ACP Live Lessons Review – One Stop Solution to Ace the PMI-ACP Exam

By John P S Oliver, PMI-ACP, PMP, RMP, PMI-PBA

During my preparation for the Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP®) exam from Project Management Institute (PMI) ®, I’ve prepared strongly to clear the exam. It’s not an easy exam like 2-days Scrum Master course or a Product Owner course, which almost everyone gets!

A question that frequently comes is this:

Is the ACP exam needed for a professional and does it truly help? 

With Agile being widely practiced not only in IT software projects but also in non-IT projects today, the PMI-ACP certification certainly adds value to one’s knowledge and career. This complements the reason why PMI-ACP is one of the fastest growing certifications in the world today. With the booming start-ups, certified agile practitioners are in high demand and having the PMI-ACP certification is certainly a differentiator in the market.

I’ve gone through this course of ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass course in-depth. I’ve also checked the lesson-end as well as full-length questions. Below is my detailed review.

Why this Course?

Let’s start with the Unique Selling Point (USP) of this course. This course provides you with all the concepts and knowledge gathered from all the reference books (10+) prescribed by PMI for the ACP examination. For example, you have books for Scrum in detail, two books for Kanban, and multiple other books related to Agile. Hence, this course virtually makes it a one stop study guide for passing your PMI-ACP examination. 

The bonus is that it comes with a full Money Back guarantee which speaks a lot about the confidence of the author in his material.

Top Advantages

Some of the top advantages of this course are as follows:

• This is a complete course since it starts from explaining the PMI-ACP certification, its background, prerequisites, application procedure, exam fees, and exam pattern all the way to maintaining your PMI-ACP certification once you have achieved it. 
• The course is structured in such a way that it follows the Agile Practice Guide, which is a key guide for the examination.
• This course also provides you with the mandatory training hours required for qualifying to apply for the PMI-ACP exam.
• This course is so comprehensive that it will not only enable the student to pass the PMI-ACP exam if they prepare well but will also provide them with the knowledge required to practice agile values, principles and approach in real time projects.

Course – ACP Live Lessons: Key Features

Following are the key aspects of the course – which I found to be unique and distinct.

• This course is well organized with relevant chapters and topics following the Agile Practice Guide.
• Each lesson starts with the respective list of domains, sub domains, tasks, tools and techniques (T&Ts) and knowledge and skills (K&S) from the exam content outline (ECO) applicable to the lesson. This helps us in relating the ECO to specific topics / situations which is very useful from exam point of view
• The durations of the videos are short - the longest being 11 or 12 minutes. This helps the students in a couple of ways:
• With most students being working professionals and pursue the course in between their work from home, they can easily bookmark and return to the videos in case of a break.
• They can easily go back to topics that they want to refer or revise.
• The author uses real life and practical examples to explain the concepts in plain English which makes it easy for the students to understand.
• The author keeps updating the course in response to changes in the underlying reference material so that the students are up to date with the changes to curriculum.

Most Helpful Topics

Below are some of the topics that helped me the most:

• Explanation of various agile framework and methodologies
• SCRUM, XP, KANBAN, LEAN
• Their similarities and differences
• Scrum events
• Scrum Artefacts
• Conflict Management
• Tools and Techniques for Requirements Elicitation
• Prioritization Factors
• Features and Benefits
• Various Agile Exercises
• User Stories

This course covers all concepts related to Agile including advanced Agile Management. This helps you to get a holistic knowledge of Agile and not just from an exam point of view alone. This will come in handy when you practically apply agile in your real time projects.

Question Sets

While the lesson-end questions provided me with an opportunity to test my knowledge and understanding of the lesson, the full-length questions prepared me for the exam. 

The one that helped me the most in my understanding of agile principles was "Lesson – 10: Various Agile Exercises". This is truly a differentiator and helps you master agile practices.

Specific and Important Videos 

This is a complete video set and all videos should be viewed in combination to get an overall understanding of the course. There are some videos that I believe are more useful in understanding the concepts better.

