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PMI-ACP Flashcards
Free flashcards for the PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner): flip each card to reveal the definition. Built from the PMI-ACP glossary as a study aid, these are concept checks, not real exam questions.
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- Agile
- An iterative, incremental approach to delivering work that values collaboration, customer feedback and adapting to change.
- Servant leadership
- A leadership style focused on enabling and supporting the team - removing blockers, coaching and facilitating - rather than commanding.
- Scrum
- An agile framework using fixed-length sprints, defined roles, events and artifacts to deliver work incrementally.
- Sprint
- A short, time-boxed iteration (often one to four weeks) in which a team delivers a usable increment.
- Product backlog
- An ordered list of everything that might be needed in the product, maintained by the product owner.
- Product owner
- The person accountable for maximising value by managing and prioritising the product backlog.
- Scrum master
- A servant leader who helps the team follow agile practices, removes impediments and facilitates events.
- Kanban
- A method that visualises work on a board, limits work in progress and manages flow.
- Work in progress (WIP) limit
- A cap on how many items can be in a stage at once, used in Kanban to improve flow.
- Lean
- An approach focused on maximising value and eliminating waste in a process.
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- An agile framework emphasising technical practices such as pair programming and test-driven development.
- Value-driven delivery
- Prioritising and delivering the highest-value work first.
- Voice of the Customer (VoC)
- The expressed needs and expectations of the customer that guide what is built.
- Critical to Quality (CTQ)
- The specific, measurable customer requirements a solution must meet.
- User story
- A short, plain-language description of a feature from the user's perspective.
- Velocity
- A measure of how much work a team completes per iteration, used for planning.
- Burndown chart
- A chart showing remaining work over time within an iteration or release.
- Retrospective
- A recurring meeting where the team reflects on how to improve its process.
- Continuous improvement
- The ongoing practice of inspecting and adapting the process to do better.
- Empirical process control
- Managing work through transparency, inspection and adaptation rather than detailed up-front plans.
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- The smallest version of a product that delivers value and validates learning.
- Definition of Done
- A shared, agreed checklist of what must be true for work to be considered complete.
- Stakeholder
- Anyone with an interest in the product or its outcomes, whose collaboration the team seeks.
- PDU
- Professional Development Unit: the unit of continuing education used to maintain PMI certifications.