Agile for Beginners

Gain a solid introduction to Agile project management

Agile methodology is being widely adopted by project managers. This iterative approach promotes collaboration and human interaction to work more efficiently and be responsive to change.

On this seven-week course, you’ll explore the major concepts, tools, techniques, and applications of Agile project management.

You’ll delve into the Agile manifesto to develop crucial Agile skills and learn how to apply them to the workplace. With this knowledge, you’ll also understand how to build and support high-performing teams.

Explore key Agile frameworks

You’ll identify and compare different Agile frameworks and approaches, including Scrum and Extreme Programming, to understand how to implement them into a work environment.

You’ll also explore the values and principles that support Agile theories to build your understanding of the role of Agile values in project management.

Unpack Scaled Agile Framework and other approaches

With your knowledge of Agile frameworks, you’ll delve deeper into Agile Scaling approaches such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum@Scale, and Nexus. Through examples and discussion, you’ll evaluate Agile Scaling approaches to compare their strengths and weaknesses.

You’ll then discover how organizations can incorporate Agile planning and team dynamics to effectively manage a project in an Agile environment.

Learn how to use Agile tools

The course will wrap up with a survey of commonly-used Agile tools and industry-recognized certifications to help you understand how to select the best option for your work environment.

Guided by industry experts from the University of California, Irvine, you’ll finish the course with a strong foundational knowledge of Agile and will have started to develop key Agile skills you can use in your workplace.

This course is designed for anyone interested in Agile practices but will be particularly useful for programmers and project managers.

You will need a Google account to log in and view some resources on the course.

• Agile Values and Principles
• Course introduction
• Agile Manifesto
• The 12 Agile principles
• Week wrap up
• Agile Theories
• Welcome to the week
• Introducing Agile theories
• Fixed vs growth mindset
• Week wrap up
• Agile Frameworks and Methods
• Welcome to the week
• Agile frameworks and methods
• Choosing the framework
• Week wrap up
• Scaling Frameworks
• Welcome to the week
• Comparison of frameworks
• Addressing the need for scaling
• Week wrap up
• Agile Planning
• Welcome to the week
• Planning and goals
• Week wrap up
• Team Dynamics
• Welcome to the week
• Cross functional teams
• Crew resource management
• Week wrap up
• Agile Tools and Certification
• Welcome to the week
• Agile tools
• Agile certification
• Course wrap up