The PMI-ACP Exam: How To Pass On Your First Try, Iteration 3

by Andy Crowe

This is the third edition of the PMI-ACP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, fully updated to align to the new exam specifications of March 2018. It is a single, compact reference that will help the reader prepare for and pass the certification exam. The material has been revised to be better than ever, and even those who are purely exam-focused will pick up tools, techniques, and a thorough Agile mindset that they can apply in their work.

This edition is not a book on how to practice agile, although practitioners may well benefit from reading it. It is a book on how to pass the PMI-ACP exam, and those who are preparing to sit for the exam will find everything they need to know in this volume.

Contents include: Understanding Agile, The PMI-ACP Exam, The Agile Manifesto, Project Justification, Teams & Team Space, Agile Planning, Working with Agile, Coaching with Agile, Agile Methodologies, How to Pass the PMI-ACP Exam, Glossary of Terms, 2 Simulated Exams with Answers.

327 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2011

About the author

Andy Crowe is the CEO and founder of Velociteach and author of the world-famous book The PMP Exam: How To Pass On Your First Try as well as Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know that Everyone Else Does Not and The PMI-ACP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try. He is one of a handful of project management authors whose titles have sold over 250,000 copies.

He served as project manager for several high-profile international projects, including the creation of Europe's largest e-commerce site and was a member of Microsoft's DNA and .NET Advisory Committees.

Andy is a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Program Management Professional (PgMP), an Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and a Six Sigma Black Belt. He makes his home in north Georgia.

Andy’s company, Velociteach, is an award-winning project management training company that offers instructor-led training for certification and continued education, online mobile learning, self-study resources, and podcasts. Velociteach was previously awarded Registered Education Provider of the Year in Continuing Education by the Project Management Institute.

Reviews

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the book, took the two exams in the book, one exam on-line, and passed the test.

In 2012, I prepared for the Project Management Institute (PMI®)—Agile
Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) exam. PMI recommended some 10 books to read in preparation for the exam. I bought and read the books. They each included valuable information and insights from the experts, gurus, consultants, and project managers in the agile field. However, sometimes the information was contradictory, which meant I was highly confused about what was the "right" practice.

The day before the exam, I bought Andy Crowe's book. The book was an easy read. It focused on what you needed to know for the exam. It provided two example tests. It provided a code to access on-line simulation tests.

The narrow focus of the book prepared me for the exam. I took the exam the next day, completed it in one hour, and passed with proficient rating.

I recommend the book to anyone who wants to take the PMI-ACP exam. The book does not inform you how to be an agile project manager it focuses exclusively on the exam preparation.

[Drew Weatherton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Andy Crowe knows how to write a PMI exam prep book. I read this after taking an online course in preparation for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner exam and I feel like I got more out this little book than I did from the four day course. Andy knows how to get to get straight to the content that matters and makes even slightly complex concepts relatively simple. I had also read his PMP exam preparation book and was pleased with that, so I'm not surprised. My only complaint is that, although I like that the book doesn't have unnecessary verbiage, its a little light on some content. There is really only about 100 pages of real content here (the rest is just section headings, glossaries and practice tests). Having just taken (and passed) the exam, there were some concepts on the exam that I had not seen in this book. Though, this was the exception rather than the rule.

If you're preparing for the PMI-ACP exam, be sure to give this a read through.

[Daniel Abella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers great mocks for ACP.