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Overview
Build your know-how to manage projects with adaptability, effectiveness and a customer focus.
Agile project management delivers projects in small, iterative sprints, allowing teams to adapt to changes quickly. It focuses on collaboration and continuous improvement to meet customer needs effectively.
Based on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Agile Practice Guide and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), this course is designed to increase and enhance your understanding of the agile approach.
You'll explore opportunities to apply agile best practices throughout a project’s life cycle and learn to effectively implement agile mindset and practices that require a paradigm shift, including customer-centric processes and agile tools and techniques.
You’ll focus on important agile concepts such as product envisioning, design thinking, personas, user story mapping, minimum viable product (MVP) and product backlog refinement. Further, you’ll develop an understanding of client needs and how to create and prioritize work while exploring how to manage risk, employ techniques to characterize key stakeholders and their success criteria and apply best practices for leading agile teams.
You'll have access to engaging online content and assessments and the expert guidance of our industry-trained instructors, who will ensure you get the most from this applied learning experience.
This course is ideal if you:
- seek to develop skills in creating and prioritizing work, managing risk and leading agile teams effectively
- want to enhance your understanding of the agile approach and best practices, including design thinking and user story mapping
- are curious about how to track project progress using agile tools like burnup and burndown charts.
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Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll be able to:
- explain how the five Scrum values enable the three Scrum pillars and make agile teams more effective
- select the appropriate strategies to create an effective agile team and environment
- select the agile team role to be responsible for project activities
- apply design thinking techniques to create an empathy map and user persona
- develop a user story map and prioritized product backlog
- show release and sprint progress on a burnup and burndown chart.
You’ll demonstrate your skills and knowledge through four assignments. All coursework must be completed as outlined in the course schedule and no later than the course end date.
This course may be used toward educational prerequisites for attaining PMI certifications or toward professional development units (PDUs) to maintain certifications.
Additional education, exams and/or work experience requirements may apply.
Upcoming dates
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Registration for this course closes two days prior to the start date.
After you've completed this course
Upon successful completion of this non-credit course, you can self-print your unofficial completion document from your Continuing Education student account.
Micro-Credential
Aligned to current industry standards, SAIT’s micro-credentials develop practical, real-world skills and include competency-based testing. Earning a SAIT micro-credential demonstrates to employers you have the required competencies — both skills and knowledge — to get the job done.
Students who successfully complete this course with a final grade of A- (80%) or higher will earn a micro-credential and receive a shareable digital badge.
Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you’ll receive a free online version of the PMBOK® Guide (Seventh Edition) for the duration.
You can optionally choose to purchase a hard copy or e-book PMBOK® Guide (Seventh Edition) from your preferred vendor.Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop with standard hardware/software requirements.
- Internet access
A functional webcam and microphone are recommended to allow for a more collaborative learning experience.
Financial support
Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants including the Canada Alberta Job Grant.
Applicable certificates
This course applies to the following certificate programs:
- Certification type
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Certificate of Completion
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