What is an Agile project management qualification?

What is an Agile project management qualification? An Agile project management qualification is a professional qualification which is dedicated to the role of a project manager in Agile projects. Be aware that most Agile methods are not project management methods, but are development methods. That means that Scrum qualifications are not Agile project management qualifications. In fact there are only two dedicated Agile project management qualification schemes: AgilePM, and PRINCE2 Agile.

Both these qualification schemes offer Foundation qualifications aimed at people starting to learn about Agile project management, and Practitioner qualifications aimed at more experienced people wanting to learn to apply Agile project management approaches on their projects. These qualifications are as follows:

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