Agile Certified Practitioner

Prerequisites

  • Secondary degree
  • 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
  • 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP.
  • 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

Includes

  • 24 hours of Live Instructor Led Training
  • Experienced & Certified Instructors.
  • Practice Questions for Certification Preparation.
  • Access to Digital Material
  • Lifetime Access to Live sessions recording.
  • 21 Contact hours / PDU’s

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner training course, participants will be able to learn -

  • In-depth knowledge of Agile Manifesto, its methodologies, principles, tools, and techniques.
  • Understand the Scrum Framework and artifacts
  • Agile concepts to meet project goals

Target Audience

Project managers

Agile team members

Associate managers

Team leads

Managers

Project executives

Software developers

Curriculum

Domains and Tasks for PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

Domain I: Agile Principles and Mindset (9 Tasks)
Explore, embrace, and apply agile principles and mindset within the context of the project team and organization.

Domain II: Value-Driven Delivery (4 sub-domains, 14 tasks)
Deliver valuable results by producing high-value increments for review, early and often, based on stakeholder priorities. Have the stakeholders provide feedback on these increments, and use this feedback to prioritize and improve future increments.

Domain III: Stakeholder Engagement (3 sub-domains, 9 tasks)
Engage current and future interested parties by building a trusting environment that aligns their needs and expectations and balances their requests with an understanding of the cost/effort involved. Promote participation and collaboration throughout the project life cycle and provide the tools for effective and informed decision making.

Domain IV: Team Performance (3 sub-domains, 9 tasks)
Create an environment of trust, learning, collaboration, and conflict resolution that promotes team self-organization, enhances relationships among team members, and cultivates a culture of high performance.

Domain V: Adaptive Planning (3 sub-domains, 10 tasks)
Produce and maintain an evolving plan, from initiation to closure, based on goals, values, risks, constraints, stakeholder feedback, and review findings.

Domain VI: Problem Detection and Resolution (5 tasks)
Continuously identify problems, impediments, and risks; prioritize and resolve in a timely manner; monitor and communicate the problem resolution status; and implement process improvements to prevent them from occurring again.

Domain VII: Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People) (6 tasks)
Continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and value of the product, the process, and the team.

Tools and Techniques

Knowledge and Skills

Frequently Asked Questions

You need to create an account on pmi.org and start applying for the certification. All certification applications are available online. If you have the required prerequisite that the application filling should not take time.

The eligibility requirements are mentioned in the Prerequisite section of the page.

Your application is valid for one (1) year from the date of approval. If you allow your eligibility to lapse, you must re-apply.

PDUs stand for Professional Development Units. PDUs are the measuring unit used to quantify your professional development as part of the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program. 1 PDU = 1 hour of learning/activity.