The most exciting workshop in project management is coming a city near YOU.
Get an introduction to Agile or take your existing knowledge to the next level with this
high content, high energy, highly interactive, boot camp. You won’t just hear about agile
you will do it, for real in class!
Come laugh, learn, and GET AGILE IN 2012
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The Most Fun you Will Have Learning Project Management
Learn the most cutting edge approaches to project management, and why what you (and I) have been doing for years, NEVER WORKED IN THE FIRST PLACE! You will learn:
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Get AGILEMadison, WI June 4-6
“Fast Paced, Content Loaded, Highly Interactive, I dare you to try to sit in the back of the room and sleep through this class! “ ~ Student from Seattle |
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How is the PMI-ACP℠ Different from the Scrum Master Certification?
Scrum Master® (CSM) |
PMI-ACP℠ |
| Purpose: Clarifying and promoting Scrum | Purpose: Codify & standardize what “agile” means across organizations |
| Covers: Scrum Terminology, Practices, and Principles | Covers: Principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile methodologies (Scrum, kanban, XP, lean, DSDM, TDD, ATDD and more) |
| Deep Understanding of Scrum is required | Broad Understanding of Agile and lean is required |
| Developed by the Scrum Alliance an validated by the Scrum community | Developed and independently validated by global groups of agile professionals |
| Software industry focused | Intended to be industry agnostic |
| No Experience Required 2 day Scrum Master class | 2000 hrs Project Exp1500 hrs Agile Exp (non-overlapping)21 hrs Agile Training |
| No Fail Exam | Pass/Fail Exam |
| Exam admin by instructor | Exam administered by ProMetric |
| 25 Question Exam | 120 Question Exam |
Both the CSM and PMI-ACP℠ are important certifications in the industry. The CSM is designed to promote and expand scrum in the industry, to train new people and get them Started (quoting the Scrum Alliance Website):
A CSM Course is Only the First Step. Becoming agile is a lifelong journey. Incorporating Scrum principles and practices into your world of work takes diligence, patience, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
The PMI ACP℠ is not intended to be a training tool or a first step. Is for people who want to (quoting the PMI site):
Demonstrate to employers your level of professionalism in Agile practices of project management.
Increase your professional versatility.
Hold a certification that is more credible than existing entry-level, training or exam-only based offerings
Different courses, different objectives. I hope this helps you decide if you want to take a CSM or if ACP℠ is something you might want to pursue.
For more in-depth comparison please see the blog post comparison
” This is a fantastic deal for one of Joseph’s classes. His fun, interactive exercises illustrate complex content and kept the group wide awake and involved. If he doesn’t do his car design based story-mapping exercise then ask him to slip it in. It was great to watch the evolution of the group. One guy in particular had been burned badly in a scrum-gone-wrong experience in the past justifiable reservations, by the end he was openly exploring the opportunities and ideas that Agile PM brings, even in a Waterfall context.”
“I just spent the last 2 days at an agile training course. I have to tell you, it was really eye opening, I feel energized. I actually feel like I have a better deeper understanding of what agile
really means, not just agile though, we also learned about Lean and something called Kanban, which I had never heard about before. I had 7 other members from the DOL that also participated, and we are already making plans to do a debrief and figure out where we really want to start. It is a little bit scary, but it is something that we absolutely need to do. It is important that the leadership embrace the change, not only because of the economy right now but because it really is the right thing to do…Now after spending 2 days with Whitewater Projects I really feel that I am in a much better place to convey the message not only to the IS leadership but also to the Executive Leadership team of which I am a member.
“Thank you very much to Whitewater Projects. It has been great and I look forward to learning even more!”
PMI-ACP is a service mark of the Project Management Institute