PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI ACP) Certificate
The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP® formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques.
The PMI-ACP certification recognizes an individual’s expertise in using agile practices in their projects, while demonstrating their increased professional versatility through agile tools and techniques. In addition, the PMI-ACP certification carries a higher level of professional credibility as it requires a combination of agile training, experience working on agile projects, and examination on agile principles, practices, tools, and techniques. This global certification also supports individuals in meeting the needs of organizations that rely on project practitioners to apply a diversity of methods to their project management.
Audience
Experienced project managers using Agile tools and techniques in delivering projects.
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Requirements
- Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or global equivalent):
- General Project Experience: 2,000 hours (12 months) working on project teams – earned in the last 5 years.
- Agile Project Experience: 1,500 hours (8 months) working on project teams using agile methodologies – earned in the last 3 years.
- 21 hours of Agile project management education
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Application Process
- Verify that you meet the PMI ACP® eligibility requirements above
- Create an account at www.pmi.org
- Complete the on-line PMI-ACP® application at pmi.org and submit
- In approximately 10 calendar days you will receive an application approval e-mail from PMI;
- Log into www.pmi.org and pay your credential fee ($435 for PMI members and $495 for non-PMI members). Within minutes you will receive a confirmation e-mail stating 1 of 2 things:
- Thank you…here is your test code and exam scheduling instructions.
- Thank you…your application has been selected for audit…here is your audit welcome packet
If you are audited (25% of applications are randomly selected for audit upon payment of exam fees), complete all audit forms and mail them to PMI.In approximately 5 days you will receive an e-mail stating 1 of 3 things:
- Thank you…here is your test code and exam scheduling instructions.
- Thank you…we require further information…here is what we need.
- Sorry…you have failed to meet the audit requirements…please refer to the PMI ACP Handbook for our refund policy procedure
When you have your test code, go to www.prometric.com/PMI to schedule your exam.
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PMI ACP Certificate Exam Information
- You will have up to one year from the date your application is approved to take your exam.
- If you fail your exam, you are allowed to re-test twice within your one year eligibility period.
- Exams are available at multiple Prometric locations around the world.
- You will need to provide 2 forms of identification upon arriving at the test center.
- All of your belongings, including your cell phone, etc., are placed in a locker and are not accessible during the exam.
- You will have 3 hours to complete 120 multiple-choice questions.
- Of the 120 questions, 20 questions are considered pre-test and are not scored.
- The questions will represent each of the agile project management domains:
Domain 1 – Agile Principles and Mindset – 16% of the exam questions
Domain 2 – Value-driven delivery – 20% of the exam questions
Domain 3 – Stakeholder Engagement – 17% of the exam questions
Domain 4 – Team Performance – 16% of the exam questions
Domain 5 – Adaptive Planning – 12% of the exam questions
Domain 6 – Problem Detection and Resolution – 10% of the exam questions
Domain 7 – Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People) – 9% of the exam questions
- There are no scheduled breaks during your exam and as such, the clock will continue even if you step away from the exam.
- Questions are provided one at a time and can either be answered, answered and marked, or left blank and marked for review.
- Upon submission of the exam, you will be asked to answer a survey prior to receiving your results.
- Upon completion of the survey, you will be notified as to whether you passed or failed the exam.
- The exam center will provide you with a paper copy of your results, including your proficiency level in each of the domains. Proficiency levels are:
Proficient
Moderately Proficient
Below Proficient
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How to Prepare
To prepare for the PMI-ACP® exam you may choose to self-study or take an exam preparation course.
Because of the difficulty of the PMI-ACP® exam many candidates choose to attend an exam preparation “boot-camp” style class. Typical boot camps are 2.5 – 3 in length. At Project Victor, we believe it takes a minimum of 30 hours of class time to convey all of the information and ensure the candidate will be able to pass on the first attempt.
Prometric Examination Center in Thailand
The Prometric Examination Center in Thailand is located at “Kasem Bundit University Ramklao Campus” in Min Buri, which is about 15 min to the Suvarnabhumi Airport. Visit this page for details about the Prometric Examination Center in Thailand and a map to its location.
Project Victor Can Assist You!
Project Victor provides Project Management training and consulting services in Thailand. We are also happy to guide companies and/or individual professionals towards obtaining PMI’s professional credentials and certifications. For any inquires regarding our services, feel free to contact us.