Agile Practitioner Training & Complete Exam Curriculum 2026

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Purpose, scope and framework‑agnostic nature of PMI‑ACP

Eligibility – education, agile experience and training hour requirements

Application workflow and PMI audit process overview

Exam structure, domain weightage, question patterns and delivery methods

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Agile Manifesto – 4 values, 12 principles and real‑world application

Agile mindset – growth, experimentation, transparency, trust and safety

Empirical process control – transparency, inspection, adaptation and cone of uncertainty

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Scrum – roles, events, artifacts and when to use it

Kanban – principles, WIP limits, flow metrics and Scrumban overview

Lean software development – principles, value stream mapping and waste elimination

XP – values and engineering practices for technical excellence

Other approaches – Crystal, DSDM, FDD, AUP basics

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Servant leadership philosophy and traits

Leading without authority – influence, credibility and negotiation

Identifying and removing impediments – team, organizational and systemic

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Defining customer, business and stakeholder value; MVP and MMF concepts

Prioritization techniques – MoSCoW, Kano, WSJF, value vs effort, Buy‑a‑Feature

Incremental and iterative delivery, timebox thinking and release planning

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Stakeholder identification and mapping – grids and salience model

Engagement strategies, agile communication practices and active listening

Managing expectations – scope change, transparency and negotiation

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High‑performing agile teams – Tuckman’s stages, psychological safety and collaboration

Self‑organization vs self‑management and empowerment spectrum

Pairing, swarming, cross‑functional work and distributed team practices

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Levels of agile planning – vision, roadmap, release, iteration and daily plans

Agile estimation – story points, T‑shirt sizing, Planning Poker, affinity and buckets

Velocity, forecasting and rolling‑wave planning

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Iteration execution – planning, capacity, story selection and tasking

Agile ceremonies – daily stand‑ups, reviews, retros, refinement; formats and patterns

Progress tracking and metrics – information radiators, burn charts, CFD and anti‑patterns

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Problem detection – early warning signs, metrics‑based and observational techniques

Root cause analysis – 5 Whys, Fishbone, A3 problem solving

Risk management in agile – continuous identification, risk spikes and burndown

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Kaizen culture and learning organization mindset

Improvement frameworks – PDCA, Deming, using retrospectives and improvement backlogs

Scaling improvements – CoPs, knowledge sharing and organizational learning

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Domain‑wise content review – mindset, leadership, product and delivery

Question patterns, answer techniques and situational scenario approach

Time and stress management strategies on exam day

Practice exams and weak‑area analysis

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Agile career pathways – practitioner, leadership and coaching roles

PMI‑ACP renewal – PDUs, Talent Triangle and continuous learning strategies

Next steps – scheduling, study planning and ongoing development