• Videos: 3.1.35, 36 – Characteristics of Information Radiators
• Video: 3.1.44 – Collaboration vs. Coordination
• Video: 3.2.10 – Scrum Events – Figure
• Video: 4.1.7 – Features, Benefits, Agile Business Value
• Video: 4.1.14,15 – Prioritization Factors
• Video: 4.1.25, 26 – Backlog Refinement
• Video: 4.1.51 – Agile Contracting Techniques
• Video: 5.1.8 – Stakeholder levels and classification models 
• Video: 5.1.16 – 27 Eliciting Stakeholder Requirements to Collaboration Games
• Video: 6.1.12 – Agile Team – Roles and Responsibilities
• Video: 6.1.14 to 6.1.20 – Building Agile Teams to Team Motivation
• Video: 7.1.19, 20 – User Stories and Type of Stories
• Video: 7.1.61 – Agile Earned Value Management (Agile EVM)
• Video: 8.1.10 – Technical Debt
• Video: 8.1.12 to 23 – Risk Management in Agile
• Video: 9.1.23, 24 – Value Stream Mapping
• Video: 9.1.31 to 45 – Retrospectives

It’s pertinent to note that throughout the course, the author uses various examples and snapshots to explain the concepts and metrics:

• For example, a real-time user for Personas helps you to not only understand the concept but also provides you with a template to use in real life projects. 
• Some other useful snapshots are the Kanban Board, Task Board, Burn down chart, Fishbone diagram.

The PMI-ACP formula gold card is very useful as I had received a couple of formula-based questions especially on Agile EVM and EMV.

One of the highlights of this course is the yogic vision and yogic revision tips throughout the lessons which induces you to revise important concepts and points from the exam point of view. The tips for before/during/after the exam will guide you to prepare for the exam in an assured way.

Lessons in the Course – ACP Live Lessons

This course has multiple Lessons (from “Welcome” to “Lesson - 12”). Following are some of the important notes for each lesson. 

Lesson – 1: Welcome

The course starts with the “Welcome” lesson which provides you with an overview of this ACP Live Lessons course including details about the Author, his qualification and experience, how to approach this course, and the money back guarantee criteria. In fact, I don’t think moneyback guarantee is needed because I am sure anybody who goes through this course and takes the exam with due preparation will only have success as the outcome.

With this course you will also get the 21 contact hours certificate required for taking the exam (in my opinion, a Big Bonus). This welcome session helps us in getting started with the course.

Lesson – 2: Introduction

This lesson provides the background and overview of PMI certifications and the uniqueness of PMI-ACP certification. It covers the pre-requisites, exam content outline, exam structure, performance domains, tools and techniques, knowledge and skills of PMI-ACP certification. This lesson also provides information on the cost, blueprint and process of the PMI-ACP exam along with guidelines for filling up the application form and maintaining your PMI-ACP certification once you have earned it. 

In short, this lesson helps us in understanding the PMI-ACP certification and sets us on our journey to achieving the PMI-ACP certification.

Lesson – 3: Agile Principles and Mindset (Duration: Over 5 hours)

This lesson covers agile frameworks and approaches. This session covers all Domains, Sub Domain, Tasks, Tools & Techniques and Knowledge & Skills. I had questions on Scrum, XP, Kanban and Lean approaches. 

The lesson helped me through the exercises to remember, yogic vision and yogic revision tips. Especially the Artefacts and Events related to the approaches were presented in a coherent and easy to recall manner. I received a few questions on Scrum roles, events and Artefacts, Information radiators. 

Lesson – 4: Value Driven Delivery (Duration: Neary 4 hours)

This is the lesson that generates the MOST number of questions in the exam. 

I received quite a number of questions in my exam as well. This lesson covers Features and Benefits, User Stories, Accounting Principles, Prioritization factors and Techniques, Backlog Refinement, Risk Adjusted Backlog, Scrum and Kanban, EMV, DoD, Agile Contracts, Compliance, among others.

Lesson – 5: Stakeholder Engagement (Duration: Over 3 hours) 

I received a couple of questions from this lesson. 

This lesson informs in detail on Agile Business Case, Elements of Project Charter, Tools and Techniques for elicitation – Personas, Collaboration games, Communication Options and effectiveness, Synchronous and Asynchronous communication, Levels of listening, Conflict Resolution Strategies, among others.

Lesson – 6: Team Performance (Duration: Nearly 3.5 hours)

Some important topics in this lesson are Modes in Training, Coaching and Mentoring, Levels of coaching, Osmotic Communication, Characteristics of Agile teams, Velocity, Various performance tracking tools etc. 

