Hello All,
As we all know the PMP exam is changing next month and I have heard is the main change will be that the exam will now be focused on Agile up to 50% of the course content. If this is correct, what do you think will happen to PMI ACP certification? Will it be discontinued or become absolete?
Any thoughts?
The ACP is here to stay for the foreseeable future - it has its place in PMI's agile roadmap similar to other DA-focused agile certifications. There is a difference between the PMP which is clearly focused on the role of a PM and the ACP which is for a "practitioner" who could be anyone from a Scrum Master to a team lead.
Hi,
This year I attained a PMP and PMI-ACP certification. I do find both very complementary, even if the PMP will incorporate more and more Agile concepts. The path to both certifications is a valuable journey and the PMI-ACP pushes you a bit more to dive into Agile. I was very pleased that it was framework neutral. Currently I'm part of a transformation team to implement SAFe at Argenta (medium sized bank-insurance company in Belgium) and I was more able to challenge and improve the transformation.
Next year I will probably dive deeper into SAFe at the portfolio level.
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