Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Certification Training Course in Seattle

One can renew the certification after completion of the mandatory PDU’s and after paying the required fees for renewal

The PMI ACP exam is a 3-hour exam of 120 MCQs

Yes, you can pause the test in between and you are allowed to re-take the test later. Your test will resume from where you left, but the test time will be reduced by the amount of time you’ve taken in the previous attempt

Yes or no. If you do want to know the whole lot, you are very much advised to read and study all the recommended books, you will need to extract the parts that are needed for the exam on your own with reference to the exam syllabus. But this would require lot of time.

On the other hand, to save your time, some quality Agile project management education for the PMI-ACP exam (the 21 contact hours) can help you learn and understand all the contents for the examination without requiring you to read through the list of books. They have done the hard work of extracting the essences of each book and re-arrange them into a structure that’s in line with the PMI-ACP® examination content outline.

An individual can choose StarAgile to help you to study and pass the PMI-ACP exam as it is the most cost effective and comprehensive prep course for PMI-ACP you can find

The PMI does not disclose the passing score of candidates nor do they confirm on the minimum passing marks. Since PMI is based on ‘sound psychometric analysis’ as mostly its computer based , the question set for each individual is different ,so the passing scores are always different. Howeverpm according to the trainers of PMI-ACP Agile Certification aspirants, most of them would estimate that the passing score is around 70%

The certificate is valid for 3 years period after successfully completing the exam. One can renew the certificate after 3 years.

The three-hour PMI-ACP exam comprises 120 MCQs and is an open book exam. 

The certification exam has 120 multiple-choice questions and you have 3 hours to complete it.

The training cost for PMI ACP is 15000 INR + GST.

An individual should have 2000 hours of general project management experience in the last 5 years.  Agile Certified Practitioner requires the holders to have at least 1,500 hours of practicing Agile methodologies in their actual work. Also 21 contact hours must be earned in agile practices.

Following mentioned is a step-by-step guide to get your certification’s done. One has to follow the below mentioned process for the certification and also what needs to be done after you are a certified,

• Submit your application; an individual needs to complete the application within 90 days from the date of initialization.
• Application completeness review; will get a response within 10 days after submission
• Payment process; one need to make the payment before appearing for the exams
• Audit process; Once your application is selected, you have 90 days to submit your audit materials. You will be getting a feedback from PMI within 7 days
• Multiple choice examination eligibility; once your application is shortlisted you can take an exam for a maximum of 3 times within a year.
• Certification cycle; once you pass your exam you are confirmed with your certification
• Certification Maintenance; each individual has to work on PDU’s within 3 years cycle.
• Certification Renewal; one can renew the certification after completion of the mandatory PDU’s and after paying the required fees for renewal
• Certification suspension; your certificate get expired after the 3rd year anniversary if you have not applied for a renewal certificate.
• Certification expiration; occurs at the end of the suspension period, if you don’t fulfill the continuing certification requirements towards certification maintenance.

It is a 120-question, multiple-choice test. The exam is conducted throughout the year via Prometric testing centers and there is a specific application process you need to follow to take this exam.

It is also a paper based test but still there are prerequisite to be completed before attending the test

StarAgile offers PMI ACP training in two modes 1. Live virtual session and 2. Self paced Learning

There are 2 ways to attend the exam either an online test or a paper based test. Cost for both the test varies and also the cost varies if you are a PMI member or a non-member.

So if you are attending a computer based test, the cost would be

US $435 for PMI members

US $495 for non-members

And if you are attending a paper based test, the cost would be

US $335 for PMI members

US $395 for non-members

They are no direction concerning changes by the PMI for the current year.

The trainers at StarAgile are selected through a rigorous interview process. The trainers have 20+ years of industrial experience and hands-on experience in providing training in agile methodology and project management. These skills help them to impart practical knowledge to the participants helping them to get PMI ACP certification.

Yes, PMI-ACP does have an exam composed of 120 questions, which are all multiple-choice questions. To obtain this certification, individuals must pass the exam.

You need to maintain 30 PDUs to maintain my PMI-ACP Certification.

PMI ACP is a broad and comprehensive agile framework that covers everything about agile. The CSM is part of the agile framework that covers the scrum framework. The CSM course focuses more specifically on Scrum and is an entry-level certification. Whereas, PMI-ACP covers all areas of agile  methodologies as well as provides in depth training in Extreme Programming, Lean, Kanban, and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD). It is better to choose PMI-ACP if you want a thorough understanding of both agile and scrum. Attend PMI ACP Training in Seattle to know more about agile frameworks.

The PDU’s and SEU’s are applicable in maintaining the certifications provided by Project Management Institute and Scrum Alliance respectively. These are obtained when you constantly upgrade your skills by attending seminars, reading blogs/books and taking classes.

Nurture agile and scrum in day-to-day activities of the projects, including rapid response time, show good collaboration, use agile approaches, and manage complex and large projects using the agile way. Play the roles of product owner, scrum master, customers, stakeholders, team members, and business owners to use agile in adopting not only in one team but also for enterprise requirements.

Yes, the PMI-ACP exam is an open book. The exam is of three-hour and consists of 120 multiple-choice questions that cover agile concepts and principles.

You must provide your name, contact information, education and experience, and payment information to fill out your application and wait for the approval.

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam is the exam that assesses the agile framework. One requires to acquire a wide and broad range of knowledge in agile topics such as agile practices and real-world experience in the agile team management and agile framework. It is not that difficult if get trained and you can answer all the 120 multiple choice questions within 2 hours and revisit the questions in another hour to go. Attend PMI ACP Certification in Seattle and clear exam in your first attempt.

Yes, you can do PMI-ACP certification without PMP, but you must have at least general project management experience of 2000 hours in the last 5 years.

The retake cost of the PMI-ACP exam is 30,506 and 19,404 rupees for non-members and members, respectively.

For the PMI-ACP Certification, you need to complete the 21-hour training from the authorized training provider and Complete the certification exam while fulfilling the eligibility criteria.

PMI ACP is offered by Project Management Institute and the course contents cover a broad and wide range of topics in agile including scrum. It covers areas in agile such as Kanban, XP, Scrum, Agile, Lean, and Test-Driven Development. The PRINCE 2 Agile is the certification offered by AXELOS, is the project management platform that covers resilience and responsiveness in agile. You can go for PMI ACP if you want to learn everything about agile and go for PRINCE 2 Agile if you want to learn the processes of agile and make the agile processes.