Burn down charts is another important topic. I received a couple of questions on velocity and burn down charts. 

Lesson – 7: Adaptive Planning (Duration: Over 4 hours)

Important topics from this lesson are Agile Discovery, DEEP Characteristics, User Stories, Story Map, Various estimation techniques, and Agile EVM.

In my ACP exam, I received questions on User Stories, Estimation Techniques and Agile EVM.

Lesson – 8: Problem Detection and Resolution (Duration: Nearly 3 hours)

In my exam, there were questions from this domain as well. It covers Risk Management, Cycle Time and Lead Time, Throughput, Variance and Trend Analysis, Problem Solving Techniques, among others in depth.

Lesson – 9: Continuous Improvement (Duration: Nearly 3.5 hours)

Retrospectives is one of the most important topics from an exam point of view, please be thorough in your understanding of retrospectives – their objective, timing, participants, duration, input, output etc. 

I had a couple of questions on retrospectives, all situational. I also had questions from other areas. This lesson discusses Kaizen, Hybrid Model, Seven Wastes and Value Stream Mapping, Pre-Mortem, Fishbone analysis, Agile Coach – Success and Failure modes.

Lesson – 10: Various Agile Exercises (Duration: 1.5 hours)

This is a bonus for the video lessons and a key differentiator. These exercises provide a great way to measure your level of understanding of the agile concepts and revisit and revise them.

Lesson – 11: 6 Full Length Question and Answer Sets

The questions are of high quality and exhaustive. While the PMI-ACP book has only 3 full sets, the ACP Video Lessons has 6 full length questions and answers and your scores on this will serve as an indicator of your readiness to take up the exam.

Lesson – 12: Final Talk (06m 15s)

This session provides you with tips to prepare for PMI-ACP before, during and after the exam. The PMI-ACP formula gold cards provide you with a ready reckoner of the various formulas used in Agile and will be helpful in your exam.

Brief Profile: 

Name: John P S Oliver, PMI-ACP, PMP, RMP, PMI-PBA

Current Role: Supply Chain Manager

Brief experience details: 23+ years of in ITES operations and project management across BFSI, Healthcare, Telecom and Retail verticals.

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Course Comparison: ACP 21 Contact Hours Vs. ACP Live Lessons

There are now new courses on the Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP®) exam from the Project Management Institute (PMI®). These new courses are already being used by aspiring PMI-ACPs. 

• ACP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass Or Your Money Back
• ACP 21 Contact Hours Online - Full Money Back Guarantee

Among the questions I received, one question is particularly important.

What are the main differences between these courses?

Another associated question is this:

What are the differences with the credentials such as Master of Scrum or Owner of Product which are done in 2- or 3-days?

First, we will see the differences and then we will compare with other courses. These courses are unique and are ONLY such courses in the world. No one gives moneyback guarantee (but everyone claims to give!), without a number of terms and conditions. Both these courses come with full moneyback guarantee and with simple, direct and upfront moneyback schemes. 

Fundamental Difference

First and foremost, these two courses vary with their goal(s) and objective(s) with the associated motto.

For ACP 21 Contact Hours, these are the goal, objective and motto.

• One Goal: Get the 21 contact hours with complete satisfaction. 
• One Objective: Get the 21 ACP contact hours in 6 months.
• One Motto: Don’t just get casually trained for 21 contact hours. Understand fully, learn strongly and prepare well for your ACP exam.

To know more, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0AFHhrCNmE [2m 08s]

For ACP Live Lessons, these are the goal, objectives and motto.

• One Goal: You clear the ACP exam. 
• Two Objectives: 
• Get the ACP Contact Hours Certificate. 
• Crack the ACP exam in 6 months.
• One Motto: Learn deeply and use it to clear the ACP Exam.

To know more, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBYKHDyoifc [2m 26s]

You can see all the sample videos in this playlist:
Sample Video Playlist for ACP Live Lessons - 29 Videos

Note: A number of videos from the above playlist are also part of ACP 21 Contact Hours Online Course.

Now, let's see the other differences.

Other Main Differences

I’ve noted other main differences in the below two tables. Actually, it’s one table, but I’ve segregated them into two because I’ve prepared to have better visibility and understanding.

The second part of this table is noted below.

