Agile Courseware / Training Material. PMI-ACP Certification Overview

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1 Agile Courseware / Training Material PMI-ACP Certification Overview

2 Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to: Know about Project Management Institute (PMI) List the library of PMI global standards Name the credentials offered by PMI Describe PMI-ACP eligibility criteria, timeline and certification process Identify the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Review exam information, content and reference material suggested by PMI

3 About PMI About Project Management Institute (PMI) World's leading not-for-profit professional membership association Founded in 1969 More than 700,000 members and credential holders Across 260+ Chapters in 180 countries around the globe 39 Communities of Practice (CoP) 1000 s of research papers, case studies and article

4 Library of PMI Global Standards Foundation Standards Practice Standards &Frameworks Practice Guides

5 Foundation Standards Foundation Standards A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Fifth Edition The Standard for Program Management Third Edition The Standard for Portfolio Management Third Edition Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3 ) Third Edition

6 Practice Standards & Framework Practice Standard for Project Risk Management Practice Standard for Earned Value Management Second Edition Practice Standard for Project Configuration Management Practice Standards &Frameworks Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures Second Edition (Reaffirmed) Practice Standard for Scheduling Second Edition Practice Standard for Project Estimating Project Manager Competency Development Framework Second Edition

7 Practice Guides Practice Guides Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide Implementing Organization Project Management: A Practice Guide Navigating Complexity: A Practice Guide Managing Change in Organizations: A Practice Guide

8 PMI Globally Recognized Credentials Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Program Management Professional (PgMP) Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-BPA) SM PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

9 Benefits of Obtaining a PMI-ACP Demand Demand for agile has tripled amongst PMI stakeholders in the past years, demonstrating the demand for these important skills Demonstrate Knowledge Coverage Demonstrates a practitioner's knowledge and skills in Agile principles, practices, tools and techniques Cover multiple agile methodologies, not simply limiting a practitioner to one agile approach

10 Benefits of Obtaining a PMI-ACP Versatility Increase professional versatility in project management Provides the practitioner a certification that is more credible than existing entry-level, training or exam only based offerings Increase the practitioner s versatility in project management tools and techniques, and show that the practitioner has the capacity to lead basic Agile project teams, or basic knowledge to be a member of an Agile team, and Professional Development Provide a framework for Agile training and professional development initiatives.

11 PMI fact file Certification Active Certified Professionals CAPM Certified Associate in Project Management 29,273 PMP Project Management Professional 669,688 PfMP Portfolio Management Professional (New in 2014) 252 PgMP Program Management Professional 1,376 PMI-RMP PMI Risk Management Professional 3,303 PMI-SP PMI Scheduling Professional 1,394 PMI-ACP PMI Agile Certified Practitioner 9,271 Other Statistics Total Members 467,193 Total Chartered in 105 Countries Communities of Practices (CoP) 33 Total Copies of all editions (including PMI Published translations) of the PMBOK Guide in circulation potential 5,019,802 * Numbers as of August 2015

12 Eligibility requirement Requirement Description Educational Background Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate s degree of global equivalent General Project Experience 2,000 hours working on project teams These hours must be earned within the last 5 years Active PMP or PgMP will satisfy this requirement Agile Project Experience 1500 hours working on agile project teams or with agile methodologies Training in Agile Practices 21 contact hours These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in general project experience These hours must be earned within the last 3 years Hours must be earned in agile practices Examination Tests knowledge of agile fundamentals Fees (CBT) US$435 for members and US$495 for non-members

13 Certification process YOU PMI Application Submission Application Completeness Review 10 Submit Payment Application Selected for Audit Schedule Exam(1 Year up to 3 times) No Provide Audit Material 90 Yes Review Documents 7 Days Schedule Exam(1 Year up to 3 times) If Accepted

14 Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) 1 Year Suspension If no PDUs Exam Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 1 Year 30 PDUs Suspend Expire

15 Exam Information Scored Questions Un-scored Questions Total Exam Questions Time Hrs. Exam can be taken within 1 year after getting eligibility. Computer based exam can be scheduled online at any preferred prometric centers and at any available time No scheduled breaks You can move forward/backward through the questions or mark questions for re-review.

