PROJ 025 - Agile Project Management
Course Description
Agile project management delivers projects in small, iterative sprints, allowing teams to quickly adapt to changes. It focuses on collaboration and continuous improvement to meet customer needs effectively. Build your know-how to manage projects with adaptability, effectiveness and a customer focus.
Based on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Agile Practice Guide and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), this 14-hour 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 as well as learn to effectively implement agile, the agile mindset and the 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.
Register for our online asynchronous format if you need a more flexible, independent approach to learning. Or register for our in-person, classroom-based option if you prefer learning in a social setting. With either format, you'll get access to engaging online content and assessments and tap into the expert guidance of our industry-trained instructor who will ensure you get the most from this applied learning experience. This course is part of the Project Management Certificate of Completion.
Note: Registration for this course closes two days before the course start date.
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.
"PMI", "PMBOK" are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Learning Outcomes
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 skill and knowledge acquisition through four assignments. All coursework must be completed as per the course schedule and no later than the course end date.
Earn a SAIT micro-credential
This course qualifies for the SAITMicro badge. 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. Learn more.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
Funding Opportunities
Learn more about how to pay for or reduce your education/training costs with available awards, bursaries, loan options and grants, including the Canada Alberta Job Grant.
There are no specific admission requirements (academic and/or work experience). Any industry-related experience you already have will be beneficial.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Delivery formats: For your convenience, we offer delivery of this course in online asynchronous, or in-person classroom formats. Learn more about our delivery formats.
Course completion: Upon successful completion of this non-credit course, you’ll receive an electronic copy of your official transcript. You’ll also be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account. There is also the opportunity to earn a SAITMicro digital badge, if you have met the earning criteria. Complete all courses required for the Project Management Certificate of Completion to receive your SAIT certificate credential.
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.
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Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Project Management Certificate of Completion : Required Courses