*Note* Price Update [2025]:

• For ACP 21 Contact Hours: $75 USD/ Rs 6,379 (6 months access) [details]
• For ACP Live Lessons: $379 USD/ Rs 32,219 (6 months access) [details]

Now a very important part considering millions of masters of Scrums or owners of Product!

Comparison with 2 Days of Master of Scrum or Owner of Product

There is a plethora of courses in the market, which claim to make you master of Scrum, Kanban or Agile with 2-days of training. Now-a-days, they have advanced mastery courses with another 2-days of training! 

I’ve always wondered how people get mastery in just 16 hours of training. Is it possible in any field of human endeavor to have mastery in 2 days? 

I believe you know the answer! 

Let me give an example from hundreds of classes I’ve taken on Agile, where I’ve met “masters”, “owners” – hundreds of them. 

Example: 

In my classes, I ask people, especially who have got “masters” in Agile/Scrum:

• Can you tell me the 4 values and 12 principles of Agile Manifesto?
• Not one person could answer this. 

Next, I ask the following by reducing the standard:

• Can you tell me 2 values and 2 principles of Agile Manifesto?
• Not one person could answer!

This is where it becomes quite surprising!  I reduce the standard much lower, and ask:

• Can you tell me just one value and one principle of Agile Manifesto?
• This also could not be answered by one person! One person tried (out of 100s), but could not complete a single principle statement. 

As recently as last week, I was speaking with another "master" of Scrum/Agile and asked these questions. The person could not answer, though became a "master" (or "owner") few days before.

Please note that it’s not their fault that they can’t even tell just one value and/or one principle of the Agile manifesto, but it’s the way they have been taught. 

If you want to be a “Master” of Scrum or “Master” of Kanban or a “Owner” of a Product in 2, 3 days or even less, then ACP is not a right fit for you.

Because for the ACP exam, you have to prepare sincerely and honestly. You have to truly earn it. There are no shortcuts. 

ACP course and subsequently earning the credential is for professionals, who:

• Want to learn Agile with a large breadth and depth.
• Want to learn a number of Agile frameworks and Scaled Frameworks.
• Want to apply a number of engineering and troubleshooting practices in the real-world.

With these courses, you will also remember the 4 values and 12 principles. 

Conclusion

I’ve enabled many ACPs, who have used my book, I Want To Be An ACP and/or Various Practical Agile courses over years to clear the ACP exam and/or apply them with hands-on tools. 

When you purchase the courses, I’m also involved with you throughout your journey. Many providers can’t do that, because they don’t have the subject matter understanding. They merely aggregate the courses, reduce the price to the lowest point possible and then claim to do business (some with heavy external funding, hence can sell at throw-away prices, but with poor quality courses).

I firmly believe with these courses, you will:

• Get the best value for your money.
• Have the content with the latest agile standards, guides and the needed references/books.
• Understand the content clearly, which boosts your confidence.

If you prepare sincerely and honestly, with these courses – particularly with ACP Live Lessons course, you have a fair chance to clear the ACP exam and be a certified PMI-ACP.

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ACP 21 Contact Hours Vs. ACP Live Lessons

• Course Comparison: ACP 21 Contact Hours Vs. ACP Live Lessons

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More Sample Videos (11): ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass

    

This is in continuation of the following posts: 

• ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back (8 videos)
• More Sample Videos: ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back (10 videos)

In total 18 sample videos have been made available in the above posts.

In this post, 11 more sample videos have been made public. With this, in total 29 videos from the ACP Live Lessons have been made public.  The access to these videos is completely free and can be seen at the YouTube channel of Management Yogi.

The eleven videos are from:

• Lesson - 3: Agile Principles and Mindset (3 videos)
• Video: 3.1.30 Agile Project Management Framework (from Part - 1)
• Video: 3.2.5 Scrum – First Note (from Part - 2)
• Video: 3.2.7 Scrum Artifacts - Figure (from Part - 2)
• Lesson - 6: Team Performance (1 video)
• Video: 6.1.48 Velocity Range
• Lesson - 7: Adaptive Planning (3 videos)
• Video: 7.1.18 DEEP Characteristics
• Video: 7.1.23 Story Map
• Video: 7.1.29 Various Levels of Planning in Agile
• Lesson - 8: Problem Detection and Resolution (2 videos)
• Video: 8.1.14 Sources of Risk in Agile
• Video: 8.1.32 Finding Bottlenecks with CFD
• Lesson - 10: Various Agile Exercises (2 videos)
• Video: 10.1.5 Agile Definitions - Exercises (2)
• Video: 10.1.7 Agile Diagrammatic Exercises (1)

You can check these videos one by one.

