Program Courses
To earn a Certificate in Agile Practices from Northwestern University, students must complete the following courses:
- Agile for Practitioners Core Course (PROJ_PMI 403-0)
- Any two Agile or project management electives
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Annual Schedule
CORE COURSE |
FALL | WINTER | SPRING | SUMMER |
| PROJ_PMI 403-0 Agile for Practitioners | X | X | X |
ELECTIVE COURSES |
FALL | WINTER | SPRING | SUMMER |
|
PROJ_PMI 204-0 Developing People and Teams |
X | X | X | |
| PROJ_PMI 211-0 Soft Skills for the Project Manager | X | X | ||
| PROJ_PMI 225-0 Power Excel Skills for Project Managers | X | X | ||
| PROJ_PMI 315-DL Risk Management (online) | X | X | ||
| PROJ_PMI 345-DL Practical Project Planning (online) | X | X | ||
| PROJ_PMI 350-0 Leading and Coaching Agile Teams | X | |||
| PROJ_PMI 360-0 Agile Estimating and Planning | X | |||
| PROJ_PMI 365-0 Supporting an Agile Transformation | X |
Attribution
PMI, PMBOK, CAPM, PMI-ACP, and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.Fall quarter will commence on September 21. Courses will be offered online, remotely, and
on-campus in accordance with University guidelines
.
Please refer to the Schedule Notes for course delivery information.
IMPORTANT: The registration process for Fall 2021 professional development courses requires you to (A) register for your course,
(B) complete an acknowledgment of Northwestern University's Student Expectations and COVID-19 Code of Conduct in CAESAR, AND (C)
update your emergency contact information
. Current students with an active NetID must complete their student acknowledgment and update
their emergency contact information in CAESAR before registering for Fall 2021 courses.
New students must complete their student acknowledgment
and update their emergency contact information in CAESAR within 48 hours of enrollment before official registration can be finalized.
Please contact
pdp@northwestern.edu
for assistance.
PROJ_PMI 403-0 : Agile for Practitioners
Description
Agile skills are in high demand in all industries, and
experienced project professionals need to pick up agile skills to
stay relevant. This course, which meets the PMI-ACP® education
requirements, is a workshop style course that will teach
participants the principles and values of Agile, and help them
apply Agile practices and techniques to their current projects.
This is a highly interactive course that leverages real world
examples from Scrum, Lean, Kanban and other Agile methods.
Participants will work in teams to experience and apply Agile to
the course exercises.
Total Professional Development Units (PDUs): 26 (Technical: 20; Leadership: 6)
Registered students can access their online course site here. An activated NetID and password is required for login. *Please note: It may take up to 24-hours for registered students to be added to the online course platform.
Additional Information:
This course is graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Tuition : $1255| Summer 2021 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 06/28/21 - 08/08/21 | Tu | 7 – 8 p.m. | 43 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Mersino, Anthony | Remote Campus | Closed | 40987 | |
| Schedule Notes : In order to limit our community’s exposure to COVID-19, this course will be conducted remotely, online. This course has required live, synchronous sessions, held online via Zoom, on Tuesdays from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Sync session attendance is mandatory unless otherwise stated by the course instructor. All times listed CST For more information, please contact profdev@northwestern.edu. Course Materials :Course materials are included in the cost of tuition and will be provided in class and via the online Canvas course site. | ||||
| Fall 2021 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 10/04/21 - 11/13/21 | Tu | 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. | 43 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Mersino, Anthony | Remote Campus | Open | 10903 | |
| Schedule Notes : This course will be conducted remotely, online. This course has required live, synchronous sessions, held online via Zoom, on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Sync session attendance is mandatory unless otherwise stated by the course instructor. All times listed CST For more information, please contact profdev@northwestern.edu. Course Materials :Course materials are included in the cost of tuition and will be provided in class and via the online Canvas course site. | ||||