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‫– معهد إدارة المشروعات األمريكي‬ ‫شهادة ممارس آجايل معتمد‬

‫® ‪By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP‬‬
By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

 The Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

certification was created by the Project Management
Institute to meet the needs of project managers who
have increasingly found themselves working with agile
methods, methodologies, practices, and techniques.

 And just like with the PMP certification, PMI has

constructed an exam based on real world tasks,
tools, and practices used by agile teams every day.

 The PMI-ACP exam is designed to reflect the

way teams work in the real world. It covers the
most common methods and methodologies,
including Scrum, XP, and Lean/Kanban. The
exam questions are based on knowledge and
real-world tasks that teams use every day.
By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® handbook

This handbook contains information on how you can

apply for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
certification.

It applies to both computer-based and paper-based

testing candidates.

PMI requires that all certification applicants read the

entire handbook.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide you with

important information about the policies and procedures
for obtaining and maintaining the PMI-ACP®
certification.
By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

Certificate Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the PMI-ACP® certification, candidates must meet the following
educational and professional experience requirements.
Educational General Project Agile Project Training in Agile
Background Experience Experience Practices
Secondary degree 2,000 hours (12 months) 1,500 hours (8 months) 21 contact hours must
working on project teams working on project teams have been earned in
(high school diploma, must have been earned using agile agile practices.
associate’s degree or in the last 5 years. methodologies.
global equivalent) This experience must
PMP® or PgMP® have been earned in the
credential holders last 3 years. These hours
already meet this criteria are in addition to the
and do not need to earn 2,000 hours required in
additional hours. general project
experience.

Certificate Validity Renewal Requirements

3 Years 30 PDU
By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

Exam Information
The PMI-ACP exam is comprised of 120 multiple-choice questions. Of the 120
questions, 20 are considered pretest questions. Pretest questions do not affect
the score and are used in examinations as an effective and legitimate way to
test the validity of future questions. All questions are randomly placed
throughout the exam.

No. of Pretest (Unscored) Total Examination

No. of Scored Questions
Questions Questions

100 20 120

The allotted time to complete the computer-based examination (CBT) is three hours.

Allotted Examination Time

3 hours
By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

Exam Information
The PMI-ACP certification exam is developed based on the PMI-ACP® Examination Content Outline.
The exam blueprint details the topic areas (or domains) in which exam questions will focus. The
allocation of questions will be as follows:
Domain Percentage of Items on the Test

Domain I. Agile Principles and Mindset 16%

Domain II. Value-driven Delivery 20%

Domain III. Stakeholder Engagement 17%

Domain IV. Team Performance 16%

Domain V. Adaptive Planning 12%

Domain VI. Problem Detection and Resolution 10%

Domain VII. Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People) 9%

By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

Key Domains and Tasks

 The role delineation study for agile project managers
was instrumental in the creation of the PMI-ACP®
certification examination.

 The tasks identified in the study have been organized

into major domains of practice and are listed in the
PMIACP ® Examination Content Outline.

 Each exam question is referenced to texts, such as

those noted on the PMI-ACP® examination preparation
reference list.

 Candidates are urged to use the Examination Content

Outline to guide their study and are also encouraged to
study current references in agile, such as those on the
reference list.
By :Mohamed Gouda, SFC ™, PMI-ACP ®, PMP ®

Key Domains and Tasks

7-Domains

Domain I. Agile Principles and Mindset

Domain II. Value-driven Delivery

Domain III. Stakeholder Engagement

Domain IV. Team Performance

Domain V. Adaptive Planning

Domain VI. Problem Detection and Resolution

Domain VII. Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People)

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Domain -1 ( Agile Principles and Mindset )

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Domain -2 ( Value-Driven Delivery )

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Domain -3 ( Stakeholder Engagement )

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Domain -4 ( Team Performance )

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Domain -5 ( Adaptive Planning )

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Domain -6 ( Problem Detection and Resolution )

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Domain -7 ( Continuous Improvement )

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Tools and Techniques

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Knowledge and Skills

 Agile values and principles  Participatory decision models (for example,
 Agile frameworks and terminology convergent, shared collaboration)
 Agile methods and approaches  Principles of systems thinking (for example,
 Assessing and incorporating community and complex adaptive, chaos)
stakeholder values  Problem solving
 Stakeholder management  Prioritization
 Communication management  Incremental delivery
 Facilitation methods  Agile discovery
 Knowledge sharing/written communication  Agile sizing and estimation
 Leadership  Value based analysis and decomposition
 Building agile teams  Process analysis
 Team motivation  Continuous improvement
 Physical and virtual co-location  Agile hybrid models
 Global, cultural, and team diversity  Managing with agile KPIs
 raining, coaching, and mentoring  Agile project chartering
 Developmental mastery models (for example,  Agile contracting
Tuckman, Dreyfus, Shu Ha Ri)  Agile project accounting principles
 Self-assessment tools and techniques  Regulatory compliance
 PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
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Reference Materials Recommended By PMI

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Reference Materials Recommended By PMI

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Reference Materials Recommended By PMI

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