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Project Management Institute, United Kingdom

PMI UK Agile CoP – November 2013 Event

Shell, London

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Evening Agenda

• Introductions from Shell and Rob Moores (Chair PMI UK Agile CoP)

• What is the PMI-ACP and why should I care?

– Joseph Flahiff

• Introduction to the PMI UK Agile Community of Practice

– Bob Cowl and Sergey Pivovarov

• Extended Q&A session – ‘The Panel’

– Joseph, Siamak Shams, Ray Mead, Sergey Pivovarov, Bob Cowl

• Drinks and Networking

#PMIUKAgileCoP

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Joseph Flahiff

President & CEO

•Co-Lead PMI-ACP Content Support

•PMP, CSM, CSP, PMI-ACP

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Agenda

• Why another Cert?

• Who is it for?

• Compare to CSM & CSP

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A little history

• 2010 survey 12%

• 2011 survey 27%

• Steering committee-guided the content

– Ahmed Sidky Alistair Cockburn

– Dennis Stevens Jesse Fewell

– Jim Cundiff Michele Sliger

– Mike Cottmeyer Mike Griffiths

• 70+ Authors and reviewers wrote, edited, and reviewed the

exam questions

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Who would Want the PMI-ACP

• Project Managers, Testers, Developers, Resource

managers, just about anyone.

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How does it Compare?

• Certified Scrum Master - CSM

• Certified Scrum Professional – CSP

PMI PMI -- ACPACPGeneral Agile Domain

Including: Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, DSDM,

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Purpose

ScrumMaster Scrum Practitioner

A CSM Course is Only

the First Step.

Becoming agile is a

lifelong journey.

Incorporating Scrum

principles and

practices into your

world of work takes

diligence, patience,

and a commitment to

continuous

improvement.

The intent behind the

CSP certification

program is to offer a

clearly defined and

well-respected

credential in the Agile

community, recognized

as the primary

credential for Scrum

Professionals and

sought by the

employers who hire

them.

PMI-ACP

Demonstrate to employers your level of

professionalism in Agile practices of project management.

Increase your professional versatility.

Hold a certification that is

more credible than

existing entry-level,

training or exam-only

based offerings

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Growth

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Is the ACP Right for me?

ACPScrum Certs

• Enterprise

organizations

• Pockets of agile

• Silos of technology

• Multiple forms of agile

• Career: 2-4 yrs– Org not completely

transformed

– Don’t know next move

• Org only uses Scrum

• You will only use Scrum

• Org supports scrum

• Career: 2-4 yrs

– Committed to Scrum

– Org Committed to

transformation

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Qualifying to take the exam

Traditional project 2000 hours

Agile 1500 hours

Overlapping hours

Agile 1500 hours

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CSM CSP PMI-ACP

CSM classes typically between $1000 –2000.

There is no additional cost for the exam. You can not take the exam without taking the class.

Permanent

Current CSM, CSPO , CSD $300 Reg fee

Requires membership in Scrum Alliance: $100 / 2 years

2 yrs.

PDUs TBD

Classes to get 21 PDUs: 0-$2500+

Member Computer: $335Non-Member computer: $435Member paper: $270Non-Member paper: $370

3 yrs

60 PDUs in AGILE

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Exam Content & Results

• 50% Agile Tools & Techniques

• 50% Agile Knowledge & Skills

– Level 1 33%

– Level 2 12%

– Level 3 5%

• Exam Results

– Proficient – Above Average level of knowledge

– Moderately Proficient – At the average

– Below Proficient – Below average

• Exam pass percentage is NOT publicized

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The PMI-ACPSM

Exam

• Questions 120

– 100 Scored

– 20 Pretest (unscored)

• Time

– 3 hours

– No breaks

– No materials

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Recommended Reading

• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good

Teams Great – Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber ISBN

#0977616649

• Agile Software Development: The

Cooperative Game – 2nd Edition – Alistair Cockburn ISBN #0321482751

• The Software Project Manager’s

Bridge to Agility – Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick ISBN #0321502752

• Agile Project Management: Creating

Innovative Products – 2nd Edition

• Jim Highsmith ISBN #0321658396

• Coaching Agile Teams – Lyssa Adkins ISBN #0321637704

• Agile Estimating and Planning – Mike Cohn ISBN #0131479415

• The Art of Agile Development – James Shore ISBN #0596527675

• User Stories Applied: For Agile Software

Development – Mike Cohn ISBN #0321205685

• Agile Project Management with Scrum – Ken Schwaber ISBN #073561993X

• Lean-Agile Software Development:

Achieving Enterprise Agility – Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott ISBN

#0321532899

• Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world – Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky ISBN #1933988258

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Project Management Institute, United Kingdom

Why an Agile Community of Practice?

Bob Cowl PMP Project Manager and Scrum Master EDFTSergey Pivovarov PMP Delivery Manager BP21/11/2013

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Drivers for an Agile Community Of Practice

• Very significant increase in agile over recent years

• Mainly driven by:-

– time to market

– alignment to the business

– increased flexibility to meet business needs

– growing reputation for successful delivery

Why an Agile Community of Practice?

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Drivers for an Agile Community Of Practice

• Project Managers including PMI members utilising Agile already or

looking to transition into Agile environments

• Many members looking to the PMI as their professional body to provide

a central community

• Desire to share experiences, seek knowledge and contribute to best

practice

• Provide input to the global community, to PMBOK and PMI ACP

development

• Use the PMI, it’s network and infrastructure to support regular

meetings, attract speakers and provide a forum for discussions

Why an Agile Community of Practice?

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Drivers for an Agile Community Of Practice

• Lots of Challenges

– More adoption of Agile across enterprise environments, increase of

methodologies to assist

– Challenges to take team centered approach across an enterprise

– Corporate visibility requires some consistency of approach

– Where does the PMO fit in in the agile world?

– Lots of others!!

• Are you interested in participating, the community is your community if

there is interest

Why an Agile Community of Practice?

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So, Agile…do you have an opinion? Join the party!

Why an Agile Community of Practice?

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What next?

• Survey

– What problems are you facing?

– Areas of interest

– Experience with Agile implementations

• Events

– Topics for debate

– Success stories

• PMI UK Agile CoP Committee

– Let us know if you’d like to be involved

• Other feedback

– Twitter, email, survey, LinkedIn group

Why an Agile Community of Practice?

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Project Management Institute, United Kingdom

Q&A Session

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PMI – UK Chapter

• How to join