How to Pass the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Exam

1. 1

   Mindset

   28%

   • Promote and embody the Agile Manifesto values and principles.
   • Cultivate a culture of trust, openness, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
   • Support teams in adapting to changing customer needs and uncertain environments.
   • Encourage experimentation and learning through feedback loops.
   • +2 more topics in the blueprint

   34 practice questions tagged to this domain.

2. 2

   Delivery

   28%

   • Plan and execute iterations using Scrum, Kanban, XP, and hybrid approaches.
   • Apply estimation techniques such as story points, ideal time, affinity mapping, and planning poker.
   • Manage workflow with work in progress limits, cycle time, and throughput.
   • Use agile engineering practices including continuous integration, test-driven development, and refactoring.
   • +3 more topics in the blueprint

   33 practice questions tagged to this domain.

3. 3

   Leadership

   25%

   • Build and develop high-performing, self-organizing teams.
   • Apply coaching, mentoring, and facilitation techniques.
   • Manage stakeholder engagement and communication.
   • Resolve conflicts, remove impediments, and foster collaboration.
   • +2 more topics in the blueprint

   30 practice questions tagged to this domain.

4. 4

   Product

   19%

   • Define product vision, roadmap, and release strategy.
   • Elicit, analyze, refine, and prioritize product backlog items.
   • Use value-based prioritization and return on investment thinking.
   • Communicate acceptance criteria and refine requirements with stakeholders.
   • +2 more topics in the blueprint

   23 practice questions tagged to this domain.

The order matters less than the loop. Every domain you finish should end with questions you got wrong, because the mistake is the only thing you actually needed to study. On the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner that loop is worth 28% of the exam in the first block alone.