A decision tool, not another list of acronyms
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CSM
Foundation- Credential owner
- Scrum Alliance
- Practical focus
- Scrum foundations, facilitation and the Scrum Master role in a guided class.
Choose this whenYou want a structured, instructor-led starting point and peer discussion.
View course details →PSM
Foundation to advanced path- Credential owner
- Scrum.org
- Practical focus
- Scrum knowledge and application validated through Scrum.org assessment.
Choose this whenIndependent study and an assessment-led credential model suit you better.
View course details →CSPO
Foundation- Credential owner
- Scrum Alliance
- Practical focus
- Product Owner foundations, value, stakeholders and backlog decisions.
Choose this whenYou want a facilitated course-led introduction to product ownership.
View course details →PSPO
Foundation to advanced path- Credential owner
- Scrum.org
- Practical focus
- Product ownership and value delivery with an assessment-centred path.
Choose this whenYou want to validate Scrum product knowledge through assessment.
View course details →SAFe POPM
Practitioner- Credential owner
- Scaled Agile
- Practical focus
- Product Owner and Product Manager work across teams and an Agile Release Train.
Choose this whenYour organization uses SAFe or your role spans team and program backlogs.
View course details →Leading SAFe
Foundation / leadership- Credential owner
- Scaled Agile
- Practical focus
- SAFe principles, business agility and leading change across the enterprise.
Choose this whenYou need broad SAFe context for leadership or cross-functional work.
View course details →SAFe Scrum Master
Foundation / practitioner- Credential owner
- Scaled Agile
- Practical focus
- Team events, iteration execution and team support within an ART.
Choose this whenYou will work directly with a SAFe team as Scrum Master or facilitator.
View course details →SAFe Scrum Master
Foundation / practitioner- Credential owner
- Scaled Agile
- Practical focus
- Team-level facilitation and iteration execution in SAFe.
Choose this whenYour immediate responsibility is helping one team work effectively in an ART.
View course details →SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
Experienced practitioner- Credential owner
- Scaled Agile
- Practical focus
- Advanced facilitation, coaching and improving team and ART performance.
Choose this whenYou already facilitate teams and need broader coaching and flow capability.
View course details →SAFe RTE
Advanced / program leadership- Credential owner
- Scaled Agile
- Practical focus
- ART events, impediments, flow and leadership across multiple teams.
Choose this whenYou are moving into responsibility for an Agile Release Train.
View course details →PMP
Experienced project professional- Credential owner
- PMI
- Practical focus
- Project leadership across predictive, Agile and hybrid delivery contexts.
Choose this whenYou own broad planning, risk, governance, stakeholders and delivery outcomes.
View course details →Scrum Master certification
Foundation to advanced- Credential owner
- Credential depends on path
- Practical focus
- Scrum practice, facilitation, impediment removal and team effectiveness.
Choose this whenYour target work centres on enabling Scrum Teams rather than leading projects.
View course details →Team Kanban Practitioner
Foundation- Credential owner
- Kanban University
- Practical focus
- Visualizing work and improving flow at team level.
Choose this whenYour team needs a practical introduction to Kanban practices.
View course details →Kanban System Design
Practitioner- Credential owner
- Kanban University
- Practical focus
- Designing or redesigning an end-to-end Kanban system for a service.
Choose this whenYou need policies, workflow design and service-level thinking beyond a board.
View course details →Scrum Better with Kanban
Scrum practitioner- Credential owner
- Kanban University
- Practical focus
- Using Kanban flow practices while retaining the Scrum framework.
Choose this whenYou already use Scrum and want better flow without replacing Scrum.
View course details →Scrum Master certification
Foundation to advanced- Credential owner
- Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org
- Practical focus
- Scrum framework, facilitation and team enablement.
Choose this whenScrum knowledge and role practice are still your main capability gap.
View course details →ICP-ACC
Experienced Agile practitioner- Credential owner
- ICAgile
- Practical focus
- Coaching stance, agreements, listening, questions and team coaching.
Choose this whenYou have delivery context and now need stronger coaching conversations and stance choices.
View course details →AI for Scrum Masters
Practitioner- Credential owner
- AgileSeekers
- Practical focus
- Responsible AI support for facilitation, team data and recurring Scrum Master work.
Choose this whenYour use cases sit mainly with a team, its events and delivery evidence.
View course details →AI for Agile Leaders
Leader / change practitioner- Credential owner
- AgileSeekers
- Practical focus
- AI-supported change, decision making and leadership across teams and systems.
Choose this whenYour work spans organizational change, leadership and multiple teams.
View course details →Use one rule across every comparison
Match the credential to a responsibility—not just a job title.
- 1
Name the work. What decision, conversation or delivery problem should become easier?
- 2
Check the context. Do you work with one team, several teams, projects, products or enterprise change?
- 3
Plan the evidence. Where will you apply the learning within 30 days?
