1. AGILE – Leap Ahead
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3. Complete Agenda
Description
Welcome
• Welcome to participants & their introduction
• Host Introduction
• Learn about PMI, PMI-ACP Certification
• PMI-ACP Exam insights & preparation of mindset for exam
• Understand Agile & Marketplace
• Agile Manifesto & 12 Principles behind Manifesto
• Agile - Tools & Techniques (10 Categories)
• Agile Knowledge & Skills Immersion - Level 1 (18 Knowledge/Skills)
• Agile Knowledge & Skills Immersion - Level 2 (12 Knowledge/Skills)
• Agile Knowledge & Skills Immersion - Level 3 (13 Knowledge/Skills)
• Your role in Professional & Social Responsibility
• PMI-ACP Exam Preparation
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4. Learn about PMI & PMI-ACP Certification
 PMI(Project Management Institute) is the
most prominent body on the subject of Project
Management in existence today.
 History: founded in 1969 as a Not-for-
Profit.
 Reputation: has an army of certified
professionals working at junior
management level to board level across
industries and government bodies who
live by the highest standards set by PMI.
 Certifications by PMI:
 PMI-ACP(Agile Certified Practitioner) is the
latest entrant in the sphere of Agile Project
Management Certifications.
 It is the most sought after certification in the
recent past for both budding professionals to
prove their mettle and Industry veterans to set
the bar high for the rightful job candidates in
the Agile environment.
 Reputation: PMI-ACP certification proves
to your employers that you have:
 the agile project management relevant
knowledge .
 the relevant experience in running
agile setup model.
 formally trained & educated to use the
tools, techniques, principles &
practices.
 ACP‘s with the good industry exposure
and agile project management experience
garner the best paid jobs in the evolved &
established business areas.
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PMP
(Project
Management
Professional)
CAPM
(Certified
Associate in
Project
Management)
PgMP
(Program
Management
Professional)
PMI-ACP
(Agile Certified
Practitioner)
PMI-RMP
(Risk
Management
Professional)
PMI-SP
(Scheduling
Management
Professional)

5. Agile Market Place - Certifications
PMI-ACP
• Agile Certified Practitioner
• Project Management Institute
Authorized Certification
• Already an established player
in the Project management
space
PMI-ACP
• Latest entrant in the Agile
market place
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ScrumAlliance CSM
• Certified Scrum Master
• Scrum Alliance Authorized
Certification
• Already an existing player in
the Agile sphere
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• Established dominance in
the Agile market place

6. All about PMI-ACP eligibility to maintenance
 Fulfill PMI-ACP eligibility criteria. See the
table.
 Have project dates & project areas handy
before process separately for both general
project management & agile project
experience.
 Prepare & submit PMI-ACP application
process online. Once you start application will
have 90 days to complete the application
details.
 PMI will scrutinize & send an approval. In
case of PMI audits, keep facts and evidences
ready, just in case.
 Once PMI approves, schedule exam in next 1
year at your convenience & availability.
 At end of exam, results are made available
immediately online.
 PMI-ACP certification hardcopy will be
couriered directly to your specified address
provided in application.
 Maintain PMI-ACP certification every 3 years
with 30 PDU‘s.
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PMI-ACP Eligibility Criteria
High School Diploma or equivalent or above
In last 5 years of your experience you
should have gained 2000 hours working
on the project teams. Active PMP or
PgMP will by default meet this
requirement.
In addition to the 2000 hours, you should
have gained 1500 hours of experience in
last 3 years working on agile teams or
agile methodologies.
Required to meet 21 Hours of Agile Practices Education.
This course you are attending will get you those 21 contact hours in Agile
Practices Education.
What will be the PMI fee?
PMI
Membership
Non PMI
Membership
Membership
Fee
Annually:
USD 139
-
Local Chapter:
USD 10
Membership
Benefits
Multiple
Benefits.
-
Exam Fee USD 435 USD 495
Total Fee 139+10+435 USD 495
Re-Exam Fee USD 335 USD 395
PMI-ACP Credential
Maintenance
Once PMI-ACP
certified, over
the period of
next 3 years
from the day
you are
certified, you
will need to
accumulate 30
PDU‘s to
maintain your
PMI-ACP
credential.
We have
already
compiled this
and is ready
made source
for you to
maintain your
next term.

7. PMI-ACP Examination Question Breakdown
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 Since, there will not be any clue on which are the
20 pretest questions, it is better to assume you are
going to work towards all 120questions.
 That would mean, in order to pass the PMI-
ACP, you will have to score at least……
Information provided by PMI
is final and the depiction here
is only an understanding of
PMI information by us. For all
the latest information, you
may consult PMI.
PMP-ACP Exam Format & Duration
Duration is for 3 hours. It is a long period of exam, it tests not
only your knowledge during this period but your patience &
commitment to finish the exam as well.
You may take the break as needed, however, successful
planning ensures you perform well and not stressed.
120 Multiple Choice Questions
100 of them evaluated for award of PMI-ACP
20 of them are pretest questions.
These questions are NOT evaluated for your PMI-ACP award,
these are future exam appearing questions. You will not be able
to differentiate these pretest questions, you will have to answer
every question is like one of those 100.
Agile Tools &
Techniques
50%
Agile
Knowledge &
Skills
Level 1
33%
Agile
Knowledge &
Skills
Level 2
12%
Agile
Knowledge &
Skills
Level 3
5%