Part 1 of this series: Sample Videos from ACP Live Lessons

Part 2 of this series: Sample Videos from ACP Live Lessons

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Videos: Lesson 3 – Agile Principles and Mindset

This is the first domain to know for your PMI-ACP exam.

Video 3.1.30 Agile Project Management Framework (5m:24s) [Part 1, Lesson 3]

This video informs on the Agile Project Management Framework (APM), which has five phases – Envision, Speculate, Explore and Adapt. Let’s see what happens in these phases. 

Accompanying article, if are a traditional management practitioner: 

Agile Project Management - A Comparison

Video 3.2.5 Scrum Basics (2m:19s) [Part 2, Lesson 3]

The basics of Scrum with its definition, referring the latest Scrum Guide, 2020. It’s one of important areas to know for PMI-ACP exam.

Accompanying article: 

A Deeper Look: Top Changes in the New Scrum Guide 2020 for Agile Practitioners

Video 3.2.5 Scrum Artifacts (2m:28s) [Part 2, Lesson 3]

The three artifacts in Scrum along with the commitments, referring the latest Scrum Guide, 2020. It’s one of important areas to know for PMI-ACP exam.

Accompanying article: 

A Deeper Look: Top Changes in the New Scrum Guide 2020 for Agile Practitioners

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Videos: Lesson 6 – Team Performance

This is the fourth domain to know for your PMI-ACP exam. 

Video 6.1.48 Velocity Range (2m:31s)

Velocity can be tricky when expressed in ranges. It’s a good practice to express velocity in ranges. This video informs on it. 

Accompanying article (from Agile Asanas series): 

Agile Asanas: Key Guide Lines to Follow for Velocity (1)

Agile Asanas: Key Guide Lines to Follow for Velocity (2)

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Videos: Lesson 7 – Adaptive Planning

This is the fifth domain for your PMI-ACP exam.

Video 7.1.18 DEEP Characteristics of Backlog (3m:50s)

The product backlog is one of key artifacts in Agile development – flow- or iteration-based. It comes a unique set of DEEP characteristics. This is fundamental to understand how the backlog is developed.

Accompanying article: 

Product Prioritization Techniques in Agile Development

Video 7.1.23 Story Map (6m:11s)

This video explains the Story Mapping technique in detail along with the concepts of backbone, walking skeleton, release planning, minimally viable product (MVP), minimally marketable features (MMF). It’s a key technique to have the big picture view of the product roadmap.  

Accompanying article:

The Big Picture with Story Map in Agile Development

Video 7.1.29 Various Levels of Planning in Agile (5m:38s)

This video explains the various levels of planning in Agile with the help of Agile Planning Onion. The levels of planning are – Strategy, Portfolio, Product, Release, Iteration and Daily.

Accompanying article:

Agile Release Planning: Let’s Break It Down!

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Videos: Lesson 8 - Problem Detection and Resolution

This is the sixth domain to know for your PMI-ACP exam. 

Video 8.1.14 Sources of Risk in Agile (3m:26s)

Many ACP aspirants ignore risk management in Agile. You may face a number of questions on it the exam. One of the successful ACPs informed on it. This video explains the sources of risk in Agile. 

Video 8.1.32 Finding Bottlenecks with CFD (3m:39s)

Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFD) are used in Lean-Agile environments, particularly in Kanban. There are quite a few misconceptions associated with CFDs and how to detect the bottlenecks. You will learn with this video.

Accompanying article on how to create a CFD: 

Agile Cumulative Flow Diagram with MS Project

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Videos: Lesson 12 – Various Agile Exercises

This is a completely separate lesson. A number of exercises are explained in Agile so that you get sufficient practice and confidence for your exam.  

Video 10.1.5 Agile Definitions - Exercises (2) (4m:38s)

To be proficient in Agile concepts, you need to be thorough with respect to the definitions in Agile. This video takes a few exercises, out of many, to explain.  

Video 10.1.7 Agile Diagrammatic Exercises (1) (4m:38s)

As we have seen a number of Agile concepts, artifacts, practices so far, time for a diagrammatic exercise. This video shows a figure associated with a number of questions, which you have to answer.

