PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

Issued by Project Management Institute

Earners of the globally-recognized PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) have demonstrated their knowledge and skills in agile practices, tools and techniques that are applicable across virtually any industry and methodology. Earners have demonstrated their knowledge and experience with agile principles and mindset, value-driven delivery, stakeholder engagement, team performance, adaptive planning, problem detection and resolution, and continuous improvement.

Type Certification
Time Hours
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Adaptive Planning
Agile
Agile Mindset
Continuous Improvements
Kanban
Lean
PMI-ACP
Problem Detection And Resolution
Scrum
Servant Leadership
Stakeholder Engagement
Team Performance

Earning Criteria

High school diploma, secondary degree or global equivalent
Earner must have minimum of 21 hours of formal education in agile practices
12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years (A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP®)
8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years
Successfully complete the 120 multiple-choice question, 3 hour PMI-ACP® certification exam
Earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) every three years to maintain the PMI-ACP certification.

Standards

ISO 9001

PMI's certification program maintains ISO 9001 accreditation, which focuses on quality management and ensuring that products and services consistently meet customer’s requirements, and that quality is consistently improved.