Master’s Degree in Continuing Education in Agile Frameworks: Culture, Scaling, Deliverables and Transformations

We can encompass the competences to be developed in this Master's Degree in four large groups:

• Personal development
• Development of organizations and teams
• Definition, construction and delivery of products
• Sustainability of Change
• Scaling within an organization

We establish the following general competences that students will acquire during the master's degree.

• GC1 – Understand the Agile Manifesto and develop behaviors aligned with its values.
• GC2 – Understand the Agile Manifesto and develop behaviors aligned with its principles.
• GC3 – Promote the Agile culture within teams.
• GC4 – Advocate for the Agile culture within organizations to achieve cultural change.
• GC5 – Understand the applicability of Agile culture in teams not focused on product development through computer technology, and be able to implement it.
• GC6 – Understand the design of user-centered applications.
• GC7 – Facilitate the transition from project-based to product-based work, emphasizing value delivery.
• GC8 – Identify barriers in agile transformations and develop strategies to overcome them.
• GC9 – Ensure sustainable transformation through effective change management.
• GC10 – Foster a culture of continuous improvement through constant experimentation.
• GC11 – Understand the various roles an Agile Coach can assume during a transformation (Expert, Coach, Facilitator, Trainer, Mentor) and determine the appropriate role based on the objective.
• GC12 – Comprehend the role of a Coach within a team and an organization, and effectively perform this role.
• GC13 – Engage with a leadership development framework to learn about different leadership competencies, experience them personally, and analyze them in others.
• GC14 – Measure the impact of agreed experiments and decide whether to persevere, pivot, or discard based on the results.
• GC15 – Scale agile practices to propagate the changes achieved across other teams, areas, and organizational structures.
• GC17 – Present complexity frameworks and their impact on change management within organizations.
• GC18 – Identify the necessary work areas for effective transformations: Leadership and Mindset, Practices and Behavior, Organizational Culture and Relationships, and Organizational Architecture.
• GC19 – Apply concepts from the identified work areas to execute effective transformations.
• GC20 – Establish the ethics of an Agile Coach by compiling the concepts covered during the course, defining the scope of the role, and setting boundaries for what lies beyond its capabilities.

• SC1 – Understand Scrum as a framework focused on building both IT and non-IT products.
• SC2 – Understand Kanban as an agile framework for designing value flows that convert ideas into value for the company.
• SC3 – Understand Lean as the foundation of the Agile philosophy and its application across different markets.
• SC4 – Know the Agile scaling frameworks, their purposes, and their origins.
• SC5 – Know the fundamentals of SAFe as a reference scaled framework.
• SC6 – Understand the SAFe approach to DevOps, applying various practices and techniques to convert ideas into revenue.
• SC7 – Understand Design Thinking as a methodology for designing and defining user-centered products.
• SC8 – Gain experience in user experience and interface design, practicing with Penpot.
• SC9 – Use various tools to visualize team work, with a focus on Jira as the market standard.
• SC10 – Learn to use facilitation tools that support the Agile Coach role.
• SC11 – Experience the use of liberating structures to facilitate interactions that promote Agile values.
• SC12 – Gain first-hand knowledge of applying Agile practices in non-technological environments.
• SC13 – Understand the LCP and the enneagram as frameworks for leadership and self-awareness.
• SC14 – Utilize Trello to manage personal work and appreciate its potential for team use.
• SC15 – Introduce agile technical practices such as Extreme Programming and Agile Testing to enhance value delivery from a technical perspective.
• SC16 – Understand the application of agile concepts in the business world.
• SC17 – Present the Cynefin model and other frameworks to comprehend the impact of complexity on organizations.
• SC18 Understand team culture and how to scale it within an organization.
• SC19 – Explore Systemic Coaching and its impact on organizational transformation.
• SC20 – Introduce the framework and core practices of Management 3.0 as a new organizational paradigm.
• SC21 – Learn the various methods of agile contracting and how to hire for roles executed under agile principles and values.
• SC22 – Determine the impact of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) on measuring team objectives.
• SC23 – Understand the key metrics in an Agile transformation, from team level to organization, using Power BI to create dashboards.

Generally, applicants should submit their admission documents to the Admissions Department at Nebrija University.

Students are required to provide either original documents or certified copies within the timeframe set by the University to complete their enrollment. Please note that any inaccuracies, falsehoods, or omissions in the data, statements, or documents provided by the student during the admission period will result in the inability to continue exercising their rights. The University will proceed with the cancellation of the submitted admission application and the allocated place as soon as it becomes aware of such discrepancies. This is without prejudice to any criminal, civil, or administrative responsibilities that may arise.

For admission to the university's master's degree programs, the following documents must be submitted:

• Completed Admission Application.
• Valid D.N.I or Passport Identification Document.
• Two Passport-Size Photographs.
• If necessary, a letter from the University where the studies that granted access to the Master’s Degree were completed.
• Academic Record with grades that grant access to the master's degree.
• Official Spanish University Diploma.
• Official Diploma from a Foreign Institution in the EHEA.
• Official Diploma from a Non-EHEA Foreign Educational System. In this instance, eligibility will be contingent upon the verification that the completed studies are equivalent in educational level to that of the official Spanish university degrees, and that they qualify the student for admission to official master's programs in the country where the degree was issued. It is important to note that this process does not, under any circumstances, imply the homologation of the previous degree, nor its recognition for any purpose other than admission to master's studies.
• Personalized letter of intent addressed to the Director of the Master's Program, Mr. Félix Bragado Yturriaga. This letter should articulate the reasons for pursuing the Master's studies, as well as the academic and professional aspirations that have guided the applicant to this choice.
• Updated Curriculum Vitae.

Personal Interview:

An interview will be conducted by the faculty or university advisors. The purpose of this interview is to assess the candidate’s suitability and alignment with the degree. The evaluation will focus on determining whether the candidate possesses the necessary motivation, education, knowledge, skills, aptitudes, communication abilities, extracurricular activities, and future interests to be admitted as a student in the postgraduate courses at Nebrija University.