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Agile Qualifications (Scrum and more)

Agile Project Management

We offer qualifications from all the major Agile and Scrum Certification Providers, via our guest Courses

Click the links for qualifications from:

scrum.org

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Scrum.org provides comprehensive training, resources, assessments and certifications to help people and teams solve complex problems. It was founded by Ken Schwaber, the co-creator of Scrum, as a global organization, dedicated to improving professionalism in complex product delivery. 

Link to the scrum.org website.

Scrum.org PSM I Badge

Live Online Training

PSM Scrum Master - IPM

PSM1 Professional Scrum Master
and IPM Scrum Certification

This short course is designed to give you a strong understanding of Scrum and empower you with globally recognised credentials to jump-start your career as a certified Scrum Master. 

Learn how the Scrum framework can assist you in managing teams and delivering value incrementally through collaborative problem-solving.

With this IPM course, you get:

Become a Certified Scrum Master with exceptional skills to fit the ever-changing industry requirements.

  • 2-day live online course (14 hours)
  • Classes taught by subject-matter experts.
  • Access recordings to review class lectures conveniently.
  • 14 PDUs
  • Full access to the Student Hub’s course materials.
  • Get unrestricted assistance from IPM's devoted Student Support team.
Scrum.org PSPO I Badge
mPlaza Product Owner PSPO I

Scrum Product Ownership
Professional Scrum Product Owner PSPO1 Exam simulator from mPlaza 

Learn more, fill in the gaps, familiarize yourself with the style of the exam, and uncover all the secrets before taking your actual exam with the most popular PSPO I exam simulator!

With this mPlaza resource, you get:

  • The largest available bank of questions (354 questions)
  • Containing helpful explanations for each question
  • Fully compatible with the PSPO I exam (rather than just being random questions about Scrum)
  • Fully updated for the latest version of the PSPO I exam and Scrum Guide
  • An affordable exercise to minimize your chance of failing in the real exam
  • You can take as many simulated exams as you like for a year from the date of your purchase.

Please note that mPlaza is not affiliated with Scrum.org.

Scrum.org PSM I Badge
mPlaza Scrum Master PSM I

Scrum Framework
Professional Scrum Master
PSM1 Exam simulator from mPlaza

Learn more, fill in the gaps, familiarize yourself with the style of the exam, and uncover all the secrets before taking your actual exam with the most popular PSM I exam simulator!

With this mPlaza resourse, you get:

  • The largest available bank of questions (285 questions)
  • Containing helpful explanations for each question
  • Fully compatible with the PSM I exam (rather than just being random questions about Scrum)
  • Fully updated for the latest version of the PSM I exam and Scrum Guide
  • An affordable exercise to minimize your chance of failing in the real exam
  • You can take as many simulated exams as you like for a year from the date of your purchase.

Please note that mPlaza is not affiliated with Scrum.org.

mPlaza PSK Scrum + Kanban

PSK - Scrum with Kanban
Exam preparation from mPlaza

With this mPlaza resourse, you get:

  • A large bank of questions (118 questions, 850 variations)
  • Containing helpful explanations for each question
  • Fully compatible with the PSK exam (rather than just being random questions about Scrum and Kanban)
  • Fully updated with the latest changes to the exam, the Scrum Guide, and the Kanban for Scrum Teams Guide
  • An affordable exercise to minimize your chance of failing in the real exam
  • You can take as many simulated exams as you like for a year from the date of your purchase.

Please note that mPlaza is not affiliated with Scrum.org.

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world's largest professional association for its community of millions of project professionals and changemakers worldwide. In many countries (especially the US), its core Project Management qualifications are the most highly regarded.

Link to the PMI website.
Our video: What is the PMI?

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) formally recognizes a knowledge of agile principles and skill with agile techniques. The PMI-ACP spans different approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD.) It will increase your versatility, wherever your projects may take you.

Pre-requisites: To be eligible for the PMI-ACP® credential, the candidate must meet professional and academic criteria established by The Project Management Institute. Depending on your level of education, you must meet on or other of the following requirements:  

With Honours Degree

  • Four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent)
  • 8 months of agile team experience within the last 5 years
  • 30 contact hours of formal education

Without Honours Degree

  • Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent)
  • 12 months working on project teams within the last 5 years
  • 8 months working on project teams using agile methodologies. This experience must have been earned in the last 3 years (and in addition to the 12 months project teams experience)
  • 30 contact hours of formal education

Ensure you have the required work experience before you apply.

Live Online Training

PMI-ACP - IPM

Institute of Project Management
PMI-ACP Training Course

With this IPM course, you get:

  • Live Online Training (3-day classes)
  • 30 hours of interactive training
  • Access to class recordings
  • Access to IPM's Student Hub, and its resources
  • 2 simulated PMI-ACP exams
  • Tips on answering exam questions successfully
  • 30 contact hour certificate
  • Unlimited follow-up support from IPM's Student Support team.
  • Expert PMI-ACP certified instructors
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IPM is an official Authorised Training Partner (ATP) of the PMI and gets the most up to date exam content directly from source.

Self-paced Online Training

Agile PrepCast - PMI-ACP

PM PrepCast
PMI-ACP Training Course

With this PM PrepCast course, you get:

  • Basic, Elite, Elite Plus options
  • Elite & Elite Plus include PM PrepCast's industry leading exam simulator for PMI-ACP
  • High quality video-based lessons
  • Certificate for 21 Contact Hours
  • Ironclad 90-day money-back guarantee


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PM PrepCast is a PMI Premier Authorised Training Partner (ATP)

Axelos

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Axelos manages, develops, and grows its Global Best Practice portfolio: an unmatched portfolio of globally-recognized best practice qualifications. Their best practice frameworks and methodologies are used globally by professionals working primarily in IT service management, project, program and portfolio management, and cyber resilience.

