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PMI-ACP® Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Study Guide
by J. Ashley Hunt
PMI-ACP Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner Exam Study Guide
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Preface
Introduction
It Pays to Get Certified
How Certification Helps Your Career
Steps to Getting Certified and Staying Certified
How to Obtain More Information
Before You Begin Studying for the PMI-ACP® Certification Exam
Why Become PMI-ACP® Certified?
How to Become a PMI-ACP Certified Professional
Who Should Read This Book?
What Does This Book Cover?
Tips for Taking the PMI-ACP Exam
What’s Included in the Book
Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
How to Use This Book and the Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
PMI-ACP® Exam Objectives
PMI-ACP® Certification Exam Objective Map
Assessment Test
Answers to Assessment Test
Chapter 1 Agile Foundations
History and the Agile Manifesto
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 2 Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP)
What Is Scrum?
The Scrum Team
Scrum Artifacts
Scrum Events
The Daily Scrum
The Sprint Review
The Sprint Retrospective
eXtreme Programming (XP) Overview
Core Practices of XP
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 3 Key Aspects of Additional Agile Methodologies
Dynamic Systems Development Method
Kanban
What Is Lean Product/Software Development?
Feature-Driven Development
Crystal Methods
Adaptive Software Development (ASD)
Creating a Successful Mindset
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 4 Agile Initiation and Stakeholder Engagement
Charters and Agile Projects
Determining Return on Investment
Techniques of Pre-Project Engagement
The Definition of Done
Agile Knowledge Sharing and Communication
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 5 The Human Side of Agile Project Management
Interpersonal Skills
Conflict Resolution
Adaptive Leadership
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 6 Agile Estimation and Planning
Iteration Zero
Analyzing Based on Business Value
Timeboxing
Themes, Epics, and User Stories
Backlog Refinement
Story Mapping
Relative Sizing
Planning Poker
Planning Poker Best Practices
Initial Velocity
Iteration/Sprint Calculations
Story Point Estimates and Spikes
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 7 Effective Team Performance on Agile Projects
Tuckman’s Ladder
Shu Ha Ri and Skill Mastery
Dreyfus Model: Five Stages of Skill Acquisition
Collaborative Working Environments
Distributed Teams
Osmotic Communication
Team and Individual Coaching
Velocity Tracking
Burn Down and Burn Up Charts
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 8 Agile Execution and Tracking of Iterations
Return on Investment and Benefit Measurement Methods
Earned Value Analysis
Key Performance Indicators
The Triple Constraints
The Gulf of Misunderstanding
Dot Voting, or Multi-Voting
MoSCoW
Monopoly Money
100 Points
Kano Analysis
Customized Procurement
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 9 Detecting Problems and Working Through Changes
The Cost of Changes
Determining Defects
Risk Management
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 10 Tailoring, Quality Management, and Improving Project Processes
Tailoring
Tailoring and the PMBOK® Guide
Lead Time and Cycle Time
Process Improvement
Value Stream Mapping
Continuous Product Improvement
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Appendix A Next Steps
What Is the PMI-ACP Certification?
Tools and Techniques Overview
Task Overview
Tools and Techniques Overview
Knowledge and Skills
Concluding Thoughts
Appendix B Answers to Review Questions
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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About the Author
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Preface
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Preface
Introduction
It Pays to Get Certified
How Certification Helps Your Career
Steps to Getting Certified and Staying Certified
How to Obtain More Information
Before You Begin Studying for the PMI-ACP® Certification Exam
Why Become PMI-ACP® Certified?
How to Become a PMI-ACP Certified Professional
Who Should Read This Book?
What Does This Book Cover?
Tips for Taking the PMI-ACP Exam
What’s Included in the Book
Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
How to Use This Book and the Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
PMI-ACP® Exam Objectives
PMI-ACP® Certification Exam Objective Map
Assessment Test
Answers to Assessment Test
Chapter 1 Agile Foundations
History and the Agile Manifesto
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 2 Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP)
What Is Scrum?
The Scrum Team
Scrum Artifacts
Scrum Events
The Daily Scrum
The Sprint Review
The Sprint Retrospective
eXtreme Programming (XP) Overview
Core Practices of XP
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 3 Key Aspects of Additional Agile Methodologies
Dynamic Systems Development Method
Kanban
What Is Lean Product/Software Development?
