After this course you can assess and improve agile work without being tied to one framework. You can see when a team needs experiments and faster feedback, lead through trust rather than control, and align the backlog and delivery with product value. Along the way you cover the four PMI-ACP exam areas: Mindset, Leadership, Product and Delivery. The course suits you if you already work in agile teams and want to deepen and demonstrate your experience. It is too broad as a first encounter with Scrum.
What you’ll take away.
- Promote an agile mindset, early experiments and short feedback loops in your team
- Lead teams and strengthen psychological safety
- Make product value visible and prioritise work accordingly
- Measure delivery and tailor the approach to the situation
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Scrum Masters, Product Owners, project managers and team members who already work with agile methods and want to show experience beyond one framework.
- Prerequisites
- PMI requires a secondary diploma, 21 hours of agile training and normally two years of agile experience from the last five. An active PMP replaces this experience, and another agile certification can replace one year.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 4 training days. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
Mindset: values, experiments and complexity
Leadership: collaboration, communication and psychological safety
Product: vision, backlog and value management
Delivery: planning, flow, metrics and quality
Comparing frameworks and tailoring the approach
Eligibility, question types and study plan
You analyse a stuck fictional team using its metrics and retrospectives, then develop three experiments and work out how to measure them.
Exams, licences & credentials
This course prepares you for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam. The exam and its fees are included only if your offer confirms this. The certificate comes from PMI, not NextNowa. This is not an official PMI course.
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
Does the course count towards the 21 agile training hours?
Ask for this to be confirmed in your offer before booking, including what proof you receive. PMI decides on eligibility.
Is it only about Scrum?
No. The exam spans multiple frameworks, so you compare different approaches during the course.
Does PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP): agile practice and exam include a certificate?
This course prepares you for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam. The exam and its fees are included only if your offer confirms this. The certificate comes from PMI, not NextNowa. This is not an official PMI course.