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PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 1
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
Brief Information Webinar – Exam Preparation Course
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 2
Agenda
Introduction, Training Partners
PMI-ACP Details
Eglibility Requirements
Timeline
Certification, Maintenance and Renewal
Exam Information
Exam Blueprint and test
Webinar organization
Course
Process
Pricing
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 3
Introduction – Training Partners
The Project Management Institute (PMI®)
is a not-for-profit professional organization
for the project management profession
with the purpose of advancing project management.
Santis Training AG (R.E.P. ID 2851) provides different PMI® based trainings like:
PMP®
CAPM®
PMI-ACP® (historically written as PMI-ACP℠ )
Ritz Engineering GmbH is a consultant company with strong profession on AgileProject Management and Agile Requirements Engineering (see http://pmi-acp.methoden.ch)
®
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 4
Course – the trainer
Frank H. RitzPMI-ACP® number 1608079
Diploma, certifications
ElectricalEngineering
Electronics
RUP / CE
CPRE-FL
OUCP-F
HSPTP
PMI-ACP®
C++/Java for mission critical apps
Agile Software Development
Agile Requirements Engineering
Agile Project Management
Electrical
Engineer
Experienced
in computer
science
Requirements
Engineer
Project manager
Business manager
Methodology & value
driven
Do the right things
right = sustainable
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 5
Eglibility Requirements
Agile ProjectExperience
General Project
Experience
Educational
Background
Training in
Agile Practices
1500 hours (8 months) working experienceon Agile methodologies accrued in the last 3 years.
These hours in addition to “General Project Experience”.
2000 hours (12 months) working experienceon Project teams accrued in the last 5 years.
Active PMP® or PGMP® will satisfy this requirement.
Secondary degree
(High school diploma / Associate degree)
21 contact hours of education accrued in Agile Practices, held in PMI-ACP based seminars,
webinars and other agile practices (CSM, CSPO etc.)
+
+
+
no
overlap !
new: activetraining
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PMI-ACP Timeline
Application can be submitted online
You have 90 days to complete theapplication once you have started it
Payments can be done late, but thinkabout audit possibility
If your application is selected for Audit,you have 90 days to send your auditmaterials
PMI will take 5-7 days to process auditmaterials
try to send all materials together
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 7
PMI-ACP Certification Fees
Exam Type PMI Member Status Fees (US$)
Computer Based Testing (CBT) Yes 435
Computer Based Testing (CBT) No 495
Reexamination CBT Yes 335
Reexamination CBT No 395
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 8
PMI-ACP Certification Maintenance
Exam Type PMIMember
Fees(US$)
CCRCertificationRenewal
Yes 60
CCRCertificationRenewal
No 150
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PMI-ACP Exam Information, Blueprint (as-is)
Total no of questions: 120
No of scored questions: 100
No of pre-test questions: 20
Allotted Examination Time: 3 hours
Allocation of questions is
50% Agile Tools and Techniques
organized in 10 areas
50% Agile Knowledge and Skills
total of 43 knowledge and skills topics
organized in 3 levels if importance: K&S 1, K&S 2, K&S 3
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 10
PMI-ACP Exam Information, Blueprint, what's new
It affects all areas of the certification blueprint !
Needs to be updated
valid 11.Jan. 2016
62 tasks
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PMI-ACP Exam Information, Blueprint, what's new
It affects all areas of the certification blueprint !
Needs to be updated
valid 11.Jan. 2016
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 12
PMI-ACP Knowledge and Skills (K&S) Levels, as-is
It affects all areas of the certification blueprint !
Needs to be updated
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 13
PMI-ACP Exam Blueprint(as is)
Exam is oriented to the an equalpart of
Agile Tools and Techniques
Knowledge and Skills
Webinar / Seminar contains of 16further lessons
13 lessons provide knowledge aboutAgile Tools and Techniques andsupport some aspects of Knowledgeand Skill area.
per Knowledge and Skills area 3lesson provides the leaving rest.
1 lesson is a project game
as-is
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 14
PMI-ACP Exam Blueprint (to be)
Exam is oriented to the an equalpart of
Agile Tools and Techniques
Knowledge and Skills
Webinar / Seminar contains of 16further lessons
13 lessons provide knowledge aboutAgile Tools and Techniques andsupport some aspects of Knowledgeand Skill area.
per Knowledge and Skills area 3lesson provides the leaving rest.
