PMI-ACP® Exam Prep Course Outline

🔰 Course Overview

The PMI-ACP® certification from Project Management Institute validates your ability to lead Agile teams using multiple frameworks—not just one.

This course prepares you to:
✔ Pass the PMI-ACP exam confidently
✔ Apply Agile in real-world projects
✔ Transition from traditional PM to Agile leadership

🎯 Course Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand Agile principles & mindset deeply
• Apply frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean
• Deliver value using iterative & incremental approaches
• Manage Agile teams effectively (servant leadership)
• Solve scenario-based PMI-ACP exam questions
• Apply Agile metrics for decision-making

🧭 Course Structure (Domain-Based)

🧠 Domain 1: Agile Principles & Mindset

Focus: Thinking Agile, Not Just Doing Agile

Modules:

• Agile Manifesto & Principles
• Lean Thinking & Value Stream
• Systems Thinking
• Cynefin Framework (Complex vs Complicated)
• Agile vs Predictive vs Hybrid

📌 Key outcome: Shift from control mindset → value-driven mindset

👥 Domain 2: Team Performance

Focus: Building High-Performing Agile Teams

Modules:

• Servant Leadership
• Team Formation (Tuckman Model)
• Emotional Intelligence
• Conflict Management
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Self-Organizing Teams
• Psychological Safety

📌 Key outcome: Lead without authority

🤝 Domain 3: Stakeholder Engagement

Focus: Continuous Collaboration

Modules:

• Stakeholder Identification & Analysis
• Agile Communication Techniques
• Feedback Loops
• Customer Collaboration
• Managing Expectations
• Information Radiators

📌 Key outcome: Engage stakeholders continuously

📦 Domain 4: Value-Driven Delivery

Focus: Delivering Maximum Value Early

Modules:

• Product Vision & Roadmap
• Backlog Management & Refinement
• User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
• MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
• Prioritization Techniques (MoSCoW, WSJF)
• Incremental Delivery

📌 Key outcome: Deliver value, not just features

🔍 Domain 5: Adaptive Planning

Focus: Planning in Uncertainty

Modules:

• Rolling Wave Planning
• Iteration Planning
• Release Planning
• Estimation Techniques (Story Points, Planning Poker)
• Velocity & Forecasting

📌 Key outcome: Plan just enough, adapt continuously

🚀 Domain 6: Problem Detection & Resolution

Focus: Continuous Improvement

Modules:

• Root Cause Analysis
• Retrospectives
• Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
• Risk Management in Agile
• Issue Resolution Techniques

📌 Key outcome: Build a learning organization

📊 Domain 7: Continuous Improvement (Product & Process)

Focus: Optimize Flow & Quality

Modules:

• Kanban Flow Metrics (WIP, Cycle Time, Throughput)
• Burnup & Burndown Charts
• Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)
• Technical Debt Management
• DevOps & Continuous Delivery

📌 Key outcome: Improve predictability & performance