Short course
Agile Project Management (online)
Course status:
Applications being accepted
Location:
Online
Dates and time:
02/11/2026 - 06/11/202614:00 - 15:30
Study format:
Short intensive
Fees:
£695.00 – £1,790.00
This course can be taken separately, or as a discount fee package with either Project Risk Management (online) 2-5 November 2026, or Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (online) 9-12 November 2026, or Design Thinking Practitioner (online) 16-20 November 2026, saving 10%.
Deliver projects faster and with greater efficiency. This course introduces agile thinking – with a focus on Scrum – and gives you techniques that you can apply to your own projects straight away.
Agile is an evolutionary approach to getting things done. Instead of defining every requirement upfront, it focuses on learning and adapting as you go, helping teams respond effectively to change. While traditional project management depends on detailed planning at the start, agile management recognises that many requirements only become clear once the work begins.
Apply agile tools and behaviours to manage risk, improve teamwork and maintain momentum to improve how you work – and build better outcomes for your team and organisation.
In each session you’ll practise core agile techniques and explore how to apply these methods with remote teams and take part in an extended case study designed to help you build confidence in typical agile scenarios.
This course is ideal for professionals across sectors looking to build or strengthen their approach to agile project management, and this interactive course equips you with the skills and mindset to deliver projects with clarity, speed and impact.
About Agile
Agile is effective because it focusses on continual learning and adaptation. It is an evolutionary approach to getting things done. Where traditional project management puts a significant emphasis on management of risk, Agile avoids such risks by reacting quickly, efficiently and in a controlled manner to deal with problems and issues as they arise.
Agile is not just 'free-form' or 'random', it has a well-developed discipline of tools, techniques, behaviours and thinking that drive progress towards a successful project conclusion
Dates, Times and Delivery
This course will be delivered live from our purpose-built broadcast studio, with opportunities to ask questions during the sessions, as well as via the online collaboration environments throughout the course.
There will be five 90-minute tutorials, delivered from 2:00pm – 3:30pm (UK time) on:
- Monday 2 November
- Tuesday 3 November
- Wednesday 4 November
- Thursday 5 November
- Friday 6 November
All times listed are UK times. A world clock and time zone converter can be found here: https://bit.ly/3bSPu6D
This is a ‘virtual classroom’ course. To replicate the experience of a classroom, the sessions are ‘live’ and are not recorded.
During the course you will have access to an online collaboration website. This can be used to interact with the course tutor, and will also be used to support learning activities during the course.
Accessing Your Online Course
Details about accessing the private MS Teams course site will be emailed to you during the week prior to the course commencing.
If you have not received your joining instructions three working days before the course start date, please get in touch.
Book this course
The registration deadline for this course is 1pm (UK time) on 28 October 2026, or when the course is fully booked – whichever occurs first.
This course is also run in person here at Oxford University.
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Contact the team
Phone: +44 (0)1865 280354
Email: business@conted.ox.ac.uk
Programme details
- An introductory case study of a failing project that was transformed by applying Agile
- Tutorial on our recommended online environments for Agile projects with geographically dispersed teams
- 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto, and what they mean for your projects
- An introduction to Scrum – the most widely adopted Agile method
- Definition of ‘done’
- Team values and culture
- Team roles in Agile – Scrum Master, Product Owner, Team
- Team communication and team size
- Structure of Agile projects
- Building understanding through user stories
- Estimating tasks and effort
- Tracking your project to a successful conclusion
- Servant Leadership: Key skills of the expert Scrum Master
- Key skills of expert Product Owners
Extended interactive case study
The last session of the course will be a focussed case study, taking you through a typical Agile project, providing you with an opportunity to think about the practical application of the tools learnt on the course.
The case will be run using our online collaboration environment, enabling you to share your ideas, and to read and discuss those of the other students.
Who is this course for?
Agile Project Management is used by small and large businesses, in both the private and public sectors.
This course is relevant for both new and experienced project managers who want to build their knowledge and understanding of this important and powerful new approach to project management.
Providing a non-technical approach to agile project management, this course is relevant to both IT and non-IT practitioners alike, and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject area.
IT requirements
This course is delivered online using Microsoft Teams. You will be required to follow and implement the instructions we send you to fully access Microsoft Teams on the University of Oxford’s secure IT network.
To participate you must be familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet. You will also need regular access to the Internet and a computer meeting our recommended minimum computer specification.
It is advised to use headphones with working speakers and microphone.
Dr Rob Collins
Visiting Fellow
Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Dr Rob Collins is a visiting fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford and regularly teaches courses at the University. Dr Collins has taught on the MSc in Software Engineering through Oxford University’s Computing Laboratory for over 20 years. He currently teaches modules on Classical Machine Learning, Software Testing and Safety Critical Systems.
Dr Collins also teaches courses in Artificial Intelligence, Systems Thinking, Agile, Machine Learning, Design Thinking and Business Process Improvement. He regularly provides consultancy to industry in the area of Business Process Excellence, Artificial Intelligence and Systems Engineering. He gained his Black Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma from Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest Systems Engineering company and a world-leader in advanced technology.
As well as his undergraduate degree in Physics and Computing, Dr Collins holds a PhD focussed on training, psychology and processes for introducing complex technology into learning environments. He completed an MBA in 2012 at Henley Business School, and so has a strategic business view as well as deep understanding and practical experience of hands-on process improvement in technology and service.
To be eligible for a certificate of attendance, you will need to attend the whole course. Participants who meet this criterion will be emailed a link and instructions on how to access their University of Oxford digital certificate after the end of the course.
The certificate will show your name, the course title, and the dates of the course you attended. You will be able to download your certificate and share it on social media if you choose to do so.
Fees
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| 1. Standard course fee | £695.00 |
| 2. Discount package with Project Risk Management (online) | £1130.00 |
| 3. Discount package with Systems Thinking Approach (online) | £1790.00 |
| 4. Discount package with Design Thinking Practitioner (online) | £1250.00 |
Payment
This course can be taken separately, or as a discount fee package with either Project Risk Management (online) 2-5 November 2026, or Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (online) 9-12 November 2026, or Design Thinking Practitioner (online) 16-20 November 2026, saving 10%.
Fees include electronic copies of course materials.
All courses are VAT exempt.
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Module code: O26C037N3Y
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