Professional Agile Leadership™ Certification
Prove your Knowledge of Professional Agile Leadership
The Professional Agile Leadership™ (PAL I) certification validates that you are a leader who understands the value Agile can bring to a business and how to actively practice Agile. This certification demonstrates why leadership support of agile teams is essential to achieving organizational agility and what leaders can do to support their teams to help them achieve higher performance.
While attendance is not a prerequisite, attending a Professional Agile Leadership Essentials (PAL-E) class is highly recommended.
PAL I includes questions from the following Focus Areas as defined in the Professional Scrum Competencies.
- Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework:
- Empiricism, Scrum Values, Scrum Team, Events
- Developing People and Teams:
- Self-Managing Teams, Facilitation, Leadership Styles
- Managing Products with Agility:
- Forecasting & Release Planning, Product Value, Stakeholders & Customers
- Developing and Delivering Products Professionally:
- Emergent Software Development
- Evolving the Agile Organization:
- Organizational Design and Culture, Evidence-Based Management
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Certification Details
- $200 USD per attempt
- Passing score: 85%
- Time limit: 60 minutes
- Number of Questions: 36
- Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer, True/False
- Language: English
- Free Credly digital credential included
- Recommended course: Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ (PAL-E)
- Practice assessments: Agile Leadership Open, Scrum Open
- Passwords have no expiration date, but are valid for one attempt only
- Lifetime certification - no annual renewal fee required
Why Scrum.org
Unlike other Scrum certifications that are awarded for attendance in a class, earning a Scrum.org certification requires proof of knowledge and understanding by passing the certification test. You can take the Professional Scrum certification test whether you have attended a Scrum.org class or not, though each Scrum.org training class is a great learning experience and includes a free attempt at the associated certification.
Protecting the integrity of the certification process is very important to us. By taking a test with Scrum.org you agree to abide by our Standard of Conduct. You will not receive information about the specific questions that were answered correctly or incorrectly, however you will receive a breakdown of your performance based on the Professional Scrum Competencies.
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Professional Agile Leadership Essentials™ Training
In the Professional Agile Leadership - Essentials course, designed for managers and leaders of agile teams, gain a practical understanding of how to best support, guide and coach your team(s) to create conditions for greater agility. Understand the role that leaders play and be prepared to take action in creating a successful agile environment.