Fundamentals of Agile Project Management
Master the essentials of Agile and build the skills needed to successfully manage a project in an Agile environment.
Duration
Approx 21 weeks3 hrs per week
Understand the value of Agile methodology
For over a decade, business and industry leaders have applied Agile principles to their projects, transitioning from the rigid process-driven culture to a customer- and business value-driven approach. Agile is commonly applied to large, company-wide jobs including software development, internal information technology, and an ever-increasing variety of hardware development projects.
This ExpertTrack will help you develop the skills to lead projects and motivate operational and cultural changes. Ultimately, you’ll learn how to successfully implement Agile for more efficient project management and to help achieve organisational goals.
Build your understanding of Agile project management
You’ll gain a solid introduction to Agile project management as you explore the concepts, tools, techniques, and applications of Agile.
Beginning with the values and principles that support Agile theories, you’ll then move on to unpacking a number of key Agile frameworks and approaches, as well as commonly used Agile tools and industry-recognised certifications.
Explore advanced Agile with Scrum and Kanban
Once you have mastered the fundamentals of Agile, you’ll start to explore more advanced frameworks.
You’ll learn how to apply Agile concepts in project management as you delve into Scrum, Extreme Programming, and Kanban.
Discover scaling in an Agile environment
With a firm grasp of Agile frameworks, you’ll delve into scaling in an Agile environment to help larger teams benefit from this iterative approach.
You’ll learn how scaling Agile improves cooperation between multiple teams who are working toward the same company-wide goal.
Learn from industry experts at the University of California, Irvine
By the end of this ExpertTrack, you’ll have a firm grasp of Agile management, frameworks, and tools. You’ll understand how to improve your processes whilst maintaining a focus on team and customer collaboration.
Guided by the experts at the University of California, Irvine, you’ll finish with the skills and confidence to implement Agile principles into your organisation.
Industry statistics
Median base salary
£39,000UK job openings/month
7,320
Key skills you will learn
- Coaching techniques
- Operational efficiency
- Agile project management
- Agile
- Project management
Learning outcomes
By the end of the ExpertTrack, you’ll be able to...
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of Agile management, coaching techniques, frameworks and tools.
- Explore how to effectively manage changing customer requirements, while focusing on team and customer collaboration.
- Improve operational efficiencies, increase visibility and adaptability, and decrease risk.
- Model how to utilize cross-functional teams by managing smaller, prioritized tasks
- Apply incremental testing of project progress against user stories to ensure a match between final product and customer expectation.
- Evaluate the best mix of agile, traditional, and hybrid techniques to meet specific project requirements to avoid pitfalls, and to improve quality.
- Compare frameworks such as Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Lean. Being able to select the most suitable for the specific domain and project.
Experience required
This ExpertTrack is designed for professionals who wish to expand their knowledge of Agile to optimise business performance.
It will be beneficial for a wide range of industries, whether you work in software development, information technology infrastructure, commercial products, healthcare, financial services, government, or high technology.
Getting started
Project and program managers or team members who currently hold the Project Management Professional (PMP)® designation will find this ExpertTrack particularly useful and as the next logical step in your development.
ExpertTrack course overview
Course 1
Agile for Beginners
Develop the skills to apply Agile principles to project management as you explore the concepts, tools, and techniques of Agile.
1 peer-graded assignment
7 weeks
3 hours per week
Course 2
Advanced Agile with Scrum and Kanban
Develop your Agile knowledge as you explore key frameworks to help improve your process efficiency.
1 peer-graded assignment
7 weeks
3 hours per week
Course 3
Scaled Agile
Learn how to extend Agile methods to multiple teams to ensure a collective approach to company-wide goals.
1 test
7 weeks
3 hours per week
Prove you're job ready
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- Make your career dreams a reality.
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World-class learning with University of California, Irvine
Established in 1962, the University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education (UCI DCE) has served the lifelong learning needs of individuals, organizations, and the community on a local, regional, and global scale.
Established
1965Location
Irvine, USAWorld ranking
Top 100Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
Meet your instructors
Agile IT Project Manager for Medical Devices managing several mobile applications.
Consultant focused on improving organizations ability to deliver value effectively using tools such as Agile, Lean, Systems Coaching (ORSC), Business Process Improvement/BPM, and Design Thinking
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