Overview
PMI-ACP: Agile Certified Practitioner is a PMI credential. Demonstrate knowledge of agile principles, practices, tools, and techniques across multiple methodologies. This PathKey™ guide summarizes the domains, format, cost signals, eligibility, and renewal pattern so you can decide before you book. Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. We teach preparation for the PMI exam. PMI sets exam content, fees, and policies.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. We teach preparation for the PMI exam. PMI sets exam content, fees, and policies.
Who it is for
- Agile practitioners seeking structured PMI-ACP certification preparation through expert-led PMI-ACP.
- Product owners, Scrum masters, agile team leads, developers, project managers, agile coaches, product managers, and professionals working across agile teams and adaptive delivery environments.
- Professionals responsible for agile delivery, team collaboration, product value, stakeholder communication, backlog refinement, iterative development, Lean thinking, Kanban flow, and continuous improvement.
Exam domains
Weights follow the official outline.
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Agile Foundations: Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Team-Centric Practice, and Enterprise Agility
Understand the agnostic nature of the PMI-ACP certification and how it validates agile expertise across Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and other agile approaches, Review how agile practitioners collaborate effectively in any agile environment and align work with organizational priorities, and Connect PMI-ACP preparation to enterprise agility, adaptability, team-centric collaboration, and meaningful outcome delivery.
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Mindset: Agile Values, Principles, Adaptability, Continuous Improvement, and Outcomes
Develop readiness across the PMI-ACP Mindset content area, which represents 28% of the associated exam content listed by PMI, Review agile values, agile principles, adaptability, transparency, inspection, adaptation, feedback, and continuous improvement, and Analyze how agile mindset supports organizational agility, team collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and meaningful business outcomes.
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Leadership: Servant Leadership, Facilitation, Coaching, Collaboration, and Team Performance
Develop readiness across the PMI-ACP Leadership content area, which represents 25% of the associated exam content listed by PMI, Review team-centric leadership practices such as facilitation, coaching, communication, collaboration, impediment removal, and conflict awareness, and Connect leadership behaviors to agile team effectiveness, stakeholder confidence, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
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Product: Product Ownership, Customer Focus, Value Delivery, and Meaningful Outcomes
Develop readiness across the PMI-ACP Product content area, which represents 19% of the associated exam content listed by PMI, Understand product ownership, customer focus, value delivery, stakeholder feedback, product outcomes, and prioritization considerations, and Analyze how product decisions connect to organizational priorities, team delivery, adaptability, and measurable business value.
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Backlogs, Prioritization, Stakeholders, Communication, and Feedback Loops
Review product backlog concepts, refinement, prioritization, stakeholder collaboration, customer feedback, and value-based ordering, Connect stakeholder communication to agile transparency, shared understanding, expectation management, and outcome alignment, and Analyze feedback loops that help teams learn, adapt, and refine product direction across iterative delivery cycles.
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Delivery: Iterative Delivery, Incremental Delivery, Scrum Events, Artifacts, and Cadence
Develop readiness across the PMI-ACP Delivery content area, which represents 28% of the associated exam content listed by PMI, Review iterative and incremental delivery, Scrum roles, Scrum events, artifacts, delivery cadence, team coordination, and review cycles, and Understand how delivery practices help teams inspect progress, adapt plans, reduce uncertainty, and deliver valuable increments.
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Lean, Kanban, Flow, Work Visualization, Waste Reduction, and Continuous Improvement
Review Lean concepts, Kanban practices, work visualization, flow management, work-in-progress awareness, waste reduction, and process improvement, Analyze how flow-based delivery supports adaptability, transparency, team performance, predictability, and business outcome delivery, and Connect Lean and Kanban thinking to PMI’s emphasis on agile across methodologies rather than a single framework.
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PMI-ACP Eligibility, Application, Study Plan, Scheduling, and Exam Day Process
Review PMI’s steps to PMI-ACP certification: Prepare, Apply, Study, Earn, and Maintain, Understand eligibility requirements involving secondary education or higher, qualifying agile experience, and 21 hours of formal agile training, and Review exam day expectations including 120 multiple-choice questions, 180 minutes of exam time, one 10-minute break, and delivery options through a Pearson VUE Testing Center or secure online testing.
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Certification Maintenance: 30 PDUs, Learning, Teaching, Presenting, Reading, and Volunteering
Understand PMI-ACP maintenance expectations, including the requirement to earn 30 Professional Development Units in each three-year cycle, Review PMI’s listed PDU activities, including learning, teaching others, presenting, reading, volunteering, and content creating, and Connect certification maintenance to continuing education, agile practice growth, professional development, and long-term credential value.
