PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
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The PMI-ACP certification highlights your agile expertise with the industry’s only agnostic, experienced-based, ISO-accredited exam. It validates your ability to drive excellence across methodologies, including Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and more—with a truly agile and a team-centric approach, this certification is sure to make you stand out among peers, employers, and stakeholders alike.
Member price $435
Full price $495
Exam fee will only be required after your application has been accepted and you are ready to schedule your exam.
Buy now, pay later for orders of $50 and over.
Is PMI-ACP right for you?
Organizations that embrace agility and adaptability outperform their counterparts, resulting in increased value. With the demand for agile practitioners soaring, the PMI-ACP certification is more valuable than ever.
Developed by agile leaders, this certification equips you with the mindset, tools and skills needed to collaborate effectively in any agile environment. It benefits agile practitioners across roles, including:
- Product owner
- Scrum master
- Agile team lead
- Developer
- Project Manager
- Agile coach
- Product manager
The PMI-ACP reflects the values and principles of Enterprise Agility, helping practitioners align work with organizational priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes. Learn more in the Manifesto for Enterprise Agility.
86%
of PMI-ACPs qualified for new opportunities
84%
of PMI-ACPs gained recognition for career advancement
About the Exam
Exam length: 120 questions
Exam time: 180 minutes
Languages:
- English
- Arabic
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- French
- German
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Spanish
Your Steps to PMI-ACP Certification
- Prepare
- Apply
- Study
- Earn
- Maintain
Certification Requirements
- High School (or Secondary School) Diploma or Higher
You qualify with a high school diploma or international equivalent. - Agile Experience
You must meet ONE of the following:- 2 years of agile experience (in the past 5 years)
- Degree from GAC-accredited program, plus 1 year of agile experience
- Third-party agile certification, plus 1 year of agile experience
- PMP® certification
- Agile Training
You’ll need 21 hours of formal training in agile practices:- PMI Authorized PMI-ACP Exam Prep Course
- Authorized Training Partner Prep Course
- Third-party training courses
PMI Study Hall®
PMI Study Hall® is a digital learning tool that contains content-specific lessons to provide certification candidates with a thorough overview of what to expect on exam day.
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Maintain your certification
Earning your certification is significant - maintaining it shouldn't have to be. Continuing education is core to PMI certification. PMI-ACP holders need to earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3-year cycle to maintain certification. Each PDU represents one hour spent:
- Learning
- Teaching others
- Presenting
- Reading
- Volunteering
- Content creating
Not quite ready? Get answers to common questions or explore other certification options that may better align with your goals.