About PMI-ACP(® Exam Requirements & Exam Costs – increase your knowledge, and skills across multiple frameworks and methodologies increasing team efficiency, delivering greater value.
Excerpts and information from the PMI-ACP Exam Outline by the Project Management Institute:
Exam eligibility requirements includes having a minimum of 28 hours* of formal learning based on agile approaches, tools and techniques included in the ECO.
PMI-ACP® Exam Requirement:
Education: Secondary diploma, GED, associate’s degree or global equivalent.
Training: 28 hours of training in agile practices Experience: 2 years of agile project experience within the last 5 years
Or 1-year holding a current third-party certification—i.e. CSPO, CSM, SAFe plus 1 year of agile experience – must be current for more than a year.
Or 1 year agile experience and degree from Global Accreditation Center (GAC) program.
PMI-ACP Examination: The certification exam has 120 questions; and you have 3 hours to complete it.
Maintenance: To maintain your PMI-ACP, you must earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in agile topics every three years.
Exam Cost: US$435 member; US$495 non-member*
Requirements: – High School or Equivalent or higher plus required experience.
PMI-ACP Examination: Tests your knowledge of Agile fundamentals and ability to apply your knowledge to basic projects.
For more information, please visit: PMI®’s website. You can download the PMI-ACP® Handbook, The Examination Content Outline, and the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK(R) the examination reference list and more. Also read “Who should apply.”
Maintenance of the Agile Credential:
30 PDUs /3 CEUs every 3 years in Agile project management. If you also hold the Agile credential & the PMP or PgMP credential, the hours will also apply toward the PMP credential.
The Agile Exam Questions:
100 scored items and 20 unscored (pre-test) items. Agile tools and techniques are 50% of the Exam. Agile knowledge and skills are about 50% of the Exam.
PMI-ACP Exam Information:
Exam Fee PMI Member: $435
Exam Fee Non-PMI Member: $495
For further questions, please call or text Nereda Haque, PMP at 360-584-8614 (cell) or email her at neredahaque@smartpathllc.com.
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What is PMI-ACP® Certification Versus Scrum Master? (Updated 11-22-2020)
PMI-ACP(R) Certification stands for PMI Agile Certified Practitioner(R). It is above Scrum Master as a Scrum Master is just an Agile PM. The Agile Certified Practitioner thoroughly understands all industry best practices for agile, all accepted methodologies besides Scrum, and all roles, such as Developer, Agile PM or Product Owner. Besides, it is a certification of the PMI organization and has the same elevated standing of the PMP(R) Certification, PMI-PBA Certification, PgMP Certification and so forth.
What if I don’t have any Agile Experience but I have project management experience?
You need the qualifying experience to take the PMI-ACP(R) exam in order to take the and exam, then do that first as about 50% of the course curriculum is about Agile and Agile/Hybrid, although the PMP(R) does not get into all the methodologies of Agile.
If you don’t understand whether you have enough agile team experience, please call or text Nereda Haque, PMP for all questions on training 360-584-8614 or email your resume to her to review
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