PMI’s New Agile Certification: PMI-ACP SM REP Breakfast

1. PMI’s New Agile Certification: PMI-ACPSMREP Breakfast www.pmi.org/Agile agilepilot@pmi.org Frank Schettini, MBA Vice President, Information Technology, PMI

2. PMI-ACPSM Overview • PMI’s History with Agile • The Value of the PMI-ACPSM • For the practitioner • For the organization • PMI-ACPSM • Overview • Market Buzz / Market Reaction • Eligibility Requirements • Pilot Timeline • PMI’s Agile Suite of Resources

3. PMI’s History with Agile • Congress presentations since 2004 • 12 sessions at North America Congress 2010! • SeminarsWorld® sessions since 2005 • Agile Community of Practice established 2009 • PMBOK® Guide 3rd & 4th edition references to iterative development • Agile reference sources in PMI Marketplace

4. The Value of PMI-ACPSM • Agile is a philosophy that uses organizational models based on people, collaboration and shared values. Agile is based on rolling wave planning; iterative and incremental delivery; rapid and flexible response to change; and open communication between teams, stakeholders and customers. • Agile is a topic of growing importance in project management. The marketplace shows this trend, as project management practitioners embrace Agile as a technique for managing successful projects. • Because of these changes in the project management environment, PMI has developed an Agile certification • Key thought leaders in project management and the Agile Community of Practice have advised PMI on the best way to offer an Agile certification to serve project practitioners and organizations.

5. The Value of PMI-ACPSM • Practitioners • 12% are currently practicing Agile • Majority feel that Agile PM certification would be: • Valuable (61%) • Useful (68%) • Organizations • 30% are using Agile project management • Majority feel that Agile PM certification would be: • Valuable (68%) • Useful (71%) • Beneficial to their company’s project management practices (75%)

6. The Value of PMI-ACPSM • For practitioners, PMI-ACPSMhelps: • Demonstrate a level of professionalism in Agile principles, practices, tools and techniques • Increase professional versatility in project management • For employers, PMI-ACPSMdemonstrates a practitioner’s: • Knowledge of Agile practices, which shows the practitioner has greater breadth and depth as a PM • Ability to lead basic Agile projects

7. Product Definition • Product is NOT: • Methodology specific certification (e.g., Scrum, XP, DSDM, or Lean specific) • Agile Project Manager credential (role-based credential) • Exclusively for ICT

8. PMI-ACPSM– Eligibility Requirements

9. Some Major Questions • What’s the process? • Like other certifications • Application  Payment  Exam • Training can be taken between application and exam • How will you get the exam? • Via Prometric Testing Centers • IT channel (same as CAPM)

10. PMI-ACPSM– Pilot Timing

11. PMI REP Communications

12. Market Reaction • Since February, 5,700 people have signed up to participate in the PMI-ACPSM pilot • 3,000 individuals have responded to PMI’s “Agile knowledge” quiz • 110,000 individuals have visited PMI’s www.pmi.org/agile launch page

13. PMI Agile Resources • For more information and access to Agile resources, please visit PMI.org/Agile for quick links to: • PMI’s Agile Certification - Frequently Asked Questions • Examination Content Outline and Reference list (available April 2011) • Training in Agile Project Management • Access Agile Papers and Books • PMI’s Agile Community of Practice • To receive updates about the PMI Agile Certification Pilot, please email AgilePilot@PMI.org

14. PMI-ACPSMwww.PMI.org/Agileagilepilot@PMI.org