Get Started with AI Prompt Engineering Course
Course overview
About this course
Prompt engineering is the foundation of effective AI use. This course demystifies how prompts work and shows you how to design them for stronger, more consistent outcomes.
You'll start by exploring how AI understands and responds to prompts, then move into practical techniques for refining and adapting your inputs for specific goals.
Prompt engineering lab: Once you've learned prompting techniques and frameworks, put your knowledge to the test in the prompting lab! In this section of the course, you'll use mock and real-life scenarios to apply what you've learned.
By the end of this microcredential course, you'll know how to guide AI with clarity to get the most useful outcomes. Stand apart as a pro with AI savvy.
Average time to complete: 2 hours
Format: On demand
Credential: Microcredential
Prerequisites: None
What you'll get: Two hours of 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 Product Discovery and Strategy.
AI series: For a complete understanding of AI on agile teams, consider taking the collection of Scrum Alliance AI courses, including:
Who is this course for?
Anyone introducing AI to their teams
Scrum masters and agile coaches
Scrum, agile, and product teams
Product owners who want to accelerate their team's AI implementation to get better results
Teams and individuals who want to know how to leverage AI
Anyone who wants to make AI outcomes more accurate, useful, and aligned with organizational goals and targets
Course modules
In this module, you will discover how to craft precise and effective prompts that unlock the full potential of AI tools, enabling you to achieve more accurate and impactful results in your interactions with AI.
Topics:
Prompt engineering basics
Prompt refinement
In this module, you will understand how to tailor AI tools to fit your team's unique needs, enhance their effectiveness across various agile frameworks, and ensure they align seamlessly with your scrum processes.
Topics:
Writing prompts with custom data
Iterating prompts for your scrum workflows
Using GenAI with other frameworks
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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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Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
Explain the function of generative AI and its relationship to a prompt.
Describe core principles for writing an effective prompt.
Apply a prompting framework to customize AI outputs for a specific task.
Prompt engineering, or prompting or prompt writing, is the practice of designing effective instructions that guide AI tools to produce accurate, relevant, and useful results. It's the foundation for effective AI use in any professional context.
You don't need AI experience to take this prompting course.
In this prompting course, you'll learn how to create prompts that align with your team's goals and workflows, helping you generate backlog items, analyze feedback, and summarize retrospectives more efficiently (for starters).
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Unlock the full potential of your career with relevant, practical AI prompting skills.