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PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Training

CertOcean's PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® training is a live, instructor-led online course that prepares you for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification exam. You learn in 13 live sessions (24 hours in total) with an expert instructor, work through 9 curriculum modules and keep lifetime access to the class recordings.

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Course overview

About the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® training

PMI-ACP training prepares you for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam from PMI, one of the fastest-growing project management certifications. Organizations that work in an agile way deliver more of their projects successfully, so employers increasingly look for project professionals who can lead agile teams.

In 24 hours of live online classes, experienced agile trainers cover agile principles and practices across Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP and hybrid approaches, with real case studies and a practice question bank. The certification shows you can adapt to change and improve team productivity, and agile practitioners are among the better-paid project professionals.

This course includes

  • Instructor-led live sessions24 hours of live online classes. Weekend batch: 8 sessions of 3 hours each.
  • Real-life case studiesWork on a live project based on a real agile use case.
  • Question bankA set of 100 practice questions to prepare you for the PMI-ACP® exam.
  • Lifetime accessKeep lifetime access to the LMS, including slides, quizzes and class recordings.
  • 24/7 expert supportGet help any time from our 24x7 support team through a ticket-based system, for life.
  • CertificationReceive a CertOcean certificate for 24 hours of agile training when you complete the course. It covers PMI's 21-hour training requirement for the PMI-ACP exam application.
  • Learner communityJoin our learner community to learn through knowledge sharing and peer discussion.

What you'll learn in this course

  • Apply the Agile Manifesto, agile principles and the agile mindset
  • Deliver value early and often with value-driven delivery practices
  • Engage stakeholders and build high-performing agile teams
  • Plan adaptively with estimation, user stories and timeboxing
  • Detect and resolve problems and drive continuous improvement
  • Prepare for the PMI-ACP exam with exam tips and practice questions

What is the PMI-ACP certification?

The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is an agile certification from PMI, the Project Management Institute. It combines formal agile training, real experience on agile projects and an exam on agile principles, practices and tools, so it carries strong professional credibility.

The current PMI-ACP exam, in effect since November 8, 2024, covers four domains: Mindset, Leadership, Product and Delivery.

What is CertOcean's PMI-ACP course?

CertOcean's PMI-ACP course is live online training designed to help you earn your agile certification. It helps current and future project managers show their skill with agile principles, practices, tools and techniques. Classes are led by trainers with many years of experience teaching and practicing agile project management at leading IT companies.

What will you achieve in PMI-ACP training?

After CertOcean's PMI-ACP training, you will be able to:

  • Build trust with your team and customers through agile best practices
  • Prepare to pass the PMI-ACP® exam on your first attempt
  • Apply agile practices and principles that improve team productivity and customer satisfaction
  • Communicate openly and clearly with your team and customers
  • Manage agile projects of different sizes with confidence
  • Empower and inspire team members
  • Manage fast-moving projects under pressure
  • Assess your exam readiness and build a personal study plan

Who should take PMI-ACP certification training?

PMI-ACP training is for anyone who works on agile projects or wants to use agile methods. It suits program and project managers, Scrum Masters, product owners, business analysts, developers, testers and test managers, software architects and engineers, team leads, and IT managers and directors.

What are the prerequisites for the PMI-ACP exam?

To apply for the PMI-ACP exam, you need:

  • A secondary diploma (high school diploma, GED or global equivalent)
  • At least 2 years of agile project experience within the last 5 years. An active PMP® certification also meets this requirement
  • At least 21 hours of formal training in agile practices, frameworks and methodologies. This 24-hour course covers that requirement
Curriculum

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® course syllabus

9 modules · 64 topics · 24 hours of live training

Introduction to PMI-ACP 7 topics
  • Learning goal: Get to know the PMI-ACP exam: the current exam content, eligibility, the application process, fees and everything else you need to sit and pass the exam.
  • About PMI and the PMI-ACP certification
  • Exam format and eligibility
  • The PMI-ACP application process
  • The four exam domains: Mindset, Leadership, Product and Delivery
  • How questions are weighted across domains
  • Key skills, knowledge, tools and techniques
Agile Principles and Mindset 6 topics
  • Learning goal: Learn the Agile Manifesto and agile principles, their core values, and practical ways to apply an agile mindset.
  • Agile principles
  • The Agile Manifesto
  • Why agile
  • Agile leadership
  • Agile frameworks, methods and processes: Scrum, Kanban, Lean and XP
Value-Driven Delivery 11 topics

Learning objective: Learning goal: Learn the tools and techniques that increase business value through prioritization, incremental delivery, risk reduction, and frequent testing and feedback, plus agile contracting.

