Agile Marketing Leadership
Learn from experienced marketing leaders, delving into how Agile leadership differs from more traditional marketing leadership. This course will help you develop an actionable plan for evolving your leadership approach as well as guide organizational transformation.
Course Details
Expedite your learning and affordably access content at your own pace, offering six months of uninterrupted access upon registration.
- Estimated time to Complete: 8 hours for self-paced course
- Price: $349 self-paced course (20% discount for 3+ seats)
Topics Covered & Learning Outcomes
Topics Covered:
- Agile marketing definition, history, and benefits
- Agile Marketing Manifesto
- Agile vs Waterfall
- Customer centricity, prioritization, iterative work, and workflow visualization
- Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Agile framework introductions
- Cross-functional teams and individuals
- Stakeholder management
- Real-world case study discussions and analysis
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate why VUCA is pushing marketing teams towards new ways of thinking, working, and managing effective customer relationships through Agile.
- Understand the key values and principles of Agile marketing and how it differs from Agile development.
- Identify customer needs and conduct hypothesis-driven experimentation.
- Gain familiarity with events, roles, and artifacts that make up common iterative approaches and how to apply them hybrid Agile marketing context.
- Develop skills in various Agile practices such as lessening context switching, eliminating waste, making work visible, prioritizing around business outcomes, managing work with a marketing backlog, applying WIP limits, using timeboxing, and navigating interactions with marketing stakeholders.
- Build autonomous, collaborative, cross-functional, and customer-focused teams.
Certificate Course
Earn your ICAgile Accredited (ICP-LEA) certification via our virtual instructor-led cohort-based course that takes place over (8) 90-minute sessions, including individual instructor consultation and free post-course e-learning support.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is best suited for the ICP-MKG Agile Marketing Fundamentals certification course?
The foundational certification course is perfect for you if you:
- Work within an organization that has already adopted Agile or is preparing to do so
- Are a leader or specialist seeking to differentiate yourself
- Are a current Agile practitioner seeking to understand how Agile is applied in a marketing setting and aligns with broader business agility
Former participants include:
- Practitioners, leaders, and executives working in marketing, sales, operations, human resources, and transformation specialists
- ScrumMasters, Product Owners, Business Owners/Analysts, Team Leads, Project Managers, Agile coaches, Agile consultants
Who is the self-paced Agile Marketing Fundamental course best for?
ICAgile requires that you attend an instructor-led course in order to achieve your ICP-MKG certification. However, while you can't earn your certification through this delivery method, we developed this course to provide more flexibility and expediency for learners seeking similar information.
This course doesn't include the 1:1 consulting time or cohort experience the instructor-led certification course offers, but you can interact directly with our instructors and other aspiring agilists via your (2) group consulting calls that are included with this course delivery format.
This self-paced, foundational course is perfect for you if:
Our self-paced learners often include learners who:
This course doesn't include the 1:1 consulting time or cohort experience the instructor-led certification course offers, but you can interact directly with our instructors and other aspiring agilists via your (2) group consulting calls that are included with this course delivery format.
This self-paced, foundational course is perfect for you if:
- You want to get started learning more about Agile marketing right away
- You have less time or budget available to commit to an eight-week certification course
- Certification isn’t a game-changer for your career path
- You want to complete this foundational course in advance of taking our more intermediate Agile Marketing Leadership
Our self-paced learners often include learners who:
- Work within an organization that has already adopted Agile or is preparing to do so
- Are a current Agile practitioner seeking to understand how Agile is applied in a marketing setting and aligns with broader business agility
What is the benefit of an ICP-MKG certification?
This certification is an industry-recognized credential developed by marketers, for marketers. Earning this certification verifies your ability to implement Agile marketing and can help:
- Demonstrate your Agile marketing competencies
- Advance or diversify your career in Agile
- Increase your salary or secure roles that require certification
- Prepare for additional advanced certifications
Are there any prerequisites for Agile Marketing Fundamentals?
There are no required prerequisites. However, having a foundational knowledge of Agile and marketing is helpful. Our one-hour, self-paced kickstarter, Introduction to Agile Marketing, included in the course will also help provide you with some introductory information.
Who is ICAgile?
The International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile) is a certification and accreditation body, not a training company. They collaborate with worldwide Agile thought leaders, like AgileSherpas, to develop and deliver learning programs that lead people to Agile mastery.
Our instructors have all undergone authorization requirements to teach our certification courses and certify learners who meet ICAgile requirements. The ICAgile certification fees are included in the total course fees. Once the class is completed, you will receive an email from ICAgile with your Certification.
Our instructors have all undergone authorization requirements to teach our certification courses and certify learners who meet ICAgile requirements. The ICAgile certification fees are included in the total course fees. Once the class is completed, you will receive an email from ICAgile with your Certification.
Are there any discounts for the ICP-MKG or self-paced course?
We are dedicated to making learning about Agile marketing within reach for everyone. We offer many discounts for our courses such as group, multi-course, and non-profit discounts as well as referral credits.
Click here to speak to a Learning Specialist who can help find the best option for you. You can also work with our Learning Specialist if you need to have an invoice created to enroll.
Click here to speak to a Learning Specialist who can help find the best option for you. You can also work with our Learning Specialist if you need to have an invoice created to enroll.
Does this course count towards PMI® PDUs?
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) requires that those holding PMP®, PgMP®, and PMI-ACP® certifications earn a certain number of Professional Development Units (PDUs) over a 3-year cycle in under to maintain their certifications.
Per PMI’s requirements, graduates of certification course may be eligible to apply for up to 14 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements and learners who take our self-paced option may be eligible for up to 8 PDUs.
Per PMI’s requirements, graduates of certification course may be eligible to apply for up to 14 PDUs toward their continuing education requirements and learners who take our self-paced option may be eligible for up to 8 PDUs.
Does this course count towards ScrumAlliance® SEUs?
ScrumAlliance® requires that those holding certifications, such as CSP®-SM, CSP®-PO, CSP®, CAL II, A-CSM®, A-CSPO®, CSM®, CSPO®, CSD®, CAL-E, CAL-O, or CAL-T, earn a certain number of Scrum Education Units (SEUs) over a 2-year cycle in under to maintain their certifications. Per ScrumAlliance’s requirements, graduates of this course may be eligible to apply for up to 14 SEUs toward their continuing education requirements.
What might be good counterparts to this course?
If you are interested in leading Agile, our Agile Marketing Leadership course might be a great option to consider!
We have a special bundle option that will provide you with a significant discount when you register for both courses. For an overview of the differences in what these two courses offer, download this course comparison brochure.
We are also proud to support the Agile community with several complementary resources within our learning platform, The Ropes, including:
Do you have a course justification letter I can use?
Justify this course to your manager as part of your and your team's professional development using this template. It explains the course content and benefits.
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