1 lesson is a project game
To Be
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 15
Authors of the Agile Manifesto, 11 Reference Books for PMI-ACP®
K&S 1
as-is
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 16
Authors of the Agile Manifesto, 11 Reference Books for PMI-ACP®
K&S 1
to-be
new
PMI-ACP® Certification Preparation - Introduction 20.May 15, Frank H. Ritz, [email protected] Page 17
Lessons and Structure
Lesson 01 PMI-ACP exam preparation webinar
Lesson 02 Agile Project Management Framework
Lesson 03 Agile Planning, Monitoring and Adopting
Lesson 04 Agile Estimation
Lesson 05 Communication
Lesson 06 Agile Analysis and Design
Lesson 07 Product Quality
Lesson 08 Soft Skills negotiation
Lesson 09 Agile Value based Prioritization
Lesson 10 Risk Management
Lesson 11 Agile Metrics
Lesson 12 Agile Value Stream Analysis
Lesson 13, 14, 15 Three Agile Knowledge & Skills (K&S) areas
Lesson 16 Practice project management – a game using tools
as-is
to be: + Agile Principles
and Mindset+
62 tasks changed
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Webinar process steps
Register at edudip to record your online attendance by name (no pseudos !)
Make payment at http://pmi-acp.methoden.ch or at Santis Training
Provide your edudip eMail address in payment (invoice sent to this eMail !)
10-40 students / classroom = 1 stream
Stream lasts 10-11 weeks.
Stream starts if min. students / classroom is reached
if class doesn't reach 10 students, stream starts with min. 5 students within 3 weeks
1st introducing session organize setup like stream, communication, schedule andprovides again the following content
Immediately after the 30th session Santis Training AG (PMI R.E.P. ID 2851) issues a“Certificate of Completion” certify 21 PDU to the student
®
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Webinar Organization
Class Organization
Commitment to 3 webinars / week, 10 weeks
2 evening webinars during Monday – Friday e.g. 19:30
1 webinar at Saturday morning e.g. 10:00
Share of the class members contacts (private per webinar class)
recommended to build student groups
recommended to share questions in the webinar edudip forum
Unbound Class members can switch between classes until exam was passed
Webinar organization
45-50 min. of content presentation (English)
10-15 min. of discussions and questions (English or German)
Students can raise their hands and takeover
Students can use the microphone, camera, screen
Video recording on all webinars of the class
21 hours (of 30 possible hours) of online attendance needed to reach 21 PDU
offering the possibility to visit 21 sessions and watch other sessions by recorded video.
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Organization of Questions Catalogue, Tools, and the access closure
If we have received the payment, 1 year access to all tools and material is provided.Note: access is at least opened when the class starts its 1st session.
The catalogue has two modes of operation
Content mode (Online, eBook, App)
Navigation based on the Tools &
Techniques or K&S areas
Question, Answer, Reference / Source
Certification simulation mode (Online, App)
Catalogue statistics provided
not a real exam situation simulation possible, but similar
A personal copy of the slides (beforehand) and videos (afterwards) of your classsessions can be downloaded
An Excel file (sample and template) provides the complete management of a projectincluding all types of diagrams, management, and numbers.
if - sorry - you do not pass the exam,
you can upgrade
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Webinar Class Organization
Collaboration is welcome (forum, private)
Exchange your eMail, contact each other and learn together (best in peer groups) e.g. using the edudip forum
Provide questions to the class in the forum (edudip)
Schedule is a class decision
Review sessions by watching the video recording
Check your knowledge
Exam Question survey
More than 2000 exam questions (800+ from the reference books)
Theme based study mode
Exam study mode
Recommended literature
Excel sheets
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Pricing, Conditions
Options, Prices* in CHF (at 20.May 15: 1 € = 1.05 CHF, 1 USD = 0.94 CHF)
Webinar 1 closed class / stream
Webinar 1 year free classes / streams
Seminar at Santis Training, Zurich-Altstetten
Seminar at Santis Training + Webinar Class
Upgrade to Webinar free classes / streams
Optional**: Exam Prep 800+ Questions
1000 CHF
1400 CHF
2100 CHF
2200 CHF
400 CHF
50 CHF
* all prices do not contain VAT. For Switzerland customers, you have to add VAT (8%). ** always included in Seminar / Webinar, the exam preparation 800+ question tool can also be booked separate
and contains Web Online-Access, App (iOS) and eBook
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Q & A
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