AI for Scrum Masters
Course overview
About AI for Scrum Masters
This course is designed for scrum masters, project managers, product managers, and agile team members who are ready to work more efficiently by integrating AI into their teams.
Discover how to seamlessly add AI to your team. AI can function as an agile co-pilot, operating effortlessly alongside team members to increase productivity, save time, and differentiate you as an AI-capable professional.
Course modules:
- Everyday AI Tools for Scrum Masters
- Prompt Engineering: The Key to Effective Interactions
- Customizing AI for Your Team
- AI-Powered Strategic Planning
- AI-Powered Communication and Collaboration
- Data-Driven Team Management
- Ethical AI in Scrum Practice
- Learning Lab: Prompt Engineering for Scrum Masters
Learn all of the ways you can integrate AI to assist with managing timelines, predicting risks, identifying metrics for team performance, and much more.
Time: 3-4 hours
Format: On demand
Credential: Microcredential
Prerequisites: None, although some basic familiarity with scrum is recommended
What you'll get: 3-4 hours of on-demand learning and a badge to showcase your new skills. If you're a Scrum Alliance member, you'll receive Scrum Education Units for completing this course, which you can then apply to the renewal of any certifications you have. If you are a non-member or your membership has lapsed, you will receive a two-year professional membership with the purchase of this microcredential course.
The on-demand course is not video-based but consists of written content, interactive modules, flash cards, and more.
Interested in the product side of things? Check out AI for Product Owners.
Who Should Take AI for Scrum Masters?
Designed for:
- Scrum masters of all experience levels
- People who have completed any of the following and are interested in continuing to grow their skills: Certified ScrumMaster®, Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®, Certified Scrum Professional® ScrumMaster
- Product owners
- Scrum team members
- Agile team members
- Agile coaches
- Project managers
- Product managers
- Team managers
- Delivery managers
Unmatched quality and scale
“I am a complete novice when it comes to using AI so this was very good overall in providing ways in which I could look at my current processes/workflow and potentially make some improvements.”
“This was a great course, thank you for providing it. I'm excited to try out some of the things I've learned with my team. I really enjoyed the practice testing scenarios and the real-life examples.”
Is a microcredential worth it?
Microcredentials are a great way to continually add new skills with fast and flexible formats. Here are just a few reasons microcredential training is a worthwhile investment for you and your team.
- Focused expertise — gain specialized knowledge in a specific area
- Flexible learning — learn the way you prefer by choosing from live or on-demand learning formats
- Cost-effective — typically less expensive than certifications or degree programs
- Relevant — topics prioritized to cover industry trends and emerging technologies
- Expedient — earn a credential in hours as opposed to weeks, months, or years
- Recognizable — validated by Scrum Alliance, a globally recognized credentialing body
- Practical — build skills and knowledge immediately applicable in your role
- Stackable — combine microcredentials to build comprehensive learning pathways
From ChatGPT to Gemini and Otter.ai, there is a wealth of AI-powered options out there for scrum masters who want to be the best at what they do.
Anyone who wants to make use of the wide array of AI available today can benefit from the AI for Scrum Masters course. While the course certainly focuses on applications of AI that are relevant to a scrum master's role, these same concepts can be leveraged by anyone eager to use them, especially people who lead and nurture high-performing teams.
You'll leave this course equipped to:
- Use AI tools to complete repetitive tasks (such as summarizing a daily scrum or using AI tools to assist with backlog management)
- Iterate on prompts to improve outputs from generative AI platforms, including ChatGPT
- Experiment with custom data training for improved AI results
- Design a strategic planning session enhanced by AI tools
- Use AI-driven insights to improve team collaboration and communication
- Interpret insights from AI-generated team reports
- Create guidelines for ethical AI implementation within your scrum team
While there are innumerable AI courses from you to choose from, AI for Scrum Masters offers a deep dive into the specific uses of AI on a scrum team and for scrum master responsibilities. Scrum masters and people who have adopted agile practices will learn how to improve their team and deliver exceptional outcomes with the assistance of AI.
AI is evolving rapidly. The AI for Scrum Masters course not only covers specific tools like Otter.ai, Gemini, ChatGPT, and the built-in AI features of platforms like Asana and Jira, it also provides you with knowledge that transcends specific tools and can be applied generally to AI utilization, such as techniques for effective prompt engineering and tailoring AI to your team.
Anyone can take this course, whether you have earned the Certified ScrumMaster, an equivalent certification from another organization, or have never been scrum certified.
While completing this microcredential is a great addition to a scrum master certification that demonstrates a commitment to professional development, the microcredential badge also stands on its own as proof of your ability to use AI to improve team outcomes.
AI is set to transform the responsibilities of scrum masters by streamlining duties, automating the mundane, and unlocking new ways to help your team continuously improve and deliver value. With AI for Scrum Masters, you can position yourself as a scrum master who is irreplaceable because of your ability to drive impact with AI.
Scrum Alliance offers a collection of AI courses to equip you for the world of work. In addition to this scrum master-oriented course, build your knowledge with:
- AI & Agility: A free course where you'll learn about the intersection of agility and AI, and get practical tips for using artificial intelligence both ethically and effectively.
- AI for Product Owners: Streamline all of your product management responsibilities, from strategic planning to backlog management. Find out how to integrate artificial intelligence into your agile team as a helpful co-pilot.
Please note that three modules are shared by both AI for Scrum Masters and AI for Product Owners. If you don't want to revisit these modules when you take both courses, simply skip through the content by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking "continue."
The three modules that appear in both AI for Scrum Masters and AI for Product Owners are:
Prompt Engineering
Customizing AI for Your Team
Ethical AI in Scrum Practices
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