PMI Agile Practitioner
Certification Overview
for Chapter Leaders
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About Me
• Sally Elatta Sally@AgileTraining.com
• President Agile Transformation Inc | AgileVideos.com
• Leading Agile Transformation Coach, Trainer and Speaker
• Background: Java/.Net Software Architect
• PMI-ACP, CSM, CSP, IBM, Microsoft certifications
• Trained thousands and helped coach dozens of teams on Agile
• Agile Expert for PMI.org LEAD Community
I am simply a transformer. Someone who is really
passionate about transforming individuals, teams and
organizations to doing what they do better. I believe in
Servant Leadership as the way to lead change and create a
culture of empowered collaborative high performing teams.
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Agenda
What is Agile and Why?
Overview of the PMI-ACP Certification
Chapter Enablement Program
Your Certification Q&A
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Brainstorming Workshop
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Q: What is Agile and Why?
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What is Agile?
A Framework and Collection of
Methods that Implement the Agile
Values (4) and Principles (12).
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What is Agile?
All of the Agile methods advocate:
• Iterative Delivery of • Focus on getting the highest
Customer Value. value work completed.
• Early and Frequent • High quality and focus on
Customer Feedback. technical excellence.
• Working in Highly • High visibility, measurement
Collaborative Cross and visual tracking.
Functional Teams. • Continuous inspection and
adaption.
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The Umbrella of Methods
(Release Planning, Sprint and Iteration Limit Work in Progress (WIP)
Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo (TDD, Automated Testing, Optimize the Flow
and Retrospective ..etc) Continuous Integration, Make it Visible.
Refactoring ..etc)
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Demand for Agile
Gartner (2011):
Agile development methods will be utilized
in 80% of all software development projects
by the end of 2012
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Demand for Agile
Mandated use of Mandated the use of
Agile on certain Agile for government
Defense IT IT projects
acquisition projects
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Why Agile?
Agile Development Value Proposition
VISIBILITY ADAPTABILITY
BUSINESS VALUE RISK
Agile Development Traditional Development
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VersionOne 2011 Survey
www.versionone.com http://bit.ly/AgileSurvey2011
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VersionOne 2011 Survey
www.versionone.com http://bit.ly/AgileSurvey2011
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Why Agile – Statistics
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Benefits of Agile – Value Delivery
(Salesforce.com Case Study)
568% more
value delivered
in the first year
of being agile.
Source: Mountain Goat Software
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Benefits of Agile – Better Quality
• Quality
• 44% said quality had improved
• Another 24% said quality improved significantly
• Fewer defects
• 84% said defects had gone down by 10% or more
• 30% said defects were down by 25% or more
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ROI of Agile Methods vs. Traditional
• Source: www.davidfrico.com/rico08b.pdf
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Why is PMI Moving to Agile?
• PMI’s research has shown that the use of agile has
tripled from December 2008 to May 2011.
• PMI’s research has shown that Agile Project
Management is used Always or Often by 24% of
companies. (Doubled in one year)
• Significant market movement towards Agile methods.
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What is the PMI-ACP Certification?
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What is the Value of the PMI-ACPsm?
• Agile Practitioners Who Are Seeking To:
• Obtain a certification that covers the depth of popular
Agile methods such as Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean
Portfolio Management in addition to Servant
Leadership, Team Collaboration Skills.
• Increase their professional versatility in both
Traditional and Agile methods.
• Demonstrate your credible knowledge of Agile methods
through a recognized certification body – PMI.
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PMI-ACPSM Overview
• Intended for practitioners who work on Agile
project teams - Not just project managers
• Intended to cover use of Agile both in
Information and Communications Technology
(ICT) and outside ICT
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Why was the PMI-ACP Developed?
