Pmi-Acp Final Deck
Pmi-Acp Final Deck
Mike@LeadingAnswers.com
What is your professional role today?
[ ] Project/Program Manager
[ ] Product/Business Owner
[ ] Delivery Team (BA, Dev, QA)
[ ] Scrum Master
[ ] Other (Type answer in the Q&A Field)
AGENDA
EXAM BACKGROUND
Who is it for?
• Project participants/managers
• Scrum masters
• Sponsors, PMO, etc
• ACP = Agile Certified Practitioner (not ACPM)
Strengths
• Reputation, penetration in the market
• History and credibility
Weaknesses
• Heritage in Agile methods
• Perceptions of the “Evil Empire” that Agile is the solution to
Realities
• Created by a committee of Agilists across the Agile umbrella of
frameworks
WHAT IS COVERED?
• Agile (XP, SCRUM, +)
• Lean
• Kanban
• Agile Manifesto & Principles
WHAT IS COVERED?
11 Reference Books:
1. Agile Estimating and Planning, M. Cohn
2. Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, J. Highsmith
3. Agile Project Management with Scrum, K. Schwaber
4. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, E. Derby & D. Larsen
5. Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, A. Cockburn
6. Becoming Agile: ...in an Imperfect World, G. Smith &A. Sidky
7. Coaching Agile Teams, L. Adkins
8. Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, A. Shalloway
9. The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility, M. Sliger & S. Broderick
10. The Art of Agile Development, J. Shore & S. Warden
11. User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development, M. Cohn
WHAT IS COVERED?
WHAT IS COVERED?
RMC’s PMI-ACP Exam Prep
By Mike Griffiths
• Unifying voice
• Consistent language
• Case studies
• Linking material
ELIGIBILITY
Are you eligible to take the exam and when do you plan to
take it?
[ ] PMP
[ ] PMI-ACP
[ ] CSM
[ ] CSP
[ ] CSPO
[ ] IC Agile
[ ] DSDM Practitioner
[ ] Other (Type in the Q&A Field)
ONGOING EVOLUTION
Changes from the pilot
• Knowledge worker promotion
• More “why?” and “when?”
rather than “how?” for
calculations
• Exam question tuning
• Eligibility changes
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
PMI Agile Steering Committee:
Cockburn, Cottmeyer, Cundiff, Fewell, Griffiths, Sliger, Sidky, Stevens
Speakers:
Alan Shalloway, CEO, Net Objectives
Ann Konkler, Agile Coach, Rally