Getting Started with Professional Scrum

Looking for a quick and nontechnical introduction to scrum? This course is just for you. Join the CEO of Scrum.org, Dave West, as he provides a practical, engaging introduction to how scrum is used as a way to deliver products with greater agility. The course will prepare you if you are new to scrum, help you when joining a scrum team, or simply help you find out if scrum is right for you and your next project. Explore what kinds of projects are best suited to use scrum, the difference between agile and traditional project management techniques, the importance of empiricism, and how to develop and maintain a product- and customer-focused mindset. Dave outlines the accountabilities and responsibilities of everyone on the scrum team, as well as the purpose of each step of the framework, from scrum events to scrum artifacts and beyond. An ideal fit for anyone new to scrum—including project managers, product managers, and cross-functional members of a product team—this course equips you with in-demand skills to put scrum into everyday practice in your role.

Learning objectives
Identify the difference between simple, complicated, and complex problems and determine which business problems are best solved by scrum.
Explain the accountabilities of scrum team members, including scrum master, product owner, and developers.
Describe the purpose and flow of scrum events, including the sprint, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.
Explain the purpose and components of scrum artifacts, such as the product backlog, sprint backlog, and increment.