All Episodes
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Episode 1 — PMI-ACP at a Glance: Format, Item Types, and Scoring
This opening episode introduces the PMI-ACP certification exam and explains how it differs from other professional credentials in the project and program management sp...
Episode 2 — Study System & Time Management: Spaced Repetition, Active Recall, and Practice Exams, Pacing, Breaks, and Review Strategy
This episode focuses on building a personalized study system designed to maximize memory retention and performance under exam conditions. Candidates learn how spaced r...
Episode 3 — Eligibility and Application & Exam Day Logistics
Here, the spotlight turns to the practical steps every candidate must complete before sitting for the PMI-ACP exam. The eligibility requirements are broken down in det...
Episode 4 — Glossary Deep Dive I: Mindset and Leadership Vocabulary
This session begins the first of several glossary deep dives that strengthen candidates’ command of the agile vocabulary essential for the PMI-ACP exam. The focus here...
Episode 5 — Glossary Deep Dive II: Product and Delivery Vocabulary
This glossary session turns to product and delivery-focused terminology, clarifying words and phrases that appear in backlogs, planning, and iterative development disc...
Episode 6 — Glossary Deep Dive III: Metrics, Flow, and Quality Vocabulary
The final glossary deep dive in this series introduces terminology related to metrics, flow, and quality. Terms such as lead time, cycle time, work-in-progress, throug...
Episode 7 — Domain 1 Mindset: Overview
This episode introduces the first PMI-ACP domain, Mindset, providing a structured overview of why mindset anchors all agile practice. The discussion opens by exploring...
Episode 8 — Experiment Early: Build an Increment to Validate Need
This episode explores the agile principle of building early increments to test assumptions and validate real customer need. Listeners are introduced to the concept of ...
Episode 9 — Experiment Early: Create an Environment to Innovate, Learn, and Grow
Following on the prior episode, this discussion shifts focus from building increments to cultivating the environment that makes experimentation sustainable. Psychologi...
Episode 10 — Agile Mindset: Values and Principles in Practice
This episode deepens the conversation on agile mindset by revisiting the four values and twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto. Rather than reciting them, the discu...
Episode 11 — Complexity Thinking: Classifying Scenarios with CAS, Stacey, and Cynefin
This episode introduces learners to the importance of complexity thinking in agile environments, where uncertainty, emergence, and unpredictability often challenge lin...
Episode 12 — Complexity Thinking: Importance and Risks by Classification
Building on the prior episode, this session dives deeper into the consequences of misclassifying work within complexity models. Learners explore the risks of applying ...
Episode 13 — Suitability Tools: Interpreting Agile Fit Assessments
This episode introduces the various tools available to assess whether agile practices are suitable for a given project or environment. Candidates learn how suitability...
Episode 14 — Agile Models: Integrating Methods by Use Case and Context
This session reviews the range of agile models—Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean, and hybrid approaches—and explains when and how each is most effective. C...
Episode 15 — Team Foundations: Establish Vision and Working Agreements
This episode explores how high-performing agile teams are built on a foundation of shared vision and explicit working agreements. Learners discover how vision statemen...
Episode 16 — Team Development: Forming and Developing High-Performing Teams
The focus here is on the dynamics of team development, with Tuckman’s model—forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning—serving as the anchor. The episode e...
Episode 17 — Retrospectives: Using Findings to Improve the Team
This session explores retrospectives as the heartbeat of continuous improvement in agile practice. The episode reviews common retrospective formats and techniques, fro...
Episode 18 — Collaboration Practices: Breaking Down Organizational Silos
In this episode, learners examine how agile teams succeed by prioritizing cross-functional collaboration over siloed roles. The session reviews techniques for fosterin...
Episode 19 — Decision Discipline: Committing to Team Decisions Amid Disagreement
This session tackles the challenge of decision-making within agile teams, especially when consensus is difficult. Learners explore how structured techniques such as fi...
Episode 20 — Tailoring: Evaluating Team Understanding to Adapt the Approach
This episode emphasizes that agility requires tailoring practices to fit context rather than applying them rigidly. Candidates learn how to evaluate a team’s maturity,...