+ 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Agile Methodologies and Digital Transformation + 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Agile Methodologies and Digital Transformation + 60 ECTS Credits

Do you want to lead digital transformation with agile management that improves delivery and efficiency? Learn how to align Design Thinking, Lean, and Scrum with real project challenges.

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Master´s Degree in Agile Methodologies and Digital Transformation + 60 ECTS Credits

Verifiable program data for this master's degree

  • 60 ECTS Credits
  • Faculty of Dirección de Proyectos
  • Internships at real companies
  • STRUCTURALIA qualification

What will you achieve by completing this master's degree?

Agile vs. traditional

Distinguish agile approaches from traditional paradigms to improve decision-making in volatile markets.

Project leadership

Master advanced methods to lead projects, services, and teams with agility and operational clarity.

Design Thinking and Lean

Apply Design Thinking and Lean management to innovate products and services and optimize internal processes.

Change and continuous value

Implement agile practices to manage organizational change and drive continuous value creation.

Course curriculum

9 modules covering everything from agile management foundations to Design Thinking, Lean, and practical project and team delivery. Click for full content.

01

Module 1. Why Agile; Agile Vs. Traditional; Agile Methodologies

Didactic Unit 1. Why Agile. Agile Vs. Traditional

  • Context
  • Myths and realities
  • Agile proposal
  • Why Agile?
  • Agile vs Traditional

Didactic Unit 2. Characteristics Of The Agile Approach

  • Agile values and principles
  • Shortcomings of the traditional and agile approaches
  • Traditional' management approach
  • Agile' management approach
  • Agile process. Roles in agile methodologies

Didactic Unit 3. Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Xp And Others

  • Methodology framework - where to start?
  • Other methodologies. FDD; DSDM; Lean
  • Scrum
  • XP
  • The 5 S's

Didactic Unit 4. Agile Methodologies: Kanban

  • Kanban, definition
  • Examples of boards
  • How to design a good kanban
  • Use of kanban
  • Linking methodologies
02

Module 2. Launching And Overall Planning Of Agile Projects

Didactic Unit 1. Vision Of The Project

  • Business Case.
  • Customer centric.
  • Declaration of interdependence
  • Project vision Knowledge areas according to agile approach - Project vision
  • People Technique

Didactic Unit 2. Agile Scope Management

  • Value-based prioritisation
  • Refinement of prioritisation
  • User Stories
  • Division of requirements
  • Agile requirements management

Didactic Unit 3. Agile Estimation

  • Definitions of Ready and Done
  • Typical mistakes to avoid
  • Adaptive planning
  • Agile estimation
  • Speed, timebox and tailoring

Didactic Unit 4. Planning With Uncertainty

  • Roadmap
  • Adjustments to the Roadmap
  • WIP limitation
  • Validity of the agile approach
  • Agile change management
03

Module 3. Agile Delivery; Iterative And Incremental Delivery

Didactic Unit 1. Defining The Agile Project Plan

  • Delivery plans
  • Use of the scheduling agreement
  • Zero Iteration. Spikes
  • Iteration preparation
  • Planning an iteration

Didactic Unit 2. Short-term Planning

  • Detailing the content of the iteration
  • Timeframe, cost, and size of equipment.
  • Execution and closure of the iteration
  • Agile engineering practices
  • Other ways of estimating and planning

Didactic Unit 3. Monitoring

  • Traditional livestock value
  • Earned value for engineering and construction
  • Agile earned value.
  • Monitoring of the team.
  • High-performance equipment.

Didactic Unit 4. Delivery And Information Radiators

  • Follow-up of the work
  • Demo
  • Retro
  • Information radiators
  • Project closure
04

Module 4. Agile Service Management

Didactic Unit 1. Dimensions Of Service Management

  • Service management in TD context
  • Fundamentals of service management
  • Dimensions for service management
  • Information and technology. Partners and suppliers
  • Value chains, processes and externalities

Didactic Unit 2. Agile Principles For Service Management

  • Approach to agile service management
  • Agile Service Management Principles (I)
  • Agile Service Management Principles (II)
  • Agile Service Management Principles (III)
  • Agile service management principles (IV)

Didactic Unit 3. Value Of The Service

  • Value of the service
  • Service value system
  • Service value chain
  • Value chain activities
  • Improvement activity

Didactic Unit 4. Agile Service Management Practices

  • Parties involved in the delivery of services
  • Agile management of technology services
  • Internships (I)
  • Internships (II)
  • Internships (III)
05

Module 5. Design Thinking

Didactic Unit 1. Creativity

  • Creativity and ideas
  • Elements of creativity
  • Types of creativity and thinking
  • Creative skills

