PMI-ACP® Credential Overview
Description
The PMI-ACP® recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices, and tools and techniques across agile methodologies.
Audience
Experienced agile practitioners across all industries
Requirements
> 2,000 hours of project experience within the last 5 years
> 1,500 hours working on agile project teams or with agile methodologies within the last 3 years
> 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
Application Process
- Verify that you meet the PMI-ACP® eligibility requirements above
- Create an account at www.pmi.org
- Complete the on-line PMI-ACP® application at pmi.org and submit
- In approximately 10 days you will receive an application approval e-mail from PMI; log into www.pmi.org and pay your credential fee ($435 for PMI members and $495 for non-PMI members). Within minutes you will receive a confirmation e-mail stating 1 of 2 things:
- Thank you...here is your test code and exam scheduling instructions
- Thank you...your application has been selected for audit...here is your audit welcome packet
- If you are audited (25% of applications are randomly selected for audit upon payment of exam fees), complete all audit forms and mail them to PMI. In approximately 5 days you will receive an e-mail stating 1 of 3 things:
- Thank you...here is your test code and exam scheduling instructions
- Thank you...we require further information...here is what we need
- Sorry...you have failed to meet the audit requirements...please refer to the PMI-ACP® Handbook for our refund policy procedure
- When you have your test code, go to www.prometric.com/PMI to schedule your exam
Exam Information
- You will have up to one year from the date your application is approved to take your exam
- If you fail your exam, you are allowed to re-test twice within your one year eligibility period
- Exams are available at multiple Prometric locations around the world
- You will need to provide 2 forms of identification upon arriving at the test center
- All of your belongings, including your cell phone, etc., are placed in a locker and are not accessible during the exam
- You will have 3 hours to complete 120 multiple-choice questions
- Of the 120 questions, 20 questions are considered pre-test and are not scored
- The questions will represent:
- Agile principles and mindset - 16% of the questions
- Value-driven delivery - 20% of the questions
- Stakeholder engagement - 17% of the questions
- Team performance - 16% of the questions
- Adaptive planning - 12% of the questions
- Problem detection and resolution - 10% of the questions
- Continuous improvement (product, process, people) - 9% of the questions
- There are no scheduled breaks during your exam and as such, the clock will continue even if you step away from the exam
- Questions are provided one at a time and can either be answered, answered and marked, or left blank and marked for review
- Upon submission of the exam, you will be asked to answer a survey prior to receiving your results
- Upon completion of the survey, you will be notified as to whether you passed or failed the exam
- The exam center will provide you with a paper copy of your results, including your proficiency level in each of the domains. Proficiency levels are:
- Proficient
- Moderately Proficient
- Below Proficient
How to Prepare
To prepare for the PMI-ACP® exam you may choose to self-study or take an exam preparation course.
Because of the difficulty of the PMI-ACP® exam many candidates choose to attend an exam preparation “boot-camp” style class. It is important to note that the PMI-ACP® exam will test on all of the agile approaches. As such, Scrum Master training, on its own, will not provide sufficient information to pass the PMI-ACP® exam.
Another option is to self-study. There are multiple sources cited for the PMI-ACP® exam.
