PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® eLearning

This Practitioner certification proves that you have professional knowledge of agile principles, methodologies and tools. Technology and trends are changing daily - which means we all need to acquire some agility. The need for agile professionals is constantly growing, so now's the time to prove your agility.

COURSE OVERVIEW

Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® eLearning

This e-learning course carries a high level of professional integrity due to its combination of agile training, working on agile projects and examining agile tools. It will teach you practical techniques for planning and estimating the cost of projects in an agile way.

The course covers the concepts of the Agile Practice Guide, a newly added reference material for the PMI-ACP exam, including:

• Agile principles and mindset
• Value driven delivery
• Stakeholder engagement
• Team performance
• Adaptive planning
• Problem detection and resolution
• Continuous improvement

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 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 — 75 percent versus 56 percent — as shown in our 2015 Pulse of the Profession® report.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Develop a working knowledge of the agile principles of scrum, kanban, XP and TDD
• Develop the expertise of implementing multi-iterative development models for any scale of projects
• Deliver high velocity stories and epics

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Agile Foundation

• Agile Foundation Introduction
• Agile Development Overview
• When is Agile Appropriate
• Agile Manifesto

Agile Fundamentals

• Project Charter
• Product Roadmap
• Product Backlog
• Minimally Marketable Feature (MMF)
• Value-Based Prioritization
• Product Backlog Grooming
• User Stories
• Personas
• Story Maps
• Epics
• Themes

Agile Methodologies 

• Methodologies Introduction
• Scrum Introduction
• Sprint Planning Meeting
• Sprint Goal
• Modeling
• Sprint Backlog
• Daily Scrum Meeting
• Sprint Review Meeting
• Retrospective
• Scrum of Scrums
• The Scrum Team
• Extreme Programming (XP)
• Lean Software Development

Agile Communications

• Communications Management
• Colocation/Distributed Teams
• Team Space
• Osmotic Communications
• Agile Tooling
• Information Radiators
• Task/Kanban Board
• Work in Progress (WIP) Limits
• Cumulative Flow Diagram
• Sprint Burndown Chart
• Release Burnup Chart

Agile Estimating

• Relative Sizing
• Story Points
• Wideband Delphi Technique
• Planning Poker
• Consensus Building
• Velocity
• Cycle Time

Agile Metrics

• Agile Earned Value Management (Agile EVM)
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Unit Testing
• Acceptance Testing
• Frequent Verification and Validation
• Escaped Defects
• Risk-Adjusted Backlog
• Risk Burn-Down Chart

Agile Leadership

• Leadership Theories
• Knowledge Sharing
• Active Listening
• Brainstorming
• Emotional Intelligence
• Conflict Resolution
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder Management
• Coaching and Mentoring

Agile Contracts and Accounting Principles

• Value Based Analysis
• Burn Rate
• Compliance

Duration: about 28 hours

Who Should Attend 

This PMI-ACP exam prep course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the principles and practices of agile.

Any professional looking forward to gain proven knowledge on agile methodologies, agile principles and agile tools and techniques should take PMI-ACP® certification.

Project Management Agile certification establishes one’s proficiency in agile practices and agile development.

PMO leaders, traditional Project Managers working with agile developers and Project Managers looking for more successful ways for projects planning and execution and people implementing Agile in Waterfall organizations are ideal participants for PMI-ACP® certification.

EXAM INFORMATION

The PMI-ACP exam isnotincluded with this course. You have to apply to the Project Management Institute (PMI)® before you can sit the exam. There’s a strict protocol as they have to authenticate that the pre-requisite criteria has been met prior to exam attendance. You will then pay the exam fee directly to the PMI to schedule your exam. In order to understand the PMI process we recommend you review the PMI-ACP handbook on the PMI website.

In order to sit this exam, you will need to be able to demonstrate to the PMI that you have:

• A secondary degree or higher.
• 21 hours of training in agile practices.
• At least 1,500 hours of experience working on agile project teams during last three years.
• A minimum of 2,000 hours of general project management experience in the last five years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement, but you do not need to have either of these qualifications to apply for the PMI-ACP.

PMI-ACP® Exam Application Process 

• Register to become a member of the
• Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Take our PMI-ACP Exam Prep Course to satisfy the required 21 contact hours (PDUs) education requirement.
• Submit your PMI-ACP application through the PMI website & pay the fee.
• Schedule your exam with Pearson VUE.

The format of the exam is as follows:

• Three hours in duration
• Multiple choice
• 120 questions

Every three years, you will need to earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in agile topics, in order to maintain your PMI-ACP qualification.

TESTIMONIALS/ REVIEWS

"Good price for this practical Agile training course. First time for me to educate online. I liked it! It was easy, user friendly and based on the course I have passed my exam! Thanks to AVC!”  Maria Wallander