Agile Project Management Diploma

Agile project management is widely acknowledged as the industry standard, making it essential for the success of complex projects and the advancement of your project management career.

On this 15-week, online diploma, which is as flexible as the methods it teaches, lock-in your career by arming yourself with Agile’s essential principles, practices, and frameworks. Each week, you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of Agile project management approaches, from lean to scrum to kanban.

In completing this diploma you’ll earn two industry-recognised qualifications, setting yourself up to take on bigger projects, drive project success rates, and advance your professional development.

What’s more, you’ll learn from the industry professionals. IPM’s comprehensive curriculum doesn’t just teach the facts, it gives you experience. You’ll learn from six expert Agile project managers throughout each week.    

Take the first sprint in adopting an Agile mindset  

You’ll begin this diploma by learning the basics. Learn where Agile and Lean project management come from, why so many organisations practise these approaches, their benefits, and the complementary relationship between the two.

This will help you distinguish empirical (Agile) from defined (traditional) project management methodologies.

Grasp Agile approaches, including Agile planning, Agile testing, and Agile metrics

Once you’ve laid the foundation, you’ll delve into the finer points. You’ll gain an understanding in Agile planning by utilising product road maps and iteration planning. 

You’ll learn the importance of user stories and how crafting effective user stories can significantly benefit the product, enhance team collaboration, and drive company-wide success.This will help you create clear, actionable requirements that drive development and ensure alignment with user needs. 

Next, you’ll master Agile testing practices and how to integrate them throughout the development cycle to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Explore Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Kanban frameworks

The benefit of this online diploma is that it goes beyond the surface-level learnings of Agile project management. 

You’ll dive deep into specialised frameworks, looking at Scrum’s iterative cycles and defined roles, Extreme Programming’s focus on high-quality software through practices like TDD, and Kanban’s visual approach to managing workflow. 

This comprehensive exploration will equip you with practical insights on how to effectively apply each framework to enhance project outcomes.

Apply risk management and stakeholder engagement to Agile projects

Towards the end of this diploma, you’ll look into Agile project management’s ‘black boxes,’ including risk and stakeholder management. 

You'll learn how Agile manages risks through tools like the Product Backlog and risk-based spikes, and gain skills in stakeholder engagement and team leadership, using techniques such as burn down charts and pre-mortems to effectively address challenges and ensure project success. 

Grow your professional career with the Institute of Project Management’s gold-standard certification

IPM is a preeminent professional organisation, remaining at the forefront of global project management practices and insight. Their professional body consists of over 40,000 train professionals and 6,000 project managers.

You’ll be guided by six highly-respected Agile project managers and feel supported by IPM’s resources throughout this programme.

How will the skills I learn advance my career?

The skills you develop on this programme will reiterate to a highly-competitive industry and future employers your competencies in agile methods and best practices, including scrum, lean, and kanban.

In honing these skills and laying a solid foundation in one of project management’s most widely applied methods, you prove you can add adaptability to complex projects, promote greater cross-team collaboration, engage with key stakeholders more effectively, and foster iterative progress to improve processes. 

As you work through this diploma, you’ll be able to apply these highly sought after skills and practical techniques in real-time to your current and upcoming projects, ensuring immediate and tangible benefits to your work environment – and career.

What will I receive upon completing this diploma?

Eligible candidates will receive two globally-recognised credentials upon completing this diploma. These solidify your competitive edge and expertise in Agile practices.

• IPMA agile international certification

• IPM professional diploma