Scrum Essentials

Gain a competitive edge with scrum. Deliver value frequently, increase customer satisfaction, and adapt to change. Train teams or boost your own skills.
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$75 Non-members | $63.75 Members
Duration: 5 hours
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Price varies by instructor
Duration: 5 hours
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Course overview

About Scrum Essentials

With the scrum framework, organizations can achieve better customer satisfaction while equipping teams to innovate and thrive. The modules in this course are:

  1. An Introduction to Agile and Scrum
  2. The Scrum Framework
  3. The Scrum Team — Foundation for Success
  4. Scrum Events in Action
  5. Scrum for Product Development
  6. Scrum in a Non-Scrum Environment
  7. Scenario Simulation: Navigating the Scrum Events

After completing this course, you'll be equipped to improve your practice of scrum in any role. The objectives of Scrum Essentials include:

  • Defining "agility" 
  • How agility differs from traditional project management
  • Who are the scrum team members?
  • The scrum events and their purpose
  • Qualities and strategies of successful scrum teams
  • When to use scrum
  • Tips for overcoming common challenges when you adopt scrum
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Time: 4 hours

Format: On-demand and live options

Credential: Microcredential

Prerequisites: None

What you'll get: 4 hours of on-demand learning or live, instructor-led training and a Scrum Alliance Scrum Essentials badge to showcase your new skills.

The on-demand course features written content as well as flash cards and other interactive modules to reinforce your learning.

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Who Should Take Scrum Essentials?

Scrum Essentials is right for anyone who wants to add in-demand knowledge to their skill set. It combines theory with real-world examples so you can take concrete actions when you return to work.

  • People new to the scrum framework
  • Teams or individuals from any industry involving complex work
  • Scrum and agile team members
  • Anyone who wants to learn more about scrum and agile ways of working
  • Project managers and product managers
  • IT professionals, software engineers, technical teams
  • Professionals from a variety of fields, including HR, manufacturing, government, healthcare, and education

Already have a CSM, CSD, or CSPO? If it's been a while since you completed a Scrum Alliance certification course, Scrum Essentials provides an opportunity to revisit the basics; however, it won't introduce any new scrum knowledge.

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"The interactive nature of this course really helped me understand scrum essentials."

– Scrum Alliance member
Scrum for the real world

“I really appreciated the overview of the principles of both agile and scrum and explaining the difference. What was most helpful was being able to apply to 'real life' scenarios!”

– Scrum Alliance member
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Developed by community experts

Our community is at the heart of everything we do. This course wouldn't be possible without the subject matter experts and reviewers who generously share their time and talent. Join us in recognizing these individuals for helping us inspire and empower our global agile community.

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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

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Frequently asked questions

Scrum is one of the most popular agile frameworks for getting work done. It is often used by organizations and teams that develop products, but it is also used for other types of complex work, such as Human Resources, healthcare, manufacturing, education, and government.

The framework is composed of team member accountabilities (similar to roles), events (similar to meetings), artifacts, and activities. Scrum teams use these aspects of the framework to continuously improve how they work together and to rapidly adapt how they work based on feedback. 

Ultimately, scrum has the potential to delight your customers, foster innovation, accelerate time to market, cultivate resilient organizations and happy teams, and provide an array of other benefits. Although seemingly straightforward and simple, scrum can be difficult to master. Knowledge and training can give you a head start.

Take Scrum Essentials for an overview of the framework. Understand scrum's teams, events, and artifacts, as well as the benefits of agile ways of working. Master the basics so you can get started with scrum in any role, and in any industry.

For an in-depth exploration of scrum and how a scrum master serves the team, product owner, and organization, consider the Certified ScrumMaster course. The CSM takes a deeper look at the scrum master accountability on the team. It's a great option if you want to know more about scrum, and if you're interested in or already working as a scrum master.

Similarly, you can expect to learn about the foundations of scrum in the Certified Scrum Product Owner and Certified Scrum Developer courses while also discovering the responsibilities and role of product owners and scrum developers.

You'll receive a digital badge to showcase your knowledge once you complete Scrum Essentials. This microcredential badge never expires.

Scrum Essentials is a great introductory option for people who want to master the basics of scrum. On the other hand, CSM presents a deeper dive and opens up more opportunities for growing your scrum skills and agile capabilities. Neither is a prerequisite for the other.

If you've already taken any of the courses within the CSM, CSPO, or CSD track, you may find value in revisiting the basics with the Scrum Essentials course; however, they will be the same basics you learned about in your certification courses.

The on-demand course is a self-paced exploration consisting of written content, images, flash cards, and other interactive modules that reinforce your knowledge of scrum essentials. It is not a video-based learning experience.

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