PMP Exam ECO Tasks | APG - Agile Practice Guide
The PMP Exam Content Outline (ECO) defines tasks under 3 domains (People, Process, Business Environment), and the Agile Practice Guide (APG) provides the practical agile knowledge to answer many situational questions.
Here’s a structured Task → Agile Practice Guide mapping:
🔹 Domain I: People (42%)
| ECO Tasks | Agile Practice Guide Coverage |
|---|---|
| Manage conflict | Ch. 4.3 Agile Teams (collaboration, servant leadership, resolving team conflict through retrospectives & transparency) |
| Lead a team | Ch. 4 Agile Teams (servant leadership, coaching, empowerment, building self-organizing teams) |
| Support team performance | Ch. 4.3.2 “Characteristics of Agile Teams”, Ch. 5 Retrospectives for improvement |
| Empower team members & stakeholders | Ch. 4.3 + Ch. 6 Stakeholder Engagement (transparency, co-location, information radiators) |
| Ensure team members are trained | Ch. 4.3.3 Continuous learning culture, Ch. 5 Agile planning (onboarding, team agreements) |
| Build a team | Ch. 4.3 (cross-functional team building, collaboration tools, trust-building) |
| Address & remove impediments | Ch. 4.3 Servant leadership practices, Daily stand-ups |
| Negotiate project agreements | Ch. 6 Agile contracts (fixed-scope vs. value-based, collaborative agreements) |
| Collaborate with stakeholders | Ch. 6 Stakeholder Engagement (engagement models, participatory decision-making) |
| Build shared understanding | Ch. 4.3.2 + Ch. 5.2 Agile Planning (user stories, backlog refinement, workshops) |
| Engage & support virtual teams | Ch. 4.3.4 Distributed teams (tools, communication practices) |
| Define team ground rules | Ch. 4.3 Team agreements / working agreements |
| Mentor stakeholders | Ch. 6 Stakeholder education on Agile mindset |
| Promote team performance | Ch. 5 Retrospectives, metrics (velocity, CFD) |
🔹 Domain II: Process (50%)
| ECO Tasks | Agile Practice Guide Coverage |
|---|---|
| Execute project with urgency & deliver value | Ch. 5 Delivering in increments, MVP concept |
| Manage communications | Ch. 4.3.4 Distributed teams + Ch. 6 Transparency, info radiators |
| Assess & manage risks | Ch. 3.2.5 Adaptive risk management (risk-adjusted backlog, frequent feedback loops) |
| Engage stakeholders | Ch. 6 Stakeholder engagement strategies, participatory decision-making |
| Plan & manage budget & resources | Ch. 5 Agile planning (progressive elaboration, rolling-wave planning, burn rates) |
| Plan & manage schedule | Ch. 5 Iteration planning, velocity, release roadmap |
| Plan & manage quality | Ch. 5 Definition of Done, continuous integration/testing, refactoring |
| Integrate project planning activities | Ch. 5 Planning Onion (vision → roadmap → release → iteration → daily) |
| Manage project changes | Ch. 5 Rolling wave planning, backlog reprioritization |
| Plan & manage procurement | Ch. 6 Agile contracts, incremental delivery with vendors |
| Manage project artifacts | Ch. 5 Information radiators, task boards, backlog tools |
| Determine appropriate project methodology | Ch. 2 Life Cycle Selection (predictive vs. iterative vs. adaptive vs. hybrid) |
| Establish project governance | Ch. 2.3.3 Governance in Agile context (lightweight metrics, transparency) |
| Manage project issues | Ch. 4.3 Impediment removal, issue tracking tools |
| Ensure knowledge transfer | Ch. 4.3 Team knowledge sharing, Ch. 5 Retrospectives |
| Plan & manage project closure | Ch. 5.5 Closing in Agile (releases, retrospectives, lessons learned) |
🔹 Domain III: Business Environment (8%)
| ECO Tasks | Agile Practice Guide Coverage |
|---|---|
| Plan & manage project compliance | Ch. 2.3 Tailoring & governance, Ch. 6 Compliance in hybrid environments |
| Evaluate & deliver project benefits | Ch. 5 Incremental value delivery, MVP, continuous delivery |
| Evaluate & address external business changes | Ch. 2.3 Tailoring, Ch. 5 Adaptive planning & flexibility |
| Support organizational change | Ch. 6 Stakeholder engagement, Agile mindset adoption, transparency |
🔹 Key Takeaway
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The ECO tells you what tasks you must know.
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The Agile Practice Guide tells you how to perform them in Agile/Hybrid.
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For the exam: expect situational Agile questions mapped directly to ECO tasks (e.g., conflict resolution, backlog prioritization, stakeholder engagement).
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