  • Little's Law
  • Prioritization
  • Frequent and incremental delivery
  • The agile value proposition
  • Minimum marketable product
  • Value assessment and economic models
  • Earned value management for agile projects
  • Building risk reduction into the product backlog
  • Low-tech, high-touch agile tools
  • Agile contracting
  • Frequent verification and validation
Stakeholder Engagement 7 topics
  • Learning goal: Learn why engaging stakeholders matters, how to build a shared vision, ways to collaborate, and effective communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Agile modeling and agile chartering
  • Managing stakeholder expectations with shared success criteria, a shared vision, transparent status and forecasting
  • Working with empowered business stakeholders
  • Collaboration and knowledge sharing
  • Communicating project information often
  • Keeping stakeholders involved through working agreements
Team Performance 9 topics

Learning objective: Learning goal: Learn how to build a high-performing agile team: roles, team norms, team space, generalizing specialists, coaching, measuring performance, empowerment and emerging leadership.

  • Building an agile team and agile team roles
  • Collaborative team space
  • Team motivation
  • Training, coaching and mentoring
  • Empowerment and emerging leadership
  • The Dreyfus skill acquisition model
  • Cockburn's skill mastery model
  • Communication and knowledge sharing
  • Characteristics of high-performing teams
Adaptive Planning 9 topics
  • Learning goal: Learn the agile multi-level planning cycle, sizing and estimation, progressive elaboration, rolling wave planning, user stories and timeboxing.
  • Agile vs predictive planning
  • Principles of agile planning
  • User stories and product backlogs
  • High-level planning
  • Agile sizing and estimation
  • Value-based analysis and decomposition
  • Progressive elaboration and rolling wave planning
  • Timeboxing
Problem Detection and Resolution 5 topics

Learning objective: Learning goal: Learn agile practices to spot, solve and prevent problems and risks early and throughout the project, including cost of change, escaped defects, technical debt, the risk-adjusted backlog and risk burndown charts.

  • Risk management across the life cycle
  • Problem detection and its impact on the project
  • Agile metrics: lead time, cycle time, throughput and defect rate
  • Tools and techniques
  • Creating an open and safe environment
Continuous Improvement 5 topics

Learning objective: Learning goal: Learn how agile teams keep improving the product, the process and the team through process tailoring, feedback, reviews and retrospectives, and the ethics expected of an agile practitioner.

  • Process analysis and tailoring
  • Product reviews and feedback
  • Continuous improvement
  • Retrospectives
  • PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Exam Tips and Further Reading 5 topics
  • Learning goal: Understand PMI-ACP question patterns and how to answer them, follow a complete study plan, and get a list of materials for further reading.
  • Exam tips
  • A complete study plan
  • Exam question patterns
  • Recommended reading

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Certification

Earn your PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certificate

  • Certificate of completionIssued by CertOcean when you finish the training and assignments.
  • Official PMI certificationAwarded by PMI when you pass the exam. The course is built to get you there.
  • Show it to employersAdd it to your LinkedIn profile and resume.
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Why learners choose CertOcean

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The training curriculum was great. CertOcean provided me everything required to obtain my CISM. They're excellent!
Laxmi Haya Vadan KaramcheduUnited States · CISMVerified
Very resourceful company, I passed my PMP exam at first attempt, highly recommended.
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FAQ

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® course FAQs

Can't find your answer? A course advisor can help with the syllabus, batch dates and exam questions.

What happens if I miss a PMI-ACP class?

You will not miss any content. You can either:

  • Watch the recording of the session in the LMS, or
  • Join the same session in another live batch.
Can I get help after the PMI-ACP course ends?

Yes. Our support team is available 24x7 and you have access to it for life, so you can ask questions about any topic during the course or after it ends.

How much does the PMI-ACP exam cost?

The PMI-ACP exam costs US$435 for PMI members and US$495 for non-members. First, you apply on the PMI website. Once PMI approves your application, you pay the exam fee and book your exam with Pearson VUE, either at a test center or online.

How many questions are on the PMI-ACP exam, and how long is it?

The PMI-ACP exam has 120 questions and you get 180 minutes (3 hours), with one 10-minute break. 20 of the questions are unscored pretest questions placed at random, so your result is based on the other 100. You can take the exam at a Pearson VUE test center or online with a remote proctor.

Will CertOcean help me with the PMI-ACP application?

Yes. We guide you through filling in and submitting the PMI-ACP application on the PMI website, and our team is happy to answer any questions about the certification.

Does CertOcean offer job assistance after the PMI-ACP course?

Yes. The LMS includes a resume builder that lets you create a strong resume in three easy steps, with unlimited templates for different roles and job titles. Log in to the LMS, click Create your resume, fill in the form, and you are ready to go.

What are the benefits of training with CertOcean for PMI-ACP?

With CertOcean you learn every PMI-ACP concept clearly and in depth, in small live classes with experienced agile trainers, practice questions and lifetime access to recordings. If you already hold a PMI certification, you can also claim your training hours as Education PDUs to help meet PMI's continuing certification requirements.

Will I get a certificate after the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® training?

Yes. You receive a CertOcean certificate of completion when you finish the training. The official PMI certification is awarded by PMI when you pass the exam, and this course prepares you for it.

What if I don't pass the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® exam?

Your enrollment is covered by CertOcean's pass or full refund guarantee. If you don't clear the exam, you can claim a full refund under the guarantee terms.

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