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1. An Introduction to the PMI-
ACP® Exam
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Do you use Agile practices, tools, and techniques in
your projects? Do you belong to an organization
that is in the process of adopting or is already
implementing projects using the Agile philosophy,
methodologies, principles, and practices? Do you
want to demonstrate your expertise in Agile
practices, tools, and techniques? Then you may be
ready to take the next step and become a PMI®
Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) ®. Before
you begin there are a few vital things you should
understand, such as the eligibility requirements to
apply for the PMI-ACP® exam, the application
process, and what to expect when sitting for the
exam.

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Requirements to be eligible to take
the PMI-ACP® Exam
There are four areas of requirements that must be met in order
to be eligible to take the PMI-ACP® Exam.
 The first is to have a
secondary degree, such as a
High School Diploma,
Associate’s Degree or global
equivalent.
 The second is to have and to
be able to document at least
2,000 hours of general
experience working on project
teams. This general project experience must have taken
place within the past five years and is project experience that
is not necessarily Agile-related.

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 The third requirement is that you must be able to
document at least 1,500 hours of experience working on
Agile teams or using Agile methods in the past three years.
 The final requirement is that you must earn at least 21
contact hours covering Agile-related topics, which may
include; Agile philosophy, methodologies, principles, or
practices. These hours must be earned before you are
scheduled to sit for the exam.

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If you still need to earn your contact hours this can be
accomplished through a variety of sources, including;
 a PMI® Registered Education provider,
 a PMI® Chapter,
 a PMI® Community of Practice (CoP),
 individual employer/company training programs,
 professional training companies,
 a variety of schools or universities.
Visit www.pmi.org for more information to determine if a
specific program qualifies to satisfy the necessary contact
hours to sit for the exam. Two things to remember when it
comes to contact hours are that one hour of training equals
one contact hour, and that each contact hour must focus on
Agile-related topics.

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The application for the PMI-ACP® exam can either
completed thru:
 Online at www.pmi.org ( If you select to apply online
you will have 90 days to complete the application
process. The process time for an online application is
generally 10 days )
 Or it can be downloaded and submitted by mail. ( If
you elect to complete a paper copy it can take up to 20
days to process, in addition to the time it takes to reach
PMI®.)

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Before you start the application process, make sure you
meet the eligibility requirements as previously described
and that can document how you meet the requirements.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind when
documenting both your general project experience hours
and your Agile project experience hours.
 First of all, you cannot claim the hours from the same
project for both general project experience and Agile
project experience. In other words, the 2,000 hours of
general project experience and the 1,500 hours of Agile
project experience have to be mutually exclusive.

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 Secondly, the experience you document cannot be
overlapping. For example, if you worked on a project
during the months of January, February, and March and
another project during the months of March, April, and
May, you can only count five months of experience
(January through May) not six because the projects
overlapped in March.
Also, as part of the application process you will be required
to read and agree to the PMI® Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct and the Certification
Application/Renewal Agreement.

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Once your application is reviewed and
accepted, and you have paid the
application fee you will have one year
from the date of acceptance to take the
PMI-ACP® exam and you are allowed up
to three attempts to pass within that
year.
 The PMI-ACP® exam consists of 120
multiple-choice questions that need to
be answered in three hours.
 The questions on the exam are equally
divided between the topics of Agile Tools
and Techniques, and Agile Knowledge
and Skills.

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 There is also a tutorial you can take
before starting the exam to help you
gain familiarity with how to take a
Computer-Based Exam.
 And there are no scheduled breaks
during the exam, so if you elect to
take a break the clock on the exam
continues to run.
 At this time the PMI-ACP® exam is
only offered in English and language
aids are not available.

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Obtaining your PMI-ACP® certificate
demonstrates to others your knowledge of Agile
practices, tools, and techniques. Make sure you
understand PMI’s most recent requirements to
qualify to take the exam and go to www.pm-
prepcast.com/Agile for additional information
about the PMI-ACP® exam and the exam process.