Bob Tarne, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM

IBM Certified Executive Project Manager

Agenda

Exam Logistics
Eligibility
Applying
Cost
Exam Details
Content Areas
Reference Materials
Sample Questions
Misc Details
Q&A
Eligibility

General Project 2000 hours in last 5 years, or

Experience PMP/PgMP Certification
Agile Experience 1500 hours on agile teams in
last 3 years
Training 21 contact hours of agile
training
General Education Secondary degree (High
School)

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Applying

On line or paper-based application

90 day time limit to complete on-line application
Payment due once application is processed
May be subject to audit
Cost

Member-CBT (member/non-member) $435/$495

Re-Exam (member/non-member) $285-$395
Renewal (member/non-member) $60/$150
The Exam

100 scored questions (20 non-scored)

3 hours
Agile Tools & Techniques 50%
Agile Knowledge and Skills 50%
Prometric test site (CBT) or paper based
Up to 2 re-exam attempts within 1-year eligibility
Tools & Technique (1 of 2)
Including but not limited to: information radiator, team space, agile
Communications tooling, osmotic communications for colocated and/or distributed
teams, daily stand-ups

Including but not limited to: retrospectives, task/Kanban boards,

Planning, monitoring, and
timeboxing, iteration and release planning, WIP limits, burn
adapting
down/up charts, cumulative flow diagrams, process tailoring

Including but not limited to: relative sizing/story points, wide band
Agile estimation
Delphi/planning poker, affinity estimating, ideal time

Including but not limited to: product roadmap, user stories/backlog,

Agile analysis and design story maps, progressive elaboration, wireframes, chartering,
personas, agile modeling

Including but not limited to: frequent verification and validation, test-
Product quality driven development/test first development, acceptance test-driven
development, definition of done, continuous integration
Tools and Techniques (2 of 2)

Including but not limited to: return on investment (ROI)/net present value
(NPV)/internal rate of return (IRR), compliance, customer-valued
Value-based prioritization
prioritization, minimally marketable feature (MMF), relative
prioritization/ranking

Including but not limited to: risk- adjusted backlog, risk burn down
Risk management
graphs, risk-based spike

Including but not limited to: velocity, cycle time, earned value
Metrics
management (EVM) for agile projects, escaped defects

Value stream analysis Including but not limited to: value stream mapping
Knowledge and Skills (50%)

Level 1 33%
Level 2 12 %
Level 3 5%
Level 1 Knowledge & Skills (33%)

Active listening

Agile Manifesto values and principles

Assessing and incorporating community and stakeholder values

Brainstorming techniques

Building empowered teams

Coaching and mentoring within teams

Communications management

Feedback techniques for product (e.g., prototyping, simulation,

demonstrations, evaluations)

Incremental delivery

Knowledge sharing

Leadership tools and techniques

Prioritization
Level 2 Knowledge & Skills (12%)

Agile frameworks and terminology

Building high-performance teams
Business case development
Colocation (geographic proximity)/distributed teams
Continuous improvement processes
Elements of a project charter for an Agile project
Facilitation methods
Participatory decision models (e.g., input-based, shared
collaboration, command)
PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Process analysis techniques
Self assessment
Value-based analysis
Level 3 Knowledge & Skills (5%)

Agile contracting methods

Agile project accounting principles

Applying new Agile practices

Compliance (organization)

Control limits for Agile projects

Failure modes and alternatives

Globalization, culture, and team diversity

Agile games

Principles of systems thinking (e.g., complex adaptive, chaos)

Regulatory compliance

Variance and trend analysis

The Books

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world
Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber Greg Smith, Ahmed Sidky

Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game Agile Estimating and Planning
2nd Edition Mike Cohn
Alistair Cockburn
The Art of Agile Development
The Software Project Managers Bridge to Agility James Shore
Michele Sliger, Stacia Broderick
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software
Coaching Agile Teams Development
Lyssa Adkins Mike Cohn

Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Agile Project Management with Scrum
Products 2nd Edition Ken Schwaber
Jim Highsmith
Lean-Agile Software Development:, Achieving
Enterprise Agility
Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott
Sample Question #1

Which of the following is not a value stated in the Agile

Manifesto?

A) Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

B) Working software over comprehensive documentation
C) Customer communication over contract negotiation
D) Responding to change over following a plan
Sample Question #2

Agile project management and product development uses

several different types of documents specific to each
iteration, which are referred to as "artifacts". All of the
following are Agile iteration artifacts except:

A) Iteration Vision Statement

B) Iteration Backlog
C) Iteration Plan
D) Iteration Burnup Chart
Tips

Read the booksat least half of them

Know & understand the Manifesto/Principles
Take a prep course or pick up a prep book
Take practice exams
Interact with other agilist outside your circle
PMI Recertification Requirements

Individuals who have attained the PMI-ACP credential must accrue

and report a minimum of 30 agile specific professional
development units (PDUs) during each 3-year cycle

Complete an Application for Certification Renewal and payment of

the renewal fee.

Reaffirm the Project Management Professional (PMP) Code of

Professional Conduct.

IBM typically does not pay for recertification check with your
business unit
All PMI Certifications/Credentials

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification

PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) credential

PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) credential

Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)SM credential

Program Management Professional (PgMP) credential

Project Management Professional (PMP) credential

References

Main PMI ACP page:

http://www.pmi.org/Certification/New-PMI-Agile-Certification.aspx

PMI Handbook
http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/~/media/PDF/Certifications/PMI-ACP_Handbook.ashx

PMI Agile Community (PMI membership required)

http://agile.vc.pmi.org/Public/Home.aspx
New community site:
http://www.projectmanagement.com/Practices/Agile/
Questions
My Contact Info

rtarne@us.ibm.com

Blogs:
zen-pm.blogspot.com
http://www.projectmanagement.com/blog/Trying-to-be-Agile/

Twitter - @btarne

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