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Professional Certificate · Bachelor's level · CPP-02
Agile Practices: Scrum and Kanban
For: Project managers, project team members, product managers and developers who work, or will work, in an agile way.
Learning outcomes
- Identify the method to apply, predictive or agile, in light of the project context.
- Organise a project using the Scrum framework: accountabilities, events, artefacts.
- Build and prioritise a product backlog from user stories.
Programme over 4 weeks
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Agile Manifesto: values and principles; differences from predictive approaches; criteria for choosing a method. |
| Week 2 | Scrum: accountabilities of the Product Owner, the Scrum Master and the Developers; sprint, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective; product backlog, sprint backlog, increment, Definition of Done. |
| Week 3 | Kanban: visualising the flow, limiting work in progress, cycle time; user stories, acceptance criteria, relative estimation. |
| Week 4 | Professional simulation: reasoned choice of method for a given project and building a prioritised product backlog. |
Assessment
Marked professional simulation, assessed against a rubric (70%): case study on choosing a method, and a prioritised product backlog; online knowledge-check quiz (30%).
The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.
Optional: Monitoring an Agile Project and Hybrid Approaches
An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-02C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.
- Tracking indicators: velocity, burndown chart, sprint dashboard.
- Hybrid approaches and the first issues raised by agility in a fixed-price contract.
At your own pace: the self-paced pathway
In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.
Estimate how long my pathway will take
- Duration
- about 4 weeks
- Estimated end
- 4 weeks after you start
- Examination
- Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
- Payment
- In a single payment
An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.
Admission
Experience of taking part in a project; no degree requirement beyond the application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.
The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Bachelor's degree in IT Project Management, within a period set by the certificate regulations.