Passed ACP yesterday

Submitted by Nambiar on Sat, 09/28/2013 - 09:41

Books I read: only Mike Griffith

Simulation software purchased - ACP from RMC

Training for 21 PDUs - StarPMO

Online mock exams - only StarPMO's

Studied for a 3 weeks on and off. I read Mike Griffith which provides for the skeleton sylabus. Most of what I saw I learnt from StarPMOs mock exams. They have 6 mocks, not sure if you can access them if you havent done their ACP prep course.

Exam was kind of hard because I had taken it lightly and had tried only 3 of the mock tests. I didnt make any notes. Got 2 MPs. Only thing that came from PMBOK was based on Pareto rule. Had passed PMP earlier this month.

I advise people to not take the exam for granted, its not hard to understand but range of coverage of topics is huge.

Hope that helps, best of luck y'all.

Ranj

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PMI - Agile certified professional - ACP

diba_perfect

Sat, 09/28/2013 - 19:23

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Congrats!~ Diba

Congrats!

~ Diba

Nambiar

Sun, 09/29/2013 - 10:58

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Thanks Diba

rksam

Sun, 09/29/2013 - 03:51

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PMI-ACP Exam Prep

I am going through Mike Griffiths book and truthfully I am not able to focus as it has put me off with silly examples such as Value Stream Mapping. There is real no logic in the example. Is it only me or others out there who agree? Valuable comments / tips on preparation is highly appreciated. I really did cram my PMP exam and cleared it with 3 P's, 1 MP and 1 BP. Not bad for 50 hours worth of prep work I thought. I have ACP exam scheduled on the 12th and I am still on Value Driven Delivery chapter and I am having mixed feelings. Put simply, the more I read the bad I get... May be one of those days for me. Tomorrow is brand new huh?

Nambiar

Sun, 09/29/2013 - 11:10

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I didnt get any question on

I didnt get any question on VSM... i barely went thru the example in MG's book because we have had kaizens at my prev company production department and its important mostly in a manufacturing domain, and that was how i reconciled it. I took about a day per chapter for the book, and few days on mocks. i lucked out somehow but i wouldnt recommend my approach. ACP is much more memorizing based than PMP's situational questions, so faster and more you down everything you can get, the bettter. Best of luck for the exam!

tmanivannan

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 23:10

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All the best Ramesh

Expecting positive reply with your LL on the same day... :o)

All the Best.

Mani.

rksam

Sat, 10/12/2013 - 06:39

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Done!!!

Thanks Champion, I cleared ACP with one P and one MP. Again, my approach was very basic and common sense I suppose. Ideal time spent with the preparation was just under 15 hours and the outcome was joyful.

If you are planning to sit, all the best and it's easy. If I can do this, anyone can. Just needs good focus, confidence and some practical experience would help understand the concepts.