PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
The PMI-ACP certification demonstrates your agile expertise with the industry’s only experienced-based, ISO-accredited exam. Gain a competitive edge in a fast-changing world and establish your ability to tailor your approach. Drive excellence through Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and more—all while being agile and team-centric.
Is PMI-ACP right for you?
Organizations that embrace agility and adaptability outperform their counterparts, resulting in increased value. With the demand for agile practitioners soaring, the PMI-ACP certification is more valuable than ever. Developed by agile leaders, this certification equips agile practitioners with the mindset to apply agile principles effectively and the tools and skills needed to collaborate in an agile environment.
Path to PMI-ACP certification
Before you apply, make sure you meet the following PMI-ACP certification requirements:
Eligibility requirement
- Secondary school diploma
- 24 months/ 2 years of agile experience within the last 5 years (a current PMP® satisfies this requirement but is not mandatory
- 21 hours of training in agile practices, frameworks, and methodologies.
- Candidates with a third-party certification or who have completed a GAC core project management course, are pre-approved to fulfill this requirement.
Maintaining your PMI-ACP certification
Earning your certification is a big step – maintaining it shouldn’t have to be. Continuing education is core to PMI certification. PMI-ACP holders must earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3-year cycle to maintain certification. Each PDU represents one hour spent:
- Learning
- Teaching others
- Presenting
- Reading
- Volunteering
- Content creating
- ** The above experience requirements for the PMI certification application are not applicable if you want to self-study via e-learning or live online for knowledge improvement, CPD, PDU achievement, or professional development.
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