PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Training

In-Person Classroom

$1849

  • 3 Days of Live Instruction
  • Accepted Resources & Teacher
  • Practice Tests Based on Exams
  • Complete Success Promise
  • Certificate of 21 Contact Hours for the Exam

Live Online Classroom

$949

  • 3 Days of Real-Time Online Instruction
  • Study Guide & Practice Exams for ACP
  • Application Support for PMI ACP
  • Videos of Live Classes Recorded
  • Certificate of 21 Contact Hours for the Exam

Online Self - Study

$349

  • Access to the Courseware for Life
  • Study Guide for PMI ACP
  • Exam-Based Practice Exams
  • Extra Materials/Resources
  • Certificate of 21 Contact Hours for the Exam

Become Certified in PMI ACP Agile to Boost Your Career:

In the field of agile project management, the PMI-ACP® certification course comes highly recommended. Every six months, CP updates its PMI-ACP® course materials and practice exam questions to ensure you are up to current on the newest developments in technology. A group of lead instructors and industry professionals collaborated to build and refine CP's PMI-ACP® course. A number of add-ons are included in the course to support learning both during and after the certification training.

Depending on your preferred method of learning, pick from four distinct training options. Choose between learning at your own pace with self-learning or receiving recorded support from a knowledgeable instructor with a self-learning plus course. Take a traditional learning approach with in-person classroom instruction or learn from an instructor via a virtual class with live online training.

Training Agenda:

Day

Lesson No.

Topics

1.

 

Introduction to Scaleup Certifications:

Comments on Scaleup Certifications

Types of Training

Clients and Accreditations

Overview of Scaleup Certifications

Introduction to Live Training

About the Tutorial

 

 

1.

Overview of the Agile Certified Practitioner Course:

 

Value, Qualification, Timeline for Certification Audit Procedure

Certification Procedure

Domains and Duties of the Exam Process

 

 

2.

Part I of Agile Principles and Mindset:

Agile: Principles, Evolution, Manifesto, and Best Practices

What Agile Isn't

Advantages of Agile

 

 

3.

Part II of Agile Principles and Mindset:

Frameworks, procedures, methods, and agile Crystal Methodology,

Extreme Programming,

Scrum The method for developing dynamic systems

Agile Project Management: Framework

PMBOK vs. APM

Feature-driven development

Lean software development

Lean principles Open UP, Information Radiators, Kanban

 

 

4.

Part I of Value-Driven Delivery:

Prioritization techniques

Agile customer-value prioritization

Return on investment,

Net present value,

Internal rate of return,

Payback period,

Forecasting,

Time value of money,

Financial feasibility of projects, and prioritization

Non-Functional Requirements

Risk Management in Agile

Risk Adjusted Product Backlog

 

 

5.

Part II of Value-Driven Delivery:

Agile Contracts

Earned Value Management for Agile

Minimum Marketable Feature

Kanban Boards

Kanban and JIT

Incremental Delivery

Review and Feedback Techniques

Reprioritization or Relative Prioritization

Agile Compliance

 

6.

 

Part I of Stakeholder Engagement:

Stakeholder management

the project charter

the business case

the user story

the agile personas,

the agile wireframes

the product backlog

and the agile story maps

 

2.

7.

Part II of Stakeholder Engagement:

 

Globalization, Culture, and Team Diversity

Active Listening

Burn-up and Burn-down Charts

Information Radiators

Agile Modeling

Burn-up and Burn-down Charts

Impediment Logs

Visible Charts

Agile Facilitation Methods

Agile Participatory Decision-Making

Agile Conflict Resolution and Negotiation

 

 

8.

Part I of Team Performance:

Creating a team

Managing expectations

Holding daily stand-up meetings

Introducing agile leadership

Managing versus leading

Coaching and mentoring

Developing agile emotional intelligence.

 

 

9.

Part II of Team Performance:

Agile team motivation

team area

technology for collaboration

agile brainstorming sessions, and velocity

 

 

10.

Part I of Adaptive Planning:

Connecting Agile Projects with Portfolios and Programs

Using time boxes

Compute

Determining the Project Size

Narrative Elements

Valuing Affinity

Calculating the Project's Size

 

 

11.

Part II of Adaptive Planning:

The Agile Product Roadmap

the Release Plan

the Temporal Variations

the Value-based Analysis and Decomposition

the Release Plan

the Agile Product Roadmap

and the Sprint Reviews.

 

3.

12.

Part I: Problem Detection and Resolution:

Detection of Agile Problems

Escaped Defects

Work in Progress

Cumulative Flow Diagram

and Agile Problem Solving

 

 

13.

Part II: Problem Detection and Resolution:

Metric and Measure

Burn Charts

Variance Analysis, Trend Analysis

Risk Management in Agile

Risk Log, Risk Burndown Chart, Risk Profile Graphs, Progressive Risk Reduction

Spike

 Agile Failure Modes

 

 

14.

Continuous Improvement Part I:

Kaizen

Retrospectives

Process Analysis Technique

Agile Process Tailoring

Quality in Agile

Test Driven Development

Checklist for Story Completion

 

 

15.

Continuous Improvement Part II:

Value Stream Mapping

Seven Forms of Waste

Agile Flowcharts

Agile Spaghetti Diagrams

Self-Assessment

Principles of System Thinking.

 

4.

