The PMI-ACP (Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner) designation is one of the leading certifications globally. The PMI developed it to certify that people are well versed in the Agile Methodology for executing projects. After the PMP (Project Management Professional,) it is one of the most popular and recognized certifications today and well worth obtaining.
PMI’s Project Management Salary Survey – an industry study of 10 countries – predicted that there would be more than 41.5 million project management roles by the year 2020. China and India will lead this growth, generating approximately 8.1 million and 4 million project management roles, respectively.
Recent 2020 PMI Salary Surveys reveal Project Managers with the PMP and PMI-ACP Certifications earn 22% and 28% more, respectively, than non-certified managers. Hiring managers believe that certified professionals are more efficient workers and enhance the teams they are a part of. Clearly, hiring managers see the benefits of recruiting certified professionals.
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Agile Practitioners wishing to become certified must meet certain prerequisites established by the PMI, which include:
- Secondary degree
- 21 contact hours of agile practices training
- 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. Possession of a PMP or PgMP can satisfy this requirement.
- 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years
These requirements are based on the PMI website: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/agile-acp
To help you prepare for the exam, we at PM Workshops provide free sample exam questions every week. Please review, answer and let us know if you have any questions or comments.
Question 1: Halfway through a new dashboard development project, your client requests that you switch from a more traditional project management approach to Agile. However, as part of the original contract, the client had requested that all work is done and submitted – even intermittent prototypes – be thoroughly documented and provided to the client. The next step for you, as a project manager, is to do the following:
- Ignore the request for the documentation since the Agile Manifesto states that “working software takes precedence over comprehensive documentation and, since the client requested a change to Agile, you must meet the tenets of the manifesto.
- Re-negotiate the contract with the client and their firm.
- Inform the client that you cannot change the approach since the contract clearly requests thorough documentation
- Change to an Agile approach, as requested by the client, and meet the terms and conditions outlined in the contract.
Question 2: According to the Suitability Assessment Chart, ALL of the following are components of the Team Segment except for:
- Size of the team
- Trust
- Experience
- Access
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Question 3: You are an engineer managing a large design and construction job with a predominantly predictive lifestyle. However, the project’s nature, cost, and demand for certain materials, and other factors are making the project more and more challenging regarding scope, schedule, and budget. Your team has suggested you switch to a more Agile approach, and you decide to do as follows:
- Thank the team for the suggestion, but remind them that large projects require a more predictive approach, especially in construction.
- Renegotiate the contract with the client to revise the original scope, schedule, and budget.
- Submit a change request to remove and/or modify parts of the scope to save time and cost.
- Try to revise the Agile approach and/ or a hybrid since project size is not considered for using Agile.
Question 4: Due to the nature and size of your local team, you must work with a geographically distributed team and, therefore, decide to create longstanding video conferencing links between the various locations where your team works. This method is known as:
- Collocation
- Internal teleworking
- Fishbowl window
- Intra-office telecommuting
Question 5: As a general guideline, the project manager in an Agile project should demonstrate their team’s working product per the following time intervals:
- At least once every two weeks
- Once a week
- Once a month
- As required by the client’s sponsor
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Answers
- Question 1: Answer d. The Manifesto is a guideline. Therefore, documentation is not prohibited. Also, regardless of the project management approach used, you must abide by the contract’s terms and conditions. See Figure 2.1, page 8 of the Agile Practice Guide.
- Question 2: Answer b “Trust.” Trust is part of “Culture.” See Figure X3-11, page 134 of the Agile Practice Guide.
- Question 3: Answer d. Agile projects are no longer an option solely for IT or other related projects. Furthermore, large projects can be accomplished through Agile or a Hybrid approach. See “A Call to Action,” page 87 of the Agile Practice Guide.
- Question 4: Answer c. Section 4.3.6, page 46 of the Agile Practice Guide.
- Question 5: Answer a. Section 5.2.5, page 55 of the Agile Practice Guide.
PMI ACP Free Questions Agile and Scrum Fundamentals
To help you prepare for the exam, we at PM Workshops provide free sample exam questions every week. Please review, answer and let us know if you have any questions or comments.
