Agile certifications
Project Management branch
Certification by Ken Schwaber and his organisation Scrum.org. Certification on several levels is currently available within the scrum.org organisation:
  • Professional Scrum Foundations (PSF)
  • Professional Scrum Master on levels 1, 2 and 3 (PSM 1/2/3)
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner on levels 1, 2 and 3 (PSPO 1/2/3)
  • Professional Scrum Developer (PSD 1)
  • Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS)
  • Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK 1)
  • Professional Agile Leadership (PAL)
  • Professional Scrum with User Experience (PSU)

PSM exam format 1 (basic level):

  • The cost of the exam: $150 per test
  • A minimum of 85% correct answers required
  • Number of questions: 80 questions
  • Limit of time: 60 minutes
  • Only available in English
  • Multiple choice, multiple answer and truth/false questions
  • Released over the Internet from anywhere
  • No training required although recommended
  • The password obtained for the examination has no expiry date, valid for one attempt only

 

PSM exam format 2 (advanced level):

  • The cost of the exam: $250 per test
  • A minimum of 85% correct answers required
  • Number of questions: 30 questions
  • Limit of time: 90 minutes
  • Only available in English
  • Multiple choice, multiple answer and truth/false questions
  • Thematic areas of PSM II are Scrum Guide and Nexus Guide
  • You should have passed the basic level exam earlier
  • Much more difficult than the basic level
  • Released over the Internet from anywhere
  • No training required although recommended
  • The password obtained to pass the exam has no expiry date, valid for one attempt only.

PSM exam format 3 (expert level):

  • The cost of the exam: $500 per test
  • The exam form is a combination of 34 multiple-choice questions and an essay
  • A minimum of 85% correct answers required
  • Limit of time: 120 minutes
  • Only available in English
  • Multiple choice, multiple answer and truth/false questions
  • Thematic areas of PSM II are Scrum Guide and Nexus Guide
  • Released over the Internet from anywhere
  • No training required although recommended
  • The password obtained to pass the exam has no expiry date, valid for one attempt only.

Nexus – Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS)

Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS) is available to anyone who wants to confirm their knowledge of scaling Scrum and Nexus Framework. Those who pass the exam will receive an industry-recognized SPS certificate, which proves their proficiency in the above mentioned content.

SPS exam format (intermediate level):

  • The cost of the exam: $250 per test
  • The exam form is a combination of 40 multiple-choice questions and an essay
  • Required 85% correct answers
  • Limit of time: 120 minutes
  • Only available in English
  • Multiple choice, multiple answer and truth/false questions
  • SPS subject areas are Nexus Guide
  • Released over the Internet from anywhere
  • No training required although recommended
  • The password obtained to pass the exam has no expiry date, valid for one attempt only.
More about the individual paths can be found here –> Certification Scrum.org
Agile Project Management (AgilePM®) is designed for people working in a project-oriented environment and wanting to ensure their efficiency. Based on the proven foundations of the oldest agile methodology, DSDM Atern, which describes step-by-step operations on an agile project. The Agile Project Management™ Foundation and Practitioner show how to lay a solid foundation for the success of Agile projects, present the philosophy, principles, process, roles and techniques used in Agile projects, juxtapose the differences in traditional and Agile management styles as well as explain how to combine AgilePM® with PRINCE2® methodology.

Agile Project Management™ Foundation

Agile Project Management™ Foundation – as part of the certification process, users learn the basic elements of which the AgilePM® method consists of, among others, philosophy, supporting principles, roles and responsibilities, products, processes and techniques. Participants will learn how to run projects characterized by high variability and at the same time strong time and cost constraints. The training is addressed to all those planning or already working in agile teams: from very experienced Project Managers to those starting their professional careers.

Exam format:

  • Like test
  • The time of the exam is 40 minutes
  • 50 questions in the test set
  • To get a pass, 25 points are required – 50%
  • The science fair is not allowed

Agile Project Management™ Practitioner

Agile Project Management™ Practitioner – qualifications at the level of Practitioner give confidence, motivation and ensure in-depth knowledge not only of the principles themselves, but also of how to use and implement them in the daily life of a project manager. On the way to certification, participants combine elements learned at the Foundation level: philosophy, practices, principles, process, roles and responsibilities, and prepare the basis for the implementation of a project scenario prepared especially for this purpose.

