Best Atlassian certification to do

[simarpreet singh]

Hey guys,

I know that's not a technical query, but I really need input from the experts here.

My organization is going to reimburse the entire cost for one of the Atlassian certifications I do. So I want to be dead sure which is the best certification (no matter even if the hardest, I will study :)) to apply for. Is ACP-100 (Jira Admin) better than any of the other Atlassian Jira certifications?

I'm only looking only for Jira certifications.

Many thanks in advance.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

"Best" is a good principle, but too vague.  It's highly subjective and contextual in almost every context.

Given the information in your question we can narrow it a bit, but not tell you "best for you"

• ACP-100 - Jira Admin - covers being a Jira System Admin (Jira and project admins have a sub-set of powers, but this won't help you with OS/hardware stuff beyond "know when to go ask the network/hardware/server-support people)
• ACP-200 - Confluence admin - c.f. ACP-100, but for Confluence
• ACP-300 - Agile with Jira Software - using and administrating Jira projects for Agile use
• ACP-400 - Service Desk - using and administrating Jira projects for Service Desk use
• ACP-500 - Atlassian System admin - looks at running Atlassian systems one a more OS level, integrations and the lower level support
• ACP-600 - Project admin for Jira - arguably a subset of 100, 300 and 400, but it cuts out all the things your Jira admins do for you and focusses on all the things they tell you "you can do for yourself" in a LOT more detail than 100

So, the question for me is now: "What do you want to start focussing on?"  Given your question and the tags you've selected, I would be looking at ACP-300 as the top of the list.  Then 600, and 100 in third place.  But I know there's probably more to the question!

[simarpreet singh]

Hi @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- 

Thanks for your response. Basically I'm myself working as a jira admin in my organization (not system admin). So, to more narrow down, do system admins, or agile admins got more insights and knowledge than jira admins? On the basis of this, I want to decide which one to pursue.

Thanks.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

More insights?  Yes and no.  More on a system level, less on a Jira-user level.  Agile admins - same answer, more in their role, less in the plain Jira area.

We can't tell you what is going to fit you best.  We cannot know what might be best for you (without a lengthy exposition of your role or what your role should be doing).

Jira admin is not a role you can do by rote, all your users, projects, roles and use-cases are different.

I am not sure we can help you a lot more here.  Unless you can tell us what the expected job description is.

[Joanna Thurmann]

Hi @simarpreet singh - I definitely suggest ACP-600 as the most approachable/achievable Jira certification.

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[simarpreet singh]

Hi @Joanna Thurmann 

Thanks for your response. Basically I'm myself working as a jira admin in my organization (not system admin). So, to more narrow down, do system admins got more insights and knowledge than jira admins. On the basis of this, I want to decide which one to pursue.

Thanks.

[Joanna Thurmann]

I agree with Nic's answer down below... it's difficult to advise you without knowing your existing skill set and what the expectations of your job role are. One more advice I can offer is to review all the Exam Topic guides for each exam and see which one resonates more.