Deliver innovative solutions by unleashing your team’s potential

Earn our Agile Project Management Online Professional Certificate Program

Unleash your team’s potential: Master Scrum and the principles of Agile project management to deliver faster, more innovative solutions. After learning the basics of Agile, you’ll explore other frameworks to understand differences in scale, structure, and empowerment. Then you’ll dive into the science and essential principles to achieve the benefits of the Agile method: Speed, Innovation, Leadership, and Control. By the end of the series, students should be able to explain how Agile techniques address faults in traditional project management techniques, the tradeoffs of these approaches, and when it’s best to apply them to maximize value to the organization.

We’ve teamed with edX to empower professionals with the tools they need to master Agile Project Management on the job – all without having to be enrolled in a formal educational degree program.

Whether you’re delivering a small part of a project or portfolios of large multi-million-dollar government works; these principles ensure delivery success. This is why companies that embrace these principles continue to set record earnings and stock prices (e.g. AMZN, APPL, TSLA); and those that ignore them find themselves unable to compete.

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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

Target Audience

• Engineers
• Managers
• Designers
• Writers
• Creators
• Executors of all types

Whether you’re delivering a small part of a project or portfolios of large multi-million-dollar government works, these principles scale and apply to all industries to achieve delivery success.

Self Paced Courses and PDUs

The certificate consists of five individual courses and when all five are successfully completed, the certificate will be issued (for verified learners – see cost information below).  All courses are asynchronous which allows individual students to sign up and start the courses when they want and at their own pace.  Students from all sides of the project management community will also be able to collaborate with others registered in the program. The list below identifies the five courses required to complete the Professional Certificate program.

• Course 1 – Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management (10 PDUs)
• Course 2 – Sprint Planning for Faster Agile Team Delivery (10 PDUs)
• Course 3 – Agile Innovation and Problem Solving Skills (10 PDUs)
• Course 4 – Agile Leadership Principles and Practices (10 PDUs)
• Course 5 – Agile for Process, Project, and Program Control (10 PDUs)

Earn 50 PDUs for completion of all five (5) courses.

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Course Accolades

• Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management, the 1st course in the program was listed in the All-Time Top 100 by Class Central
• Agile Leadership Principles and Practices, the 4th course in the program was ranked 3rd of the Ten Most Popular MOOCs in January 2019 by Class Central
• Agile for Process, Project and Program Control, the 5^th course in the program was ranked 1^st among the Ten Most popular MOOCs for April 2019 by Class Central

What Our Students Are Saying

• “Easy to follow and comprehend.”
• “I’ve recommended this series of courses to several business and engineering students, I advise you to do the same!”
• “The lessons are quick, direct to the point and with very interesting examples.”
• “Amazing course, that challenges you every step.”
• “I am quite sure I can use the knowledge I gained to manage Time and Resources in Project Management more efficiently.”
• “It helps understand the Agile world for someone who has worked with more traditional projects.”
• “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.
• “This program took Agile from the theoretical to the practical.  I shared information learned with my team after each session.  The series was engaging and well worth my time.”      — Chandra Knabel, Director of IT Services Strategy and Compliance, Breakthru Beverage Group
• “I wasn’t exactly sure Agile would be the right fit for our organization to meet our goals or our customers’ expectations, as software development is not one of our core business units. The understanding gained through the series continues to help us in areas we never before imagined.“     — Gary Miller, Senior Strategist and IA Director, Technology Specialists, Inc.
• “I gained a better understanding of Agile ie what it is, how it differs from traditional project management, and most importantly, how to apply it to my current organization.”  — Greg Paradis, Program Manager, Precise Systems

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Fees

Each course is free for the first four (4) weeks and it takes approximately ten (10) hours to complete.  For a small fee, edX and UMD will issue a Verified Certificate which provides proof for an employer, school or other institution that the course was successfully completed by the student.  To qualify for a Verified Certificate, participants complete all aspects of the courses which can include watching all videos, participating in discussion forms, and completing any required homework and exams with a passing grade.

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