🎉 Designations Are Now Live 🎉

[Ree Kent]

Hello, Training & Certification Community!

Atlassian is pleased to announce that Certified designations are now live!

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As mentioned in this prior post, designations are the replacement for the retired Atlassian Certified Expert (ACE), but with additional paths for recognition. Specifically, associate certifications can be used to earn designations!

You can use all designations to unlock career growth with combined certifications.

Atlassian Certified designations will create multiple tracks for users and admins to demonstrate advanced proficiency with Atlassian products and solutions by earning and combining related certifications. These combined certifications make up either Specialist or Expert designations.

• Specialist designations are for users or admins who want to showcase their verified expertise with Atlassian products and solutions. They provide recognition, distinction within the Atlassian Community, and career opportunities related to the designation’s field.

• Expert designations are for admins who hold multiple professional certifications and demonstrate advanced expertise in configuring Atlassian products and solutions. This level of certification offers significant career advancement potential.

As a reminder, the Specialist designations will align with the Atlassian system of work by focusing on areas such as Agile DevOps (ADO), IT Service Management (ITSM), Teamwork foundations, the Atlassian Cloud Platform, and more. This opens up exciting opportunities for growth and recognition for a wider range of roles and teams.

The initial release includes these three designations:

1. Atlassian Certified Administration Expert

2. Atlassian Certified Agile DevOps Specialist

3. Atlassian Certified ITSM Specialist

To view the certifications required for each designation, please visit Atlassian Certified Designations, on the Atlassian University website.

The Atlassian certification team is excited about these specialized designations, which will enable candidates to earn a higher level of recognition, boost their careers, and prove their broad expertise in Atlassian solutions. Thank you!

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

We will have @Joanna Thurmann on an upcoming episode of The Jira Life to talk about the designations (and more!)

[Tomislav Tobijas _Koios_]

As @Joanna Thurmann likes to say - woot woot!!

 

[Tomislav Tobijas _Koios_]

@Ree Kent will the designations be visible on the Community profiles as well?

[Ree Kent]

Hi @Tomislav Tobijas _Koios_ Yes, adding the badges to your Community profile is in the pipeline, but the exact ETA date is not known at this time. I will provide an update once the team knows the date. Thanks!

[Harrison Ponce]

[Kai Krause]

Thanks for Info. The new badges looking nice. 

[Dietmar Doerschlag]

Fantastic, thank you, I see it listed the new ACE Designations now on the Certmetrics portal. Is there a way to share it out electronically on LinkedIn?

[Ree Kent]

Hi @Dietmar Doerschlag Yes! You can share the badge just as you would share a certification badge. Also, you can add designations to your transcript. 

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thanks for sharing this @Ree Kent 

[Andy Gladstone]

Excited to see this crystalized and tangible. I have watched this process evolve over the past year and I am amazed at the progress that has been made in re-aligning the certification process and goals. Great job team! 

[Stephen_Lugton]

I'm actually going to have to start getting the certifications now rather than just doing the training courses ...

[Ashish Mani Tripathi]

Hi All- one quick question, I have completed only one ACP-620 certification. Do I still eligible to get any kind of Atlassian Certified designations?

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

Passing the ACP-620, which grants the Jira Project Admin for Cloud certification. is 1/4th of the way for the Atlassian Certified Administration Expert designation.  You should see what other certifications you need to get on the page for that designation.