Didactic Unit 2. Managing Creativity

  • Development of creative skills
  • Emotional and cognitive barriers
  • Questioning leads to creation
  • Using chance to create ideas
  • Tools for the generation and combination of ideas

Didactic Unit 3. Creative Thinking

  • Definition of creative thinking
  • Creative thinking and innovation
  • Principles of innovation
  • Lateral Thinking

Didactic Unit 4. Introduction To Design Thinking

  • Concept of Design Thinking
  • History and evolution of Design Thinking
  • Areas of application and potential benefits

Didactic Unit 5. The Process In Design Thinking

  • Creativity and new product development
  • Fundamental premises
  • The innovation process

Didactic Unit 6. Empathy Phase, Discovery

  • Empathy: the discovery phase
  • Market research
  • User research
  • Information management
  • Research groups

Didactic Unit 7. Defining The Objectives And Delimitation Of The Project

  • The definition phase
  • Project development
  • Project management
  • Project closure

Didactic Unit 8. Development Of The Project, Idea And Prototype

  • The development process
  • Multidisciplinary work
  • Development methods

Didactic Unit 9. Testing And Delivery Of The Project

  • The final process
  • Final testing
  • Approval and launch
  • Impact measurement and feedback

Didactic Unit 10. Design Thinking Methodology (i)

  • Stakeholders Map
  • Cognitive Immersion
  • Constructive interaction
  • Mental map
  • Moodboard
  • Covert observation
  • What, How and Why?
  • Interviews
  • SCAMPER
  • Empathic visualisation
  • World Café
  • Interaction map
  • Persons
  • Empathy map
  • How might we...?
  • Saturate and cluster
  • Sharing and documenting stories

Didactic Unit 11. Design Thinking Methodology (ii)

  • User profile
  • Card Sorting
  • Models
  • Map of offers
  • Reactivation activities
  • Brainstorming
  • Brainwriting
  • Storytelling
  • Council of wise men
  • Impact Mapping
  • Lego® Serious Play®
  • Lotus flower
  • Customer journey map
06

Module 6. Classic Management Framework; Agility For Innovation

Didactic Unit 1. Classic Management Framework

  • Overview
  • Project initiation
  • Planning
  • Execution
  • Control

Didactic Unit 2. The Project Manager And Stakeholders

  • Project Management Framework
  • The role of the project manager
  • Project life cycle
  • PC Matrix. Stakeholder management.
  • Scope management

Didactic Unit 3. Agility And Innovation

  • Current innovation context
  • Innovation dimensions and models
  • Challenges of agile innovation
  • Other challenges of agile innovation
  • Value creation

Didactic Unit 4. Innovation, Acceleration And Agility

  • Innovation strategy
  • Co-creation
  • Agile approach to co-creation
  • Streamlining and acceleration
  • Corporate accelerators
07

Module 7. Other Agile Approaches: Agile Scaling, Devops, Jira, And Safe

Didactic Unit 1. Ultimate Planner

  • Last Planner System
  • Components of LPS (I)
  • Components of LPS (II)
  • Components of LPS (III)
  • LPS for manufacturing and production

Didactic Unit 2. Digital Tools

  • Digital tools
  • Redmine and Trello
  • Jira and Tarjet Process
  • Quality tools (I)
  • Quality tools (II)

Didactic Unit 3. Advanced Practices

  • Steps for applying the agile approach
  • Advanced practices
  • Required practice: KPI analysis
  • The Agile organisation
  • Personal case

Didactic Unit 4. Scaling The Agile Approach

  • Scaling the method
  • DevOps
  • Moving towards DevOps
  • SAFe
  • Agile approach summary tips
08

Module 8. Lean Management

Didactic Unit 1. Fundamentals Of Lean Management

  • What is Lean Management
  • JIT, Jidoka and PDCA
  • Muda or Waste
  • Toyota System and Lean Start Up
  • Lean for services

Didactic Unit 2. Leadership And Team Management In a Lean Context

  • Metrics and management maturity
  • Appropriate leadership according to Lean Management
  • Work teams in Lean environments
  • Working with virtual (remote) teams
  • Applicable practices depending on the context

Didactic Unit 3. Lean Management Techniques

  • Added value and requirements
  • Value chain
  • Kaizen
  • Poka Yoke
  • Benchmarking as a Lean tool

Didactic Unit 4. Lean Applications And Conclusions

  • Lean management for construction and engineering
  • Construction according to lean management
  • Operations and competencies
  • Example TD Lean: BIM
  • Conclusions on Lean
09

Module 9. Agility And Digital Transformation

Didactic Unit 1. Introduction To Digital Transformation

  • Concept of digital transformation
  • Main barriers to digital transformation
  • Guidelines and key concepts in digital transformation, such as Agile methodologies.

