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Google Agile Essentials Specialization
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Google Agile Essentials Specialization

Deliver fast results with Agile Project Management. Learn to prioritize tasks, create product backlogs, and run sprints using Scrum.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.9

(12 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Confidently guide your team or organization through a shift to Agile

  • Build high performing Scrum teams through improved collaboration and communication

  • Increase project efficiency and organization to drive business outcomes 

  • Develop tools and artifacts such as product backlogs, sprint plans, sprint backlogs and retrospectives

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September 2025

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Confidently guide your team or organization through a shift to Agile

  • Explain the Agile project management approach and philosophy, including values and principles

  • Describe the history and motivation behind the emergence of Agile

  • Differentiate Agile frameworks and explain when and why to blend approaches

Skills you'll gain

Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Lean Methodologies
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Kanban Principles
Category: Scaled Agile Framework

What you'll learn

  • Build high performing Scrum teams through improved collaboration and communication

  • Increase project efficiency and organization to drive business outcomes 

  • Explain the pillars of Scrum and how they support Scrum values

  • Discuss the origins of Scrum and the basics of Scrum theory

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cross-Functional Collaboration
Category: User Story
Category: Backlogs
Category: Estimation
Category: Prioritization
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Agile Product Development
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Project Estimation
Category: Team Management
Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Acceptance Testing

What you'll learn

  • Develop tools and artifacts such as product backlogs, sprint plans, sprint backlogs and retrospectives

  • Describe the five important Scrum events and how to set up each event for a Scrum Team

  • Apply communication tools to help plan and visualize Sprint workflow and progress

  • Perform Product Backlog refinement by relative effort estimation, determining acceptance criteria, and prioritization

Skills you'll gain

Category: Project Performance
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Constructive Feedback

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