PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Training

Get certified with this PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) boot camp. PMI-ACP certification recognises your expertise in applying agile principles and techniques in your organisation. Earning PMI-ACP® certification shows you have the skills to implement value-driven delivery while facilitating continuous improvement through improved communication and collaboration.

Through real-life scenarios, you will review Agile terminology and well-known practices and leverage PMI's seven domains of practice to create a personalised self-study plan and increase the effectiveness of your exam preparation.

PMI-ACP Course Delivery Methods

• In-Person

• Online

PMI-ACP Course Benefits

• Prepare for the PMI-ACP exam while completing the required 21 contact hours/PDUs

• Navigate the tools, techniques, knowledge, and skills addressed in the exam

• Review relevant topics in the PMI suggested reference materials

• Practice for the exam with sample questions and exercises

• Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

PMI-ACP Course Outline

Important Course and Certification Information

Prerequisites

• Experience at the level of:
  • Agile Fundamentals Training • course 918
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Certification Training • course 1814
• 2,000 hours of general project experience in the last five years
• 1,500 hours of Agile project experience in the last three years

Coursework

• Overnight reading is required during class.

Exam Information

• To earn this certification, you must take and pass the three-hour PMI-ACP ® exam, comprised of 120 multiple-choice questions (these three hours are factored into the total training time required by PMI)

Continuing Education

• Learning Tree can help you maintain your certification
• To maintain your PMI-ACP ® , you must earn 30 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in agile topics every three years.
• The PMI-ACP ® exam is currently based on the Sixth Edition of the PMBOK ® Guide and PMI's Agile Practice Guide (2017).

Module 1: Introduction to the PMI-ACP Exam

• Recognising key Agile developments and definitions
• Applying the values and principles of the Agile Manifesto
• Mapping tools, techniques, knowledge and skills to PMI's six domains of Agile development

Module 2: Implementing Value-Driven Delivery

Focusing on business value

• Defining and prioritising features in terms of user and stakeholder value
• Leveraging rapid feedback cycles

Ensuring progressive elaboration of requirements

• Identifying Minimally Marketable Features for release planning
• Sharpening the requirements definition by agreeing on the Definition of Done

Module 3: Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement

Engaging empowered business stakeholders

• Identifying stakeholders and their concerns
• Promoting effective collaboration and participation

Communicating progress to help the organisation make informed decisions

• Enabling knowledge sharing
• Building trust and managing expectations through shared success criteria

Module 4: Boosting Team Performance Practices

Forming cross-functional teams

• Establishing collaborative behaviours through group decision-making
• Influencing teams to design their own internal work processes

Empowering teams to self-organise

• Encouraging teams to estimate and track project progress
• Creating safe environments for experimentation

Developing high-performance teams

• Raising productivity by eliminating waste
• Coaching styles that foster skill enhancement

Module 5: Implementing Adaptive Planning

Planning at multiple levels

• Applying rolling wave planning
• Leveraging progressive elaboration

Employing empirical planning

• Balancing priorities and team capabilities
• Coaching the team to adjust cadences based on situational awareness

Applying Agile Earned Value Measurement (EVM)

• Refining estimate ranges to reflect uncertainty
• Capturing measures of accepted work delivered in a specified time frame
• Controlling costs through quantitative measures

Module 6: Problem Detection and Resolution

Recognising and mitigating risks

• Time Boxing to focus on immediate issues
• Engaging the team proactively to identify risks and create mitigation strategies
• Ensuring impediments are resolved, and stakeholder expectations are adjusted

Communicating risks and impediments

• Maintaining visibility with burndown charts, value stream mapping and Kanban boards
• Managing features and technical issues with Backlog

Module 7: Facilitating Continuous Improvement

Tailoring the process

• Conducting retrospectives to improve the team's behaviour
• Experimenting with new techniques and process ideas

Evaluating work efficiency

• Removing nonvalue-adding processes
• Reducing Work In Progress (WIP)

Module 8: Preparing to Pass the Exam

• Defining your exam preparation strategy
• Gaining insight into the exam format and process
• Applying proven tips for exam success
• Optimising your study time and focus