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To know more about this course and what is "Guaranteed ACP or Your Money Back Program",  please refer:

• ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

Part 1 of this series: Sample Videos on ACP Live Lessons

Part 2 of this series: Sample Videos on ACP Live Lessons

If you require more information, please send a mail to: managementyogi@gmail.com

You can also see the sample videos in a playlist.

• ACP Guaranteed Pass Sample Video Playlist (29Videos) 

ACP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass:

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ACP 21 Contact Hours Course:

• ACP 21 Contact Hours Online Course - Full Money Back Guarantee

Book for PMI-ACP Exam:

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More Sample Videos (10): ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass

  

This is in continuation of the following post: 

• ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

Eight sample videos have been made available in the above post.

In this post, 10 more sample videos have been made public. The access to these videos is completely free and can be seen at the YouTube channel of Management Yogi.

The ten videos are from:

• Lesson - 2: Introduction (2 videos)
• Video: 2.1.4 PMI-ACP Certification Pre-requisites
• Video: 2.1.12 The PMI-ACP Exam
• Lesson - 3: Agile Principles and Mindset (2 videos)
• Video: 3.1.8 Project Life Cycles (from Part - 1)
• Video: 3.1.18 Two Agile Types (from Part - 1)
• Lesson - 4: Value Driven Delivery (3 videos)
• Video: 4.1.5 Current Domains Mapping - Value Driven Delivery
• Video: 4.1.6 Notations Used
• Video: 4.1.7 Features, Benefits, Agile Business Value
• Lesson - 5: Stakeholder Engagement (2 videos)
• Video: 5.1.1 Learning Objectives
• Video: 5.1.42 Levels of Conflict
• Lesson - 6: Team Performance (1 video)
• Video: 6.1.28 T, I and Broken-Comb Skills

You can check these videos one by one.

Part 1 of this series: Sample Videos from ACP Live Lessons

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Videos: Lesson 2 – Introduction

Video 2.1.4 PMI-ACP Certification Pre-requisites (3m:41s)

This video needed pre-requisites to sit in the Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) exam. There are the latest ones. 

Video 2.1.12 The PMI-ACP Exam (4m:15s)

This video explains on the PMI-ACP exam structure with the number of questions (scored and unscored), the exam duration, the performance rating categories and how you should score in the exam to pass.

To check upon various ACP Success Stories, you can refer: 

ACP Success Stories Over Years 

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Videos: Lesson 3 – Agile Principles and Mindset

This is the first domain to know for your PMI-ACP exam. 

Video 3.1.8 Project Life Cycles (7m:34s) [Part 1, Lesson 3]

There are various types of project life cycles such as Predictive/Waterfall, Iterative, Incremental, Adaptive and Hybrid. This video explains in detail. The focus for ACP Live Lessons will be Adaptive or Agile cycles. 

Accompanying article: 

Why and When to Go for Agile Life Cycle

Video 3.1.18 Two Agile Types (3m:39s) [Part 1, Lesson 3]

There are two Agile types – Iteration-based and Flow-based. An example of iteration-based Agile can be the Scrum framework, whereas example of flow-based Agile can be the Kanban method.  

Accompanying article:

Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development 

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Videos: Lesson 4 – Value Driven Delivery

This is the second domain for your PMI-ACP exam. As per the ACP-ECO, maximum number of questions are expected from this domain.

Video 4.1.5 Current Domains Mapping - Value Driven Delivery (4m:53s)

The lessons covers a number of areas such as User Stories (an introduction), minimally marketable features (MMF), a number of prioritization techniques, Risk Adjusted Backlog, a number of quality related practices such as TDD, ATDD, BDD, DoD. It also covers various compliances needed and Agile contracting. This video gives a brief overview of the tools and techniques (T&T) as well as knowledge and skills (K&S) used for this lesson/domain.

Video 4.1.6 Notations Used (1m:04s)

For the ACP exam, you have to be proficient in a number of tools and techniques (T&T) as well as knowledge and skills (K&S. These are spread across all the lessons. These notations will be used for the T&Ts as well as K&Ss. It shows a clear distinction and will be applicable all lessons.  

