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• The certification was launched and awarded in 2011 by Project Management Institute (PMI) which was founded in 1969 as a Not-for-Profit Professional Association. By Dec 2013, there are 439,689 PMI members across the globe
• PMI’s research has shown that the use of agile has tripled from December 2008 to May 2011
• Gartner predicts that by the end of 2012, agile development methods will be used on 80% of all software development projects
• The PMI-ACP’s committee comprises of the founding member/co-author of Agile Manifesto, Agile book authors and the founder of Agile CoP who have acquired diverse, cross-methodological leadership and agile certification experiences
• PMI-ACP is a methodological-neutral agile certification. It is not necessarily an agile project manager credential and it is not only for information and communications technology

• Domain I: Value-Driven Delivery
• Domain II: Stakeholder Engagement
• Domain III: Boosting Team Performance Practices
• Domain IV: Adaptive Planning
• Domain V: Problem Detection and Resolution
• Domain VI: Continuous Improvement (Product, Process, People)

• 21 hours of instructor-lead classroom training
• Emphasis is placed on examination skills and the practical application of real-world Agile project management
• Renowned trainer who is one of the core leading members of the PMI Hong Kong Chapter
• PDU workshops are available on a regular basis for students to maintain an active certification status of PMI-ACP

• Educational and project management experience requirement:
  

  Educational Requirement	General Project Experience	Agile Project Experience
  Secondary degree (High school diploma, associate’s degree or global equivalent)	2,000 hours working on project teams These hours must have be earned within the last 5 years Active PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement	1,500 hours working on agile project teams or with agile methodologies These hours are in addition to the 2,000 hours required in the “General Project Experience” These hours must be earned within the last 3 years Agile project experience must be unique and separate from general project experience

• 21 contact hours of formal education or training in agile practices
• Pass the PMI-ACP® exam
• Candidates are required to earn and report 30 Professional Development Units (PDU) in specialized area of agile project management within a 3-year cycle to maintain the certification
• Educational and project management experience requirement*

1. For bachelor degree holders and/or above: A minimum of 36 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 4,500 hours are spent on leading and directing project tasks
2. For other education qualifications: A minimum of 60 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 7,500 hours are spent on leading and directing project tasks

• 35 hours of recognized project management training
• Pass the PMP examination
• Candidates are required to earn and report 60 professional development units – PDUs – within a 3-year cycle

* Project Management experience must be accrued within 8 years by the date of application. Leading and direct project tasks are identified in the PMP examination specification

• A 3-hour Computer-Based Testing (CBT) examination
• The exam comprises of 120 multiple-choice questions, of which only 100 are scored questions. The rest of the 20 questions are un-scored questions which will not be identified
• Allocation of exam questions:
  • Agile tools and techniques (50%)
  • Agile knowledge and skills (50%)
• Exam fee:
  • Non-PMI member: US$495
  • PMI member: US$435
• After successful registration of the examination, you are assigned a 12-month eligibility period and you are allowed to take the examination up to 3 times within this 12-month period should you not pass the exam on the first attempt

Mr. Raymond Wong, PMP, CPD, M.Sc.

• Former Head of PMO of Hong Kong Jockey Club
• Master of Science of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
• Over 25 years of project management experience in leading edge corporations
• Held senior positions such as Managing Director, General Manager, and Principal Consultant of technology and system integration firms in Canada, Hong Kong and China
• One of the founding members of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Hong Kong Chapter in 1997 and has been serving as an Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Chapter since then
• Visiting Lecturer of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong