Track 2 - Chris Zarbock - Agile - PMI Metrolina Chapter

108 Pages·2012·2.93 MB·English

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Agile Certified Practitioner
(PMI-ACP)
September 15, 2012
Chris Zarbock,
PMI-ACP, PMP, CSM
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About Me, Chris Zarbock 2
• Certified:
PMI-ACP
PMP
CSM

• One of the first to earn PMI-ACP
internationally

• Masters degree in Technology Mgt

• 15 years as a Project Manager

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THE EXAM
What you need to know

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Why Take The Exam? 4

Gartner predicts that by the end of 2012,
Agile will be used on 80% of all software
development projects.

PMI’s research has shown that the use of
Agile has tripled from December 2008 to
May 2011.

The PMI-ACP is positioned to recognize and
validate knowledge of this approach.
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11 Reference Books 5
Book Author
1. Agile Retrospectives – Esther Derby, Diana
Making Good Teams Great Larsen, Ken Schwaber
2. Agile Software
Development: The Alistair Cockburn
Cooperative Game
3. The Software Project Michele Sliger, Stacia
Manager’s Bridge to Agility Broderick
Lyssa Adkins
4. Coaching Agile Teams
5. Agile Project
Management: Creating Jim Highsmith
Innovative Products
6. Becoming Agile: in an Greg Smith, Ahmed
Imperfect World Sidky
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Reference Books, con’t 6
Book Author
7. Agile Estimating and
Mike Cohn
Planning
8. The Art of Agile
James Shore
Development
Mike Cohn
9. User Stories Applied
10. Agile Project
Ken Schwaber
Management with Scrum
11. Lean Agile Software Allan Shalloway, Guy
Development Beaver, James R. Trott
*All exam questions come from these books.
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Exam – Test & Timing 7
• 100 scored items and 20 un-scored
(pre-test) items, 3 hours to
complete

Note: The un-scored items are not
identified and are randomly distributed
throughout the exam

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Exam Content 8
Content % of Exam
50%
Agile Tools & Techniques
50%
Agile Knowledge & Skills
Source: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Examination Content Outline – July 2011
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Exam Content, con’t 9
Tools and Techniques (50% of Exam)
Soft skills negotiation
Agile Tools & Techniques
Planning, monitoring and Value-based
adapting prioritization
Risk management
Agile estimation
Metrics
Agile analysis and design
Value stream analysis
Product quality
Source: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Examination Content Outline – July 2011
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Exam Content, con’t 10
Knowledge and Skills (50% of Exam)
% of Knowledge and Skill
Level Content / % of Exam
Level 1
65% / 33%
(18 knowledge/skills)
Level 2
25% / 12%
(12 knowledge/skills)

Level 3
10% / 5%
(13 knowledge/skills)

Source: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Examination Content Outline – July 2011
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