Feature-Driven Development
Crystal Methods
Adaptive Software Development (ASD)
Creating a Successful Mindset
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 4 Agile Initiation and Stakeholder Engagement
Charters and Agile Projects
Determining Return on Investment
Techniques of Pre-Project Engagement
The Definition of Done
Agile Knowledge Sharing and Communication
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 5 The Human Side of Agile Project Management
Interpersonal Skills
Conflict Resolution
Adaptive Leadership
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 6 Agile Estimation and Planning
Iteration Zero
Analyzing Based on Business Value
Timeboxing
Themes, Epics, and User Stories
Backlog Refinement
Story Mapping
Relative Sizing
Planning Poker
Planning Poker Best Practices
Initial Velocity
Iteration/Sprint Calculations
Story Point Estimates and Spikes
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 7 Effective Team Performance on Agile Projects
Tuckman’s Ladder
Shu Ha Ri and Skill Mastery
Dreyfus Model: Five Stages of Skill Acquisition
Collaborative Working Environments
Distributed Teams
Osmotic Communication
Team and Individual Coaching
Velocity Tracking
Burn Down and Burn Up Charts
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 8 Agile Execution and Tracking of Iterations
Return on Investment and Benefit Measurement Methods
Earned Value Analysis
Key Performance Indicators
The Triple Constraints
The Gulf of Misunderstanding
Dot Voting, or Multi-Voting
MoSCoW
Monopoly Money
100 Points
Kano Analysis
Customized Procurement
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 9 Detecting Problems and Working Through Changes
The Cost of Changes
Determining Defects
Risk Management
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Chapter 10 Tailoring, Quality Management, and Improving Project Processes
Tailoring
Tailoring and the
PMBOK
®
Guide
Lead Time and Cycle Time
Process Improvement
Value Stream Mapping
Continuous Product Improvement
Summary
Exam Essentials
Review Questions
Appendix A Next Steps
What Is the PMI-ACP Certification?
Tools and Techniques Overview
Task Overview
Tools and Techniques Overview
Knowledge and Skills
Concluding Thoughts
Appendix B Answers to Review Questions
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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List of Tables
Chapter 5
TABLE 5.1
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
FIGURE 1.1
The Satir model
Chapter 2
FIGURE 2.1
INVEST
FIGURE 2.2
Scrum Events
Chapter 3
FIGURE 3.1
The eight principles of DSDM
FIGURE 3.2
Kanban boards
FIGURE 3.3
The seven wastes of lean software development
FIGURE 3.4
The ASD cycle
FIGURE 3.5
Leading Agile projects
Chapter 4
FIGURE 4.1
Elevator statement format
FIGURE 4.2
Basic wireframe for phone app
FIGURE 4.3
User story workshop process
FIGURE 4.4
INVEST
Chapter 5
FIGURE 5.1
The gulf of misunderstanding
FIGURE 5.2
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
FIGURE 5.3
Tuckman’s Ladder
Chapter 6
FIGURE 6.1
The generic timeboxes of an Agile life cycle
FIGURE 6.2
From epics to user stories
FIGURE 6.3
Epics, themes, and user stories
FIGURE 6.4
Story mapping
FIGURE 6.5
Planning poker cards
FIGURE 6.6
How many iterations?
FIGURE 6.7
Velocity chart
Chapter 7
FIGURE 7.1
The Dreyfus Model
FIGURE 7.2
Team role designations
FIGURE 7.3
Velocity tracking
FIGURE 7.4
Burn down chart
FIGURE 7.5
Burn up chart
Chapter 8
FIGURE 8.1
SMART
FIGURE 8.2
The competing constraints
FIGURE 8.3
Kano analysis
Chapter 9
FIGURE 9.1
Macro refactor
FIGURE 9.2
Standard prompt lists
FIGURE 9.3
SWOT
FIGURE 9.4
Risk burn down charts
Chapter 10
FIGURE 10.1
Mapping Agile to the
PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition
FIGURE 10.2
Lead time and cycle time
FIGURE 10.3
Value stream and process mapping
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