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Agile Project Management

Deliver innovative solutions by unleashing your team's potential.

What You Will Learn

  • Learn Scrum mechanics and how to translate other Agile frameworks such as SAFe, Disciplined, and LeSS
  • Gain a deep understanding of Agile principles and how to apply them in any industry, with case studies in Software, Aerospace, Finance, and Construction
  • Reduce risk of project failure by adopting agile results-based controls to close projects more effectively
  • Increase speed using lean / agile work management techniques proven to deliver faster
  • Improve project benefits with innovation and leadership approaches that unlock your team’s potential

Overview

Nominated for the 2020 edX Prize

In this Professional Certificate program, you will learn the mechanics of how to design and facilitate projects using “pure” Agile Scrum and Lean Kanban techniques. You will also learn the trade-offs of using hybrid techniques such as Lean Startup, Scaled Agile For the Enterprise (SAFe), and Disciplined Agile Development.

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Certificate At A Glance

Expert Instruction
5 Skill Building Courses

Self-Paced
‍Progress at your own speed

5 Months
2 - 3 hours per week

$1,120.50
For the full program experience
Regularly $1,245.00 when paying per-course

50 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
Earn PDUs toward your Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Mangement Professional (PMP) certification

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Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management

Learn the project management processes, roles, mechanics, and philosophies behind Scrum, the simplest and most pure approach to managing work at the team level.

Sprint Planning for Faster Agile Team Delivery

Drive speed into any project with prioritized backlogs, limiting work-in-process, and engaging the entire agile team in effective sprint planning.

Agile Innovation and Problem Solving Skills

Learn how to deliver greater value through Agile solution targeting and theory of constraints that unleash your team's innovative potential.

Agile Leadership Principles and Practices

Accelerate and improve team decisions by learning Agile’s facilitating leadership principles to unleash team productivity, motivation, and problem solving.

Agile Process, Project, and Program Controls

Learn Agile controls that get work done with confidence by using true transparency (actuals not estimates) and continuous improvement to ensure your people, process, and products deliver valuable, working solutions.

What Our Students Are Saying

Informative and astonishing program, the order of the courses allows you to step into the Agile concept gradually and deeply till you master them and understand the big "Why". Mentioning the references draws the guidelines for any passionate candidate to move forward in the career of project management. What's the most amazing is the use of multiples references besides the strong experience. I highly recommend it to everyone in the project management field.
Mona Elkamhawy
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Job Outlook

Project Manager jobs are expected to grow by 33% over next 10 years

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Program Project Manager income is $60k to $100k based on industry

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You can earn $10,000 more as an Agile Project Manager

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Instructors

Your Instructor

John Johnson

I'm passionate about what works as both scientific principles and best practices in project and product management. Teaching is leading leaders, so my first goal is to engage with compelling reasons to change their thinking. Our shared goal is to empower their teams to delight customers while also serving the organization and society that supports them.

Corporate Endorsement

Supporting US military efforts require accuracy and efficiency. We are passionate about it. In keeping with the integrity of our Nation’s military men and women, it is imperative that we provide them the best technology imaginable. The Agile Project Management program provides clear direction to channel team efforts in a more concise manner. I highly recommend this program to any organization relying on teams to get things done.
Debbie Gray, Director of Human Resources, GTMR Inc.
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