Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

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1. PMI-ACP
• PMI- ACP refers to Project Management Institute -Agile Certified Practitioner sponsored by PMI. It is a certification that is tests the agile practices and knowledge with agile techniques.
• PMI-ACP covers different agile techniques like but not limited to Scrum, Kanban, Test driven Development, extreme programming (XP) and Lean. One with PMI-ACP certification can excel into any type of project.
• This PMI-ACP certification is good compared to others especially when organization is adapting agile environment.
• PMI-ACP certification exam have 120 multiple-choice questions. And 3 hours time to finish.
• Certification fee is $405 for members and $555 for non members
• It is necessary to obtain 30 professional development units (PDU) …show more content…

Required to take CSM course from CST (certified Scrum Trainer). It is 16 hours (2 days) of training.

2. Scrum.org
• Like Scrum Alliance Scrum.org provides different certification like Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSP), Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) and Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS).
• In PSM, there are three different levels for certification that test scrum knowledge and how to perform in scrum environment using that scrum knowledge.
• First level of assessment is foundation that proves how much you understand the scrum and the ability to apply those scrum values. Intermediate (Second level of assessment) is advanced level of scrum mastery. It proves that you understand the hidden values and principles of scrum and apply that knowledge into real-life, complex projects. Third level of PSM is advanced level that shows that you understand every bit of scrum values and principles and apply it effectively in complex teams across the organization in any situation.
• It highly recommended to attend the Scrum classes but NOT mandatory.
• There are 80 questions for certification with time limit of 60 minutes only. And you must score 85% to get certified.
• Exam fee is $150.

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