So I just got my results back and I finally cleared the AIP certification on my third try. Honestly I was pretty close to giving up after the second failure. My first attempt I went in barely prepared, scored a 61 when I needed a 70. Second time I studied harder but still hit a 68 — two points short, which was brutal. This time I took a completely different approach and it made all the difference.
The biggest change was actually using an AIP practice test consistently instead of just rereading the material. I'd do a full timed practice run every Sunday for six weeks, then spend the rest of the week drilling whatever I got wrong. I also found a solid study guide that broke down the agile principles section in plain language — that section had killed me twice before because I was memorizing definitions instead of understanding the reasoning behind them.
Happy to share more specifics if anyone wants. What topics are you all finding hardest? The metrics and KPIs questions tripped me up a lot in my first two attempts.