1 Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) September 15, 2012 Chris Zarbock, PMI-ACP, PMP, CSM Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 About Me, Chris Zarbock 2 • Certified: PMI-ACP PMP CSM • One of the first to earn PMI-ACP internationally • Masters degree in Technology Mgt • 15 years as a Project Manager Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 3 THE EXAM What you need to know Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 Why Take The Exam? 4 Gartner predicts that by the end of 2012, Agile will be used on 80% of all software development projects. PMI’s research has shown that the use of Agile has tripled from December 2008 to May 2011. The PMI-ACP is positioned to recognize and validate knowledge of this approach. Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 11 Reference Books 5 Book Author 1. Agile Retrospectives – Esther Derby, Diana Making Good Teams Great Larsen, Ken Schwaber 2. Agile Software Development: The Alistair Cockburn Cooperative Game 3. The Software Project Michele Sliger, Stacia Manager’s Bridge to Agility Broderick Lyssa Adkins 4. Coaching Agile Teams 5. Agile Project Management: Creating Jim Highsmith Innovative Products 6. Becoming Agile: in an Greg Smith, Ahmed Imperfect World Sidky Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 Reference Books, con’t 6 Book Author 7. Agile Estimating and Mike Cohn Planning 8. The Art of Agile James Shore Development Mike Cohn 9. User Stories Applied 10. Agile Project Ken Schwaber Management with Scrum 11. Lean Agile Software Allan Shalloway, Guy Development Beaver, James R. Trott *All exam questions come from these books. Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 Exam – Test & Timing 7 • 100 scored items and 20 un-scored (pre-test) items, 3 hours to complete Note: The un-scored items are not identified and are randomly distributed throughout the exam Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 Exam Content 8 Content % of Exam 50% Agile Tools & Techniques 50% Agile Knowledge & Skills Source: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Examination Content Outline – July 2011 Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 Exam Content, con’t 9 Tools and Techniques (50% of Exam) Soft skills negotiation Agile Tools & Techniques Planning, monitoring and Value-based adapting prioritization Risk management Agile estimation Metrics Agile analysis and design Value stream analysis Product quality Source: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Examination Content Outline – July 2011 Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012 Exam Content, con’t 10 Knowledge and Skills (50% of Exam) % of Knowledge and Skill Level Content / % of Exam Level 1 65% / 33% (18 knowledge/skills) Level 2 25% / 12% (12 knowledge/skills) Level 3 10% / 5% (13 knowledge/skills) Source: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Examination Content Outline – July 2011 Copyright Chris Zarbock, 2012