Video 4.1.7 Features, Benefits, Agile Business Value (9m:01s)

Many confuse features, benefits and value. They are all different and distinct terms. Agile is fundamentally about business value and value delivery. This video relates features, benefits and business value. This belongs to the Value Driven Delivery lesson. 

Accompanying article:

Fundamentals of Value-Driven Delivery

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Videos: Lesson 5 – Stakeholder Engagement

This is the third domain to know for your PMI-ACP exam. 

Video 5.1.1 Learning Objectives (2m:31s)

The learning objectives for Stakeholder Engagement lesson. We will cover a number of areas such as Agile business case, chartering, eliciting stakeholder requirements, communicating with stakeholders to applying interpersonal skills with stakeholders. 

Video 5.1.42 Levels of Conflict (3m:55s)

There are 5 levels of conflict in Agile. As an Agile coach or practitioner, you need to know these five levels of conflict, which are not only important for your PMI-ACP exam, but also in the real-world. 

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Videos: Lesson 6 – Team Performance

This is the fourth domain to know for your PMI-ACP exam. 

Video 6.1.28 T, I and Broken-Comb Skills (4m:23s)

One of the successful characteristics of Agile team is that the team is cross-functional with generalizing specialists. To understand generalizing specialists, you need to understand T-shaped, I-shaped and broken-comb skillsets. This video explains in detail.  

Accompanying article (from Agile Asanas series): 

Agile Asanas: Bus Factor, Broken-Comb Skills and Cross-Functional Teams

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To know more about this course and what is "Guaranteed ACP or Your Money Back Program",  please refer:

• ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

Part 1 of this series: Sample Videos on ACP Live Lessons

If you require more information, please send a mail to: managementyogi@gmail.com

You can also see the sample videos in a playlist.

• ACP Guaranteed Pass Sample Video Playlist (18Videos) 

ACP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass:

• ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

ACP 21 Contact Hours Course:

• ACP 21 Contact Hours Online Course - Full Money Back Guarantee

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ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

 

I am delighted to announce the availability of ACP® Live Lessons, a complete video course. 

ACP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass or Your Money Back

The Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) from Project Management Institute (PMI®) is a well-recognized and advanced certification in the Agile domain.

This is the ONLY such course in the world. No one ever has given a guaranteed pass, with FULL money back on ACP exam in two attempts with video lessons. This course was in private mode with a group of people for sometime. The current post announces the course going fully public.

I believe that the ACP certification is achievable for any genuine candidate. Anyone who truly aspires to be a PMI-ACP, can surely be one. One needs right content, proper direction, solid understanding of concepts with sufficient practice and of course hard work, to crack the exam. ACP Live Lessons meets this need.

This course has been requested by aspiring ACP because the coverage for ACP exam is quite different, advanced and deep. In-spite of them going through multiple classroom and virtual sessions, they are unable to have the confidence to appear for the exam.  There are few ACPs around the world – around 40,000, though many providers claim misleadingly. The ACP credential definitely stands as a differentiator in your profile. Unlike various "masters" in Scrum, who are created in 2- or 3-days of training and are in millions and millions now, the PMI-ACP credential is not easy to achieve. Hence, it has value!

ACP Live Lessons course has been internally available for some time with a few people aspiring to be PMI-ACPs. With this post, this course is now fully public. The contents of this course have been used already by successful ACPs, worldwide, who have used few videos to clear the exam. Now, it’s a full-fledged video course and available to everyone. 

For sample videos, you can refer the below link.

Sample Videos for ACP Live Lessons - 1 (8)

Sample Videos for ACP Live Lessons - 2 (10)

Sample Videos for ACP Live Lessons - 3 (11)

The ACP certification is NOT equal to the Project Management Professional (PMP®) as many think it to be. The learning for this certification will be at least 5x more when compared to the new PMP exam, particularly when you consider Agile. When compared with the pre-2021 old PMP exam, the learning will be 8x to 9x more. The exam coverage scope is vast, because it takes multiple reference books and one guide. In addition, you need to be aware of scaled Agile approaches. These make many aspiring ACPs struggle.

The ACP Live Lessons course incorporates all the needed areas, including the latest practices and concepts in Agile. It has exhaustive content with high quality practice questions so that you crack the ACP exam. 