8. Birds Eye View
Tools & Techniques
(50% of Questions)
• Communications
• Planning, Monitoring And
Adapting
• Agile Estimation
• Agile Analysis & Design
• Product Quality
• Soft Skills Negotiation
• Value-based Prioritization
• Risk Management
• Metrics
• Value Stream Analysis
Knowledge & Skills
• Level 1 (33% of Questions)
• Level 2 (12% of Questions)
• Level 3 (5% of Questions)
Domains & Tasks
• D1: Value-Driven Delivery
• D2: Stakeholder
Engagement
• D3: Boosting Team
Performance Practices
• D4: Adaptive Planning
• D5: Problem Detection
and Resolution
• D6: Continuous
Improvement (Product,
Process, People)
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9. Tools & Techniques (10 Groups) 50% of Questions
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Communication
•Info Radiator
•Team Space
•Agile Tooling
•Osmotics Communications For
Collocated/Distributed Teams
•Daily Stand-ups
Planning, Monitoring And
Adapting
•Retrospectives
•Task/Kanban Boards
•Time boxing
•Iteration And Release Planning
•WIP Limits
•Burn Down/Up Charts
•Cumulative Flow Diagrams
•Process Tailoring
Agile Estimation
•Relative Sizing/Story Points
•Wide Band Delphi/Planning
Poker
•Affinity Estimating
•Ideal Time
Agile Analysis & Design
•Product Roadmap
•User Stories/Backlog
•Story Maps
•Progressive Elaboration
•Wireframes
•Chartering
•Personas
•Agile Modeling
Product Quality
•Frequent Verification &
Validation
•TDD/Test First Development
•Acceptance Test-driven
Development
•Definition Of Done
•Continuous Integration
Soft Skills Negotiation
•Emotional Intelligence
•Collaboration
•Adaptive Leadership
•Negotiation
•Conflict Resolution
•Servant Leadership
Value-based
Prioritization
•ROI/NPV/IRR/Compliance
•Customer-valued Prioritization
•Minimally Marketable
Feature(mmf)
•Relative Prioritization/Ranking
Risk Management
•Risk Adjusted Backlog
•Risk Burn down Graphs
•Risk Based Spike
Metrics
•Velocity, Cycle Time
•EVM For Agile Projects
•Escaped Defects
Value Stream Analysis
•Value Stream Mapping

10. Knowledge & Skills
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Level1 (33% of Questions)
• Active Listening
• Agile Manifesto Values and Principles
• Assessing and Incorporating Community and
Stakeholder Values
• Brainstorming Techniques
• Building Empowered Teams
• Coaching and Mentoring with teams
• Communications Management
• Feedback Techniques for
Product(Prototyping, Simulation,
Demonstrations, Evaluations)
• Incremental Delivery
• Knowledge Sharing
• Leadership Tools and Techniques
• Prioritization
• Problem-Solving Strategies, Tools and
Techniques
• Project and Quality Standards for Agile
Projects
• Stakeholder Management
• Team Motivation
• Time, Budget and Cost Estimation
• Value-based Decomposition and
Prioritization
Level2 (12% of Questions)
• Agile Framework and
Terminology
• Building High Performance
Teams
• Business Case Development
• Colocation(geographic
Proximity)/Distributed Teams
• Continuous Improvement
Processes
• Elements of a Project Charter
for an Agile Project
• Facilitation Methods
• Participatory Decision
Models(input-based, shared
collaboration, command)
• PMI's Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct
• Process Analysis techniques
• Self Assessment
• Value-based Analysis
Level3 (5% of Questions)
• Agile Contracting methods
• Agile Project Accounting
Principles
• Applying New Agile Practices
• Compliance(organization)
• Control limits for Agile
Projects
• Failure Modes and
Alternatives
• Globalization, Culture and
Team Diversity
• Agile Games
• Principles of Systems
Thinking(Complex adaptive,
Chaos)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Variance and Trend Analysis
• Variations in Agile Methods
and Approaches
• Vendor Management

11. Domains & Tasks
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D1: Value-Driven Delivery
• Define Positive Value
• Incremental Development
• Avoid Potential Downsides
• Prioritization
D2: Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Needs
• Stakeholder Involvement
• Stakeholder Expectations
D3: Boosting Team
Performance Practices
• Team Formation
• Team Empowerment
• Team Collaboration
• Team Commitment
D4: Adaptive Planning
• Levels of Planning
• Adaptation
• Estimation
• Velocity/Throughput/Cycle Time
D5: Problem Detection and
Resolution
D6: Continuous Improvement
(Product, Process, People)

12. What is Agile anyway?
• Agile by definition is:
• marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace(style)
• having a quick resourceful and adaptable character
• Agile in real life:
• Did you see that agility of the Aerobics dancer?
• Can you be fast & agile like a Cheetah?
• Agile in business:
• Was Google‘s growth agile?
• Are Apple gadget designs Agile than ever?
• Agile in project management:
• An iterative approach to Plan, Do, Check, Act, Adapt
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