PMI Agile Certified Practitioner(PMI-ACP)®
Majd Aldeen MasriahSystem Development Team LeaderNov 17, 2016
Outline
• PMI overview
• PMI-ACP® Certification
• Why agile?
• When agile?
• Agile principles and mindsets
• Agile vs Traditional
• Agile methodologies
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PMI Overview
• Organization
• PMBOK®
• Certifications• CAPM®• PMP®• PgMP®• PfMP®• PMI-ACP®• PMI-RMP®• PMI-SP®• PMI-PBA®
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PMI-ACP® Certification
History• The credential was launched with a pilot program
at the end of 2011 and then a formal launch in 2012
• As of 31 May 2016 there were 11,801 PMI-ACP Holders
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PMI-ACP® Certification
Prerequisites• Bachelor’s diploma or global equivalent
• 2,000 hours of general project experience (PMP®, PgMP® satisfy)
• 1,500 hours of agile project experience
• 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
Exam• 120 multiple choice within 3 hours
• PMI does not publish passing mark
• 75% or higher to ensure success
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PMI-ACP® Certification
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Submit Application
• Within 90 days
Application Review
• Within 5-10 days Process Payment
Audit Process
• If selected
Exam Eligibility
• For one year
Certification Cycle
• Last for 3 years
• 30 PDU’s
• Renewal payment
Why agile?
• Different types of projects require different methods
• Business processes complexity
• Economic challenges
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When agile?
Criteria Agile Traditional
Deadline (urgency) Aggressive Normal
Complexity High Low
Novelty (uniqueness) High Low
Project Intangible Tangible
Requirement High level Well defined
Task Unique Repeated
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Agile principles and mindsets
• Progressive elaboration (Rolling Wave Planning)
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Agile principles and mindsets
• Adaptation
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Agile principles and mindsets
• Time boxing
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Agile principles and mindsets
• Iterative vs incremental delivery
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Agile principles and mindsets
• Agile manifesto
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Working softwareover
comprehensive documentation
Responding to change over
following a plan
Customer collaboration over
contract negotiation
Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools
Agile vs Traditional
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• PMBOK® project phases
• Waterfall project phases
• Agile project phases
Initiating Planning Executing Controlling Closing
Analysis Design Implementation Testing Deployment
Product Planning Release Release Release Retrospective
Agile vs Traditional
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• Agile release
• Agile iteration
• Agile daily work
Release Planning Iteration Iteration Iteration Retrospective
Iteration Planning Daily Work Daily Work Daily Work Review & Retrospective
Daily Standup Task Task Task Update Progress
Agile vs Traditional
Typical waterfall model Agile model with iterations
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Requirements
Design
Implementation
Verification
Maintenance
Requirements
Design
ImplementationVerification
Maintenance
Requirements
Design
ImplementationVerification
Maintenance
Agile vs Traditional
Agile Project Management Traditional Project Management
Focus on customer satisfaction and interaction Focus on plans and artifacts
Response to change via adaptive action Change controlled via corrective action
Progressive elaboration, rolling wave planning Up-front planning
Time-boxed delivery Scope-based delivery
Collaboration on self-disciplined and self organizing team
Top-down control
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Agile methodologies
• Scrum
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Agile methodologies
• Scrum roles
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Agile methodologies
• Statistics
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