About AgileDS™ Certification
AgileDS™ Certification Overview
Benefits of AgileDS™ Certification
For Individuals
- Learn and apply the underpinning principles of Agile Digital Services in a project situation and appropriately configure the lifecycle of a project to a given scenario.
- Identify and apply the Agile Digital Services techniques to be used for a given situation within a scenario.
- Understand the mechanisms for planning, control and governance of an Agile Digital Services project.
- Know how to test, estimate and measure progress during an Agile Digital Services project and identify actions to rectify problems.
- Claim the Business Agility Professional Level 1 – Explorer title and an additional digital badge from the Agile Business Consortium.
For Organizations
- Provides teams with a consistent approach they can adapt into best-practices for the design and delivery of their digital services.
- Clarifies the roles and responsibilities within an AgileDS project and correctly determine the appropriate personnel to fulfil these roles within a given scenario.
- Helps teams effectively test, estimate, and measure progress, guaranteeing digital services evolve with user needs and expectations.
- Ensures digital services meet and exceed user expectations by prioritizing user experience and feedback in the development process.
- Broadens team expertise by teaching Agile planning, control, and governance tools for predictable, high-quality outcomes.
Study materials
Study materials
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Pass the exam & receive a certificate
When you are ready to take your exam, book an online timeslot yourself with APMG, or your training organization may organize this for you. If you pass your exam APMG will issue you with a digital badge for you to share!
AgileDS™ Certification levels
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Videos
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FAQs
Agile Digital Services (AgileDS) guidance is based on the widely recognised Agile Project Management (AgilePM) framework from the Agile Business Consortium and is specifically designed for the development of digital services in an Agile way.
The guidance is closely aligned with the Government Digital Service (GDS) principles and offers practitioners a mature approach that embraces Agile product and service development in the context of business change-focused programmes and projects.
APMG – in partnership with the Agile Business Consortium – has developed a syllabus and exams for practitioners to become AgileDS certified.
AgileDS has one main manual supporting the qualification scheme, published by Agile Business Consortium, called Agile Digital Services Handbook. This can be purchased from APMG Business Books.
Most AgileDS accredited training organizations include this handbook as part of the course fee.
- Provisional results: After completing the Foundation examination, candidates may receive provisional results either orally from the invigilator or on-screen at the end of an online exam.
- Official results: Once processed, official results, including a PDF breakdown of marks by syllabus area, are available in the APMG Candidate Portal. Results are issued as the total number of marks achieved.
- Processing time: Exam papers are usually marked immediately after the exam. APMG formally processes and confirms results via the Candidate Portal within 2 working days of receiving completed papers.
- Outstanding payments: In exceptional cases, results may be withheld until full payment has been received.
Once you’ve been notified that you’ve passed your exam, you will have the option to create a digital badge in APMG's Candidate Portal.
Visit APMG's Candidate Portal, view your exam results and select 'Create Badge'.
This takes you to the Credly website where the digital badges are hosted. You will be guided through the Credly account creation process.
Once you have created an account with Credly, log into the account and accept your pending badge.
Candidates will be able to claim their digital badge and electronic certificate from the APMG Candidate Portal within two business days of their exam result being issued.
If you are sitting the examination through an Accredited Training Organization, the cost of the exam is generally included in the course fee. Please ensure you confirm with your training provider that the exam is included in these costs.
If you have selected a self-study option, please note that APMG-International uses a global pricing model for all exams. The examination fees for candidates attending a public exam centre are determined by the location where the exams are administered.
To find out the costs in your region, please refer to our examination portal or contact the APMG-International Service Desk (servicedesk@apmg-international.com).
Most, if not all, of our certifications come with at least one Sample Exam to help participants prepare for their exam. Access to the Sample Exams can be located on our website.
Some certifications do not require training in order to take the exam however, for most certifications, training is advised.
For some certifications individuals also have the option to self-study in preparation for the exam and, when they are ready, can even take the exam from the comfort of their home or office.
You can find details of our self-study exams, available to purchase, via our public exams portal.
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