• Practitioners
• 12% are currently practicing Agile
• Majority feel that certification would be:
• Valuable (61%)
• Useful (68%)
• Organizations
• 30% are using Agile project management
• Majority feel that certification would be:
• Valuable (68%)
• Useful (71%)
• Beneficial to their company’s project management practices (75%)
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Market Reaction Since Announcement
• 150,000+ individuals have visited PMI’s
www.PMI.org/Agile launch page
• 12,615 applicants have opened a PMI-ACP application
since May 2011
• 758 Active PMI-ACP Credentialed Professionals. (as of
April 30th 2012)
• Currently the largest PMI pilot (515).
• Took 28 years for PMP to achieve 477k
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What is the PMI-ACP Certification?
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PMI-ACP(sm) Home Page
• www.PMI.org/PMI-ACP
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Eligibility Requirements
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Exam Questions and Cost
• 120 Multiple Choice Questions
• 3 hours
• Applications can be submitted at www.pmi.org/pmi-acp
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Official Reference Books
• Agile Retrospectives: Making • Becoming Agile: in an Imperfect
Good Teams Great - Esther World - Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky
Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber • Agile Estimating and Planning -
• Agile Software Development: Mike Kohn
The Cooperative Game – Alistair • The Art of Agile Development -
Cockburn James Shore
• The Software Project • User Stories Applied - Mike Kohn
Manager’s Bridge to Agility - • Agile Project Management With
Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick Scrum - Ken Schwaber
• Coaching Agile Teams - Lyssa • Lean Agile Software Development
Adkins - Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R.
• Agile Project Management: Trott
Creating Innovative Products – All questions are sourced from these
Jim Highsmith books, and must have a citation
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Exam Content and Application
• 50% Agile Tools and Techniques
• 50% Agile Knowledge and Skills
• Apply online, 5 days to complete, 90 days to process.
• Have 1 year to take exam, certification valid for 3
years.
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Tools & Techniques (50%)
Priority Item Ques.
1 Communications 10.9
2 Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting 9.8
3 Agile Estimation 8.7
4 Agile Analysis & Design 7.6
5 Product Quality 6.5
6 Soft Skills Negotiation 5.5
7 Value-Based Prioritization 4.4
8 Risk Management 3.3
9 Metrics 2.2
10 Value Stream Analysis 1.1
Total Questions: 60
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Knowledge & Skills (50%)
Level 1: 33% = 40 Level 2: 12% = 15 Level 3: = 5% = 6
questions questions questions
• Active Listening • Agile frameworks & terminology • Agile Contracting Methods
• Agile Manifesto values & • Building high-performance teams • Agile project accounting
principles • Business case development principles
• Community and stakeholder • Colocated vs. distributed teams • Applying new Agile practices
values • Continuous improvement • Compliance (organization)
• Brainstorming techniques processes • Control limits for Agile projects
• Building empowered teams • Elements of a project charter for • Failure modes and alternatives
• Coaching & mentoring within an agile project • Globalization, culture, and team
teams • Facilitation methods diversity
• Communications Management • Participatory decision models • Innovation Games
• Feedback techniques for product • PMI’s Code of Ethics & • Principles of systems thinking
• Incremental delivery Professional Conduct • Regulatory compliance
• Knowledge sharing • Process Analysis Techniques • Variance and trend analysis
• Leadership tools & techniques • Self Assessment • Variations in agile methods and
• Prioritization • Value-based analysis approaches
• Problem solving • Vendor Management
• Project and quality standards
• Stakeholder management
• Team motivation
• Time, budget, and cost
estimation
• Value-based decomposition and
prioritization
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Agile Certifications – How to Choose?
PMI-ACP FAQ Cheat Sheet
What is
Agile Who does
it target?
Agile
Certification
Why? Exam
Comparison
How do I Chart
Eligibility prepare?
Other
Agile PMI-ACP
Certifications
View Your Handout
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PMI ACP Chapter Enablement?
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More Resources
• Visit: http://www.pmi.org/pmi-acp
• Join: http://lead.vc.pmi.org | http://agile.vc.pmi.org
• Read this: http://bit.ly/pmi-acp-exam-tips
• Join this: http://linkd.in/pmi-acp-exam-prep
• Online and In person training:
www.AgileTraining.com/pmi-acp
• Download the presentation & giveaways :
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