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Advanced Professional Certificate in Agile & Scrum Project Management
The Advanced Professional Certificate in Agile & Scrum Project Management equips project leaders
to deliver value faster, with higher quality and stakeholder engagement.
Course Overview
The Advanced Professional Certificate in Agile & Scrum Project Management equips project leaders
to deliver value faster, with higher quality and stakeholder engagement, using Agile principles and
the Scrum framework—plus Kanban and hybrid practices for real-world environments.
Participants learn to plan adaptively, manage product backlogs, run effective sprints, and measure
outcomes with actionable metrics, while integrating governance and risk controls that keep
executives confident.
Why This Course is Important?
- Speed to value: Shorter cycles, earlier benefits, and data-driven decisions.
- Team engagement: Clear roles, cadence, and psychological safety drive performance.
- Executive confidence: Hybrid governance links Agile delivery to portfolio and benefits.
- Global relevance: Agile fluency is a core requirement across IT, digital, operations, and transformation programmes worldwide.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
- Apply Agile values and principles to deliver incremental business value.
- Use Scrum roles, events, and artefacts to plan and execute sprints effectively.
- Create and manage a Product Backlog (value slicing, prioritisation, refinement).
- Establish hybrid delivery (Agile + predictive) with appropriate stage-gates and controls.
- Track performance with flow and outcome metrics (lead time, throughput, velocity, burn- up/down).
- Facilitate stakeholder collaboration, remove impediments, and coach teams toward high performance.
- Address risk, compliance, and quality in Agile contexts without slowing delivery.
Target Audience
- Project & Programme Managers transitioning to Agile/hybrid delivery
- Product Owners, Business Analysts, and PMO professionals
- Technical Leads, Scrum Masters, Delivery Managers
- Transformation leaders in IT, digital, operations, and shared services
Entry Requirements
- Exposure to projects or product delivery is recommended.
- No prior Agile certification required.
- Proficiency in English (IELTS 5.5 or equivalent suggested).
Programme Structure & Modules
- Agile values, principles, and when Agile fits (and doesn’t)
- Comparing predictive, Agile, and hybrid approaches
- Business case, benefits thinking, and customer value
- Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers
- Events: Sprint, Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, Retrospective
- Artefacts: Product/ Sprint Backlog, Increment; Definition of Done
- Discovery → value slicing → prioritisation (WSJF/MoSCoW)
- User stories, acceptance criteria, and refinement techniques
- Estimation (story points, flow-based sizing) and release planning
- Running effective Daily Scrums; visual management and Kanban boards
- Removing impediments; coaching behaviours; psychological safety
- Quality built-in: TDD/automation concepts, Definition of Ready/Done
- Velocity vs. flow metrics; burn-up/burn-down; cumulative-flow diagrams
- Risk, compliance, and audit trails in Agile; change control in hybrids
- Stage-gates, executive reporting, and portfolio alignment (OKRs)
- Coordinating multiple teams; sync events and dependency handling
- Patterns from Scrum@Scale/LeSS/SAFe (conceptual, tool-agnostic)
- Operating model implications for HR, finance, and procurement
- Build a product vision & roadmap → backlog → two sprint simulations
- Dashboarding results; executive review and retrospective
Awarding Body
Whitestone International College of Innovation
United Kingdom
Qualification Type
Professional Certificate - Short Course
(Industry-aligned, regulated qualification issued by Whitestone International College of Innovation, UK)
Delivery Mode
Classroom – London (UK) / Dubai (UAE) campuses
Live Online – Instructor-led virtual sessions
Blended Learning – Self-paced primers + workshops + capstone lab
Duration
4 days (intensive) or 2 weeks (part-time schedule)
CPD Hours: 28 hours
Assessment: Capstone Agile delivery pack (vision, backlog, sprint artefacts, metrics
dashboard) + short knowledge check
Certification: On successful completion, participants receive the Advanced Professional
Certificate in Agile & Scrum Project Management.
- UK-issued advanced certificate recognised by employers internationally
- Practical toolkits: product vision canvas, backlog templates, sprint/retro playbooks, CFD/velocity dashboards, executive status pack
- Confidence to run Agile or hybrid projects with clear governance and metrics
- Immediate workplace application; improved delivery speed, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction
Aligned with the Agile Manifesto, the Scrum Guide, and hybrid governance best practices;
complementary to PMI-ACP®, Scrum Alliance®, and Scrum.org bodies of knowledge.
Training is alignment-based; external certification exams/fees are not included.
Programme Fees
Clear Fee Structure With No Hidden Costs
£
335
Per Course
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Industry-focused programmes with global standards.
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Practical skills for real-world success.
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Academic excellence with career-ready outcomes.
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