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Is PMI-ACP the next step after earning the PMP?

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Joshua Hestand Senior Project Manager| Geodis Nashville, Tn, United States
I earned the PMP and want to continue sharpening the skills in Agile work and methodology. I am thinking about taking the PMI-ACP certification and am wondering if anyone out there has advice or suggestions on if this is an intelligent step and if so what training you would recommend, or if there is a more recommended certification for a senior pm role. Thank you for your thoughts!
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Carl Peters Project Manager & Consultant| https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-peters/ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
If you use Agile in your work, the answer is yes! The PMI-ACP questions require a deeper understanding of Agile than the PMP exam questions. I did both exams this year and I found the PMI-ACP exam to be more difficult than the PMP exam (in general) and I had the PSM even before I did my PMP. Hope this helps.
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Glenn Farrow Product Specialist - Certifications| PMI Newtown Square, Pa, United States
You may find this link helpful ...

https://www.pmi.org/certifications/become-a-project-manager
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James Dunn Project Manager| Acres Enterprises Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Nov 28, 2021 9:32 AM
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Joshua -

The ACP is one of the few methodology/framework/toolkit agnostic certifications out there, and with close to 50K folks certified already, there is "some" recognition of it by recruiters and hiring managers but not as much as the long standing (e.g. CSM, SAFe) methodology-focused ones.

There is also some risk that PMI might drop the ACP at some point as part of a normalization of their credentials based on their focus on Disciplined Agile.

Kiron
Hey Kiron, I'm curious about your opinion of PSM/PSPO compared to CSM/CSPO ? I have PSM I. I believe when I did the exam it was significantly cheaper than the CSM but on the other hand you needed to achieve a much higher grade to receive the certification. It was something like a 60% or higher compared to 85% or higher. Something like that. Do you believe they are viewed the same or is one more sought after? They both seem to have similar levels (3).
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Dec 31, 2021 6:46 PM
Kiron Bondale
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They are quite similar, James, so it really comes down to who reviews your profile and what their preference is. Cost-wise, Scrum.org's certs are much cheaper than Scrum Alliance but the latter has much higher brand recognition with the CSM.

I'd definitely recommend going for PSM II if you have already achieved the PSM I as the costs are a fraction of what the higher Scrum Alliance certs would be...

Kiron
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Dec 31, 2021 10:50 AM
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Hey Kiron, I'm curious about your opinion of PSM/PSPO compared to CSM/CSPO ? I have PSM I. I believe when I did the exam it was significantly cheaper than the CSM but on the other hand you needed to achieve a much higher grade to receive the certification. It was something like a 60% or higher compared to 85% or higher. Something like that. Do you believe they are viewed the same or is one more sought after? They both seem to have similar levels (3).
They are quite similar, James, so it really comes down to who reviews your profile and what their preference is. Cost-wise, Scrum.org's certs are much cheaper than Scrum Alliance but the latter has much higher brand recognition with the CSM.

I'd definitely recommend going for PSM II if you have already achieved the PSM I as the costs are a fraction of what the higher Scrum Alliance certs would be...

Kiron
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Ali Nour Eddine Project Manager| Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
just my 2 cents, there is no overlap at all between the agile pmp content for the pmp certification and the PMI-ACP certification content. I felt the PMI-ACP covers all aspects of agile in a generalized way while. PMP agile content covers the agile project manager more.
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