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 valuable networking opportunities and job placement assistance.
Our class material is based on years of real-world Agile and Scrum experience across multiple industries. To learn more about the topics covered and how to enroll, scroll down.
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 – once each quarter.
Our next course runs from October 15th – November 21st! Enrollment is now open. Fill out the form below to receive an email with further instructions for our fourth quarter course.
Classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30am-9:00am Pacific (GMT-7 DST) online anywhere in the world via Zoom. For those who enroll, sessions are recorded in case you miss a class.
When is the Next Course?
The Agile MBA runs for six weeks four times a year – once each quarter.
Our next course runs from October 15th – November 21st! Enrollment is now open. Fill out the form below to receive an email with further instructions for our fourth quarter course.
Classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30am-9:00am Pacific (GMT-7 DST) 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 participant sign up form further down on this page.
Participants who attend at least six sessions will qualify for a certificate of attendance, to be provided with the contribution of a $20 service fee.
All classes are recorded in case you have to miss a class and will be provided in our Slack workspace for the length of the course. Please note that you will only receive a certificate of attendance if you attend at least six out of the twelve classes live on Zoom.
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