An Inventory of Agile and Scrum Certifications
In early 2020, I wrote about the Circus of Agile Certifications and challenged myself to get a new Agile or Scrum Certification each week.
There were so many possible Agile and Scrum certifications at that time (over 250) that we thought it might be helpful to publish not only the complete inventory, but our own feedback on each certification as well as subscriber reviews. We launched a dedicated site to capture your feedback on the certifications as something of a ‘Yelp for Agile Certifications’.
Great idea but awful timing. Once the pandemic hit, we recognized that exposing the craziness of certifications was perhaps not the best use of our time :).
So I paused my quest for more certifications and stopped reviewing certifications. Ultimately we closed down the agile certifications review site. However, we thought that there might be value to provide the list of the known Agile and Scrum certifications that we had captured. So we are including it here.
While new agile certifications are hitting the market every week, and existing certifications are getting rebranded or renamed, the list below provides a pretty good inventory of what is available right now in mid-2021.
Inventory of Agile and Scrum Certifications
Here is your list of agile and Scrum certifications, sorted by designation name. For your convenience, we have created a link to the provider website. If you find an error or if there are new certifications that you think should be included, please add a comment and we will make our best efforts to keep this list up to date.
| Designation | Certification | Certifying Authority |
|---|---|---|
| ACC | Agile Coach Certification | Agile Scrum Academy |
| A-CSM | Advanced Certified Scrum Master | Scrum Alliance |
| A-CSPO | Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner | Scrum Alliance |
| Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester | Advanced Level Agile Technical | International Testing Qualifications Board |
| Agile and Scrum Certification | Agile and Scrum Certification | Edwel |
| Agile Business Consortium Scrum Master | Agile Business Consortium Scrum Master | APM Group International |
| Agile Business Consultant | Agile Business Consultant | Agile Business Consortium |
| Agile Certified Professional | Agile Certified Professional | Scrum Professionals |
| Agile Change Agent | Agile Change Agent Certification | APM Group International |
| Agile Expert | Agile Expert | eConsulting Group |
| Agile Leader | Agile Leader | Six Sigma Global Institute |
| Agile Leader Advanced Practitioner | Agile Leader Advanced Practitioner | Agile Business Consortium |
| Agile Project Professional | Agile Project Professional certification | Agile Business Consortium |
| Agile Project Trainer-Coach | Agile Project Trainer-Coach | Agile Business Consortium |
| AgileBA Foundation | Agile Business Analysis Foundation | APM Group International |
| AgileBA Practitioner | Agile Business Analysis Practitioner | APM Group International |
| AgileBA Practitioner Re-Registration | Agile Business Analysis Practitioner Re-Registration | APM Group International |
| AgileDS Foundation | Agile Digital Services – Foundation | APM Group International |
| AgileDS Practitioner | Agile Digital Services – Practitioner | APM Group International |
| AgilePgM Foundation | Agile Programme Management | APM Group International |
| AgilePM Foundation | Agile Project Management – Foundation | APM Group International |
| AgilePM Practitioner | Agile Project Management – Practitioner | APM Group International |
| AgilePM Re-Registration | AgilePM Practitioner Re-registration | APM Group International |
| AgileShift Certification | AgileSHIFT Certification | Axelos |
| AHF | Certified AgilityHealth Facilitator | Agility Health |
| AKC | Accredited Kanban Consultant | Kanban University |
| AKT | Accredited Kanban Trainer | Kanban University |
| APM | Agile Program Manager | Agile Scrum Academy |
| APSM | SAFe Agile Product and Solution Management | Scaled Agile |
| APS-SD | Professional Scrum Developer | Scrum.org |
| ARCH | Certified SAFe for Architects | Scaled Agile |
