A one-page PMI-ACP reference: exam facts plus the agile concepts you must know. Use it for final review. Confirm all current details on the PMI certification page.
Exam facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 120 (100 scored + 20 unscored) |
| Time | 3 hours |
| Pass mark | Not published (psychometric standard) |
| Cost | US$435 member / US$495 non-member |
| Eligibility | Secondary degree + agile experience + 21 training hours |
| Validity | 3 years (30 PDUs to renew) |
The four domains (2024 outline)
- Mindset (28%) - agile values and principles; adapting to context.
- Delivery (28%) - iterative delivery, flow, team performance, metrics.
- Leadership (25%) - servant leadership, coaching, facilitation.
- Product (19%) - value-driven delivery, backlog, prioritisation.
Frameworks to know (it is method-neutral)
- Scrum - roles, events and artifacts; sprints.
- Kanban - visualise work, limit WIP, manage flow.
- Lean - eliminate waste, deliver value.
- XP (Extreme Programming) - technical practices like pairing and TDD.
Core agile concepts
- Servant leadership - leaders enable and coach the team.
- Value-driven delivery - deliver the highest-value work first.
- Voice of the Customer / CTQ - build to what the customer needs.
- Continuous improvement - inspect and adapt with retrospectives and metrics.
- Empirical control - transparency, inspection, adaptation.
Common traps
- Treating it as a Scrum-only exam - it spans multiple frameworks.
- Underweighting Mindset and Delivery, the two largest domains.
- Using old seven-domain materials instead of the current four domains.