16.

The Agile Practice Guide:

The Agile Mindset

Agile Approaches

Uncertainty and Risk

Life Cycle Selection

Creating Agile Environment

Delivering in Agile Environment

Agile Organization Considerations

 

Procedure for PMI-ACP Certification:

Step 1: Create an account on PMI.org.


Step 2: Pay the optional yearly membership cost of $139 to become a PMI member.

Step 3: Fill out your PMI ACP application by supplying information about your training, employment history, and education.

Step 4: Await authorization. If an audit is not chosen for the application, it could take five to seven business days.

Step 5: After your application is accepted, pay PMI the exam fee.

Step 6: When scheduling your exam, decide on the location, day, and time.

Step 7: Go over the exam information below.

 

Format of Examination:

120 multiple-choice questions
Duration: 3 hours
Pass Score: PMI® does not specify. Type of Exam: Closed book
Cost of the examination:

$435.00 USD (included in PMI-ACP® Plus course) for members
Not a member: $495.00 USD

Sustaining the PMI-ACP certification:

Get 30 PDUs in topics related to Agile every three years.

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Christopher Blado’s approach to teaching PMP through relatable business scenarios at Scaleup really helped me prepare for the exam and the real-world application.

Daniel Foster

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Scaleup’s PMP program helped me standardize my project planning. Todd Lowe’s instruction style is precise and engaging. Highly recommended!

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David Kim

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Rachel Singh

5
As a new project manager, the structure and mentorship from Christopher Blado at Scaleup gave me the confidence to lead end-to-end project cycles.

Anthony Brooks

4.5
The PMP course, delivered by Todd Lowe, added significant value to my resume. The practical exercises at Scaleup mirrored real-life PM challenges.

Natalie Cooper

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Stephen Mercer brought clarity to even the most complex PMP topics. Thanks to Scaleup, I’ve moved into a program manager role.

Brian Anderson

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Scaleup’s PMP training, led by Alex Rohrs, helped me reduce project delays by implementing solid planning and monitoring practices.

Aisha Patel

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Christopher Blado made integration management seem effortless. Thanks to Scaleup, I’ve become a strategic asset to my team.

Christopher White

5
Todd Lowe’s sessions at Scaleup were packed with real-world examples, making PMP concepts truly stick. It changed how I communicate scope.

Laura Green

5
I joined Scaleup for PMP certification and was trained by Stephen Mercer. His leadership tips and exam strategies helped me pass on my first try.

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I cracked PMP in my first attempt after taking Alex Rohrs’ sessions at Scaleup. He breaks down tough topics into real-world logic.

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Logan Bennett

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Scaleup’s structured PMP approach and Alex Rohrs' expert instruction helped me enhance my delivery and project closure techniques.

Jessica Nguyen

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Nathan Lee

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Scaleup’s LSSGB program helped me lead data-driven decisions. Todd Lowe’s training style is engaging and full of practical tools.

Sara Ahmed

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Thanks to Alex Rohrs’ coaching at Scaleup, I confidently use DMAIC to improve customer service processes.

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Stephen Mercer brought Six Sigma to life with compelling examples. Scaleup made statistical tools easy for non-technical professionals.

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With Scaleup's training, I no longer guess improvement ideas—I measure and validate them. Christopher Blado is an excellent coach.

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What You`ll Learn on This Course?

  1. Exam Passing Rate: 98.23%
  2. Professional Attendance: Over 70,000
  3. 100% Success Guarantee to Assist You
  4. More than 60 Accredited PMI-ACP Teachers
  5. Training that is Self-Paced, Virtual, or In-Person Guaranteed to Run Classes

Who This Course is for?

The Agile Practitioner training course offered by Scaleup Certifications does not require any prior knowledge or experience. Nonetheless, you must meet the following educational and professional requirements in order to sit for the PMI-ACP® test.

A professional who wants to become certified by PMI-ACP® must fulfill the following requirements:
 

Educational
 Background

General Project Experience

Agile Project Experience

Training in Agile Practices

Secondary degree (diploma from high school, associate's degree, or internationally comparable)

 

*2,000 hours over a 12-month period spent in project teams.
It is required that this expertise be obtained during the last five years.

 

1,500 hours (8 months) of agile methodology work in project teams

It is required that this experience be obtained during the last three years.

These hours are on top of the 2,000 hours of basic project experience that are needed.

 

21 hours of contact

The hours needed to have come from an agile training course.

 

FAQ's Popular Questions

Yes, we offer advice on filling out the PMI application in both our PMI-ACP standard and PMI-ACP plus courses. Before sending your application to PMI, you can also choose to have it reviewed by a PMI-ACP teacher or a knowledgeable assistant.
Yes, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee on PMI-ACP regular and PMI-ACP plus courses.
After 3 days of live or virtual instruction, you will get a certificate with 21 contact hours. Within 48 hours of the course ending, a soft copy of the certificate will be mailed to the email address you enrolled with.
A similar learning experience is provided by both our in-person and live online classroom training, with the exception of the live online classrooms' instructor and fellow students' physical presence. Similar to regular classrooms, online classes allow you to see, talk, and communicate with the instructor.
Emails confirming enrollment in the course will be sent out right away. Our training staff will be provided with more details 5 days before to the class, including the location, access to the course materials, instructor contact information, timings, and dos and don'ts.