Category: PMI-ACP Exam

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Communications is one of the ten Tools and Techniques for the PMI-ACP® exam. The “Tools and Techniques” accounts for a total of 50% of all the questions to be found on the exam paper. According to the PMI-ACP® exam content outline, communications include information radiator, team...

[PMI-ACP® exam study notes]  Both the PMP Certification as well as the PMI-ACP® Certification are created and administrated by the Project Management Institute. This post addresses the relationship between what is written in the PMBOK® Guide (PMP exam) and Agile principles and practices (PMI-ACP® exam). Agile Project Management (PMI-ACP®) There is no official...

[PMI-ACP® exam study notes] Agile Methodologies is a very important topic for the PMI-ACP® exam. Methodologies describe the ways how the project is to be carried out (unlike traditional project management with plans to describe what to be carried out). This article briefly touches upon the essences of different Agile methodologies....

Perhaps one of the most useful reference materials for the PMI-ACP® exam is sample exam questions.  Here is a collection of the best PMI-ACP® sample exam questions found on the internet. The best part is many of these sample exams are free. PMI-ACP® Sample Exam Questions The questions to appear on the PMI-ACP®...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] The Agile team differs greatly from traditional project teams in terms of organization, management and decision making. This is an important topic for the PMI-ACP® Exam. The characteristics of the Agile team is listed below. Self-organization Self-organizing teams are the foundation for Agile project management traditional...

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Project justification looks at how to determine whether a project would be carried out or not while chartering is the formal begin of any projects. These processes apply to both traditional waterfall project management and Agile project management. Project Justification The following are a number of...

[PMI-ACP® exam study notes] Traditionally, project management follows the waterfall approach, i.e. a project management plan is created at the very beginning to guide the project to completion. Agile project management, which comes into being in the mid 1990s, represents a shift in paradigm in the world of project management from...

In order to be eligible for the PMI-ACP® exam, PMI-ACP® candidates need to obtain at least 21 contact hours of project management training or education in Agile methodologies. This blog post will introduce you the easiest yet most effective way to obtain the 21 PMI-ACP® contact hours – through an online...

PMI requires PMP and PMI-ACP® Certification holders to obtain at least 60 PDU / 30 PDU respectively for each PMI / PMI-ACP® re-certification cycle (i.e. 60 PDU for PMP Certification in 3 years / 30 PDU for PMI-ACP® in 3 years). There are ways to earn PDU other than spending money...

The PMI-ACP® Exam is often considered an easier certification than the PMP exam. However, as the PMBOK® Guide equivalent does not exist for the PMI-ACP® Exam, it is more difficult to plan your study approach for this certification. Here you will find the top 10 tips to help you get...

[PMI-ACP® study notes] Following the publication of Agile Manifesto in 2001, a number of authors worked on the management principles for the adoption of the Agile principles. In 2005, the Declaration of Interdependence was published put forward six essential principle for modern project management (and management as a whole). Below is...

[PMI-ACP® Exam study notes] The Agile movement began with the publication of the Agile Manifesto. This post takes a look at what the Agile Manifesto is and the twelve core Agile principles for the PMI-ACP® certification exam. Several question on the PMI-ACP® exam will be about the Agile Manifesto. PMI-ACP® aspirants are...

[PMI-ACP® study notes] Unlike the traditional “waterfall” project management philosophy, Agile project management philosophy is geared to providing flexibility in response to the ever changing environment and requirements. Industries like software development and information technology are among the first to embrace Agile. This article outlines what makes Agile distinct from...

Introduction: The Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Certification is a project management certification developed in response to the proliferation in the adoption of Agile methodologies in today’s project. The PMI put forth a set of criteria to test the Agile practitioners’ general knowledge of Agile methodologies without limiting to a...