Category: PMI-ACP Exam

After you have achieved the PMI-ACP® credential, it is high time to begin earning PDU for your PMI-ACP® Certification renewal. Searching for PDU for PMI-ACP® is proved to be much more difficult than that for the PMP PDU as PMI-ACP® focuses on Agile project management. One easy way is to become a PMI...

This seems a dump question at first glance. The answer is obviously One should renew the PMP / PMI-ACP® certification when one has accumulated the required number of PDU (60 for PMP; 30 for PMI-ACP®) and before the 3-year re-certification period is over. The above is what’s written in the PMP...

Taking practice exams is no doubt one of the most effective way to prepare for professional examinations including PMP Certification and PMI-ACP® Certification. During my PMI-ACP® Exam preparation, I have attempted a number of PMI-ACP® practice exam questions from a number of sources, among them is the PMI-ACP® Exam Practice...

[For PMI-ACP® computer based test (CBT)] After 3 hours of finishing and checking the 120 PMI-ACP® exam questions with your full attention, you will be presented with a blank screen after clicking the “End Exam” button. Don’t worry, this is just an indication that the PMI server is checking and...

The PMI-ACP® exam will be updated in July 2015 following a large scale Role Delineation Study (RDS) conducted by PMI to keep the exam abreast of the latest development of Agile project management practices. PMI-ACP® candidates will be able to sit for the current version of PMI-ACP® up to 14 July...

The most important knowledge and facts for the PMI-ACP® Exam are listed below. This post intends to serve as a last minute study notes for PMI-ACP® candidates to study right before the PMI-ACP® Exam. The notes here are short and concise, with little or no explanations. If you would like...

I passed the PMI-ACP® exam with “proficient” in all the domains tested. The following are the tips generated from my PMI-ACP® experience. It is hoped that these PMI-ACP® tips would help PMI-ACP® candidates to get several more questions right. Wish you PMI-ACP® success! Tips 1 – Look out for “Tricky” Words Since...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Unlike the role of project managers in traditional waterfall project management, Agile managers (e.g. ScrumMaster, Coach, etc.) have the primary role of helping team members to embrace Agile principles and removing obstacles. Ideally, Agile teams are self-organized and self-managing. Agile coaching is therefore an important function for...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] The distinction between Agile Planning and Agile Project Execution is not clear cut. In fact, for Agile projects, planning is interwoven into the project execution following the plan-do-check-act cycles. Analysis and planning is performed for every iteration and even every day of Agile life. Working with Agile...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] After having obtained the project charter, the customer / Product Owner and the team would be engaged in the planning for the Agile project. Agile planning deals with project organization, planning, management, communications and continuous management. Though it is often said that Agile projects emphasis on responding...

In the PMI-ACP® Certificate application form, candidates are requested to include details of their project experiences in Agile (and traditional) projects. PMI-ACP® applicants must have: at least 2,000 hours working on project teams within the last 5 years; AND at least 1,500 hours working on Agile project teams or with Agile methodologies...

I got selected randomly for the PMI-ACP® Exam Audit. I am the “lucky few” who got selected for both PMP Audit and PMI-ACP® Audit (that’s why I believe the audit selection is completely random). It took me nearly a month to complete the PMI-ACP® Audit (delivery time included). The audit...

Many Aspirants would agree that after reading the PMI-ACP® Exam syllabus, one still does not know exactly what would be tested on the actual PMI-ACP® Exam and how to prepare for the PMI-ACP® Exam. Help is much needed, especially from those who understand the PMI-ACP® Exam in details. Luckily, I...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Feature-Driven Development (FDD), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) and Crystal are other Agile methods mentioned in the PMI-ACP® Exam syllabus. This post is about the guidance principles and practices, etc. of FDD, DSDM and Crystal. According to the experiences of PMI-ACP® aspirants, these Agile frameworks are seldom tested...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Lean Software Development has its principles adopted from the Lean Manufacturing Approaches. Lean is not an Agile method in the strictest sense but its values are in close alignment with Agile. This post is about the guidance principles and practices, etc. of Lean Software Development and Kanban. Lean Software...