Agile Methodologies with Scrum and Kanban
Learn the principles and practices of popular SCRUM and Kanban. Build the skills necessary to be a member of a high performing, continuously improving and self-organizing scrum team.
What you can learn.
- Distinguish the characteristics and benefits of agile and traditional methods to managing projects
- Describe Scrum and Kanban as the two key agile/lean methods for schedule management
- Define the key roles, responsibilities, processes, and artifacts associated with agile methods
- Understand how agile methods can help organizations adapt to changing conditions and meet business needs
About this course:
The use of Agile is quickly becoming the new norm. This course covers SCRUM and Kanban as the most popular agile and lean processes for enabling fast delivery of projects while shifting culture to teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Students will gain the skills to apply the agile steps to their projects by practicing with iterative and incremental scheduling techniques and SPRINTS. Students explore how agile trends and emerging practices are different than predictive, waterfall scheduling models and traditional lifecycle development approaches.This course will meet the education training hours and will help you gain knowledge towards the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification. It also provides foundational knowledge for the Certified Scrum Professional–ScrumMaster (CSP-SM)® and Professional Scrum Master (PSM)® certifications.
UCLA Extension is a Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) and is approved by PMI to issue professional development units (PDUs).
Winter 2021 Schedule
Available Format(s):
These courses are fully online and have no regular meeting times.
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised.
Available Format(s):
These courses have regular meeting times and are fully online, via remote instruction. Click “See Details” below for more information.
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised.
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