Top 12 Features: ACP Live Lessons

1. Total Video Duration: 30 hours (29h 41m 16s) 
2. Number of Videos: 480
3. Number of Lessons: 12
4. Number of Questions: 1254
5. Number of Full-Length Question Sets: 6 (total = 720 Questions) 
6. Practice Questions: 60 questions (average)
7. Smart Cards: 160 (Smart Cards referring Agile guides and others)
8. Figures and explanations: 100+
9. Video Exercises on Agile with explanations: 107
10. Tips and Tricks: 100s of Tips throughout the lessons
11. Practical Tools: Usage of practical tools such as MS Project, Atlassian Jira in areas such as Release Planning, Iteration/Sprint Planning, and metrics.
12. 21 Contact Hours Certificate: Mandatory 21 contact hours certificate needed to sit in the ACP is part of this course.

The content of this video course is highly simplified so that you can understand quickly. The videos are highly interactive, with a number of exercises and interactive questions.

Course Breakdown: ACP Live Lessons 

• Lesson 1 – Welcome (9 videos): 18m 41s [18 minutes 41 seconds]
• Lesson 2 – Introduction (19 videos): 1h 13m 16s
• Lesson 3 – Agile Principles and Mindset (80 videos): 5h 26m 21s
• Lesson 4 – Value Driven Delivery (58 videos): 3h 53m 52s
• Lesson 5 – Stakeholder Engagement (55 videos): 3h 02m 34s
• Lesson 6 – Team Performance (64 videos): 3h 23m 33s
• Lesson 7 – Adaptive Planning (69 videos): 4h 14m 38s
• Lesson 8 – Problem Detection and Resolution (46 videos): 2h 55m 16s
• Lesson 9 – Continuous Improvement (61 videos): 3h 35m 16s
• Lesson 10 – Various Agile Exercises (17 videos): 1h 31m 31s
• Lesson 13 – Six Full Length Question and Answer Sets (720 Q&As)
• Lesson 14 – Final Talk - ACPP Live Lessons (2 videos): 06m 15s

The details on it this course, with information on additional features, are available also available at:

https://www.managementyogi.com/p/acp-live-lessons.html

What is Full Money Back Guarantee for ACP Live Lessons Course?

You go through the videos, along with detailed instructions (also in video format), and appear in the ACP exam – only two attempts. If you couldn’t clear, share your exam report. I’ll refund your entire money - no questions asked. 

There are no little tricks, such as – “terms or conditions apply”, “appear the exam multiple times till you pass”, “** conditions (conditions with stars in the footnote in small letters)”, as you would have seen in many places. What you see (and reading in this post) is what you get.

The premise is simple – Give the exam. You pass and you are a PMI-ACP. You win. In case you couldn’t clear the exam, your full money will be with you. You still win.

You will also have the 21 contact hours certificate free of cost. The course, as noted in the top features, provides this certificate. This is another win for you.  

The below video explains the money-back guarantee scheme [2m:26s]. It has the goal (one), objectives (two) and motto (one) for ACP Live Lessons.

Note: You can also evaluate the videos before paying any money. Up-to thirty (30) videos will be available for your evaluation, even before your purchase. 

Applicability and Validity

• ACP Exam Base: Agile Practice Guide (APG) from PMI, Eleven (11) recommended reference books by PMI, around 50+ other books on Lean-Agile approaches and practices. 
• Course Duration: 6 months or 1 year from the date of purchase
• Price:
  $US 709/ Rs 56,719. Now $US 379/ Rs 32,219 (6 months access)
  $US 949/ Rs 75,949. Now $US 439/ Rs 37,319 (1 year access)
• Payment: paypal.me/managementyogi
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  OR, you can pay via Bank Transfer or Payment. For this, please send a mail to managementyogi@gmail.com to get account the details.
• Available since: June, 2021
  (Updated in 2024)
• Primary Format: Video 
• Status: Available
  (accessible via laptop/desktop)

Detailed Course Breakdown

The detailed course breakdown is shown below. It details the hours of learning, number of videos and practice questions, along with various exercise details. You can scroll to see the full content. 

You can also see it in a larger screen by clicking the arrow on the link below:

Course Index – ACP Live Lessons, Guaranteed Pass

You can also see the sample videos in a playlist.

ACP Guaranteed Pass Sample Video Playlist (18 Videos) 

If you want to buy this course or have any question, please send an email to managementyogi@gmail.com. 

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ACP 21 Contact Hours Vs. ACP Live Lessons

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