In preparation
The Renewal Receipt
Everyone publishes what a certification pays you. Nobody publishes what it costs you.
A firm has tracked the salary premium of Agile certifications since 1999 and sells it to HR departments for $21,500 a year. The other side of that ledger, the one the candidate pays, has never been published by anyone. This is that side.
| Body | Keeping it |
|---|---|
| Scrum Alliance (CSM)scrumalliance.org/get-certified/renewing-certifications | $100 every 2 years, plus 20 SEUs |
| Scrum Alliance (advanced / professional)scrumalliance.org/get-certified/renewing-certifications | $175 and $250 every 2 years |
| Scrum.org (PSM I)scrum.org/assessments/professional-scrum-master-i-certification | none — "lifetime certification, no annual renewal fee required" |
| Scaled Agile (SSM and foundational)support.scaledagile.com | $195 per year |
| Scaled Agile (SPC / SPCT)support.scaledagile.com/en/articles/9791345-general-renewal-faqs | $995 per year |
What the $39 document adds
- A ten-year total per certification path, per country, with the renewal clock compounded, not the sticker price.
- Dated screenshots of every primary source, archived, so the number survives the page being edited.
- The side-by-side that no vendor will print: which credentials expire and which ones never do.
- The scripts that get an employer to reimburse it, and the arithmetic of what happens when they stop.
It is not finished yet.
The audit is being assembled now. Leave your email and you get told when it is ready, at the price above, before anyone else. No sequence, no upsell, no course. If it never ships, you never hear from me about it again.
Tell me when the Receipt is ready →This sells no certification, no training and no exam prep. It never will.
Meanwhile, the free arithmetic: what your daily standup costs per year.