AGILE CERTIFICATION WAR!

Are you in or out?

By Christine Aykac, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP

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AGENDA

  About Me!

  What Challenges are You Trying to Overcome?

  Why is it Valuable to Have an Agile Certification?

  What is Agile?

  What Are the Different Agile Certifications?   Certified Agile Project Manager (Certf.APM)

  Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

  Certified Cagile Professional (ICAgile)

  PMI- Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)

  Professional Scrum Master

  What are the Pros and Cons for Each Certification Type?

  Questions & Answers

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WHO AM I?   As an Instructor:

  Developed and delivered first training in 1999 @ Canada: MS Project customized course

  Master Instructor at ITpreneurs to deliver PMP and PMI-ACP certification courses

  PMI-ACP Master Trainer at ITpreneurs to Train the Trainer

  Design and delivers Risk Management courses, incl PMI-RMP certification course

  Consulting Practice

  Over 20 years in hands-on delivery of enterprise scale projects and programs in a variety of industries

Currently, concentrated on Portfolio, and Program Management and Methodologies.

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WHY IS IT VALUABLE TO HAVE AN AGILE CERTIFICATION?

 Learn something new  Leads to more interesting jobs  To get a raise  Teach your team how to collaborate  Learn how to make your sponsors happy  Have more fun

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WHO VALUES AGILE CERTIFICATION?

 68% of the organizations using Agile practices would find value in an Agile Certification for their practitioner

 63% of hiring managers would encourage their project managers to pursue an Agile certification

Source: PMI research 2010

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WHY ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOVING TOWARDS AGILE?

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LET’S AGREE ON WHAT AGILE IS!

Manifesto

Principles

Methodologies

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AGILE METHODOLOGIES

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

Lean

FDD

TDD

XP

DSDM

Crystal

• CSM • Certf APM • ICAgile • PMI-ACP • PSM

CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER (CSM)

By Scrum Alliance

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Experience Requirements None!

Training 2 days in class (14 PDU)

Exam End of the training

Maintenance No continuing education requirement

Cost $1,400 Training, Test and 2 years Membership

CSM EXAM QUALIFICATIONS

CERTIFIED AGILE PROJECT MANAGER (CERTF. APM)

By Project Management Association of Canada

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Experience Requirements

Minimum Two years of recognized project, portfolio or program management experience. Or Accepted credentials include:

•  Academic Degrees •  Academic Certificates •  PM Certifications

Training 2 days in class

Exam End of the training, 40 Multiple choice questions

Maintenance No continuing education requirement

Cost $150 including 6 months PMAC membership

CERTF. APMS EXAM QUALIFICATIONS

CERTIFIED ICAGILE PROFESSIONAL

By International Consortium for Agile

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ICAGILE EXAM QUALIFICATIONS

Experience Requirements None

Training 2 days in class

Examination None

Maintenance No continuing education requirement

Cost Approx $1,500 Training

AGILE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER

By Project Management Institute

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Educational Level Secondary degree (high school or equivalent) or higher

General PM Experience

2,000 hours working on project teams. These hours must be earned within the last 5 years. Note: a PMP will be accepted to fulfill these requirements.

Agile PM Experience

1,500 hours working on Agile project teams or in Agile methodologies. These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in general project management experience. These hours must be earned within the last 2 years.

Training 21 contact hours; hours must be earned in Agile project management topics

Examination By Prometric Testing Centers – 120 Multiple choice questions

Maintenance 30 PDUs/3 CEUs every 3 years in Agile project management Note: hours would count toward PMP

Cost 3 days training – $1,200 $435 Member, $495 Non Member exam fee

PMI-ACP EXAM QUALIFICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER

By Scrum.Org

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PSM EXAM QUALIFICATIONS

Experience Requirements

Knowledge on Scrum guide PSM Level II – PSM I

Training 2 days in class

Examination Within 14 days to write the exam

Maintenance No continuing education requirement

Cost Training C$1,295 including exam

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DESIGNATION COMPARISON

 Recognition  Usage  Cost  Benefits

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PROS & CONS FOR EACH CERTIFICATION TYPE

PM Experience

Application Acceptance

CSM Junior SW Development

Global

Certf APM Junior IT PM Canadian

ICAgile Junior IT PM European

PMI-ACP Intermediate PM Global

PSM Senior SW Development

North American

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RESOURCES

  www.agilemanifesto.com   http://www.lithespeed.com/

resources.htm   http://www.agilealliance.org

  http://www.apln.org   http://www.scrumalliance.org

  http://www.scrum.org/   http://www.icagile.com/index.html

  http://www.pmac-agpc.ca/   http://

www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/

  http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com/

  PMI Agile Support Group   PMI Agile Community of Practice   PMI Agile Toolbox   Linkedin:

  Agile PMP Certification   PMI-ACP Support Group   PMI Agile Certified Practitioner

PMI-ACP Exam Prep Study Group

Internet PMI-ACP Exam Help:

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WARENESS SERVICE OFFERINGS

Optimization – services focused on improving business and process

performance with the key goals of minimizing cost and maximizing

throughput, efficiency and effectiveness.

Training – services that support organizational excellence, we offer classroom, virtual, eLearning and blended courses while helping our clients increase productivity with

employee learning and empowerment.

Project Management – services that allow the organization to

establish and set goals and monitor outcomes to ensure these goals are

consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner.

Advisory – provision of thought leadership and ongoing guidance to

organizations who are heavily invested in or about to embark on

organizational improvement initiatives.

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DON’T BE LATE!

Upcoming PMI –ACP Exam Preparation Training: May 15 - 17, 2013 Total 21 Contact Hours Register: www.wareness.com/events

CSM Training – Contact us for on site training information.

Thank you! Christine Aykac, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP Consultant – Program Manager - Instructor

christine@wareness.com www.wareness.com