Agile Practice Guide Goes Global
From the Agile in Practice Blog
by Kristin Jones,
Becky Hartman, Johanna Rothman, Mike Griffiths, Betsy Kauffman, Jesse Fewell, Edivandro Conforto, Ph.D., Horia Slusanschi, Karl Best, Stephen Matola, Stephen Townsend
Practice Guide Translations Available
Thanks to the efforts of 40 volunteers who supported the translation validation process, the Agile Practice Guide is now available in 11 languages in addition to English: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. PMI members can download the translated Practice Guide, which is bundled with the corresponding PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition translation, at no charge as part of their PMI membership benefits. To access the electronic file, visit pmi.org and log in using your PMI membership credentials (if you need help, contact PMI’s Customer Care Center for support). Once you have logged in, click on the PMBOK® Guide & Standards tab at the top of the page. On the right hand side, click on the link next to the PMBOK® Guide cover, and the next page should provide a link for downloading the file for each available language.
The Agile Alliance will be posting the Agile Practice Guide files for access by its members shortly.
Updated PMI-ACP® Certification Examination
On 26 March, PMI transitioned to an updated version of the Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)® certification examination. While exam questions must be answered in English, exam candidates can now opt to use translation aids available in Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. The Japanese translation aid will be available beginning 11 June 2018. Additionally, the Agile Practice Guide is now one of the study resources for the examination and the certification exam has been updated to match the terminology in the practice guide.
So both the Agile Practice Guide and the PMI-ACP certification are more accessible to the global project management community!
Business Analysis & Agile
In December, we published The PMI Guide to Business Analysis. This standard and guide provides a foundation for growing business analysis practices. It is adaptable for any organization in any industry, and across the continuum of project delivery methods, including agile. PMI members can download electronic copies of The PMI Guide to Business Analysis and the Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide at no charge from pmi.org (see Agile Practice Guide section above for instructions).
Still Seeking Feedback!
I continue to encourage you to share feedback and thoughts on the practice guide with us. Please post your comments on this blog where we are capturing inputs for future updates and enhancements.
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I´m still feel a gap among PMI and Scrum groups. Due the lack of a common Agile standard. The Agile Guide can close that gap and it is a woth effort to promote it.
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Es bueno tener comunicación en muchos idiomas dentro de la comunidad de PMI. Algunos de sus comentarios pueden estar relacionados con la traducción de la versión en español, mientras que otros pueden indicar los cambios necesarios en la Guía. Agradecemos cualquier comentario que desee contribuir.
Gracias,
Stephen Townsend
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Juan Carlos - You make a very good point. When I engage with people in the field, there is an understanding that Scrum is Agile even when the way teams work is not consistent with the Agile Manifesto and 12 Principles. So we have made an effort in the Agile Practice Guide to distinguish between being Agile and using any of the methods and frameworks.
We also have the same message for stakeholders who believe that the PMBOK(R) Guide is a methodology, rather than a guide to the body of knowledge for effectively managing projects. You will see in the PMBOK(R) Guide - Sixth Edition, a much stronger focus on the need for tailoring the project management approach for the unique characteristics of the project.
Both messages focus on changing mindsets and we continue to spend this year promoting these changes around the world.
Regards,
Steve Townsend
Joaquín de Azcárraga
Freelance Project Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Coach and trainer| Freelance
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
That you very much for your answer, Stephen.
And for your suggestion on preparing the PMI-ACP exam.
I'm already certified as PMI-ACP, my question was an attempt to understand the rationale being the Agile Guide structure.
The second part of PMBOK is structured as the PMP examination content outline and this is what I would expect from the Agile Guide.
Thank you very much again :-)
Joaquín
Abhilash Nair
Program Manager| Juniper Networks
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Great little handbook for Agile practitioners. I would expect future editions to be more aligned with the exam content outline of PMI-ACP exam.
Deylin Sevilla
Consultor| MAPO CONSULTORES
San Jose, Montes De Oca, Costa Rica
Una guía que permite ver de forma global el concepto de Ágil y las diferentes prácticas que se pueden adoptar para lograr el objetivo que es el valor al negocio.
Al ser una guía integral sobre temas ágiles, considero que se debe incluir otras metodologías para la creación del backlog, dado que todos los marcos de referencia agiles parten de una pila de historias de usuario y no propiamente la construcción de ellas.
Existen diferentes metodologías ágiles que le permiten al dueño de producto a crear el Backlog cuando es la creación de una solución, cuando son soluciones de mejora a un proceso o sistema es más sencilla la creación del backlog dado que es revisar lo existente para optimizar o corregir, sin embargo cuando es la creación de uno se deben aplicar otros métodos para poder generar un backlog coherente y que el trabajo que se haga sea en función a la respuesta de una necesidad.
