The document provides an introduction to the PMI-ACP certification. It discusses that Edureka is a registered education provider with PMI and offers a PMI-ACP certification course. The objectives of the course are to understand PMI and its credentials, Agile principles, the PMI-ACP exam process, and the differences between PMP and PMI-ACP. It also outlines the eligibility requirements, exam format, and benefits of obtaining the PMI-ACP certification.

1. INTRODUCTION TO PMI-ACP
Edureka is a Global Registered Education Provider (R.E.P ID : 4021) from Project Management Institute (PMI)
View PMI-ACP course details at http://www.edureka.co/pmi-acp

2. How it Works?
LIVE Online Class
Class Recording in LMS
24/7 Post Class Support
Module Wise Quiz
Project Work
Verifiable Certificate
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3. Objectives
At the end of this module, you will be able to
 Understand PMI and the credentials from PMI
 Why Agile?
 How PMI-ACP certification will help?
 Agile Principles
 Understand the exam and certification process of PMI
 Difference between PMP and PMI-ACP
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4. About PMI®
 Project Management Institute (PMI)® is a not-for-profit association
 Established in 1969
 Global organization headquartered in Pennsylvania, USA
 Over 500,000 members worldwide (in over 171 countries)
 PMI® is actively engaged in advocacy for the profession, setting professional standards, conducting research and
providing access to a wealth of information and resources
 PMI® also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community
involvement opportunities
 One of the great benefits of PMI® membership is the opportunities to connect with your peers and engage face-to-face
with members for educational and networking events
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5. Certifications/Credentials from PMI®
 PMI® offers the following credentials for Project Managers:
» Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)
» Project Management Professional (PMP®)
» Program Management Professional (PgMP®)
» PMI® Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®)
» PMI® Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP®)
» PMI® Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®)
» Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
 Eligibility criteria for each of these credentials are different
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6. Introduction to ACP
 Globally recognized and demanded, the (PMI-ACP)® demonstrates that you have the experience, education
and competency to lead and direct agile projects.
 The PMI-ACP recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile
methodologies.
 PMI-ACP has become the third most popular PMI Certification
 There are 2,858 PMI-ACP® certified professionals till 30 April, 2013
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7. Why Agile?
Drawbacks of Traditional Framework:
 More Rigid and it always follows top-down approach
 More Commanding and Controlling style of Leadership
 Follows Spoon-feeding methodology, i.e., the management tells everyone what has to be done
 Document-oriented and Document-driven
 Resistant to changes
 More serious about the processes and not the product
 Heavy Documentation
 More focus on ‘How’ than ‘Why’
Because of the above drawbacks, Agile Practices were discovered for increasing the work efficiency in any company
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8. Advantages of Agile
Agile focusses on:
 Individual interaction
 Customer collaboration
 Responding to the changes
Advantages of PMI-ACP:
 Demonstrate to employers their level of professionalism in agile principles, practices, tools and techniques
 Increase their professional versatility in project management tools and techniques
 Hold a certification that is more credible than existing offerings based only on exams or training
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9. Agile is a Mindset
A mindset is an established set of attributes held by someone
Principles of Agile:
 Welcome change
 Motivate people
 Feedback loops
 Continuous delivery
 Incremental development
 Small value-added slices
 Learning through discovery
 Continuous improvement
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10. Agile Domain Areas
Agile Project Practitioners engage in a number of tasks while working on a project in an Agile Environment
These tasks are organized into 6 domains of practice. They are:
Domain 1 - Value Driven Delivery
» Define positive value
» Incremental development
» Prioritization
Domain 2 - Stakeholder Engagement
» Stakeholder needs, involvement and expectations
Domain 3 - Bolstering Team Performance Practices
» Team formation, empowerment, collaboration and commitment
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11. Agile Domain Areas
Domain 4 - Adaptive Planning
» Levels of planning
» Adaptation
» Estimation
» Velocity/throughput/cycle time
Domain 5 - Problem Detection and Resolution
» Understand the problem statement
» Problem Categorization
» Problem Investigation
» Problem Solution
Domain 6 - Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People)
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12. Multiple Levels of Planning
There are three levels of Planning in Agile to meet company’s standards. They are:
 Release Planning
 Iteration Planning
 Daily Planning
Items
Backlog
Release
Daily Review
Iteration
Deliverable
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13. How will PMI-ACP Certification Help?