16 Exam Distribution - Domains and Tasks CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROBLEM DETECTION AND RESOLUTION 10% 5 Tasks 9% 6 Tasks 16% 9 Tasks AGILE PRINCIPLES AND MINDSET ADAPTIVE PLANNING 12% 10 Tasks 20% 14 Tasks VALUE DRIVEN DELIVERY 16% 9 Tasks 17% 9 Tasks TEAM PERFORMANCE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

17 Tools and Techniques Agile Analysis & Design Agile Estimation Communications Interpersonal skills Metrics Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting Process Improvement Product Quality Risk Management Value-Based Prioritization Product roadmap, user stories/backlog, story maps, progressive elaboration, wireframes, chartering, personas agile modeling, workshops, learning cycle, and collaboration games Relative sizing/story points/t-shirt sizing, wide band Delphi/planning poker, affinity estimating, and ideal time Information radiator, team space agile tooling, osmotic communications for co-located and/or distributed teams, two-way communications (trustworthy, conversation driven), social media based communication active listening, brain-storming, and feedback methods Emotional intelligence, collaboration, adaptive leadership, servant leadership, negotiation and conflict resolution Velocity/throughput/productivity, cycle time, lead time, EVM for agile projects, defect rate, approved iterations and work in progress Reviews, Kanban board, task board, time-boxing, iteration and release planning, variance and trend analysis WIP limits, daily stand ups, burn down/up charts, cumulative flow diagrams, backlog grooming/refinement and product-feedback loop Kaizen, the Five WHYs, retrospectives, intraspectives, process tailoring/hybrid models, value stream mapping control limits, pre-mortem (rule setting, failure analysis) and fishbone diagram analysis Frequent verification and validation, definition of done, continuous integration, testing, including exploratory and usability Risk adjusted backlog, risk burn down graphs, risk-based spike and architectural spike ROI/NPV/IRR, compliance, customer valued prioritization, requirements reviews, minimal viable product (MVP), minimal marketable feature (MMF), relative prioritization/ranking, MoSCoW and Kano analysis

18 Knowledge & Skills Agile values and principles Agile frameworks and terminology Agile methods and approaches Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values Stakeholder management Communication management Facilitation methods Knowledge sharing/written communication Leadership Building agile teams Team motivation Physical and virtual co-location Global, cultural, and team diversity Training, coaching, and mentoring Developmental mastery models (Tuckman, Dreyfus, Shu Ha Ri) Self-assessment tools and techniques Participatory decision models (for example, convergent, shared collaboration) Principles of systems thinking (for example, complex adaptive, chaos) Problem solving Prioritization Incremental delivery Agile discovery Agile sizing and estimation Value based analysis and decomposition Process analysis Continuous improvement Agile hybrid models Managing with agile KPIs Agile project chartering Agile contracting Agile project accounting principles Regulatory compliance PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct Principles of systems thinking (for example, complex adaptive, chaos)

19 Reference Material Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber ISBN # Agile Estimating and Planning Mike Cohn ISBN #

20 PMI-ACP Reference Material (Cont.) Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game 2nd Edition Alistair Cockburn ISBN # Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals Author: Dan Rawsthorne with Doug Shimp Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing

21 PMI-ACP Reference Material (Cont.) The Software Project Manager s Bridge to Agility Michele Sliger, Stacie Broderick ISBN # User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development Mike Cohn ISBN #

22 PMI-ACP Reference Material (Cont.) Coaching Agile Teams Lyssa Adkins ISBN # Kanban In Action Author: Marcus Hammarberg, Joakim Sunden Publisher: Manning Publications

23 PMI-ACP Reference Material (Cont.) Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products 2nd Edition Jim Highsmith ISBN # Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott ISBN #

24 PMI-ACP Reference Material (Cont.) Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile Extreme Author: Robert K. Wysocki Publisher: Wiley

25 Lesson Review Define eligibility criteria (experience and training) for PMI-ACP exam? How many PDU s are required every three years to maintain PMI- ACP credentials? Name any 5 tools and technique listed in the exam content outline What are the seven domains of PMI-ACP?

26 Following references are used in the preparation of this lecture. 1. PMI website 2. PMI Today January 2015 edition 3. PMI-ACP Examination content outline 4. PMI-ACP PMI s recommenced reference materials

27 All registered and unregistered trademarks (service marks, brands, icons, copyrights etc.) mentioned on this course are the property of their respective owners. Content that references these trademarks is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or affiliated with the respective trademark owners. PMI-ACP, PMBOK, PMI, and PMP are either marks or registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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