| ASE | SAFe Agile Software Engineer | Scaled Agile |
| ASM | Agile Scrum Master | Agile Scrum Academy |
| CAA | Certified Agile Auditor | ICCA Council |
| CABA | SQI Certified Agile Business Analysis | International Software Quality Institute |
| CAC | Certified Agile Coach | Chicago State University |
| CAC | Certified Agile Coach | ICCA Council |
| CAE | Certified Agile Essentials | International Software Quality Institute |
| CAE | Certified Agile Expert | ICCA Council |
| CAF | Certified Agile Foundation | ICCA Council |
| CAL1 | Certified Agile Leadership I | Scrum Alliance |
| CAL2 | Certified Agile Leadership II | Scrum Alliance |
| CAMC | Certified Agile Marketing Coach | Agile Marketing Academy |
| CAMP | Certified Agile Marketing Practitioner | Agile Marketing Academy |
| CAMS | Certified Agile Marketing Specialist | Agile Marketing Academy |
| CAMT | Certified Agile Marketing Trainer | Agile Marketing Academy |
| CAP | Certified Agile Practitioner | ICCA Council |
| CAPO | Certified Agile Process Owner | DevOps Institute |
| CASM | Certified Agile Service Manager | DevOps Institute |
| CATC | Certified Agile Transformation Coach | Chicago State University |
| CBAC | Business Agility Coaches | Enterprise Scrum |
| CDA | Continuous Delivery Architect | DevOps Institute |
| CDAC | Disciplined Agile Coach | Disciplined Agile |
| CEAC | Certified Enterprise Agility Coach | Chicago State University |
| CEC | Certified Enterprise Coach | Scrum Alliance |
| Certified Lean Project Manager | Certified Lean Project Manager | IBQMI |
| CESI | Enterprise Scrum Instructor | Enterprise Scrum |
| CIE | Certified Implementation Expert | Scrumstudy.org |
| CKAC | Certified Kanban Ace Coach | Agile Lion Institute |
| CKAP | Certified Kanban Ace Practitioner | Agile Lion Institute |
| CP- DSR | Certified Professional Data Science Using R | DevOps Alliance |
| CP- IOTF | Certified Professional – IoT Foundation | DevOps Alliance |
| CP- MLDSF | Certified Professional Machine Learning and Data Science | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-AAST | Certified Professional Agile Application Security Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-AAT | Certified Professional Automation Agile Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-AMT | Certified Professional – Appium for Mobile Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-BAT | Certified Professional Basic Agile Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-CCT | Certified Professional Cucumber Driven Continuous Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-CPT | Certified Professional – Continuous Performance Testing | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DCB | Certified Professional – DevOps Continuous Builds | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DCD | Certified Professional – DevOps Continuous Delivery | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DCM | Certified Professional – DevOps Continuous Monitoring | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DCT | Certified Professional – DevOps Continuous Testing | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DevSecOps | Certified Professional – DevSecOps | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DOF | Certified Professional DevOps Foundation | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-DOFE | Certified Professional DevOps Foundation for Executives | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-ET | Certified Professional – Exploratory Testing | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-HDA | Certified Professional – Hadoop Administrator | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-HDF | Certified Professional – Hadoop Foundation | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-HDS | Certified Professional – Hadoop with Spark | DevOps Alliance |
