The University of Maryland (UMD) Project Management Center for Excellence has transformed its approach to online education by working with the edX platform to deliver its Agile Project Management Professional Certificate program at a global scale.
EdX is a nonprofit, open-source learning destination that offers online educational programs and courses in alliance with more than 130 member institutions, comprised of both leading global universities and colleges, and a diverse group of prominent organizations from around the world. Founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and based in Cambridge, MA, edX is focused on transforming online and classroom learning through groundbreaking methodologies, game-like educational experiences and cutting-edge research on an open-source platform.
鈥淲e are honored to work with The University of Maryland to offer a Professional Certificate program in Agile Project Management,鈥 said Anant Agarwal, edX CEO and MIT Professor. 鈥淲e鈥檝e heard from our global community of learners that they are seeking courses to help them advance their careers. Professional Certificate programs on edX deliver career-relevant education in a flexible, affordable way, by focusing on the critical skills industry leaders and successful professionals are seeking today.鈥
Unleash your team鈥檚 potential: Master Scrum and the principles of Agile project management to deliver faster, more innovative solutions. After learning the basics of Agile, you鈥檒l explore other frameworks to understand differences in scale, structure, and empowerment. Then you鈥檒l dive into the science and essential principles to achieve the benefits of the Agile method: Speed, Innovation, Leadership, and Control. By the end of the series, students should be able to explain how Agile techniques address faults in traditional project management techniques, the tradeoffs of these approaches, and when it鈥檚 best to apply them to maximize value to the organization.
Whether you鈥檙e delivering a small part of a project or portfolios of large multi-million-dollar government works; these principles ensure delivery success. This is why companies that embrace these principles continue to set record earnings and stock prices (e.g. AMZN, APPL, TSLA); and those that ignore them find themselves unable to compete.
