AI for Scrum Masters
Course overview
About AI for Scrum Masters
With the right approach and expertise, you can 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.
AI for Scrum Masters provides ready-to-use templates and tactics that are applicable across roles, including scrum teams, project managers, team leaders, and product managers.
Learn all of the ways you can integrate AI to assist with managing timelines, predicting risks, identifying metrics for team performance, and much more.
Plus, put your knowledge to the test in the final module of this course: Assume the role of a scrum master and use GenAI to complete tasks based on real-world scenarios.
Available on demand or live and led by an instructor—learn the way you prefer!
Time: 4 hours
Format: On-demand or live and instructor-led
Credential: Microcredential
Prerequisites: None
What you'll get with the on-demand course: Four hours of live or on-demand learning and a badge to showcase your AI skills. Members earn SEUs and get a course discount. Nonmembers receive a two-year Scrum Alliance membership upon completing AI for Scrum Masters.
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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
Course modules
In this module, you will examine the integration of artificial intelligence within the scrum framework, focusing on how scrum masters can effectively leverage AI while maintaining essential human elements.
Topics:
Where does AI belong?
AI vs. human
Scrum master AI support lab
The heart of my role
In this module, you will explore the practical application of AI tools to help you streamline scrum events in your role as a scrum master.
Topics:
Introduction to AI for effective teams
AI tools for meetings
AI tools for communication and collaboration
AI tools for backlog management
AI tools for retrospectives
The importance of human oversight with ethical considerations for scrum accountabilities
In this module, you will uncover how AI can revolutionize communication and collaboration within your scrum team by streamlining interactions, boosting transparency, and ultimately enhancing the overall project lifecycle.
Topics:
Using AI to transform communication
Elevate your meetings
Share and manage information with AI
AI-driven team insights
In this module, you will explore how data-driven insights can be used to enhance team management, emphasizing maintaining team health and optimizing performance through tailored AI applications.
Topics:
AI-powered metrics for high-performing teams
Using AI to understand and improve team sentiment
Tailoring AI to your unique team
In this module, you will assume the role of a scrum master to use GenAI to complete three scrum master-related tasks.
Unmatched quality and scale
“This was an excellent introduction to bringing AI into scrum. The templates, tools, and practice exercises were helpful in successfully understanding the AI concepts and applications.”
“The Prompt Engineering session was quite hands-on and allows you to put your learning into practice.”
Developed by community experts
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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
Train your team!
Interested in purchasing this course for more than one person? We can help.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
List scrum master responsibilities suitable for AI augmentation and those requiring irreplaceable human skills.
Apply prompt engineering principles to generate tangible outputs that support the scrum events, artifacts, and commitments.
Review the primary risks, ethical, data privacy, and algorithmic bias when using AI tools with team and product information.
Outline a personal framework for using AI to increase scrum team effectiveness.
Identify suitable AI tools for your personal scrum master toolkit, using criteria that assess its alignment with your personal strategy and scrum values.
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.
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, but 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.
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.
While not video-based, the on-demand AI for Scrum Masters course features written content, interactive modules, flash cards, and an experience that is entirely self-paced so you can learn when it's convenient for you.
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Welcome AI to the agile team and transform the way you work.