| CP-M-AAT | Certified Professional Mobile Automation Agile Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-MAT | Certified Practitioner Manual Agile Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-M-MAT | Certified Professional Mobile Master Agile Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-SAT | Certified Professional Selenium Automation Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-SAT Advanced | Certified Professional Selenium Automation Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-TDM | Certified Professional Test Data Management | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CP-WST | Certified Professional Web Services Testing | Agile Testing Alliance |
| CS@SP | Scrum Scale Certified Practitioner | Scrum at Scale, LLC |
| CS@T | Certified Scrum Scale Trainer | Scrum at Scale, LLC |
| CSD | Certified Scrum Developer | Scrum Alliance |
| CSM | Certified Scrum Master | Scrum Alliance |
| CSP | Certified Scrum Professional | Scrum Alliance |
| CSPO | Certified Scrum Product Owner | Scrum Alliance |
| CSP-PO | Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner | Scrum Alliance |
| CSP-SM | Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master | Scrum Alliance |
| CSSC | Software Scaling Coaches | Enterprise Scrum |
| CST | Certified Scrum Trainer | Scrum Alliance |
| CTC | Certified Team Coach | Scrum Alliance |
| CTFL-AT | Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester | Software Quality Institute |
| DASA DevOps Coach | DASA DevOps Coach | DASA |
| DASA DevOps Leader | DASA DevOps Leader | DASA |
| DASA DevOps Product Owner | DASA DevOps Product Owner | DASA |
| DASA DevOps Professional Create and Deliver | DASA DevOps Professional Create and Deliver | DASA |
| DASA DevOps Professional Enable and Scale | DASA DevOps Professional Enable and Scale | DASA |
| DASA DevOps Professional Specify and Verify | DASA DevOps Professional Specify and Verify | DASA |
| DASM | Disciplined Agile Scrum Master | Disciplined Agile |
| DASSM | Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master | Disciplined Agile |
| DAVSC | Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant | Disciplined Agile |
| DevOps Certification | DevOps Certification | Agile Scrum Academy |
| DevOps Foundation | DevOps Foundation | DevOps Institute |
| DevOps-ARCH | Certified DevOps Architect | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-COA | Certified DevOps Coach | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-DEV | Certified DevOps Developer | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-EXEC | Certified DevOps Executive | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-GEN | Certified DevOps Generalist | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-OPS | Certified DevOps Operations Engineer | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-PM | Certified DevOps Project Manager | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-PO | Certified DevOps Product Owner | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-QA | Certified DevOps Quality Assurance Engineer | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-RM | Certified DevOps Release Manager | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-SEC | Certified DevOps Information Security Engineer | Devops-certification.org |
| DevOps-TRA | Certified DevOps Trainer | Devops-certification.org |
| DOL | DevOps Leader | DevOps Institute |
| DSOE | DevSecOps Engineering | DevOps Institute |
| DTE | DevOps Test Engineering | DevOps Institute |
| EAC | Expert Agile Coach | EuropeanScrum.org |
| EBAS | Enterprise Business Agility Strategist | Agility Health |
| ESC | Expert Scrum Coach | EuropeanScrum.org |
| ESF | Expert Scrum Foundations | EuropeanScrum.org |
| ESM | Expert Scrum Master | EuropeanScrum.org |
| ESMC | Expert Scrum Master Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| ESPO | Expert Scrum Product Owner | EuropeanScrum.org |
| EST | Expert Scrum Trainer | EuropeanScrum.org |
| EXIN Agile Coach | EXIN Agile Coach | EXIN |
| EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation | EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation | EXIN |
| EXIN Agile Scrum Master | EXIN Agile Scrum Master | EXIN |
| EXIN Agile Scrum Product Owner | EXIN Agile Scrum Product Owner | EXIN |
| EXIN Agile Scrum Product Owner Bridge | EXIN Agile Scrum Product Owner Bridge | EXIN |
| Foundation Certificate in Agile | BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile | Chartered Institute for IT |
