A microcredential is a qualification that demonstrates your knowledge in an in-demand discipline or topic. These accessible courses are quick, focused explorations so that you walk away with in-demand agile skills without a significant time commitment.
Scrum Alliance® has introduced microcredential courses as a means for providing more ways for professionals and organizations to grow and maintain high-demand scrum and agile skills. These concise and focused courses provide flexible training that’s practical and immediately applicable. As agile ways of working proliferate in modern-day organizations, the need for agile and scrum skill sets across all roles and levels continues to rise. Microcredential training streamlines bringing the most relevant skills to the right roles in the most expedient way possible.
Scrum Alliance® microcredentials are:
- Lifelong: They do not expire
- Highly focused on a topic or skill
- Granted after you complete a course of 8 hours or less
- May be delivered live online, in-person, or with on-demand interactive content
Compare that to Scrum Alliance certifications, which:
- Expire after 2 years and require earning Scrum Education Units® (SEUs®) and paying a renewal fee to remain active
- Are a broad exploration of a topic that often equips you with multiple new skills and approaches to leverage at work
- Granted after you complete a multi-day course
- Delivered live online or in person
Please visit this page to learn more about microcredentials. You can find instructor-led classes by visiting our Course Search.