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PMI Agile Practitioner Certification Overview
for Chapter Leaders
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About Me • Sally Elatta [email protected] • President Agile Transformation Inc | AgileVideos.com • Leading Agile Transformation Coach, Trainer and Speaker • Background: Java/.Net Software Architect • PMI-ACP, CSM, CSP, IBM, Microsoft certifications • Trained thousands and helped coach dozens of teams on Agile • Agile Expert for PMI.org LEAD Community
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I am simply a transformer. Someone who is really
passionate about transforming individuals, teams and
organizations to doing what they do better. I believe in
Servant Leadership as the way to lead change and create a
culture of empowered collaborative high performing teams.
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Agenda
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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.
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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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www.versionone.com http://bit.ly/AgileSurvey2011
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VersionOne 2011 Survey
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www.versionone.com http://bit.ly/AgileSurvey2011
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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?
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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
View Your Handout
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PMI ACP Chapter Enablement?
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More Resources
• Visit: http://www.pmi.org/pmi-acp • Join: http://lead.vc.pmi.org | http://agile.vc.pmi.org • Read this: http://bit.ly/pmi-acp-exam-tips • Join this: http://linkd.in/pmi-acp-exam-prep • Online and In person training: www.AgileTraining.com/pmi-acp
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