PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Description
The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile methodologies.
Audience
Those who use agile practices in their projects or who work for organizations that are adopting agile approaches to project management.
Requirements
- With a high school diploma or global equivalent:
- 2000 hours (12 months) working on project teams within the last 5 years
- 1500 hours (8 months) working on project teams using Agile methodologies within the last 2 years
- 21 hours of education in Agile project management topics
Application Process
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Verify that you meet the PMI-ACP eligibility requirements above |
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Create an account at www.pmi.org |
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Complete the on-line PMI-ACP application at pmi.org and submit |
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In approximately 10 days you will receive an application approval e-mail from PMI; log into www.pmi.org and pay your certification fee ($435 for PMI members and $495 for non-PMI members). Within minutes you will receive a confirmation e-mail stating 1 of 2 things:
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If you are audited (25% of applications are randomly selected for audit upon payment of exam fees), complete all audit forms and mail them to PMI. In approximately 5 days you will receive an e-mail stating 1 of 3 things:
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When you have your test code, go to www.prometric.com/PMI to schedule your exam |
Exam Information
- You will have up to one year from the date your application is approved to take your exam
- If you fail your exam, you are allowed to re-test twice within your one year eligibility period
- Exams are available at multiple Prometric locations around the world
- You will need to provide 2 forms of identification upon arriving at the test center
- All of your belongings, including your cell phone, etc., are placed in a locker and are not accessible during the exam
- You will have 3 hours to complete 120 multiple-choice questions
- Of the 120 questions, 20 questions are considered pre-test and are not scored
- The allocation of questions we be:
- Agile tools and techniques - 50% of the exam questions
- Agile knowledge and skills - 50% of the exam questions
- There are no scheduled breaks during your exam and as such, the clock will continue even if you step away from the exam
- Questions are provided one at a time and can either be answered, answered and marked, or left blank and marked for review
- Upon submission of the exam, you will be asked to answer a survey prior to receiving your results
- Upon completion of the survey, you will be notified as to whether you passed or failed the exam
- The exam center will provide you with a paper copy of your results, including your proficiency level in each of the domains. Proficiency levels are:
- Proficient
- Moderately Proficient
- Below Proficient
How to Prepare
To prepare for the PMI-ACP exam you may choose to self-study or take an exam preparation course.
Because of the difficulty of the PMI-ACP exam many candidates choose to attend an exam preparation “boot-camp” style class. Typical boot camps are 2 - 3 days in length. At Passionate Project Management, we believe it takes a minimum of 24 hours of class time to convey all of the information and ensure the candidate will be able to pass on the first attempt.
Another option is to self-study. Because the PMI-ACP is still in pilot, study materials that have been published are based on the author's "best guess" of what may be on the exam and not actually reflect the true exam. Any study materials purchased should be developed by an Agile professional who has completed the PMI-ACP exam themselves.
In addition, PMI has developed a list of resource books that should be read prior to the exam if you are self-studying. At this time, PMI does not have a practice standard or Agile body of knowledge that has been published.
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