About Scrum Training and Certification
Overview
Scrum Training and Certification
Benefits of Scrum Training and Certification
For Individuals
- Deliver value quickly through increments (or short sprints) which allows for quicker feedback loops.
- Enhance collaboration by fostering teamwork through shared values, clear roles, and mutual respect.
- Achieve higher productivity by helping teams to focus better, make effective decisions, and perform at their best.
- Enhance transparency by providing clear backlogs and establishing consistent sprint goals for better predictability.
- Efficiently use resources by focusing on high-value tasks, optimizing time and minimizing waste.
For Organizations
- Improve quality through regular inspections that identify issues early and ensure better outcomes.
- Integrate risk management into development by encouraging incremental delivery and regular stakeholder involvement.
- Improve customer satisfaction improves with Scrum, as prioritization and frequent feedback align products with customer expectations.
- Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives that refine processes with actionable experiments.
- Enhance flexibility through Scrum's iterative and incremental planning, which helps teams adapt to changing priorities.
Useful links
Useful links
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Official Scrum Guide
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Agile Business Consortium
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Blog: What is Scrum?
Documentation
Documentation
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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!
Scrum Training and Certification levels
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Training organizations for Scrum Training and Certification
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FAQs
The Agile Business Consortium Scrum Master, Product Owner and Essentials certifications are valid for life and do not expire. There are no mandatory rec-certification requirements.
Examinations can be marked on location with provisional results provided immediately after marking. Exam packs are then returned to APMG for formal confirmation within 5 working days of receipt.
You will need to score 30/50 (or more) to pass the APMG/ABC Scrum Master, Product Owner and Essentials exams.
There are a number of reasons why individuals may choose the APMG/ABC Scrum courses and exams over alternatives, from less IT-focused content to greater exam and certification flexibility. For more, take a look at our "Why ABC-APMG Scrum certification" document.
- 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.