PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) Online Training & Certification Prep
Demonstrate cross-framework agile expertise with the PMI-ACP—PMI's practitioner-level agile credential covering Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and SAFe. The program satisfies the 21 contact-hour training requirement and prepares you for the breadth of agile methodologies tested on the exam.
Course Overview
The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) is PMI’s practitioner-level credential for agile professionals. Unlike certifications tied to a single framework, the PMI-ACP validates knowledge across multiple agile methodologies—Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), and scaled frameworks such as SAFe—reflecting the multi-method reality of enterprise agile delivery.
Boost eLearning’s PMI-ACP prep program delivers 21 contact hours of agile training, satisfying PMI’s mandatory education requirement for the credential. The curriculum is structured around the PMI-ACP Examination Content Outline and covers all seven domains: Agile Principles & Mindset; Value-Driven Delivery; Stakeholder Engagement; Team Performance; Adaptive Planning; Problem Detection & Resolution; and Continuous Improvement.
Available as self-paced online, live-virtual, and on-site delivery, all facilitated by Certified Partner instructors who hold active agile credentials and practical delivery experience across multiple frameworks. Boost eLearning’s Skills-Retention design reinforces domain mastery through situation-based exercises and practice scenarios that reflect the applied judgment style of PMI-ACP exam questions.
The PMI-ACP is valued by practitioners who work across Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid environments and want a credential that recognizes agile breadth rather than single-framework depth. It is particularly relevant for project managers, product owners, scrum masters, agile coaches, and team leads operating in organizations where agile and hybrid delivery are the norm.
The course includes full-length practice exams with rationale, a cross-framework comparison reference, and our Pass Guarantee. PDUs earned through this course count toward PMI-ACP renewal, supporting ongoing professional development beyond certification.
What You'll Learn
- Satisfy PMI's 21 contact-hour agile training requirement for PMI-ACP eligibility
- Apply agile principles and mindset across Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and hybrid delivery contexts
- Facilitate value-driven delivery using backlog prioritization, incremental releases, and MoSCoW analysis
- Build and sustain high-performing agile teams using servant-leadership and team-performance practices
- Engage stakeholders effectively using agile communication, feedback loops, and collaborative planning
- Construct and adapt agile plans using iteration planning, velocity forecasting, and release planning
- Detect and resolve problems using agile retrospectives, root cause analysis, and continuous inspection
- Apply continuous improvement practices including kaizen, process metrics, and Definition of Done refinement
- Distinguish when to use Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe, or hybrid approaches given project and organizational context
- Interpret PMI-ACP exam scenarios using a structured agile decision framework
Who This Course Is For
- Project managers and program managers working in agile or hybrid delivery environments
- Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and agile team leads seeking a multi-framework credential
- Agile coaches and delivery managers wanting formal recognition of cross-framework expertise
- IT professionals, business analysts, and engineers who participate in agile delivery cycles
- PMP holders expanding their credentials to cover agile and hybrid methodologies
Course Outline
- PMI-ACP Examination Content Outline: seven domains
- Agile Manifesto: 4 values and 12 principles
- Comparison of agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, SAFe
- Application eligibility: 21 training hours + project experience requirements
- Backlog creation and prioritization: MoSCoW, Kano, relative weighting
- Minimum viable product (MVP) and minimum marketable features (MMF)
- Incremental delivery and release planning
- Definition of Done and acceptance criteria
- Risk-adjusted backlog and return on investment thinking
- Identifying and engaging stakeholders in agile contexts
- Customer collaboration and product owner responsibilities
- Agile communication tools: information radiators, burndown charts, kanban boards
- Managing distributed and cross-functional stakeholder groups
- Agile team structures: cross-functional, self-organizing teams
- Servant leadership and coaching models
- Team development stages: forming, storming, norming, performing
- Conflict resolution in agile teams
- Velocity, capacity, and sustainable pace
- Agile planning layers: portfolio, product, release, iteration
- Story mapping and product roadmaps
- Velocity-based and throughput-based forecasting
- Planning Poker and estimation techniques
- Rolling wave planning in hybrid environments
- Agile metrics: velocity, cycle time, lead time, cumulative flow diagrams
- Retrospective formats and facilitation techniques
- Root cause analysis: 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams
- Technical debt identification and management
- Spike solutions and timeboxed experimentation
- Kaizen and continuous improvement culture
- Process improvement: value stream mapping basics
- SAFe overview: PI Planning, Agile Release Train
- Disciplined Agile and LeSS frameworks overview
- Scaling agile in distributed enterprise environments
- PMI-ACP question style: scenario-based applied judgment
- Cross-framework terminology and comparison review
- Two full-length practice exams with detailed rationale
- Domain-by-domain gap analysis and targeted review
About the Certification Exam
- Exam code
- PMI-ACP
- Length
- 180 minutes
- Questions
- 120 questions (multiple choice)
- Passing score
- Pass/fail; specific passing score not published by PMI
- Exam cost
- ~$435 USD (PMI member) / ~$495 USD (non-member)
- Where
- Pearson VUE test center or online proctored
The certification exam fee is paid separately to the testing provider and is not included in the course price unless stated otherwise.
Pass Guarantee Included
Complete this course and if you don't pass the certification exam on your first attempt, we'll refund your course fee or give you a free retake — your choice.
