Knowledge Train | PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

PMI-ACP online exam prep course

Self-paced PMI Agile Certified Practitioner training to deepen your agile skills and prepare thoroughly for the PMI-ACP exam (exam not included).

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Overview

Gain the agile knowledge and confidence you need to sit the PMI-ACP exam. This self-paced course covers the key agile principles, practices, and tools recognised by PMI so you can work more effectively on agile projects.

What you will gain

  • Core agile values, principles, and mindset
  • How Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and hybrid approaches differ
  • Techniques for agile planning, estimation, and forecasting
  • Ways to manage changing requirements and stakeholder needs
  • Tools to improve team collaboration and performance

Who this course is for

  • Project managers moving into agile environments
  • Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and agile team members
  • Business analysts, testers, and technical specialists on agile projects
  • Professionals planning to sit the PMI-ACP certification exam
  • Anyone wanting a structured route to consolidate agile experience

Benefits

Develop an agile mindset

Understand agile values and principles so you can lead and support agile ways of working.

Broaden your agile toolkit

Explore Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and hybrid methods to choose the right approach for each project.

Improve planning & estimation

Learn practical techniques for sizing work, managing backlogs, and forecasting delivery.

Work better with stakeholders

Build stronger relationships through value-driven delivery, feedback loops, and transparent communication.

Boost team performance

Discover techniques to remove impediments, reduce risk, and encourage continuous improvement.

Prepare for the PMI-ACP exam

Study content aligned with PMI-ACP domains so you can approach the exam with confidence (exam booked separately).

Delivery

This PMI-ACP course is delivered entirely online as flexible self-paced learning, so you can study whenever it suits you.

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Course

This course follows the PMI-ACP exam domains and gives you a clear, practical understanding of how agile works in real projects. You’ll move from agile principles through to planning, delivery, and continuous improvement.

Understand agile principles & mindset

Explain the values, principles, and behaviours that underpin agile ways of working.

Apply value-driven delivery

Focus on delivering the highest-value features early while managing scope and change.

Engage stakeholders effectively

Use agile techniques to collaborate with customers, sponsors, and team members.

Plan adaptively

Create and adjust plans using backlogs, iterations, releases, and empirical data.

Identify and resolve problems

Spot issues early, manage risk, and remove impediments to keep work flowing.

Foster continuous improvement

Use retrospectives and metrics to refine processes and support organisational agility.
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner training courses- learning outcomes

Curriculum

The curriculum is aligned with the PMI-ACP exam domains and gives you a structured path through the core agile knowledge areas.

  • Agile principles and mindset
  • Value-driven delivery
  • Stakeholder engagement and team performance
  • Adaptive planning and estimation
  • Problem detection and resolution
  • Continuous improvement and organisational readiness

Full curriculum details

Agile principles and mindset

  • Agile values and principles from the Agile Manifesto
  • Agile roles, responsibilities, and team structures
  • Servant leadership and collaborative behaviours

Value-driven delivery

  • Delivering early and frequent value to customers
  • Prioritisation techniques for backlogs and feature sets
  • Balancing scope, time, cost, and quality in agile projects

Stakeholder engagement and team performance

  • Identifying and analysing stakeholders
  • Facilitating collaboration and feedback cycles
  • Building high-performing, self-organising teams

Adaptive planning and estimation

  • User stories, epics, and story mapping
  • Relative estimation and sizing techniques
  • Release planning, forecasting, and responding to change

Problem detection and resolution

  • Visual management and information radiators
  • Managing risks, issues, and dependencies
  • Escalation paths and resolving impediments quickly

Continuous improvement and organisational readiness

  • Retrospectives and process improvement techniques
  • Using metrics to guide decisions and improvements
  • Supporting agile adoption across the organisation
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