Certifications

All certifications on this page are issued under SADMF Version 3, the latest release of the Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework. Version 3 credentials are cryptographically signed Open Badges 3.0 verifiable credentials.

SAD Practitioner

SAD Practitioners have demonstrated they understand the basic value of the Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework and promise to deliver that value.

• Apply for Certified Practitioner
• Enterprise Packages Available

SAD Fellow

SAD Fellows have demonstrated they are as valuable as at least four practitioners.

• Apply for Certified Fellow

SAD Accredited Facilitators

Accredited Facilitators have all of the certified credentials to convince executives to pay their consulting fees. They have demonstrated the ability to apply Scaled Agile DevOps Principles and Practices and have documented that their outcomes meet or exceed expectations. They are also skilled at preparing reports that show consistent improvement from week to week.

The key to being SAD AF is to have a generous stakeholder engagement budget and a keen understanding of how to frame progress.

SAD AF certifications cannot be purchased. They are applied for by submitting experience reports of applying Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework in your daily life!

Send submissions to scaledagiledevops@gmail.com

DevOps Engineers Proving Real Experience Solving SAD Engineering Dilemmas

This certification is reserved for Feature Teams who have demonstrated the ability to not only talk the talk but also walk the walk. Preparing for this requires the Feature Team to reserve a Convoy cycle to study for the certification. The certification requires renewal every 8 weeks lest the team lose the ability to be a truly DEPRESSED Feature Team

Technical Certifications

For Code Engineers, Unit Testers, and Quality Authorities, SADMF offers a dedicated suite of Technical Certifications that recognize execution excellence at the delivery layer.

• CODER — Certified Obedient Developer Executing Requirements
• MANUAL — Methodically Applying Non-automated User-level Acceptance Loops

SAD Master

SAD Masters have demonstrated mastery of the framework across multiple Convoy cycles and can coach others in its application. The Master certification requires documented evidence of sustained SADMF adoption, endorsement from a Commodore or higher, and completion of the SAD Master Intensive workshop series.

See Also

• Certified Professionals — recognized SADMF credential holders
• Technical Certifications for delivery-layer roles
• Roles for the organizational roles certifications apply to
• SADMF Adoption Rate for tracking certification coverage
• Success Stories from certified SAD Accredited Facilitators