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Strategic Value Streams

  • Practitioner Certification

    Register for Practitioner Examination
    Study the Body of Knowledge

Practitioner Digital Credential

Successful candidates receive a digital certificate and a verifiable Practitioner designation badge with a unique certification reference. Credentials are suitable for professional display including LinkedIn.

What Practitioner Certification Demonstrates

Practitioner certification recognises the ability to apply the Strategic Value Streams Body of Knowledge to realistic organisational scenarios.
Candidates must demonstrate structured judgement across governance, financing, intervention design, architecture and measurement within complex enterprise contexts.
This certification moves beyond conceptual literacy toward applied capability.

  • Diagnosis of value stream misalignment

  • Design of governance and decision rights structures

  • Financing model selection in long lived delivery systems

  • Evaluation of cross value stream interventions

  • Interpretation of performance and systemic health signals

  • Architectural constraint assessment

  • Risk and change integration within perpetual flow

    • Practitioner Examination Specification

    • Format: Multiple choice scenario-based, including both single best answer and multi-response

    • Delivery: Online remote proctored

    • Conditions: Closed book

    • Duration: 120 mins

    • Questions: 102

    • Pass mark: 60% [62 or more correct]

    • Result: Immediate result and certification with digital badge if successful

    Eligibility and progression

    Eligibility

    Foundation certification is required prior to registration for Practitioner examination.  If you attempt and pass Practitioner without prior Foundation certification, we will record your pass but you will need to achieve success in Foundation before any result, badge or certification is formalised.
    Certification levels are cumulative.
    Candidates are expected to possess practical organisational experience.

    Progression

    Practitioner certification is required for progression to Fellow assessment. Certification levels are cumulative and structured.

    Fee and Retake Policy

    Examination Fee

    Practitioner examination registration fee: £189

    Retake policy

    Your exam fee includes a single resit at no charge.  If you are unsuccessful in your first attempt, no charge is made for your second attempt.

    Practitioner Certification Validity and Renewal

    Practitioner certification is awarded for a fixed term of 36 months from the date of successful examination.

    Continued use of the Practitioner designation requires that certification remains valid.

    Where a candidate progresses to Fellow status within the validity period, Fellowship supersedes the Practitioner renewal cycle. The most advanced active credential governs professional standing and validity.

    If Practitioner certification expires and Fellowship has not been awarded, certification status lapses. Reinstatement requires successful completion of a new Practitioner examination.

    Upon expiry, the digital badge and certificate are revoked. Expired credentials may not be presented as active certification.

    This renewal structure ensures that Practitioner certification reflects maintained professional competence and alignment with the evolving Strategic Value Streams Body of Knowledge.

    Register for Practitioner Examination

    Practitioner certification recognises applied capability in enterprise value stream design and governance.

    Register for Practitioner Examination
    Study the Body of Knowledge