About AgilePgM® Certification
AgilePgM® Certification Overview
Benefits of AgilePgM® Certification
For Individuals
- Build confidence and credibility as a programme manager by mastering AgilePgM principles and practical skills for Agile settings.
- Build adaptable programmes that respond quickly to changing business needs—adding value and agility to any team.
- Apply the right leadership style at the right time, leading Agile programmes more effectively than with traditional methods.
- Drive success with Agile techniques to consistently deliver outcomes on time and within scope.
- Strengthen collaboration and trust across stakeholders by creating more engaged, aligned, and transparent teams.
- Deliver benefits iteratively and efficiently through regular stakeholder involvement and strong governance.
- Accelerate strategic transformation while reducing risk—becoming a key contributor to organizational success.
For Organizations
- Drive transformational change while reducing cost and risk through ongoing benefit realization and strategic alignment.
- Integrate with existing frameworks like AgilePM and align with quality and audit standards to minimize operational disruption.
- Strengthen governance and transparency for more consistent, successful programme outcomes across the organization.
- Adopt a proven Agile approach without the time and expense of creating a custom methodology.
- Enhance communication and control with just-in-time planning that supports budget, timeline, and strategic goal alignment.
- Build internal capability through Agile certification, promoting professional growth and a culture of continuous improvement.
Useful links
Useful links
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Agile Business Consortium Official Website
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Agile Research Network
Study materials
Study materials
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Choose your learning style
APMG is not a training provider. Please contact accredited training organization's listed on our website for prices and dates. Alternatively, you can self-study for an exam directly through APMG.
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!
AgilePgM® Certification levels
Ready to start your learning journey?
Choose a Training Organization
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Training organizations for AgilePgM® Certification
Testimonials
Very interesting course, providing programme management framework, structure and processes for successfully delivering Agile Programmes. Highly recommend this course to anyone delivering programmes and projects and is interested in Agile.
I found this course really interesting and a great bridge for any Programme Managers transitioning to Agile delivery.
It has changed the way I think about my work, and I'm looking forward to applying these techniques.
Videos
Videos
Strategies for Agile Success with Adrian Pyne
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FAQs
Since 2018, we are no longer registered for AXELOS qualifications and are unable to provide the certificates.
If you received your AXELOS qualification before this time, you can contact customer service and upon providing your candidate number, ask if a copy of your certificate still exists in our system.
Alternatively, you can reach out to IT PeopleCert directly with this request quoting your candidate number.
If you do not have your candidate number, we can provide it to you. Additionally, we are happy to provide a letter of verification for any exams sat with us.
When you pass an exam – you will instantly have the option to claim a digital badge as representation of your new certificate. Your badge can be embedded on an email signature, website, digital CV, or shared via LinkedIn.
Access the downloadable guide for more information on how to claim your digital badge.
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Once you have logged on to the Candidate Portal, click on the ‘Badges and Certificates’ option from the menu bar at the top of screen. From here you should click on the ‘Create Badge/Certificate’ button. This will take you to the Credly platform to create an account and download your badge and certificate.
Step-by-step guidance is available to download from the ‘Badges and Certificates’ area in your Candidate Portal.
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If you previously sat an exam with us and were issued a paper certificate but would like to upgrade to a digital badge and e-certificate, please contact us. There is a £25 administration fee for providing a digital badge and a form for which you will need to complete to consent to your personal information being used in order to manually create the badge in Credly.com.
If your exam is booked through a Training Organization, and they are proctoring your exam over a platform of their choosing, you will need reach out to them directly to discuss options to reschedule.
If your exam is with ProctorU, you can reschedule without additional charges as many times as you wish up to 24 hours prior to your booked slot. If you reschedule within this 24-hour period, you will need to pay the £38 reschedule fee, as we will still be charged by ProctorU for your slot.
You can merge your account by logging into your candidate portal with your initial email address and click on your name at the top. Then click merge and send a merge request to your secondary email address. Once you have agreed to the email request, everything will appear in one account. Please contact us if you have any problems with this process and we will be happy to help.
You may contact our Accreditation Team directly, and they will be happy to answer your questions regarding the Accreditation process.
To become an Accredited Training Organization (ATO), apply for accreditation or contact your local APMG office. If suitable, you'll receive an invoice and undergo APMG International's ATO assessment.
Trainers must be sponsored by an Accredited Training Organization (ATO), which can be found using the APMG International search tool. The sponsoring ATO must submit a trainer application to APMG.
The requirements, including pass marks of the exams, will vary depending on the certification, please get in touch for more information.
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