over and over and, to some
extent, wasting your time.
Take an Agile Approach to Your Studies
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So why doesn’t PMI offer a Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK) to help you study for the PMI-ACP certification…a body of
Agile-related knowledge from which all the questions on the exam are
drawn? Well, one of the most appealing aspects of Agile is that there
isn’t a single methodology that ‘IS’ Agile; Agile is a dynamic and evolving
framework.
PMI has provided a list of reference materials that will provide you with
all of the knowledge necessary to pass the PMI-ACP Exam.
However, no one wants to read all 3,888 pages of the 11 reference books
on which the PMI-ACP Exam is based.
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So we recommend that you take an agile approach by researching different
materials that are available as “all-in-one” study resources to pass the PMI-
ACP Exam, select one or two of them and stick with them for use during
your studies. Most resources will include everything you need to know —
you don’t need to read the same information over and over. After you’ve
selected several resources, focus your efforts on mastering the Agile
Manifesto and sharpening your Agile experience. Armed with a deep
knowledge of Agile principles and core values, as well as your Agile
experience, you’re sure to be successful at becoming PMI-ACP certified.
