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.

1. Saket Bansal
PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, ITIL-F
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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
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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
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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.
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5.  Value - Driven Delivery
 Stakeholder Engagement
 Boosting Team Performance
 Adaptive Planning
 Problem Detection and Resolution
 Continuous Improvement
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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
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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 $
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8. PMI-ACP Exam
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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17. The iZenBridge Way….
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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
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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.
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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….
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21. Facebook :
www.facebook.com/groups/PMIACPStudy/
Meetup :
www.meetup.com/Delhi-Pro/
LinkedIn :
www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4673212
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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
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23. Saket Bansal
Saket.Bansal@iZenBridge.com
M : 9910802561
Web : www.iZenBridge.com
LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/saketbansal
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