Reference Materials for the PMI Agile Certified

Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Examination

Exam candidates should be aware that the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) examination is not written according to any single
text or singularly supported by any particular reference. PMI does not endorse specific review courses, resources, references or other
materials for certification preparation. The references listed below are not inclusive of all resources that may be utilized and should not
be interpreted as a guaranteed means of passing the exam. As the PMI-ACP is a competencybased certification which assesses the
integrated set of knowledge, skills and abilities as gained from both practical and learned experiences, it should also be noted that the
references identified herewith are but one element of a broader set of educational resources and texts that might possibly be utilized for
exam study and preparation. This reference list is provided as a courtesy only and for the non-PMI publications on the list PMI does not
endorse such publication or warrant the accuracy of the information or opinions contained therein.

Agile Estimating and Planning

Author: Mike Cohn
Publisher: Pearson Education/Addison Wesley
Professional
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative
Products
Author: Jim Highsmith
Publisher: Pearson Education/Addison Wesley
Professional
Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
Author: Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative
Game
Author: Alistair Cockburn
Publisher: Pearson Education
Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for
ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers
in Transition
Author: Lyssa Adkins
Publisher: Pearson Education/Addison Wesley
Professional

Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals

Author: Dan Rawsthorne with Doug Shimp
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Kanban In Action
Author: Marcus Hammarberg, Joakim Sunden
Publisher: Manning Publications
Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your
Technology Business
Author: David J. Anderson
Publisher: Blue Hole Press
Lean-Agile Software Development
Author: Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott
Publisher: Pearson Education
The Software Project Managers Bridge to Agility
Author: Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick
Publisher: Pearson Education
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software
Development
Author: Mike Cohn
Publisher: Pearson Education

Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile,

Extreme
Author: Robert K. Wysocki
Publisher: Wiley

PRA-202-2015-ACP (04/15)