When industry is warming up to agile and is looking for validation of
practitioners’ knowledge and expertisation, PMI agile certification comes into
picture
The PMI agile certification provides the manager an opportunity to
understand the various aspects of implementing agile in the organization and
his/her role in it
A certified manager will be able to handle agile projects more effectively and
thereby build on the confidence of customers
The certification will help give structure to the agile body of knowledge to
meet their needs
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14. Job Roles of a PMI-ACP Credential Holder
 Agile Coach
 Scrum Coach or Scrum Master
 Portfolio Manager
 Program Manager
 Agile Project Manager
 Product Manager
 Business Analyst
 Technical Architect
 Team Member
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15. PMI-ACP – Salary Trends
The below graph shows the difference between the salary-trends of a PMI-ACP Certified Professional and a
Non-certified Professional
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16. About PMI-ACP Exam
 PMI-ACP exam is based on the following:
» 11 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 certification, at the
end of the 3 year certification cycle, one needs 30
PDU’s
» PDU stands for Professional Development Unit
» 1 PDU corresponds to 1 hour of professional
development activity
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17. About PMI-ACP Certification
Requirement Percentage
Agile Tools & Techniques 50% of Exam
Agile Knowledge & Skills
Level 1 – 33 %
Level 2 – 12 %
Level 3 – 5 %
50% of Exam
Knowledge and Skills Content
Level
% of Exam/
% of Knowledge and Skill content
Level 1 (18 Knowledge/Skills) 33% / 65%
Level 2 (12 Knowledge/Skills) 12% / 25%
Level 3 (13 Knowledge/Skills) 5% / 10%
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18. Tools and Techniques
The 10 important tools and techniques in agile are as follows. Each one of them will be explained in detail in the
further classes:
10 Tools and Techniques
1. Communications 6. Soft Skills Negotiation
2. Planning, Monitoring & Adapting 7. Value Based Prioritization
3. Agile Estimation 8. Risk Management
4. Agile Analysis and Design 9. Metrics
5. Product Quality 10. Value Stream Analysis
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19. Exam Pattern
PMI-ACP 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
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20. PMI-ACP Eligibility Requirements
Requirement Description
Educational Background
Secondary degree (high school diploma), associate’s
degree or global equivalent
General Project Experience
2000 hours (12 months) working on project teams,
must be earned in the last 5 years
Agile Project Experience
1500 hours (8 months) working on project teams
using Agile methodology
Must have earned this in the last 3 years
These hours are in addition to the 2000 hours of
general project experience
Training in Agile Practices
21 contact hours
(In Agile Practices)
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21. Exam Application Process
Application can be submitted via online or in a paper based mode
Online Processing Time – 5 business days
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 Prometric worldwide.
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22. PMI v/s PMP
The differences between PMP and PMI-ACP are:
PMP PMI-ACP
You monitor projects but you do not interact with
complete team
You are leading team and interact with each team
member on regular basis
You only look at results which team produces You are responsible for your teams productivity
You do not get into details of how the software
develops and the coding issues
You are responsible to ensure that your team uses
right development practices so the productivity gets
enhanced
You are working on system integration, main role is to
identify and solve dependencies
You are working as Project Manager of development,
your main role is to ensure delivery
You need to prepare, plan and monitor the complex
projects
You do prepare status reports but they are not that
complex
You need to interact with many stakeholders Your management is moving towards agile, they want
to be lean as soon as possible.
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23. Examples of Project
 Developing a new product, service, or result
 Putting into effect a change in the structure, processes, staffing, or style of an organization
 Developing or acquiring a new or modified information system (HW or SW)
 Conducting a research effort whose outcome will be recorded
 Constructing a building, industrial plant, or infrastructure
 Implementing, improving or enhancing existing business process or procedures
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24. Questions
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