Maya Kalach
Head of PMO, IT| Middle East Airlines
Beirut, Lebanon
I have read the german translation. I think it is a good compilation on agile practices. easier to read than other PMI Standards.
Some hint for improvement:
- You could see that there was special effort taken to translate every english term into german.
Sometimes this was a bit strange from myself, since I'm more used to the englisch terms.
For example: When I was reading "dienende Führungsperson". I was thinking, "Ah they mean 'Servant Leadership'", because the english term is (in my environment) more often used than the german translation.
(We also use the word 'computer' more often than 'Rechner').
I understand that there are also good reason, to avoid anglicism in german language.
As a compromise you could:
- still use german translation
- but offer a hint to the english term, when introducing a new term. - Maybe as footnode.
Thant's just my opinion. There might be other views.
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Dear Bernd: Thank you for your suggestion. I have shared your ideas with our publications manager to explore for future translations.
Shulandra "Sandy" Kerr
Sr. Project Manager, Hyperscale Data Center Infrastructure| Ovise/SEI Consulting
Olive Branch, Ms, United States
Hi I am reading the Agile Guide and when I look at the PMI-ACP outline for the exam. There is content on the exam that is not addressed in the PMBOK Agile guide. For ex. Affinity estimating, planning poker, t-shirt sizing. These are fundamentals that any practitioner should be aware of. Are there any plans to enhance the guide?
Joseph Zimecki
Senior BI Technical Program Management Professional| Health System
Fort Wayne, In, United States
Thank you for the details listed within the blog. It's extremely helpful when others take the time to knowledge share.
Luis Branco
CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª
Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Stephen
What a great news
Thank you for sharing
I already have mine in Portuguese
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Dear Shulandra: My apologies for the delay in responding back to your question. With the Agile Practice Guide and as we work on the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition, we realized that we cannot include every possible tool, technique and practice with sufficient detail in a printed book. So as part of PMI’s Standards Transformation strategy, we will be launching a digital content solution called Standards Plus.
Standards Plus, at its core, is an application for finding standards and related content. It is still in development but will consist of a rich collection of information built to answer questions for solving a particular issue. This may consist of tools, models, and techniques for delivering project outputs and outcomes. The content search can be filtered by approach, industry, media type, and/or Knowledge Area/domain. For example, the platform could be used to find specific information on risk identification when using an Agile approach within the pharmaceutical industry. Currently, content is being developed around the PMBOK® Guide-Sixth Edition. The content will eventually expand to include all PMI standards.
Standards Plus will provide us with an opportunity to share information about the broad range of tools, techniques and practices that teams can use to deliver projects, such as those you mention in your question. We can also describe them in more depth and provide other resources to help the community understand how to use the tools in actual practice.
Look for more information about Standards Plus toward the end of Q1-2020.
Abdulbaseer mohammed
Program Manager, detail oriented PM and IT Contact Center SME| FCI
Chicago, Il, United States
I liked this guide. Lot of detail and emphasis is addressed towards agility and flexibility with delivering fast incremental solutions.
I felt some contradiction if not some disconnect between Agile and Scrum. Clearly there was mention about Kaan Ban, Scrum but was there a reason for omitting Sprint(s), Scrum Events and Artifacts. Backlog and Retrospectives were introduced however I see good attempt is made to integrate PM and program manager into Agile.
I am not saying one is right or wrong but it caused some concern and confusion obviously this is a standard that can hopefully take precedence. Will be super nice if its inclusive of all approaches.
Stephen Townsend
Networks Engagement Facilitator| Project Management Institute
Pa, United States
Dear Abdulbasser: The core of the Agile Practice Guide was written to avoid being too strongly aligned to any specific method, framework or approach. So for example, instead of "sprints," the Guide uses the term iterations which is relevant across many agile.approaches. In the Appendices, the Guide provides specific detail on the most commonly used agile methods and frameworks. So in Appendix 3.2, Scrum, its events and its artifacts are highlighted. Further, Scrum terms are also included in the glossary and linked to that specific method.
Karim Salem
Client Relations Lead| Meirc Training & Consulting
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The practice guide is really clear and helpful!
Keketso Mokoena
Program Manager | Alexforbes
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Thanks for info. It is very informative and relevant
Incorporating Agile into PMI-based exams is the direction to go in the light of the present new normal, business is no more as usual. Thank you PMI for taking this laudable route.
Where can I download a copy of the PMI Guide for Business Analysis that is mentioned above? I was able to find the Business Analysis for Practitioners.
Thanks,
Rena
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