Exam format:

  • A prerequisite for taking the exam is to have one of the following certificates: AgilePM Foundation or DSDM Atern Foundation Certificate or DSDM Advanced Practitioner Certificate.
  • The examination covers all areas of the Agile Project Management Practitioner syllabus provided by an accredited AgilePM® Practitioner training course
  • The examination consists of a total of 80 questions
  • The time of the exam is 150 minutes
  • An examination requires at least 40 correct answers (50%) to pass.
  • Can use the Agile Project Management™ Handbook v2
Mirosław Dąbrowski, for his part, has created sets of thought maps completely non-profit. He did a good job, appreciating his many years of work, I would like to recommend these maps to you as excellent training material, but also to prepare for AgilePM exams.
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PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
Certificate from the Project Management Institute stables. It requires extensive knowledge of Agile practices, tools and techniques because PMI has set itself the goal of certifying Agile practices. This is one of the most difficult exams to pass in the offered Agile certification.
We have quite extensive requirements for taking the exam here:

  1. General project management experience – 2000 hours(12 months) worked in project teams in the last 5 years (passed and current PMP® or PgMP® will meet the requirement)
  2. Experience in managing agile projects – working 1500 hours (8 months) in agile project teams or with agile methodologies in the last 3 years. These hours are additional to those required in general project management experience.
  3. Training hours – 21 training hours spent on agile methodologies, including training such as e.g. Professional Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master, etc.

The experience gained covering these 3 points is described in the registration form. It should be borne in mind that the projects described could not/were not run in parallel. If we have such a case then we can describe the experience only from one selected project. The form filled out in this way goes to PMI, but it may or may not be audited or the possibility to proceed to payment is confirmed. Detailed information about the exam can be found directly on the PMI -> PMI-ACP Handbook.

Exam format:

  • Multiple choice test
  • The time of the exam is 3 hours
  • 120 questions, of which 20 are non-scoring questions, placed randomly in the exam
  • The 50% test checks the knowledge of Agile tools and techniques and 50% checks the knowledge and skills of Agile in the other 50%.
  • The three-stage grading scale: Proficient, Moderate Proficient, Below Proficient
The certificate, granted for 3 years, needs to be renewed by collecting Agile-related PDUs. It is required to collect 30 points during these 3 years to remain valid.
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Scrum Alliance products are an alternative and some competition to Scrum.org certificates. For each of the paths, prior training is required, then we pass the exam on our own within 3 months from the end of the training.
There are 7 different certificates offered at the moment where the input base is the three mentioned above. As the base certificate holders gain experience, they can apply for more certificates by extending them:
Certificates for Scrum roles

  • Certified ScrumMaster®
  • Advanced Certified ScrumMaster
  • Certified Scrum Professional® ScrumMaster
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner®
  • Advanced Certified Product Owner
  • Certified Scrum Professional® Product Owner

Agile Leadership

  • Certified Agile Leadership 1
  • Certified Agile Leadership 2

Certificates at Guide level

  • Certified Scrum Trainer®
  • Certified Team Coach®
  • Certified Enterprise Coach
More about the individual paths can be found here -> Scrum Alliance certification
Quality Assurance branch
  • viSQI® Certified Agile Tester, informacje o certyfikacie -> CAT
  • ISTQB Agile Tester Foundation -> Agile tester

CAT/ ISTQB Agile Tester format (intermediate level)

  • The exam is a combination of 40 multiple-choice questions
  • 65% correct answers required
  • Limit of time: 60 minutes (15 minutes longer if you don’t pass in your language)
  • Available in multiple languages
  • Multiple choice, multiple answer and truth/false questions
  • Training is recommended but not necessary
Development branch
  • Professional Scrum Developer™ – as part of certification offered by Scrum.org
  • Certified Scrum Developer® – under certification offered by Scrum Alliance
  • iSQI® Certified Agile Test Driven Development, certification information -> CAT DD