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ULTIMATE GUIDE for Preparing PMI-ACP Certification Exam [Don’t Miss It!!]

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PMI-ACP certification is one of the fastest growing certification from Project Management Institute (PMI). The growth rate is greater than their Key PMP certification. The exam is conducted throughout the year via Prometric testing centers and there is a specific application process you need to follow to take this exam. It is different from other exams since it requires knowledge on agile values, principles and your skills with agile tools and techniques. It covers many approaches to agile like Scrum, Extreme Programming(XP), Kanban, Test-Driven Development(TDD), Crystal, Feature-Driven development(FDD), Dynamic Systems Development Method(DSDM) and Lean Product Development. The spread is more […]

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What resources to use for PMI-ACP® certification exam ?

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PMI-ACP® certification is one of the well proven certifications for aspirants in agile field. Among many other certifications available currently in the market, PMI-ACP® has its edge due to wider coverage of content and PMI assurance. This makes it difficult for aspirant to decide on the resources one should use for preparation of this certification. An important thing is, there is no one guide for ACP® as PMI® has for PMP®. As the demand for agile certified professionals is increasing, PMI-ACP® certification is preferred and in more demand to supply professionals with agile experience and knowledge. Basic resources Before starting

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How to prepare for PMI-ACP® Certification?

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PMI-ACP® certification is well known agile certification. Among the many other certifications available currently in the market, PMI-ACP® has its edge due to wider coverage of content and PMI assurance. As most of the organizations are moving towards agility, gaining an agile certification is more or less must these days. TRY NOW : Whizlabs Free Test for PMI-ACP exam? BUY NOW : Whizlabs Practice Test for PMI-ACP exam? Dynamics of market are changing at such a fast pace that adaptability to new ways of work is must. In this blog we shall be covering the things needed for PMI-ACP® certification

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Top reasons to get PMI ACP® Certified

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In today’s dynamic market environment Agile is the way to work. There are so many different school of thoughts in the market that makes it difficult for anyone to choose among a lot of certifications available in market. Definitely to be up to the market trends one needs to be aware about what is up, with the recent happenings and also what market demands are as part of new career growth opportunities. Agile certifications has been hot in market these days due to organizations moving towards agility. Clients want the working software quickly. There is dynamics in market which makes

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What is Extreme Programming in Agile Software Development?

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The agile software development is an umbrella containing a set of methods and ways to achieve the principles mentioned under the Agile Manifesto. All these methodologies abide by the principles of frequent collaboration between the teams, frequent delivery to the client, self-motivation etc. The methodologies currently being followed are Extreme programming(XP) Dynamic System development method(DSDM) Scrum Agile modelling Agile unified Process Agile Data method Essential Unified Process(Ess UP) Feature Driven Development Open Unified Process(Open UP) Lean Software Development Crystal Methods. Selecting what methodology to use depends on what the project is. There should be a proper thought process on how

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What is Value-Driven Delivery in the agile world?

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What is value? We need to define what a value is before dwelling into how to go about value driven delivery in the agile software development. The value could be defined in terms of monetary benefit, compliance adherence, an answer to the competition in the market etc. The term value can differ for each client based on what the client is expecting the product/software to accomplish. The end product of a project is a value to the customer. In the agile way of project management, always the requirements are prioritized based on what adds more value to customer delivery. For

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Tracking the Value delivered in the agile world

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Tools to track the value delivered: How do we track the value delivered to the customer in the Value-driven delivery? Below are some of the ways to achieve the same: Kanban or Task charts Burn down charts Risk management and risk burn down charts. Earned value management Burn down charts: What are burndown charts? Burndown charts measure the work done by having the time represented on x-axis and the work to be done in the y-axis in a chart. You can measure them either using story points or hours as measuring units. The burn down chart depicts whether the team

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Agile Software Development – Methodology

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The agile software development is an umbrella containing a set of methods and ways to achieve the principles mentioned under the Agile Manifesto. All these methodologies abide by the principles of frequent collaboration between the teams, frequent delivery to the client, self-motivation etc. The methodologies currently being followed are Extreme programming(XP) Dynamic System development method(DSDM) Scrum Agile modelling Agile unified Process Agile Data method Essential Unified Process(Ess UP) Feature Driven Development Open Unified Process(Open UP) Lean Software Development Crystal Methods. Selecting what methodology to use depends on what the project is. There should be a proper thought process on how

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Agile Software Development – Approach

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Agile development methodology – Approach In the Agile methodology, each project is broken up into several ‘Iterations’. All Iterations should be of the same time duration (between 2 to 8 weeks). At the end of each iteration, a working product should be delivered. For example, in the agile approach the project will be broken up into ‘N’ releases (assuming each iteration is set to last 4 weeks). Then the team will decide the basic core features that are required in the product and decide which of these features can be developed in the first iteration. Any remaining features that cannot be delivered

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Agile Software Development – Manisfesto

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Agile software development methodology is a process for developing software. This is a model where the software is developed in rapid and incremental mode. This is an alternative to traditional software development. The importance is given to the working software than the documentation. Every iteration ends in a working software which is a business value to the customer. The Agile Manifesto In February 2001, 17 software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah to discuss lightweight development methods. They published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, in which they said that by “uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others

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