Question 1: Your team has decided to tackle a brand new project housing a hybrid approach. Therefore, they have chosen Agile and Waterfall elements that best meet the project’s requirements and the client’s expectations, which include Daily Standups. Of the following list of options, which is NOT a typical question to ask in a round-robin fashion:
- What did I complete since the last standup?
- What are my impediments?
- What are my critical path tasks?
- What am I planning to complete between now and the next standup?
Question 2: Which of the following examples on the list is not a typical Definable Work Project?
- Production of a car
- Home construction after the design is complete.
- Refrigerator manufacturing
- Designing new software
Question 3: All of the following are principles of the Dynamic Systems Development Method, EXCEPT:
- Demonstrate control
- Never compromise quality
- Develop linearly
- Focus on the business need
Question 4: Your current software development project was defined earlier in the scoping process but underwent many revisions and changes, which was expected. However, the actual project/product requirements are being tracked as dictated per Agile methodology, which means that they are part of the:
- Backlog
- Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Scope of Services
- Product scope
Question 5: Your training and consulting business have noticed an increase in requests for proposals for Disciplined Agile work, which is one of the services you already provide. However, your staff is interested in finding out their new focus will need to be different from the Agile and Waterfall methodologies they currently follow. Therefore, you meet with your teams and explain that agile the following agile techniques are considered crucial, EXCEPT for:
- People-first
- Overall project-driven
- Scalable
- Learning-oriented
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Answers
Question 1: answer c). See 5.2.4, page 53, Agile Practice Guide
Question 2: answer d). See 2.1, page 7, Agile Practice Guide
Question 3: answer c). See A3.8, page 110, Agile Practice Guide
Question 4: answer a). Section 5, page 91, Agile Practice Guide
Question 5: answer b). Section A3.14, page 114, Agile Practice Guide
Sample PMP Exam Prep Questions – Week of March 1, 2021
Following are five sample exam questions to test your knowledge and test-taking skills. The answers are provided below:
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The framework that emphasizes constant driven delivery, as well as the principles of delivery on time, collaboration, and iterative development, among others, is known as
- Continuous improvement
- Customer satisfaction
- Quality Assurance
- Dynamic Systems Development
Agile teams focus on rapid product development to obtain feedback. They have specific roles that need to be filled by the team to achieve project success. Which of the following is not commonly utilized agile role:
- Subject matter experts (SMEs)
- Cross-functional team members
- Product owner
- Team facilitator
Which of the following are elements of a Predictive Life Cycle:
- Analyze, Analyze/Design, Build/Test and Deliver
- Analyze, Design, Build, Test, and Deliver
- Analyze, Design, Build/Test, and Deliver
- Analyze, Conceptualize, Design, Build, Test, Deliver
You have been hired to perform an organizational analysis for a company interested in improving its internal systems. And although you will need to perform an extensive research project, would you utilize the following tasks first?
- Review the organization’s organizational process assets (OPAs)
- Analyze the enterprise environmental assets (EEFs) impacting the organization
- Meet in person with senior management, the various teams, and other relevant stakeholders
- Analyze recent lessons learned reports to determine which organizational activities are working and which are not.
After much deliberation, you and your client have agreed to use an Agile Methodology for their project. Therefore, you plan to use all applicable tools, including change management, crucial in obtaining project success. The two key factors that incur change management on an agile project are changes associated with:
- Quality and product delivery demands
- Scope revisions due to budgetary constraints
- Effects of inefficient Scrum procedures
- Accelerated delivery and agile approaches
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ANSWERS
- Answer d: section A3.8, page 110 of the Agile Practice Guide.
- Answer a: section 4.3.2, page 40 of the Agile Practice Guide
- Answer b: Figure 3.2, page 21 of the Agile Practice Guide
- Answer c: interactive, face-to-face communication is the preferred model; page 76 of the Agile Practice Guide
- Answer d: section 6.1.1, page 73 of the Agile Practice Guide
