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Agile Project Management, Graduate Certificate

2022-2023 Edition

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Northeastern University’s graduate certificate in agile is designed to empower students to explore agile principles and practice and remain up-to-date with current trends in the agile framework. The increasingly important role of agile practitioners and managers is becoming clear as agile business development processes are being adopted by major companies because of its high degree of success in achieving improved time to market, reducing costs, and increasing overall customer satisfaction.

The graduate certificate in agile is led by highly credentialed faculty members that are agile practitioners with decades of experience in helping companies successfully implement agile in their organizations.

Through courses you take online, our agile graduate certificate project management curriculum will give you the opportunity to:

  • Develop a strong framework and understanding of the role of agile management
  • Develop an understanding of the agile management processes and methodologies
  • Develop an understanding of how an agile approach to managing projects can deliver value to the organization
  • Develop a personal leadership strategy for success as an agile practitioner
  • Develop an agile evaluation plan to measure success

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
PJM 5900Foundations of Project Management 14
PJM 6810Principles of Agile Project Management3
PJM 6815Advanced Agile Project Management3
PJM 6820Agile Implementation and Governance3
PJM 6825Agile Lean Product Development3
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Foundations of Project Management (PJM 5900) is for students with less than three years of experience directing or leading project tasks and is recommended for students who do not have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Project software. Students who do not complete Foundations of Project Management (PJM 5900) take project management elective credits to satisfy the required credits for the program.

Elective Courses 

Course List
Code Title Hours
INT 6940Experiential Learning Projects for Professionals1-4
INT 6943Integrative Experiential Learning3
PJM 6075Project Finance3
PJM 6125Project Evaluation and Assessment3
PJM 6140Managing Troubled Projects3
PJM 6145Global Project Management3
PJM 6175Project Resource Management3
PJM 6180Project Stakeholder Management3
PJM 6205Leading and Managing Technical Projects3
PJM 6210Communication Skills for Project Managers3
PJM 6215Leading Remote Project Teams3
PJM 6710Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management3
PJM 6983Topics1-4

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

16 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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