Jira Certification

Sherry Nightingale_kj9gq1

Hi - I have set myself up with a personal Jira Account so I can use it to gain certification.

I have been using Jira for approx 8 years and have been an Administrator for 2.5 of those years.

I have gained a lot of credentials but I want to booster my career and gain certifications.

Is there a suggested learning path?

Thanks

Sherry 

Arkadiusz Wroblewski

Hello @Sherry Nightingale 

Love that you’re doing this properly instead of just “winging the exam” 🙂

Since you already have 8 years of Jira experience and 2.5 as an admin, you’re not starting from zero. So I’d structure this strategically, not generically.

If you’re focused on Jira Cloud, the natural progression usually looks like this:

ACP-620 (Managing Jira Projects for Cloud)
Even as an admin, this one is a great foundation cert. It sharpens project configuration knowledge, workflows, boards, permissions, schemes  and it aligns you with Atlassian’s terminology.

ACP-100 (Jira Administration for Cloud)
This is the real admin-level validation. Since you’ve been an admin already, this should be very achievable with targeted prep.

Then specialize depending on your direction:

Jira Service Management cert if you work heavily with JSM

Advanced Roadmaps / Agile at Scale if you’re moving toward portfolio / program level

Confluence Cloud cert if you want broader Atlassian platform credibility

My advice:
Don’t just study features. Study how Atlassian expects you to think, governance, scalability, performance, scheme reuse, permission modeling. The exams often test “best practice thinking”, not just buttons.

Also:

Use the official learning paths in Atlassian University

Do hands-on in your personal instance (break it, fix it, rebuild it)

Practice reading tricky scenario questions, that’s where most people lose points