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1. AGILE CERTIFICATION WAR!
Are you in or out?
By Christine Aykac, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP

2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. WHY ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOVING
TOWARDS AGILE?
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7. LET’S AGREE ON WHAT AGILE IS!
Manifesto
Principles
Methodologies
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8. AGILE METHODOLOGIES
Scrum
Crystal Kanban
DSDM Agile Lean
XP FDD
TDD
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9. • CSM
• CertfAPM
• ICAgile
• PMI-ACP
• PSM

10. CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER
(CSM)
By Scrum Alliance

11. CSM EXAM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience
None!
Requirements
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
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12. CERTIFIED AGILE PROJECT
MANAGER (CERTF. APM)
By Project Management Association of Canada

13. CERTF. APMS EXAM QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Two years of recognized project, portfolio or
program management experience.
Or
Experience
Accepted credentials include:
Requirements
• 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
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14. CERTIFIED ICAGILE
PROFESSIONAL
By International Consortium for Agile

15. ICAGILE EXAM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience
None
Requirements
Training 2 days in class
Examination None
Maintenance No continuing education requirement
Cost Approx $1,500 Training
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16. AGILE CERTIFIED
PRACTITIONER
By Project Management Institute

17. PMI-ACP EXAM QUALIFICATIONS
Educational Level Secondary degree (high school or equivalent) or higher
2,000 hours working on project teams. These hours must be
General PM
earned within the last 5 years. Note: a PMP will be accepted to
Experience
fulfill these requirements.
1,500 hours working on Agile project teams or in Agile
Agile PM methodologies. These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours
Experience required in general project management experience. These hours
must be earned within the last 2 years.
21 contact hours; hours must be earned in Agile project
Training
management topics
Examination By Prometric Testing Centers – 120 Multiple choice questions
30 PDUs/3 CEUs every 3 years in Agile project management
Maintenance
Note: hours would count toward PMP
3 days training – $1,200
Cost
$435 Member, $495 Non Member exam fee
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18. PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER
By Scrum.Org

19. PSM EXAM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience Knowledge on Scrum guide
Requirements 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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20. DESIGNATION COMPARISON
 Recognition
 Usage
 Cost
 Benefits
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21. PROS & CONS FOR EACH CERTIFICATION TYPE
PM Application Acceptance
Experience
CSM Junior SW Global
Development
Certf APM Junior IT PM Canadian
ICAgile Junior IT PM European
PMI-ACP Intermediate PM Global
PSM Senior SW North
Development American
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22. RESOURCES
Internet PMI-ACP Exam Help:
 www.agilemanifesto.com  PMI Agile Support Group
 http://www.lithespeed.com/  PMI Agile Community of Practice
resources.htm
 http://www.agilealliance.org
 PMI Agile Toolbox
 http://www.apln.org  Linkedin:
 http://www.scrumalliance.org  Agile PMP Certification
 http://www.scrum.org/  PMI-ACP Support Group
 http://www.icagile.com/index.html  PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
 http://www.pmac-agpc.ca/ PMI-ACP Exam Prep Study Group
 http://
www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/
 http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com/
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24. DON’T BE LATE!
Upcoming PMI –ACP Exam Preparation Training:
May 15 - 17, 2013
Total 21 Contact Hours
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Thank you!
Christine Aykac, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP
Consultant – Program Manager - Instructor
christine@wareness.com
www.wareness.com
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