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Certificate in Agile

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

3 courses

CEUs

24

Next Start

12/01/2024

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The Certificate in Agile offers students the opportunity to improve project efficiency and team effectiveness while preparing for Agile certification exams. The Certificate in Agile program introduces Scrum framework, Kanban, Lean and other core Agile concepts and demonstrates how they fit together to improve the quality of projects and processes. You’ll also learn Agile coaching and change management techniques, while building relevant skills you can apply immediately within your industry. Classes are taught by faculty who are active practitioners in their fields and use real-world scenarios to help increase your practical application.

The average salary of a certified scrum master is $121,228 per year, according to ZipRecruiter.com. According to Zippa.com, projects that use Agile methodologies are 1.5Xs more successful than those that use waterfall methodologies.

Program Outcomes

The Certificate in Agile program is designed for motivated leaders who want to learn proven strategies for streamlining business operations. Students focus on building a greater understanding of how an organization can reduce waste through minimizing resources, speed up project turnaround times and prioritize new ways to better address specific customer needs.

By completing the program, you can develop skills to help you promote better process development and project control, earlier detection of product issues or defects, rapid deployment of solutions, greater flexibility in enabling teams to easily adapt to change and an overall higher rate of success as a result of more focused efforts.

Skills Learned

  • Scrum
  • Team Leadership
  • Lean
  • Process Improvement
  • Project Management

Curriculum & Tuition

Required Courses

Tuition

Average Cost Per Course: $2,295

About Villanova University

Dedicated to academic excellence and lifelong success.

Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University’s six colleges: the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and the College of Professional Studies. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.

The University is widely recognized as a leader in online professional education, with thousands of enrollments – including leaders from top organizations – and unparalleled academic and technical support. Located on a beautiful campus in Villanova, Pennsylvania (just outside of Philadelphia), Villanova is a traditional, fully accredited university offering bachelor, graduate and doctoral degrees. The University has an outstanding full-time faculty of more than 650, along with hundreds of fully credentialed and experienced part-time faculty. To date, more than 135,000 alumni have graduated from Villanova.

Average Cost Per Course: $2,295

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Information Technology Project Managers
Marketing Managers
Project Management Specialists
Software Developers