PMI-ACP® - PMI Agile Certified Practitioner

Be formally recognized for your knowledge of agile principles and your skills with agile techniques. The PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill as part of an agile team. It spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD), not limiting a practitioner to one agile approach.

When to Apply

Apply if you have 1-3 years of project management experience. See Experience Requirements for more information.

Value

Demonstrate your agile team experience runs deep. Beyond knowledge and comprehension, demonstrate experience and applying agile methodologies. The PMI-ACP® is registered against the ISO 9001 standard.

Education Requirements

• High school diploma
• Bachelor’s degree
• 21 contact hours of training in agile practices

Experience Requirements

• 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years (A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP®)
• 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

Certification Maintenance Requirements

Must earn 30 PDUs per three-year cycle to maintain certification.

Exam Information

3 hours, 120 questions, multiple choice