Agile: a collection of online courses, books, and video resources

Agile is a project management approach that involves dividing the project into stages and emphasizes continuous collaboration and improvement. Teams follow a cycle of planning, execution, and evaluation.

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Online Courses

Agile by Atlassian

The course covers the main principles and practices of Agile methodologies. Upon completion, you will learn the basics of Agile methodologies and be able to create and manage Agile boards in Jira Software Cloud.

Duration: 2 weeks
Cost: free

"Project Manager" by Yandex Practicum

This comprehensive course from scratch will teach you how to create and promote new products in the market. You will master project management, including planning, budgeting, and developing websites and applications.

Duration: 6-9 months
Cost: from 79,000 tenge per month

Agile Methodologies Overview by Udemy

This introductory course will familiarize participants with the main principles of Agile project management. You will study the key principles of Agile software development and learn to distinguish between different Agile development lifecycle management styles.

Duration: 2 hours
Cost: free

"Project Management 101" by Tutor Top

You can master techniques for managing teams, deadlines, costs, scope, and risks, as well as methods for task prioritization. The course program is aimed at developing planning skills and successful project implementation.

Duration: 1 week
Cost: free

Books

Agile Estimating and Planning, Mike Cohn

Mike Cohn, an Agile guru, provides the tools necessary for estimating, planning, and managing Agile projects of any scale. The book contains no theoretical musings; it is full of concrete examples, methods, charts, and recipes.

"Agile That Works", Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk, Steve Berez

This book is your guide to the world of business transformation. It will help you determine the optimal levels within a company for creating agile teams, accelerate change implementation through Agile, and teach you how to adapt to an unstable environment. At the same time, you will avoid up to 90% of common innovator mistakes.

"Agile Management", Jurgen Appelo

The goal of this book is to explain how Agile teams work. It contains no case studies, simple solutions, or banal advice. Instead, it is filled with interesting ideas, experimental results, and food for thought.

"Agile Transformation", Jørgen Hesselberg

This book offers a new approach to business transformation. It argues that traditional management methods no longer work in today's rapidly changing environment. The authors urge companies to embrace flexibility, rapid adaptation, and continuous improvement to achieve success in conditions of instability and technological evolution.

YouTube Channels

Adventures with Agile

The YouTube channel Adventures with Agile is dedicated to learning and developing skills in agile project management methodologies. The channel publishes videos, webinars, and interviews with experts that help viewers better understand and apply Agile principles.

The Agile Lean Gardener

This channel focuses on providing practical ways to increase your business agility and covers Agile and Lean, as well as concepts such as flow and servant leadership, Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming.

Agile Education by Agile Academy

The YouTube channel is designed for education in the field of Agile. You will find videos about Agile, Scrum, and organizational development. The channel offers in-depth study of the roles of Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Agile Leader, demonstrates how Agile is applied in various companies around the world, and explains the basics of Scrum and fundamental Agile principles.