Which Agile Certification Is Right for Me?
Find which certification best suits your purpose and your objectives. Choose between the European Certified Agile Coach (EC-AglC®), European Certified Agile Product Owner (EC-AglPO®), European Certified Agile Project Manager (EC-AglPM®), European Certified Scaled Agile Master (EC-SM®) and PMI-ACP®.
Which Agile Certification Is Right for Me?
Certification | Acronym | Certification requirements
| Purpose | Best suited for | Focus | Certification renewal
| Certification exam
| Exam language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Certified Agile Coach | EC-AglC® | None | Demonstrate ability to coach individuals, teams, and organizations through agile adoption. | Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Team Members, Project Managers, Managers. | Scrum events, artifacts, commitments, values and accountabilities; agile practices. | Does not expire. | 50 questions completed in 60 minutes. Passing score is 60%. | English |
European Certified Agile Product Owner | EC-AglPO® | None | Demonstrate ability to establish a product vision, manage a product backlog and ensure the team delivers a valuable product. | Product Owners, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Team Members, and Project Managers. | Product vision, product roadmap, release planning, and product backlog refinement. | Does not expire | 50 questions completed in 60 minutes. Passing score is 60%. | English |
European Certified Agile Project Manager
| EC-AglPM® | None | Demonstrate ability to manage agile and hybrid projects. | Project managers, aspiring project managers, and everyone aiming to enhance agile project management knowledge and skills. | Agile project management artifacts and best practices. | Does not expire | 50 questions completed in 60 minutes. Passing score is 60%. | English |
European Certified Scaled Agile Master | EC-SM® | None | Demonstrate ability to apply scaled agile practices and principles. | Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Product Owners, Agile Leaders, and Team Members. | Scaled-agile organization, product planning, product development, and coordination. | Does not expire | 50 questions completed in 60 minutes. Passing score is 60%. | English |
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner | PMI-ACP® | Secondary degree + 21 contact hours of agile practices training + 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years + 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years. | Demonstrate ability to drive excellence across approaches, including Scrum, Lean, and Kanban. | Project managers, team members. | Agile principles and mindset; value-driven delivery; stakeholder engagement; team performance; problem detection and resolution; continuous improvement. | Valid for 3 years. Candidates must earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) and pay renewal fee. | 120 questions completed in 180 minutes. Does not have a predetermined passing score. | Available in multiple languages |
The information available in this table does not substitute the more accurate information on the website of each certification provider.
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