You can take the PRINCE2 Practitioner exam if you have at least one of the following certificates:

  • PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner
  • PRINCE2 Agile Foundation
  • PMP® or CAPM®
  • IPMA levels A, B, C, or D

Regardless of the official prerequisite, you need to be familiar with PRINCE2 and Agile before taking this course, as the main topic in the course is to learn how to use PRINCE2 in Agile environments, not teaching PRINCE2 and Agile. If you’re not familiar with these two topics, we can recommend the following courses:

mPlaza PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner

mPlaza PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Training Course

With this mPlaza course, you get:

  • PRINCE2 Agile Accredited by PeopleCert
  • Equivalent to a 3-day live Course
  • 21 contact hours (PDUs) / 41 lessons
  • First 5 lessons FREE (No sign-up)
  • Exam simulator 150 questions
  • 2 sample exams and quizzes & games
  • Free official manual (PDF format)
  • Access materials for 1 year
  • PeopleCert PRINCE2 Foundation exam voucher
  • Access to your trainers

Try before you Buy...
Try out the first 5 lessons (12%) of your PRINCE2 Foundation course absolutely Free.

PLUS... Money-back guarantee
If you’re not satisfied with the course, you can ask for and receive a full refund for the course for up to 30 days after your purchase, while you’re in the first 30% of the course. If your purchase includes an official exam, the exam cost can be fully refunded for up to 10 days.

mPlaza is an Accredited Training Organization (ATO) of PeopleCert

Also from Axelos...

PRINCE2 Project Management

Do also take a look at our PRINCE2 Courses:

  • PRINCE2 Foundation
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner

And our PRINCE2  Roadmap and Resource Guide.


ITIL IT Service Management

And we also offer ITIL courses.

Agile Business Consortium

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The Agile Business Consortium is an independent not-for-profit professional body dedicated to advancing business agility worldwide in accordance with a defined set of professional standards and a code of practice.

The Agile Business Consortium offers five levels of Agile certification, with several options at levels 1 to 3. With our partner, the Professional Training Center of Excellence, we offer training in their base qualification, Level 1 - Agile Project Management (AgilePM) Foundation.

Agile Business Consortium AgilePM Foundation Certification Training Course

The exam doesn’t have any prerequisites. You don’t need to have prior knowledge of or work experience in Agile projects to understand the course.

The course is designed for busy professionals; most lessons are 10 to 15 minutes long, so that you can take one or two per day, without much effort. Also, we’ve avoided homework and covered it in other ways, because you probably don’t have enough time and mental energy to spend many hours by yourself doing homework.

mPlaza AgilePM Foundation

With this mPlaza course, you get:

  • Equivalent to a 3-day classroom course
  • 21 contact hours (PDUs) / 79 lessons
  • Program includes quizzes, sample exam, and games
  • Accredited by APMG under licence from the Agile Business Consortium (DSDM)
  • One year of access
  • Certification of completion: when you finish the course
  • Access to your trainers

Basics of project management based on DSDM® Agile methodology, one of the most comprehensive Agile methods.

AgilePM® is based on the Agile Business Consortium's Agile Project Framework (established for over 20 years). It is the world's leading guidance and certification for agile project management.

It offers you a practical and repeatable methodology that has an ideal balance between the standards, rigor, and visibility required for good project management, and the fast-pace, change and empowerment provided by agile.

Try before you Buy...
Try out the first 24 lessons (c.30%) of your course absolutely Free

Money-back Guarantee
If you’re not satisfied with the course, you can ask for and receive a full refund for the course for up to 30 days after your purchase, while you’re in the first 30% of the course. If your purchase includes an official exam, the exam cost can be fully refunded for up to 10 days.

EXIN

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EXIN is a leading independent examination and certification institute. It has certified millions of professionals in the digital domain. It offers a wide range of exams in the rapidly-changing field of IT-related qualifications. It continually innovates by developing exams in-house, both independently and with partners, to enrich its portfolio and broaden the scope of the exams offered.

EXIN enables digital transformation by assessing and validating competences. It has partners in more than 165 countries worldwide. 

Exin offers a suite of six Agile Scrum certifications. Thorough our partners, OnlinePMCourses can offer you training for the the two most popular of these.

EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation Course with mPlaza

EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation offers professionals a unique certification that combines agile principles and scrum practices. The exam tests candidates on their understanding of key concepts and their application.

It is especially useful for those leading or participating in projects, and will be of interest to professionals who work in project management, software development, IT service management, and business management. 

The course and the exam don’t have any prerequisites. You can learn the topics without prior knowledge of or experience in Agile projects.

mPlaza Agile Scrum Foundation

With this mPlaza course, you get:

  • Accredited by EXIN - aligned with the latest definition of the ASF program1 year access to the course
  • Equivalent to a 3-day classroom course
  • 21 Contact hours (PDUs)/ 41 lessons
  • Program includes quizzes, flashcards
  • Official sample exam paper
  • Certification of completion
  • Access to your trainers

Try before you Buy...
Try out the first 14 units (c.30%) of your course absolutely Free

Money-back Guarantee
If you’re not satisfied with the course, you can ask for and receive a full refund for the course for up to 30 days after your purchase, while you’re in the first 30% of the course. If your purchase includes an official exam, the exam cost can be fully refunded for up to 10 days.

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Chuck Cobb

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I have evaluated courses from all of these providers and I consider them all to be of the highest quality - provided by deep Project Management experts. 

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