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Agile Advisor Proficiency

Agile Advisor Proficiency

Recognizes practitioners who consistently deliver high-quality advisory services across multiple client contexts. The accredited individual leads a complete consulting cycle: analysis, diagnosis, recommendation, implementation support, and enabling client independence.


Requirements

1-hour accreditation interview. The candidate must: - Provide evidence of at least 2 years of experience as an advisor or consultant in agile contexts (or 1 year if continuously mentored by an ACA Accredited Coach). Evidence must include contracts, client references, or written recommendations. - Answer 2 questions requiring judgment in complex advisory situations: diagnosing organizational dysfunction, managing client resistance, or navigating conflicting stakeholder interests. - Provide evidence of at least 2 client engagements where structured agile guidance was provided, including situation analysis, recommendation, and outcome. - Provide evidence of at least 1 engagement where a documented diagnosis led to a redefinition of the original problem presented by the client. - Provide evidence of at least 1 engagement where recommendations based on a documented diagnosis were implemented, with outcomes described. - Provide evidence of at least 1 facilitated session that built consensus, enabled decision-making, or created commitment around a corrective action. - Provide evidence of at least 1 client learning session (training, workshop, or structured knowledge transfer) they designed and delivered. - Present 1 case study of an end-to-end advisory engagement: entry, diagnosis, recommendation, implementation support, and closure. - Share at least 3 self-improvement goals grounded in patterns observed across their advisory practice.