Update on PMP ® RDS Update and PMI-ACP SM R.E.P. Breakfast, North America Congress 2011 Rory McCorkle, MBA, Product Manager – Credentials 22 October 2011

PMP EXAMINATION UPDATE

PMP Exam Update Some reminders –What is the Role Delineation Study (RDS)? –How does this impact the PMP? Role Delineation Study (RDS) Exam Content Outline Item (Question) Development Analysis of Item Data and Feedback

PMP Exam Update History of communications on update –October 2010: Informed REPs of RDS PMP change with timeline –November 2010: Published new PMP Exam Content Outline and Crosswalk –January 2011/April 2011: Sent reminders regarding the change –July 2011: Sent notice regarding PMP application update and scoring blackout –August 2011: Minor tweak to Exam Content Outline in response to REP feedback

PMP Exam Update What was new in this update? –Exam Content Outline – free, downloadable PDF accessible to all –Application – domain level experience better reflects good tracking for PMPs –Incorporate Domain 6 (Professional and Social Responsibility) into project lifecycle instead of separate domain –Increased emphasis on soft skills –Clarification of several areas within PMP’s role

PMP Exam Update Results –Good feedback from overall project management community on the new description (tasks, knowledge, and skills) –Limited capacity issues in August 2011 with ‘rush’ on old examination –Smooth transition to new examination –Scoring problem after scoring blackout period

UPDATE ON THE PMI-ACP

PMI-ACP Update Some reminders –Project started in Fall 2009 to determine how to better support Agile community –PMI-ACP Steering Committee advised PMI throughout the business case development and product development process –Research showed strong interest in the Agile certification, with a belief in the value / usefulness of the certification

PMI-ACP Update Product Definition –More than project managers –More than Information Communications Technology (ICT) –More than Scrum –Requires: General Project Experience Agile Project Experience Agile Training Examination

PMI-ACP Update Key Differences with Product –Delivered through Prometric’s IT channel (like CAPM) More test sites around the world –Publically available reference list –Publically available Examination Content Outline

PMI-ACP Update Since February, 7,000+ people have signed up to receive further information about pilot 4,000+ individuals have responded to PMI’s “Agile knowledge” quiz Since 23 May, 6,000+ applicants have opened a PMI-ACP application individuals have submitted a PMI-ACP application to participate in the pilot

PMI-ACP Update Reaction from organizations has been robust Over dozen large organizations requested 1-on-1 presentations on the certification Mature organizations find good ‘fit’ with the methodology neutral approach of certification and internal methodologies Demand for Agile driven by clients requesting their projects be managed using Agile H.R Section 804 also driving demand Mandates some DoD IT acquisitions be designed and executed using Agile

PMI-ACP Update REP Community has grown from this product 13 new REPs who are existing training organizations in the Agile space have become REPs Additional REP applications in progress from like organizations

PMI-ACP Update Reaction to the exam – largely positive Sally Elatta, Agile Transformation Coach First, my overall feedback is that the exam was pretty good, especially being this is the pilot and there will be updates and improvements based on our Agile value of inspecting and adapting Bryan Campbell, Senior Program Manager In general, I found the actual exam questions well written and a good overview of agile knowledge. Deniz Iren, Project Management Consultant Exam is well prepared. (Well done PMI Agile COP).

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