Agile PM 101 - Learn the Truth About Agile versus Waterfall (Udemy.com)
Learn to See Agile and Waterfall in a Fresh, New Perspective as Complementary Rather Than Competitive
Created by: Chuck Cobb
Last updated December 2022
What you will learn
- Learn the truth about the relationship of "Agile" and "Waterfall" and see those two approaches in a new perspective as complementary rather than competitive
How it compares
Against the other 133 rated Udemy courses in Agile & Scrum on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 19% of them
- Reviews28,227#6 of 134 by number of reviews
- Length0.9 hoursshorter than 92% of them
- Last updatedDecember 2022earlier than 85% of them
Course Description
Important:
This course is part of an integrated, university-level curriculum of seven courses (See details below). This course is the first course in that series.
Course Statistics:
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Over 7,000 5-star reviews in my courses!
Earn PDU's: Students who complete this course are eligible to receive 0.75 PDU's in PMI continuing education credits. Instructions for claiming PDU's are provided with the last lesson in the course.
Qualify for PMI-ACP Certification: Completion of all seven courses in this series will meet the requirement for 21 hours of training to qualify for PMI-ACP certification.
Course Summary:
Learn to see Agile and traditional plan-driven project management principles and practices in a fresh new perspective as complementary to each other rather than competitive in order to get the best of these two worlds!
Many businesses and project managers are faced with a choice of choosing a traditional plan-driven approach (or what is sometimes called “Waterfall") or a more Agile approach for critical projects which can be a very important decision with significant business impact but there are many stereotypes and misconceptions that exist about both “Agile" and “Waterfall" that can be very confusing and misleading. Many people see this as a binary and mutually-exclusive choice between two extremes and attempt to force-fit projects to one of these two approaches when the right solution is to go in the other direction and fit the approach to the project.
Since this is such a critical decision that has such a big impact, it's very important to get past these stereotypes and misconceptions, develop a clear objective understanding of what it means (or doesn't mean) when people talk about "Agile versus Waterfall".
Special Note:
This course is part of an overall curriculum that is designed around helping students develop the skills required for a high-impact Agile Project Management role. Most students will want to take the complete curriculum rather than individual courses. The complete curriculum should be taken in the following order:
Agile PM 101 - Learn the Truth About Agile versus Waterfall
Agile PM 102 - What's the Future of Agile Project Management?
Agile PM 201 - Understanding Agile at a Deeper Level
Agile PM 202 - Introduction to Agile Project Management
Agile PM 301 - Mastering Agile Project Management
Agile PM 401 - Advanced Agile Project Management
Agile PM 402 - Enterprise-level Agile Project Management
Students who complete the entire curriculum of all seven courses shown above will receive a signed certificate of completion from the Agile Project Management Academy. The complete set of seven courses will also meet the 21 hours of training required for PMI-ACP certification.
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Agile Business Management Curriculum
There is also a condensed version of this curriculum that is designed for any business people who are involved in Agile projects including Product Owners, Business Sponsors, and Business Analysts
Introduction to Agile Business Management
Mastering Agile Business Management
Enterprise-level Agile Business Management
Note: These courses for Agile Business Management are an abridged version of the Agile Project Management courses and there is no need to take both
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
28,227 Reviews
Chuck Cobb
Chuck Cobb is the author of the recent, best-selling book "The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile" as well as four other books on Agile Project Management and Business Excellence and he is one of the most popular instructors on Udemy with over 100,000 students and over 5,000 5-star reviews. He is also the founder of the Agile Project Management Academy and has been a featured speaker at a number of PMI Chapter events, agile groups, universities, and PMO workshops throughout the US.
He has a very pragmatic, "real world" approach to Agile that is based on over 20 years of hands-on program/project management experience in a broad range of industries and application areas and he is passionate about helping project managers understand the convergence of Agile and traditional project management principles and practices.
He has been an Adjunct Professor at Boston University and many of his courses originated from a graduate-level Agile Project Management curriculum he originally developed for Boston University.
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Reviews
By Helena Vanrespaille on 3/10/2026
gives a good overview about the pros and cons of agile and waterfall. How they may be used and where they should be applied. But the explanation remains rather superficial and is focussed on selling other books/courses. There is too little practicality as in how to apply it in a real day-to-day work setting
By Reuben Cole on 3/17/2021
Excellent course. Good overview on Agile and Scrum. I wished there were tips about which software tools could be best used to work with Agile and Scrum. I was very happy with this course. Very good course.
By Juan Hervilla on 6/15/2020
La interface no es muy dinamica y el tono del profesor monotono. En cuanto a las lecciones, creo que dan una buena primera intención de lo que es Agile. Me gustaría tener mas preguntas en los quiz, para realmente asentar la materia.
By Klara Sommermann on 5/20/2020
Very knowledgeable and well concepted course. Even with some experience in Agile I learned a bunch of new things. Slightly decreased audio quality at some parts, slides are a bit old-fashioned but that's okay. I take away half a star because the quiz questions are rather easy to guess (basically all answers containing "always" or "never" are wrong), and some explanations for answers are missing.
By Anonymized User on 12/27/2019
The material was delivered in interesting way and made me understand little by little by doing some quizzes and cases. Currently I still adapt with Agile methodology while still used 'waterfall' Actually we didn't apply the fully agile as explained in this course, but the main point is we followed the agile methodology and didn't leave plan-driven itself.
By Alexey Gumirov on 3/8/2018
This is very good introductory course. It is short, but crisp and brings the essential information and knowledge. It also helped me to define what next courses I want to listen to on order to expand my knowledge in this area.
By Kathi Replogle on 2/1/2018
Since the company I work for is using Scrum/Agile but my position does not directly involve it, I was looking for an "outline" of the basics to better understand the process. This is just what I was in need of! Very clear explanation!
By Sharon Farina on 1/9/2017
This course is a great overview about Agile and Waterfall project frameworks and among other things, explains the advantages and disadvantages of each. I found it very interesting that depending on the situation, a hybrid approach between the two would be a great solution. The slides and the pace of the course were also great.
By Claudia Rebeca Jimenez Perez on 3/5/2016
I think this is a great course! It gives you a big panorama about the differences between waterfall and agile, and how both can be combined to be used in complex projects. I learned a lot with this course. Totally recommended
By Martin Wiley on 1/2/2016
I found the course content to be excellent in it's presentation and explanation of Agile.. With this additional knowledge I now understand key concepts in tailoring the methodology to meet the needs of the project as appose to tailoring the project to meet the needs of the methodology... Thanks a million for the Intro course ,, Marty Wiley, PS.. I will be scheduling other course in the near future.. Thanks Again!!!!
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