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PMI-ACP Exam Readiness and Domain Review
Review the four PMI-ACP associated exam content areas listed by PMI: Mindset, Leadership, Product, and Delivery, Prepare for the PMI-ACP exam format, including 120 multiple-choice questions and a 180-minute exam time, and Reinforce the associated exam content weighting: Mindset at 28%, Leadership at 25%, Product at 19%, and Delivery at 28%.
Exam format and cost
- Questions
- Confirm on the vendor site
- Duration
- Confirm on the vendor site
- Format
- Multiple choice and related item types (confirm on the vendor outline)
- Passing score
- Confirm the passing score on the vendor site
- Cost
- Confirm the current exam fee on the vendor site before you register
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE test center or online where the vendor offers it
- Languages
- Confirm available languages on the vendor site
Experience and eligibility
PMI requires a high school or secondary school diploma or higher, including an international equivalent such as GCSEs, a Secondary School Certificate, or GED. PMI requires agile experience through one qualifying path: 2 years of agile experience in the past 5 years, a degree from a GAC-accredited program plus 1 year of agile experience, a third-party agile certification plus 1 year of agile experience, or an active PMP certification.
Renewal
Renewal rules for PMI-ACP: Agile Certified Practitioner are set by PMI. Many credentials use a multi-year cycle with continuing education, a renewal fee, or a newer exam. Confirm the current cycle on the vendor site.
Roles this credential fits
- Agile mindset, leadership, product, and delivery aligned with PMI’s current PMI-ACP exam structure, including Scrum, Lean, Kanban, enterprise agility, team-centric practices, and adaptive ways of working.
- Agile
- Teams standardizing on this credential for hiring or compliance
PMI-ACP questions
Is PMI-ACP worth it?
PMI-ACP is worth it when employers or contracts in your market ask for PMI proof, or when the domains match work you already do or want next. Common roles include Agile mindset, leadership, product, and delivery aligned with PMI’s current PMI-ACP exam structure, including Scrum, Lean, Kanban, enterprise agility, team-centric practices, and adaptive ways of working., Agile, and Teams standardizing on this credential for hiring or compliance. Read the roles and domains on this page, then decide against your timeline and budget.
How hard is PMI-ACP?
You get Confirm on the vendor site in Confirm on the vendor site. Format: Multiple choice and related item types (confirm on the vendor outline). Passing score: Confirm the passing score on the vendor site. Delivery: Pearson VUE test center or online where the vendor offers it. PMI requires a high school or secondary school diploma or higher, including an international equivalent such as GCSEs, a Secondary School Certificate, or GED. People who pass usually mix domain study with timed practice, not reading alone.
Does PMI-ACP expire?
Renewal rules for PMI-ACP: Agile Certified Practitioner are set by PMI. Many credentials use a multi-year cycle with continuing education, a renewal fee, or a newer exam. Confirm the current cycle on the vendor site.
How does Accumentum help with PMI-ACP?
We offer Expert-led training mapped to the PMI-ACP domains, PathPay® payment options, PathPass™ practice where the exam is in our catalog, a free ReadyScore™ so you can see where you stand before class, and military funding support where you qualify. We are an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. Our pass rate across Accumentum certification attempts since August 2022 is 98.8% (2,412 certified of about 2,441 attempts).
How much does the PMI-ACP exam cost?
Published pricing for PMI-ACP: Confirm the current exam fee on the vendor site before you register. Vendors change voucher prices without notice, so confirm on the official store before you buy. PathPay® can spread Accumentum course tuition when you train with us.
What are the PMI-ACP prerequisites?
PMI requires a high school or secondary school diploma or higher, including an international equivalent such as GCSEs, a Secondary School Certificate, or GED. PMI requires agile experience through one qualifying path: 2 years of agile experience in the past 5 years, a degree from a GAC-accredited program plus 1 year of agile experience, a third-party agile certification plus 1 year of agile experience, or an active PMP certification.
What should I take after PMI-ACP?
After PMI-ACP, pick the next credential that matches the job you want, not a generic ladder. Use the roles on this page and neighboring PathKey™ guides from the same vendor to plan the sequence. If you need a readiness check first, start with ReadyScore™ when we offer one for this exam.
Official sources
Always confirm fees, dates, and eligibility on the vendor site before you register. Vendors change outlines and prices without notice.