Do (good) Scrum Masters need certifications?
Especially in the last two years, I´ve come across the "certification debate" quite often; the stances I´ve come across were mostly negative, for instance:
🔸Certifications don´t make you a good Scrum Master
🔸Certifications mean nothing: experience is everything
🔸Certifications are just "digital bragging", they provide no value
If you ckeck out my badges, you will see that I am biased, but here is my personal take on it; Spoiler Alert: I have a very different perspective:
🔸Certifications are a learning experience, which is in the Scrum DNA
🔸Certifications show that you´re being serious and willing to develop
🔸Certifications are a form of decency: you should learn what you teach
While learning something new doesn´t make you an expert over night, certifications are often simply required in client projects. Also, people got to start somewhere ... creating a climate that essentially indicates that learning is bad, is absurd, because Scrum is all about forming a learning organization.
Do you agree, or do you have a different stance on certifications?
Please share: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
(Shoutout to Alexander Hardt who essentially inspired me through a post to go badge hunting again).
#agile #scrum #certifications
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