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PMI-ACP Certification: Agile Project Management Essentials (Udemy.com)

Agile Certified Practitioner Certification Program (PMI-ACP) - Course 1 of 8 - Agile Project Management Essentials

Created by: Sorin Dumitrascu

Last updated November 2025

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What you will learn

  • understand characteristics of agile project management
  • distinguish between primary and secondary agile values
  • recognize agile principles
  • recognize the differences between defined and empirical methodologies
  • compare the agile triangle of constraints with that of traditional project management
  • compare the phases of traditional project management with those of the agile framework
  • understand how a project manager's responsibilities will change on an agile project
  • distinguish between common agile methodologies

How it compares

Against the other 133 rated Udemy courses in Agile & Scrum on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 38% of them
  • Reviews268#118 of 134 by number of reviews
  • Length3.9 hourslonger than 53% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2025more recently than 51% of them

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Course Description

Welcome to the Agile Project Management Essentials course. This is the first course of a series of eight that will form the Agile Project Management - The PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) Certification Program.

Why Agile Project Management?

Agile projects are characterized by the use of short work iterations and incremental development of products, made possible by focusing on business priorities and customer value. The course provides an introduction to common agile methodologies, describes the relationship between defined and empirical processes, and highlights the key difference in regard to the triangle of constraints of agile versus traditional methods.

Guidance on how to take steps towards adopting an agile project management approach for those who currently use a traditional, plan-driven methodology is included. The relevant section discusses some common myths and misconceptions about agile development approaches, identifies factors to consider when deciding whether to adopt agile practices, and explains the general agile practices that a company may want to adopt. 

Who is your instructor?

My name is Sorin, and I will be your instructor. I am a trainer and project manager with more than 10 years of experience. Before Udemy, I trained hundreds of people in a classroom environment – civil servants, managers, project workers, aid workers and many more. And I managed projects in the fields of justice, corrections, regional development and human resources development.

How will you benefit?

And, this course is intended for project managers, program managers, or anyone who wants to efficiently participate in agile projects. It is aligned with the Agile Certified Practitioner exam objectives developed by the Project Management Institute® and Certified ScrumMaster learning objectives.

The course includes training videos, examples, exercices and quizes. And, if you take your time to go through all the learning materials this will entitle you to claim 5 PDU’s for the PMI certification exams and to maintain your PMI certification.

So, thank you for condidering this course! Now, go ahead, and hit that "Take This Course" button. And, see you on the inside.

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Instructor Details

Sorin Dumitrascu

I'm Sorin Dumitrascu. I work as an advisor for an international humanitarian organization. Until 2025 I was City Manager of Ploiești, Romania (a city budget of about EUR 200 million), and earlier I was Deputy Director General of Romania's prison service. Since 2015 I have published nearly 200 courses here, taken by more than 360,000 learners.

I'm a public manager and a trainer of trainers, with 15+ years of experience designing and delivering practical courses in management, human resources, project, program and portfolio management, business analysis, operations and finance.

I teach what I practice. I have led and advised projects for the United Nations, the European Union, NGOs and private companies, with a focus on measurable results in organizational performance, industrial relations, prisons and corrections, and adult education.

My courses are built for busy professionals:

- Courses that prepare you for PMI and HR certification exams, plus Six Sigma

- Real case studies from the public sector and from companies

- Templates, checklists and practice resources you can use right away

- Clear, step-by-step lessons with practical assignments

Education: MSc in Policy Making in the European Union (Loughborough University, UK); Bachelor in Administrative Sciences (Public Administration), University of Craiova; Public Manager Diploma, National Institute of Administration (Romania).

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Reviews

4.5

268 ratings on Udemy

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By Gustavo Salvador Balandran Tellez on 10/15/2020

The information provided by the trainer is good, but the way he expresses the ideas are not good enough. He seems to read all the time, and sometimes he showed a lack of expression in his statements. It would be better to have small videos explaining the ideas, more than only read the same text of the charts. And it would be wonderful to have some charts with images about the examples, or even when he explains the formula, could be helpful to write them in a chart. And finally, I suggest at least 2 or 3 pause seconds before answer the questions he made.

By Haas Ana on 7/13/2020

Many thanks to Sorin for conducting this very practical and implementable course on Agile Project Management Fundamentals. You have been very effective in imparting the knowledge in an interesting manner. This is an Excellent Course that will definitely help anyone or group to be effective in managing projects. Thank you.

By Mona Ratnani on 4/30/2020

Learned new concepts about agile project management and methodologies of it along with user roles. Lack of exercises and activities. Overall it was helpful.

By Syed Abdul Barr Safwan on 12/17/2019

Course started with good overview and introduction, however, in the middle seemed to have dropped interest. More live examples would definitely refine the course to a better extent.

By Alghifari Muhammad Dzar on 12/15/2019

Great course, but it's boring. No attractive visual animation or something like that which makes more interesting to watch and stay at course for long time. For me, I had to pause and did something in between. Many courses have good animation in their presentation. I hope you do the same. Thank you for the lecture anyway. I get something useful from this course.

By Alma Segreti on 1/24/2018

Because this a very detailed complete Agile course. After mastering this course you cannot have any problem in an Agile development environment. Well structured and covered course on many of the basics of (agile) project management. Not every section will be useful or new to everybody, but just completing it as a whole will help you structure the knowledge.

By Dunja Babali on 12/24/2017

This course was excellent. It not only taught you step by step how to construct agile projects, it provided well thought out exercises that help you crystallise all of the concepts. The exercise walkthroughs allowed you to see how the instructor approached them so that you could improve on your own techniques.

By Nikola Deprez on 3/13/2017

It's a bit early into the course to actually give a rating, but I am really enjoying it - the clear structure, pleasant and professional look of it, the voice of the tutor and his effort to make the video's pleasant (as in opposed to dull) to watch. Great content so far too! Very practical and I love the fact he added exercises in the course.

By Oxana Shwetz on 5/3/2016

The course is promising, and I am interested in taking all the other parts, as soon as they are live. Presentation is simple and friendly. Visuals are good, information is well delivered. The course logic is clear, and I appreciate the fact that the instructor reminds the general framework when appropriate.

By Vincze Cintia on 2/21/2016

I'm interesting in a certification. And, I will try to take all the relevant courses. This is a great introduction and it is part of a certification program. So, it is exactly what I need. It's designed to fit the needs of busy people. Small chunks, lots of examples and exercices. And, the instructor's explanations are clear and easy to understand.

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