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Will PMI-ACP certification retire or be useless?

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HAWAZIN ABBASI CEO/ Project Manager| SMART Leaders Solutions Lincoln, Ne, United States
Dear PMI members,

Do you think the PMI will retire the PMI-ACP certification or PMI-ACP be useless near the future? The reason I am saying this is the newest PMP exam has 50% of Agile questions. Therefore, the PMP holders can do the agile, or at least they have the appropriate knowledge to use Agile in their projects, thoughts?

Thanks!

Hawazin
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Aditi Singla Technical Project Manager| Bond Brand Loyalty Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Hi Hawazin,

I agree with you and had similar doubts after completing my PMP this June. What I understood is, there is still little to no knowledge to outside world that PMP now covers good amount of agile, because of which I think in any job posting we still see PMP along with other Agile certifications (ACP, CSM, PSM, etc) to be either must have or nice to have.

Anyways due to this I completed my ACP this year Oct.

Aditi
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1 reply by Susan Marangos
Nov 20, 2020 1:37 PM
Susan Marangos
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This is basically what I see in almost every job ad. A PMP is required and it's usually strongly preferred to have a CSM/PSM/ACP etc. Not having both on a resume definitely is a disadvantage right now and I don't see that dramatically changing anytime soon as more companies adopt agile in the current environment.

Even if the ad doesn't mention an agile certification - having one seriously pays off in terms of interviews and offers.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
PMI has just refreshed their agile certification journey and the ACP is still a key component of it. Remember that the ACP is aimed at a broad spectrum of practitioners whereas the PMP is specifically aimed at project managers.

I would also expect the PMP agile/hybrid questions to be less in the details of a specific framework/method than the ACP questions are.

Kiron
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Susan Marangos
Nov 16, 2020 2:26 PM
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Hi Hawazin,

I agree with you and had similar doubts after completing my PMP this June. What I understood is, there is still little to no knowledge to outside world that PMP now covers good amount of agile, because of which I think in any job posting we still see PMP along with other Agile certifications (ACP, CSM, PSM, etc) to be either must have or nice to have.

Anyways due to this I completed my ACP this year Oct.

Aditi
This is basically what I see in almost every job ad. A PMP is required and it's usually strongly preferred to have a CSM/PSM/ACP etc. Not having both on a resume definitely is a disadvantage right now and I don't see that dramatically changing anytime soon as more companies adopt agile in the current environment.

Even if the ad doesn't mention an agile certification - having one seriously pays off in terms of interviews and offers.
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Dominic Williams TELUS Ontario, Canada
I believe Agile certification (ACP) will continue to be available. In my industry, and most others, resources are dwindling. The amount of up front (overhead) effort (time / people) to deliver project results via a traditional / waterfall approach no longer exists. While we know the “PMP theory” and rationale behind agile (incremental and lack of detailed requirements), an agile approach is a great way to deliver successful results with a lighter, leaner approach. Essentially you can deliver successful outcomes via ongoing feedback, and rapid change through agile (that you might normally deliver through a traditional approach). For this reason alone, I believe ACP is a very valuable certification.

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