Disciplined Agile and PMI-ACP?
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by Scott Ambler
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We are often asked how Disciplined Agile (DA) and PMI-ACP fit together and whether DA is meant to replace PMI-ACP. Fair enough. So I thought I would write this short blog to help clear the air. Here are the key points:
- PMI-ACP isn't going away. The PMI-ACP program has been very successful, so of course we're keeping it.
- DA and PMI-ACP fit well together. We will release an updated agile certification roadmap towards the end of August that makes this very clear. We're currently finalizing our testing of the strategy out in the marketplace and will publicly release it very soon. Stay tuned here for a detailed announcement.
- The PMI-ACP certification will evolve over time. At some point it would be reasonable to see the ACP certification explicitly include the advanced agile and lean concepts that DA encompasses. Don't worry, we'll let you know about any changes to the PMI-ACP certification long before they happen, just as we do with other certifications.
- PMI-ACP and DA are running in parallel right now. The two programs each have their own schedules. When and if we decide to merge them in some way we will make that clear to everyone.
- We're working together. The DA team is working with many teams within PMI to bring you world-class offerings, including the ACP team.
In summary, you don't have anything to worry about and it's only getting better.
Update: We now have an Agile Certifications landing page that explains the program.
Posted on: July 27, 2020 04:05 PM |
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Thanks for clearing the air on this, Scott - it's one of the most frequently asked questions I get asked!
Kiron
I concur with Kiron. Lots of questions about this. Thanks.
Drew Craig
Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard
Philadelphia, Pa, United States
The released information and roadmap will be helpful to support the premise. Thanks!
Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Thanks for the updates Scott. Looking forward to seeing the roadmap.
Nellaiappan L
Sr. Technical Project Manager| Macrosoft Inc
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Thanks for the update Scott. I have started in preparation for PMI-ACP and hitting my mind whether it will be worth if DA overcomes in future. A kind of oscillating mind which gets clarified.
Umakant Sethi
Sr Project Manager| DP World
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thanks for clarifying the confusion. This helps to choose the right certification based on someone’s career choice.
Thanks Scott, brings clarity
vivek garg
Agile Coach / Vice President| Deutsche Bank
Ghaziabad, Utterpradesh, India
Thanks Scott for sharing, would be happy to see the roadmap and happy to contribute on the same
Stelian ROMAN
Project Manager| MicroSafety
Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
They are not exclusive. People should read more before asking silly questions.
Thanks for clarifying that.
Joao Sarmento
Senior Project/Program Manager| UNITEL
Luanda, Luanda, Angola
Love the strait forward answers!
Thanks Scott!
Ciprian David
Director IT Project Management| Cocomore AG
Linden, Hesse, Germany
They are integrated right now, at least on paper, but to me and maybe to other members or certification candidates, the phrasing in this post implies that there is still a lack of clarity about the future of ACP. It might stay a part of the DA funnel, it might be melted into it (do then ACP certificate holders get an according DA certificate level?), or it might vanish. All is open.
From an end-user perspective, the first point is worrysome: ACP has been very successful so of course we're keeping it.
Well, that's what is probably about to change with DA, and very much depends on how you market the two programs. As end users, I don't want anyone in my team to get certified on something that has been successful in an economic sense within PMI. I want them to get certified in something that is widely recognized, accepted, and will still add value to their CVs in 5 years.
I totally understand that this aspect cannot be addressed without performance data from the market, but past success, when everything is shifting, doesn't say much.
Scott Ambler
Consulting Methodologist| Ambysoft Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ciprian, the point of the post is that we're not doing anything to ACP in the short term. Of course in the long term that decision may change, but right now we have no intention to make significant changes to ACP.
Ciprian David
Director IT Project Management| Cocomore AG
Linden, Hesse, Germany
Hi Scott, thanks for replying! this is exactly what I write too. It cannot be touched, because it works, and the rest is yet to discover.
Which is not cool for anyone wanting to train something agile right now, but that's life I guess, mergers take time to work into the existing structures.
It's just not saying either something like: our current plan is to figure it out by Q1 2021, or whatever half-grspable deadline :)
Scott Ambler
Consulting Methodologist| Ambysoft Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ciprian, we have figured it out and we'll be posting the strategy later this month.
Ciprian David
Director IT Project Management| Cocomore AG
Linden, Hesse, Germany
Congrats!! how crazily unexpected! Keep on rocking!
Stelian ROMAN
Project Manager| MicroSafety
Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
Thank you very much Scott for clarifying this . Of course , i was told that CDA is now under revamping?
Are we expecting any new recognition?
Scott Ambler
Consulting Methodologist| Ambysoft Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
We will be announcing the updates later this month.
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