This morning I read a very interesting post over at the AgileScout website titled Agile exams fact check. Peter Saddington (AgileScout) voiced his concerns about a PMI-ACP exam prep website called AgileExams.com. Concerns ranged from questionable pass rates (97%) to testimonials from people who appeared to not be PMI-ACPs.
Now, I believe in capitalism. I believe in building products that have value and can help people. So, this morning, I went onto the AgileExams website and took a practice exam. Per my involvement with the PMI Agile Community of Practice, my involvement with the PMI-ACP exam, and someone who actually took the exam, in my opinion, these questions are not relevant to the exam. I'm not saying they are not accurate. They speak very specifically to content within the PMI recommended reading list. But the exam is not written that way.
If Agile Exams commented on the Agile Scout blog, answering the questions of its readers, perhaps this would have faded into the background rather quickly. Instead, I was cc'd on an email from Agile Exams Customer Service to Peter. Rather than, reading "Peter, we hear you and the community and we'll make things right. We'll be transparent. We'll iterate our product. We'll be agile",
this is a snippet of what I read
Kindly remove the post or make serious revisions to it to reflect that you were wrong in your baseless attack. I warned you earlier that you were border-lining on defamation/libel. In fact, you aren't just throwing into question the integrity of agileexams.com but also the integrity of Ravi, who does not deserve this negative attention at all! If I do not see satisfactory updates on your site, legal means will be considered.
I just saw Jesse Fewell also posted something about AgileExams. I'm also getting emails from people I know and respect in the Agile community asking questions. Curious to see how this plays out.
The Agile Scout blog post now has 29 comments and counting.
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