PMI-ACP Exam Brain Dump Sheet Sample One of the most powerful tools available to you for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Exam is the use of a “Brain Dump Sheet”, both as a study aid, and also to use on the day of the exam. This document contains suggestions of what information to include on your own sheet. By including information like the Twelve Agile Manifesto principles on your sheet and memorizing them you will be able to write down everything on a piece of paper when you first walk into the exam room. By doing this, you will literally “dump” the information from your brain onto that piece of paper for reference during the exam, leaving more space in your brain to answer the actual exam questions. While the information contained in this document is a good starting point you cannot simply copy/paste what you see onto your personal Brain Dump Sheet. You must tailor these suggestions to your own needs by adding / removing information that you would like to include. 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Click the banner to learn more: Please visit The Agile PrepCast at www.agileprepcast.com Visit www.agileprepcast.com for Exam Resources Page |1 Agile Manifesto Agile Manifesto Values Mnemonic If you don’t follow the four Agile Manifesto values “It Will Create Risks”:  Individuals and interactions over processes and tools  Working software over comprehensive documentation  Customer collaboration over contract negotiation  Responding to change over following a plan Agile Manifesto Principles in Two Words or Less Two Word Customer Satisfaction Welcomed Changes Frequent Delivery Collocated Teams Motivated Individuals Face-to-Face Contact Working Software Constant Pace Continuous Attention Simplicity Self-Organization Regular Reflection Principle Satisfy the customer by delivering software that provides value to the customer early, and often. It is expected that requirements will change and these changes are welcomed. Get working software delivered to the customer as soon as possible. Bring the project team and the customers together, preferably collocated in the same physical area. Build your team around motivated individuals and trust them to do the work. Face-to-Face communication is the most effective method for exchanging ideas. True customer value is realized by delivering results, which is represented in terms of working software. Sustain a constant development pace to minimize project team burnout and maximize optimal performance indefinitely. Continuous Attention to technical excellence and good design will allow the project team to respond more quickly and easily to change. Maximize the amount of work not done. The team decides how the tasks will be allocated, as opposed to being dictated to them. Schedule Retrospectives to constantly reflect on the work that was completed and find ways to improve during the next iteration. Agile Manifesto Principles as Months Month Principle January February March April May June July August September October November December Just Sit Together (Collocated Teams) Face-to-Face Contact (Face-to-Face Contact) Motivated Individuals (Motivated Individuals) Attention (Continuous Attention) Maintain a Constant Pace (Constant Pace) Jump on Improvements (Regular Reflection) Juggle Changes (Welcomed Changes) Augment Customer Satisfaction (Customer Satisfaction) Simplicity (Simplicity) Organization (Self-Organization) New Changes (Welcomed Changes) Deliver Frequently (Frequent Delivery) Visit www.agileprepcast.com for Exam Resources Page |2 User Stories To ensure all user stories are effective, you need to “INVEST”:  Independent  Negotiable  Valuable  Estimable  Small  Testable Agile Iteration Events For productive iterations, each team member should attend all meetings as a “PEER”.  Plan each iteration (Iteration Planning)  Expect daily updates (Daily Stand-Up)  Examine product results (Iteration Review)  Reinvent processes for next iteration (Iteration Retrospective) PMI-ACP Exam Formulas to Know Concept Formula Result interpretation Internal Rate of Return (IRR) N/A Select project with biggest IRR Net Present Value (NPV) N/A Select project with biggest NPV Return on Investment (ROI) N/A Select project with biggest ROI Schedule Variance (SV) SV = EV - PV < 0 is bad = 0 is good > 0 is good Schedule Performance Index (SPI) SPI = EV / PV < 1 is bad = 1 is good > 1 is good Cost Variance (CV) CV = EV - AC < 0 is bad = 0 is good > 0 is good Cost Performance Index (CPI) CPI = EV / AC < 1 is bad = 1 is good > 1 is good Visit www.agileprepcast.com for Exam Resources Page |3 Copyright and Disclaimer Published by: OSP International LLC, P.O. 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