| Foundation Level Agile Tester | Foundation Level Agile Tester | International Testing Qualifications Board |
| HR-TAL | Certified Agile HR & Talent Strategist | Agility Health |
| IBQMI Approved Kanban Professional | IBQMI Approved Kanban Professional | IBQMI |
| IBQMI Certified Kanban Coach | IBQMI Certified Kanban Coach | IBQMI |
| IBQMI Lean Enterprise Architect | IBQMI Lean Enterprise Architect | IBQMI |
| IBQMI TQM Practitioner | IBQMI TQM Practitioner | IBQMI |
| IBQMI TQM Trainer | IBQMI TQM Trainer | IBQMI |
| IBQMICertified Scrumban Practitioner | IBQMICertified Scrumban Practitioner | IBQMI |
| ICAN | International Certified Agile Ninja | Henry Harvin |
| ICE-AC | ICAgile Certified Expert In Agile Coaching | ICAgile |
| ICE-AE | ICAgile Certified Expert In Agile Engineering | ICAgile |
| ICE-AT | ICAgile Certified Expert In Agile Testing | ICAgile |
| ICE-DM | Delivery Management | ICAgile |
| ICE-DO | ICAgile Certified Expert In DevOps | ICAgile |
| ICE-PO | Product Ownership | ICAgile |
| ICP | ICAgile Certified Professional | ICAgile |
| ICP-ACC | Agile Coaching | ICAgile |
| ICP-ALP | Agile Leadership | ICAgile |
| ICP-APM | Agile Project and Delivery Management | ICAgile |
| ICP-APO | Agile Product Ownership | ICAgile |
| ICP-ASD | Agile Sofware Design | ICAgile |
| ICP-ATA | Agile Test Automation | ICAgile |
| ICP-ATF | Agile Team Facilitation | ICAgile |
| ICP-BAF | Business Agility Foundations | ICAgile |
| ICP-CAT | Coaching Agile Transitions | ICAgile |
| ICP-DAS | Delivery at Scale | ICAgile |
| ICP-EC | Enterprise Coaching | ICAgile |
| ICP-ENT | Agility in the Enterprise | ICAgile |
| ICP-EPO | Enterprise Product Ownership | ICAgile |
| ICP-FDO | Foundations of DevOps | ICAgile |
| ICP-FIN | Agile Finance | ICAgile |
| ICP-IDO | Implementing DevOps | ICAgile |
| ICP-MKG | Agile Marketing | ICAgile |
| ICP-PRG | Agile Programming | ICAgile |
| ICP-TAL | Agile Talent | ICAgile |
| ICP-TST | Agile Testing | ICAgile |
| IREB | IREB RE Agile Primer | International Software Quality Institute |
| iSQI Scrum Master Pro | SQI Scrum Master Pro | International Software Quality Institute |
| KCP | Kanban Coaching Professional | Kanban University |
| KMM | Kanban Maturity Model | Kanban University |
| KMP I | Kanban System Design | Kanban University |
| KMP II | Kanban Systems Improvement | Kanban University |
| LeSS – Basics | Certified LeSS Basics | Large Scale Scrum |
| LeSS – LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer | LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer | Large Scale Scrum |
| LeSS – Trainer | Certified LeSS Trainer | Large Scale Scrum |
| LeSS Executives | Certified Less for Executives | Large Scale Scrum |
| LeSS Practitioner | Certified LeSS Practitioner | Large Scale Scrum |
| Licensed Agile Coach | Licensed Agile Coach | Scrum Inc. |
| LPM | SAFe Lean Portfolio Management | Scaled Agile |
| Nextgile | Nextgile Business Process Agility Professional | Software Quality Institute |
| OACI | OpenSpace Agility Certified Instructor | OpenSpace Agility |
| OSA1 | OpenSpace Agility certificate of completion: Level 1 | OpenSpace Agility |
| OSA2 | OpenSpace Agility Professional: Level 2 | OpenSpace Agility |
| OST1 | Open Space Practitioner Level 1 | OpenSpace Agility |
| OST2 | Open Space Practitioner Level 2 | OpenSpace Agility |
| PAL | Professional Agile Leadership | Scrum.org |
| PAQ | Practitioner in Agile Quality | International Software Quality Institute |
| PARA | Personal Agility System – Recognized Ambassador | Personal Agility Institute |
| PARE | Personal Agility System – Recognized Enthusiast | Personal Agility Institute |
| PARP | Personal Agility System – Recognized Practitioner | Personal Agility Institute |
| PMI-ACP | PMI Agile Certified Practitioner | PMI |
| POCP | Product Owner Certified Professional | Scrum Professionals |
| POI | Product Owner Instructor | ScrumAgile Institute |
| POPM | Certified SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager | Scaled Agile |
| Practitioner Certificate in Agile | BCS Practitioner Certificate in Agile | Chartered Institute for IT |
| Prince2 Agile Foundation | Prince2 Agile Foundation Certificate | Axelos |
