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Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

Study Facilitation Workshop

ACP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Welcome to the PMI Certified Associate in Project Management

(PMI-ACP) ®study facilitation workshop by Edifyself.

The objectives of the course are to introduce students to the concepts of Agile, its

benefits and its value when introduced in organizations.

Through this course, participants would become versed in applying their knowledge in

real-world project management and agile environment and would also be prepared for

the PMI-ACP certification exam

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Project Management

ACP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Adapting to changing

business needs, giving

the organization more

flexibility to add,

change or remove

requirements

Incremental delivery

reduces product and

process waste

High visibility and

control over the

project progress

enable early

detection of

problems

Early and continuous

customer feedback

improves communication

and empowers business

owners to review critical

information

Early measurable

return on

investment (ROI)

Value of Agile to Organizations

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How is Agile valuable in organizations?

Agile implemented in an organization helps in adapting to changing business needs.

This gives the organization more flexibility to add, change or remove requirements. It

also results in incremental delivery and reduces product and process waste. Agile offers

high visibility and control over the project progress thereby enabling early detection of

problems. Also the early and continuous customer feedback improves communication

and empowers business owners to review critical information. Agile also leads to early

measureable return on investment (ROI).

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• Major emphasis on collaboration, team empowerment and frequent demonstrations of progress

• Lightweight, relies on whiteboards, index cards, and facilitation techniques

• Focus is more on development, which helps developers

• Faster time-to-market and high priority features driving the development life cycle, which are of 2-4 weeks maximum

• Focuses on Pull instead of Push

• Simple and easy to understand

Benefits of Agile

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Benefits of agile

Agile lays major emphasis on collaboration, team empowerment and frequent

demonstrations of progress. It is a Lightweight process and relies on whiteboards,

index cards, and facilitation techniques. Agile focuses on development thereby

helping developers. Agile demonstrates a faster time-to-market and high priority

features driving the development life cycle at a maximum of 2-4 weeks maximum.

Agile focuses on Pull instead of Push and is simple, easy to understand. The best

part of Agile is that it is contemporary and meets the needs of the customer.

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PMI-ACP® Eligibility Requirement

*PMP® and/or PgMP® credential holders will be accepted as fulfilling the general project experience

requirements

Educational Background General Project Experience Agile Project Experience

Secondary Degree

(high school

diploma,

associate’s degree

or global

equivalent)

*2,000 hours (12 months) working on

project teams

This experience must have been

earned in the last 5 years

Training in Agile Practice

1,500 hours (8 months)

working on project teams

using agile methodologies

This experience must have

been earned in the last 3

years

21 contact hours

Hours must have

been earned in

agile practices

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Who is eligible for the course?

Students aiming for the PMI-ACP certification should combine a mixture of formal education along with

general project management, agile experience and training in agile practices. The eligibility requirements are:

Participants should possess a secondary diploma which could be high school diploma, associate’s degree or

global equivalent.

2,000 hours or 12 months of working experience on project teams is required. This experience must be earned

in the last 5 years. PMP® and/or PgMP® credential holders will be accepted as fulfilling the general project

experience requirements.

1,500 hours or 8 months of working experience on project teams using agile methodologies is required. This

experience must be earned in the last 3 years.

21 contact hours of training in agile practices is required. The Hours must be earned in agile practices.

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PMI-ACP Exam - % Distribution of Questions

16%

20%

17%16%

12%

10%9%

Domain I

Agile Principles and

Mindset

Domain II

Value-driven

Delivery

Domain III

Stakeholder

Engagement

Domain IV

Team Performance

Domain V

Adaptive Planning

Domain VII

Continuous Improvement in product, process,

people

Domain VI

Problem Detection and

Resolution

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OVERVIEW OF THE QUESTION PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION IN PMI-ACP EXAM

The PMI-ACP examination contains questions from 7 domains. Following are the percentage of

questions from each domain:

Domain I -Agile Principles and Mindset covers 16% of the questions.

Domain II -Value-driven Delivery covers 20% of the questions.

Domain III -Stakeholder Engagement covers 17% of the questions.

Domain IV -Team Performance covers 16% of the questions.

Domain V-Adaptive Planning covers 12% of the questions.

Domain VI-Problem Detection and Resolution covers 10% of the questions.

Domain VII-Continuous Improvement in product, process, and people covers 9% of the questions.

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8% 13%

24%

30%

25%

PMI-ACP Exam - Details

• Closed book exam with multiple-choice format

• Duration of the exam is three hours

• 120 questions and for each question you need to choose the

correct option from 4 choices offered

• Out of the 120 questions only 100 counted for scores, 20

questions are pre-test and not counted for scoring

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DETAILS OF THE PMI-ACP EXAM

Let us look into the details of how a PMI-ACP examination is conducted:

The PMI-ACP exam is scheduled for 3 hours and consists of 120 Multiple Choice Questions or MCQs.

The exam is a closed book format.

1 of the possible answer out of the 4 choices has to be chosen.

Of the 120 questions, only 100 questions are scored. 20 questions are called as Pre-test Qs and are not

counted for scoring.

Our PMI certified ACP workshop will help participants to score well in the ACP exam without any worries

when followed in the right manner.

Thank You for investing your time with us.

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8%

13%

30%THANK YOU