What is the Agile MBA™?
The Agile MBA™ is a free course that provides upskilling in Agile and Scrum to prepare you to successfully navigate the complex, knowledge-based world. By taking the Agile MBA™, you’ll be joining a community of Job Hackers around the world and be able to leverage the knowledge you gain to obtain Scrum certifications such as the
Professional Scrum Master I as well as take advantage of invaluable networking opportunities and job placement assistance.
What Topics Are Covered?
Week 1
- Introduction to Agile
- Understanding Problem Types
- Relative Estimation
Week 2
- Scrum – The What and Why
- Scrum – The How
Week 3
- Test-Driven Development & Behavior-Driven Development
- Technical Debt
Week 4
- Product Development Flow
- Queues, Batch Sizes, and Work in Progress
- Why Proper Sequencing is Crucial
Week 5
- Systems Thinking
- Theory of Constraints
- The Cobra Effect
- Holistic (Throughput) Accounting
Week 6
- Human Factors
- Cognitive Illusions and Biases
- Motivations
- Psychological Safety
- Peopleware
When is the Next Course?
The Agile MBA™ runs for six weeks four times a year – fall, winter, spring, and summer.
Our next course will begin July 17, 2023.
Classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30am-9:00am (Pacific) online anywhere in the world via Zoom. For those who enroll, sessions are recorded in case you miss a class.
FAQs
There are no prerequisites to enroll in the Agile MBA™. The course is open to individuals all around the world at any stage of their careers. The average age of our students is 40+.
Enrollment is opened up a few weeks before the start of each course. In order to receive the link to the enrollment form, you should first fill out the particpant sign up form further down on this page.
Participants who attend at least six sessions will receive a certificate of completion.
All classes are recorded in case you have to miss a class. Please note that you will only receive a certificate of completion if you attend at least six out of the twelve classes.
Support the Job Hackers
The Job Hackers is a nonprofit dedicated to helping people get jobs through free training and placement assistance.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, all donations are tax deductible.