| Prince2 Agile Practitioner | Prince2 Agile Practitioner Certification | Axelos |
| Product Owner | Product Owner | Six Sigma Global Institute |
| Product Owner Certification | Product Owner Certification | Agile Scrum Academy |
| PSK | Professional Scrum with Kanban | Scrum.org |
| PSM | Professional Scrum Master I | Scrum.org |
| PSM III | Professional Scrum Master III | Scrum.org |
| PSM-II | Professional Scrum Master II | Scrum.org |
| PSPO I | Professional Scrum Product Owner I | Scrum.org |
| PSPO II | Professional Scrum Product Owner II | Scrum.org |
| PSPO III | Professional Scrum Product Owner III | Scrum.org |
| PSU | Professional Scrum with User Experience | Scrum.org |
| RE@Agile | RE Agile Advanced Level | International Software Quality Institute |
| RS@SP | Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner | Scrum Inc. |
| RTE | Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer | Scaled Agile |
| SA | Certified SAFe Agilist | Scaled Agile |
| SAMC | SCRUMstudy Agile Master Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| SASM | Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master | Scaled Agile |
| SC4JD | Scrum Certification for Java Developer | Scrum-institute.org |
| SC4MD | Scrum Certification for Mobile App Developer | Scrum-institute.org |
| SC4WD | Scrum Certification for Web Developer | Scrum-institute.org |
| SCAC | Scrum Coach Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| SCAC | SCRUMstudy Certified Agile Coach | Scrumstudy.org |
| Scrum Certification Course | Scrum Certification Course | Agile Scrum Academy |
| Scrum Master | Scrum Master | Six Sigma Global Institute |
| Scrum Mentor | Scrum Mentor | ScrumAgile Institute |
| Scrum@Scale Trainer | Scrum@Scale Trainer | Scrum Inc. |
| SCT | SCRUMstudy Certified Trainer | Scrumstudy.org |
| SD | Scrum Developer | ScrumAgile Institute |
| SDC | Scrum Developer Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| SDI | Scrum Developer Instructor | ScrumAgile Institute |
| SDP | SAFe DevOps Practitioner | Scaled Agile |
| SFC | Scrum Fundamentals Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| SGP | Certified SAFe Government Practitioner | Scaled Agile |
| SLAC | Agile Scrum Leadership Executive Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| SM | Scrum Master | ScrumAgile Institute |
| SMAC | Scrum Master Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| SMC | Scrum Master Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| SMCP | Scrum Master Certified Professional | Scrum Professionals |
| SMI | Scrum Master Instructor | ScrumAgile Institute |
| SP | Certified SAFe Practitioner | Scaled Agile |
| SPC | Certified SAFe Program Consultant | Scaled Agile |
| SPO | Scrum Product Owner | ScrumAgile Institute |
| SPOAC | Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| SPOC | Scrum Product Owner Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| SPS | Scaled Professional Scrum | Scrum.org |
| SREF | SRE Foundation | DevOps Institute |
| SSEAC | Scaled Scrum Expert Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| SSGI-CAP | SSGI Certified Agile Professional | Six Sigma Global Institute |
| SSM | Certified SAFe Scrum Master | Scaled Agile |
| SSMC | Scaled Scrum Master Certified | Scrumstudy.org |
| STAC | Scrum Trainer Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| STMAC | Scrum Team Member Accredited Certification | Scrum-institute.org |
| TKP | Team Kanban Practitioner | Kanban University |
| True Agile Culture | True Agile Culture Certification | Center for Agile Leadership |
| True Agile Leader | True Agile Leader Certification Level 1 | Center for Agile Leadership |
| True Agile Team | True Agile Team Certification | Center for Agile Leadership |
What to Do With This List of Agile and Scrum Certifications?
What should you do with this? Well, a couple of things. First, if you identify an agile or scrum certification that is out of date on our list, or missing from our list, please let us know via your comments below.
Second, you can simply enjoy the Circus!
Check out this related post which provides a 2021 Update on the Disciplined Agile Certifications from PMI.
