PMI Agile Practitioner Certification Overview

for Chapter Leaders

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What is Agile and Why?

Overview of the PMI-ACP Certification

Chapter Enablement Program

Your Certification Q&A

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Brainstorming Workshop

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Q: What is Agile and Why?

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What is Agile?

A Framework and Collection of Methods that Implement the Agile Values (4) and Principles (12).

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What is Agile?

• Iterative Delivery of Customer Value.

• Early and Frequent Customer Feedback.

• Working in Highly Collaborative Cross Functional Teams.

• Focus on getting the highest value work completed.

• High quality and focus on technical excellence.

• High visibility, measurement and visual tracking.

• Continuous inspection and adaption.

All of the Agile methods advocate:

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(Release Planning, Sprint and Iteration Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo

and Retrospective ..etc) (TDD, Automated Testing, Continuous Integration,

Refactoring ..etc)

The Umbrella of Methods

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Limit Work in Progress (WIP) Optimize the Flow

Make it Visible.

Gartner (2011):

Agile development methods will be utilized in 80% of all software development projects

by the end of 2012

Demand for Agile

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Mandated the use of Agile for government

IT projects

Mandated use of Agile on certain

Defense IT acquisition projects

Demand for Agile

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Why Agile?

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Agile Development Value Proposition

Agile Development Traditional Development

VISIBILITY ADAPTABILITY

BUSINESS VALUE RISK

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VersionOne 2011 Survey

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VersionOne 2011 Survey

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www.versionone.com http://bit.ly/AgileSurvey2011

Why Agile – Statistics

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Benefits of Agile – Value Delivery (Salesforce.com Case Study)

568% more

value delivered

in the first year

of being agile.

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Benefits of Agile – Better Quality

• Quality • 44% said quality had improved • Another 24% said quality improved significantly

• Fewer defects • 84% said defects had gone down by 10% or more • 30% said defects were down by 25% or more

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ROI of Agile Methods vs. Traditional

• Source: www.davidfrico.com/rico08b.pdf

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Why is PMI Moving to Agile?

• PMI’s research has shown that the use of agile has tripled from December 2008 to May 2011.

• PMI’s research has shown that Agile Project Management is used Always or Often by 24% of companies. (Doubled in one year)

• Significant market movement towards Agile methods.

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What is the PMI-ACP Certification?

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What is the Value of the PMI-ACPsm?

•Agile Practitioners Who Are Seeking To: • Obtain a certification that covers the depth of popular Agile methods such as Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean Portfolio Management in addition to Servant Leadership, Team Collaboration Skills.

• Increase their professional versatility in both Traditional and Agile methods.

• Demonstrate your credible knowledge of Agile methods through a recognized certification body – PMI.

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PMI-ACPSM Overview

• Intended for practitioners who work on Agile project teams - Not just project managers

• Intended to cover use of Agile both in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and outside ICT

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Why was the PMI-ACP Developed? • Practitioners

• 12% are currently practicing Agile • Majority feel that certification would be:

• Valuable (61%) • Useful (68%)

• Organizations • 30% are using Agile project management • Majority feel that certification would be:

• Valuable (68%) • Useful (71%) • Beneficial to their company’s project management practices (75%)

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Market Reaction Since Announcement

• 150,000+ individuals have visited PMI’s www.PMI.org/Agile launch page

• 12,615 applicants have opened a PMI-ACP application since May 2011

• 758 Active PMI-ACP Credentialed Professionals. (as of April 30th 2012)

• Currently the largest PMI pilot (515). • Took 28 years for PMP to achieve 477k

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What is the PMI-ACP Certification?

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PMI-ACP(sm) Home Page • www.PMI.org/PMI-ACP

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Eligibility Requirements

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Exam Questions and Cost

• 120 Multiple Choice Questions • 3 hours • Applications can be submitted at www.pmi.org/pmi-acp

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Official Reference Books

• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great - Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber

• Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game – Alistair Cockburn

• The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility - Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick

• Coaching Agile Teams - Lyssa Adkins

• Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products – Jim Highsmith

• Becoming Agile: in an Imperfect World - Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky

• Agile Estimating and Planning -Mike Kohn

• The Art of Agile Development - James Shore

• User Stories Applied - Mike Kohn • Agile Project Management With

Scrum - Ken Schwaber • Lean Agile Software Development

- Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott

All questions are sourced from these books, and must have a citation

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Exam Content and Application

• 50% Agile Tools and Techniques • 50% Agile Knowledge and Skills • Apply online, 5 days to complete, 90 days to process. • Have 1 year to take exam, certification valid for 3 years.

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Tools & Techniques (50%)

Priority Item Ques.

1 Communications 10.9

2 Planning, Monitoring, and Adapting 9.8

3 Agile Estimation 8.7

4 Agile Analysis & Design 7.6

5 Product Quality 6.5

6 Soft Skills Negotiation 5.5

7 Value-Based Prioritization 4.4

8 Risk Management 3.3

9 Metrics 2.2

10 Value Stream Analysis 1.1

Total Questions: 60

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Knowledge & Skills (50%)

Level 1: 33% = 40 questions

• Active Listening

• Agile Manifesto values & principles

• Community and stakeholder values

• Brainstorming techniques

• Building empowered teams

• Coaching & mentoring within teams

• Communications Management

• Feedback techniques for product

• Incremental delivery

• Knowledge sharing

• Leadership tools & techniques

• Prioritization

• Problem solving

• Project and quality standards

• Stakeholder management

• Team motivation

• Time, budget, and cost estimation

• Value-based decomposition and prioritization

Level 2: 12% = 15 questions

• Agile frameworks & terminology

• Building high-performance teams

• Business case development

• Colocated vs. distributed teams

• Continuous improvement processes

• Elements of a project charter for an agile project

• Facilitation methods

• Participatory decision models

• PMI’s Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct

• Process Analysis Techniques

• Self Assessment

• Value-based analysis

Level 3: = 5% = 6 questions

• Agile Contracting Methods

• Agile project accounting principles

• Applying new Agile practices

• Compliance (organization)

• Control limits for Agile projects

• Failure modes and alternatives

• Globalization, culture, and team diversity

• Innovation Games

• Principles of systems thinking

• Regulatory compliance

• Variance and trend analysis

• Variations in agile methods and approaches

• Vendor Management

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Agile Certifications – How to Choose?

PMI-ACP FAQ Cheat Sheet

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PMI-ACP Other Certifications

Who does it target?

How do I prepare?

Exam Eligibility

What is Agile

Why?

Agile Certification Comparison

Chart

Agile

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PMI ACP Chapter Enablement?

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More Resources

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