Agile Project Management

Gain a practical foundation in Agile principles and Scrum, one of the most widely used Agile frameworks across industries. Explore why Agile approaches have transformed project delivery and discover how Scrum helps teams organize work, respond to change, and deliver value iteratively. Apply Scrum roles, events, artifacts, and practices to support effective Agile teamwork. Through real-world case studies and practical exercises, examine how Agile teams plan and prioritize work, collaborate with stakeholders, manage backlogs, and deliver working solutions. Explore how Scrum can be adapted to different industries, team environments, and project scales while avoiding common implementation pitfalls. Build the essential Agile skills and mindset needed to contribute confidently to Scrum teams, without requiring prior Agile experience or advanced certifications. Develop practical knowledge that can support your transition into Agile roles and provide a foundation for continued professional development. Earn 10 PMI-recognized Professional Development Units (PDUs) upon successful completion, supporting ongoing professional development and PMP certification maintenance requirements.

Speed is by far the most sought-after benefit of Agile. First mover advantages, the economic cost of delays, and the enabling effect on innovation drive the search for speed. Agile offers the fastest means of attaining speed: managing scope. But beyond the hype over scope management, there are key principles of non-traditional task management that ensure the scope chosen is delivered as efficiently as possible. In this course, you'll learn how to drive speed into any project by selecting and limiting work-in-progress through agile planning and task management. There are two principle roles involved, the scrum master and the product owner. However, the entire scrum team needs to understand the principles behind backlog refinement, sprint planning, and execution throughout the sprint cycle. In this course we'll show you how to run effective sprint planning meetings that produce a sprint backlog ready to deliver on your sprint goals and release objectives. You'll learn the power of prioritizing backlog items, and why we agile planning and sprint planning isn't just a managed list you work top-down in priority order. Instead, scrum teams commit to achieving goals and work together to ensure the user stories that are highest priority get delivered in this sprint, so the upcoming sprint isn't delayed. This also means understanding your team capacity and how to ensure safe and on-time delivery of the highest items on the product backlog that actually matter to your customer. While this course will not make you an agile certified practitioner (PMI-ACP), or certified scrum master (CSM), it offers a more fundamental agile certification based on agile principles and how sprint planning enables hyper productivity in industry today. You'll finish this course more than ready to continue your agile journey, which we hope takes you to the next course in the series on “Agile Innovation and Problem Solving Skills.” Upon successful completion of this course, learners can earn 10 Professional Development Unit (PDU) credits, which are recognized by the Project Management Institute (PMI). PDU credits are essential to those looking to maintain certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Transform ideas into better solutions by developing an agile approach to problem solving. Innovation starts with solving the right problem, and effective problem solvers know how to define problems clearly, gather meaningful requirements, generate creative ideas, and test solutions early and often. Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills for navigating uncertainty and reducing risk in new products, services, and business opportunities. Apply techniques for problem definition, requirements gathering, root-cause analysis, and creative ideation to identify solutions that address real customer and business needs. Explore how agile innovation uses fast feedback cycles, timeboxes, constraint-based thinking, and iterative testing to learn what works and refine solutions. Practice approaches such as “brainstorm and storm drain” to expand creative possibilities while maintaining focus on actionable outcomes. Build practical skills for creating an innovation environment where teams can experiment, learn from failure, address complex problems, and develop sustainable solutions. Designed for product managers, project professionals, entrepreneurs, innovators, and anyone involved in developing new products, services, or business opportunities.

Develop Agile leadership skills to lead teams through change, build collaboration, and create high-performing, empowered teams in dynamic environments. Explore how Agile principles and modern leadership practices can help leaders adapt their approach, improve decision-making, and foster continuous improvement. Trace the evolution of leadership theories and distinguish leadership from management while examining how Agile incorporates practices such as empowerment, transparency, adaptability, and shared accountability. Develop practical approaches to facilitating self-organizing teams, delegating effectively, building trust, and aligning team members around shared goals. Apply Agile leadership principles to navigate organizational change and support motivated, autonomous teams. Explore the roles and responsibilities of Scrum Masters and Product Owners and how effective leadership can strengthen collaboration and Agile project delivery. Designed for both aspiring and experienced leaders, project managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and professionals working in Agile environments, this course provides practical strategies for leading people, managing change, and creating an environment of continuous learning and improvement.