Didactic Unit 2. Digital Talent Detection In The Context Of Digital Transformation

  • Building talent discovery through digital transformation
  • Identifying the steps of social recruiting
  • Building decisionmaking skills

Didactic Unit 3. Introduction To Agile Methodologies

  • Software engineering, its principles and objectives
  • Spiral, iterative and agile methodologies
  • Agile practices
  • Agile methods
  • Evolution of agile methodologies
  • Agile methodologies versus heavy methodologies

Didactic Unit 4. Agile Project Thinking

  • Principles of agile methodologies
  • Agile manifesto
  • User Stories

Didactic Unit 5. Agile Planning, Agile Leadership And Creativity

  • Iteration as an alternative to linear planning
  • Communication and motivation
  • Characteristics of participatory leadership
  • Disruptive thinking and idea development
  • Trial and error, learning by doing

Didactic Unit 6. Lean Thinking

  • Introduction to Lean Thinking
  • Lean Startup
  • Lean startup objectives

Didactic Unit 7. Other Agile Methodologies And Agile Techniques

  • Agile Inception Deck
  • Design Thinking
  • DevOps
  • Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
  • Crystal Methodologies
  • Adaptive Software Development (ASD)
  • Feature Driven Development (FDD)
  • Agile Unified Process (AUP)

Teaching faculty

Teaching team with professional experience in Master´s Degree in Agile Methodologies and Digital Transformation + 60 ECTS Credits.

AR

Adrián Rodríguez Porres

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

metodología BIM

VG

Vidal Gascón Culebras

Inteligencia Artificial aplicada

JM

Julia Molina Virués

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

arquitectura sostenible

Charo Rey Zabalza

Charo Rey Zabalza

Faculty of Medioambiente y Sostenibilidad

economía circular

ÁS

Ángel Sanz Bernabé

control de calidad

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Faculty of Dirección de Proyectos e Innovación Tecnológica

comunicación estratégica

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Faculty of Ingeniería Industrial

gestión y dirección de proyectos

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

What jobs could you get?

With this master's degree you could apply for roles such as:

  • Agile Project Director
  • Agile Coach Senior
  • Agile Project Management Consultant
  • Digital Transformation Project Lead
  • Lean and Design Thinking Consultant
  • Agile Transformation Change Manager

Methodology

Our teaching methodology

Equipo diverso de ingeniería trabajando con portátiles en un laboratorio maker con impresoras 3D
Learn whenever you want

Progress at your own pace, from wherever you are,
with close support.

Realistic

The EDUCA LXP methodology avoids excessively theoretical knowledge and inefficient practical methods. The combination of constantly updated content with personalized guidance throughout the learning process makes EDUCA LXP a unique methodology.

Student First

The EDUCA LXP methodology and EDUCA EDTECH Group's training place the student at the center of the learning experience, drawing on their feedback. Their feedback drives our continuous improvement.

Artificial Intelligence

Personalized learning would not be possible without a precise combination of academic experience, technology research, and Artificial Intelligence. That is why we rely on in-house AI tools, tailored to each school in the group.

Active industry professionals

Our teaching team, besides being specialists in their field, has specific training in the technology tools that make up the EDUCA EDTECH ecosystem.

Rankings and recognitions

Assessed by independent online higher-education organizations.

Organization of American States (OAS)

Since 2010, Structuralia has run a scholarship program for master's degrees in Spanish and English together with the Organization of American States (OAS), aimed at outstanding professionals from the Americas as part of the Partnerships for Education and Training Program (PAEC), which has already benefited more than 3,500 students from the region.

APICE

Structuralia and the Pan-American Association of Educational Credit Institutions (APICE) offer a specialized training scholarship program for professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean in master's degrees specialized in the STEM sector.

Educa Edtech

The Educa Edtech Foundation was created to foster personal and professional growth while championing knowledge transfer as a way to change the world, overseeing the rollout of solutions and granting aid to those who deserve it.

Financial Magazine

This outlet's 2025 Ranking has included up to 10 Structuralia master's programs across several categories, among them: Data Science, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Urban Planning, Energy and the Environment.

Mundo Posgrado

In the latest edition of its regular annual rankings, Structuralia's master's programs made the Top 10 best master's degrees in Spain in the Renewable Energy and Integrated Management Systems categories.

Escudo Digital

The Master's program in Cybersecurity and Information Risk is included in the Top 25 best cybersecurity training programs according to "Escudo Digital".

Our numbers

92%of our students would recommend us
30+countries with active students
60%of our faculty are active industry professionals
15 yearstraining specialists in engineering and architecture

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