Bryan CampbellAgile Transformation and Coaching| 7C's Consulting Inc.Tomball, Tx, United States
I was reviewing the PMI reference material for the ACP and was wondering when/how this listed gets updated to reflect more current trends. Would SAFe be an area where questions on the exam might appear for example? Also some of this material like the Jim Highsmith Agile Project Management references seems quite dated (I haven't seen Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close used as phases on an Agile project and the use of explicit phases seems a bit contrarian to a lot of Agile principles). Saving Changes...
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I have the certification. In fact, I was one of the first people to get it in the whole world. I am saying that because if you are planning to get it (sorry if I misunderstood your point) it is really a mess to study for it. Mainly because you can find diferent approach for the same concept in multiple books referenced (for example the number of sprints or the time for each sprints). In my personal experience this is a certification where you really need to have some experience in have been working more than one method to really undestand what the exam question is asking for. Saving Changes...
Kristin JonesSocial Media Specialist III| PMINewtown Square, Pa, United States
Thank you for your inquiry regarding the PMI-ACP! The PMI-ACP steering committee and task force recently reviewed and updated the reference list as part of the exam update process. There was an in-depth discussion on SAFe and scaling in general, and it was decided that although scaling is a very important topic to the Agile community, individuals who just meet the minimum eligibility requirements for the PMI-ACP certification (1,500 hours working on Agile project teams) would not be at a point in their career when they should be expected to implement Agile at the enterprise level. Based on this decision, the topic of scaling is not part of the current exam content outline or reference list. However, an updated role delineation study is conducted on a regular basis to ensure the exam evolves appropriately with the role of the Agile practitioner, so this could be changed in a future version of the exam content outline and reference list. Saving Changes...
Bryan CampbellAgile Transformation and Coaching| 7C's Consulting Inc.Tomball, Tx, United States
Thanks for the information Kristin. That definitely makes sense about SAFe, I had some colleagues asking about how SAFe factored into the PMI-ACP material and you've answered the question.
Is there a timetable for the next exam refresh?
@Sergio, thanks for the response, I took the exam early too and I agree that a lot of the Agile literature hasn't really matured to the point there's a 'canon' like the PMBOK which makes preparing challenging :-) Saving Changes...
Kristin JonesSocial Media Specialist III| PMINewtown Square, Pa, United States
No problem!
For all of PMI’s certifications, the exam content outlines are updated every 3 to 5 years, depending on how rapidly the profession has evolved. For PMI-ACP this tends to fall closer to the 3-year timeframe. Saving Changes...
