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:
- An Introduction to Agile and Scrum
- The Scrum Framework
- The Scrum Team — Foundation for Success
- Scrum Events in Action
- Scrum for Product Development
- Scrum in a Non-Scrum Environment
- 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
Time: 4 hours
Format: On demand
Credential: Microcredential
Prerequisites: None
What you'll get: 4 hours of on-demand learning and a Scrum Alliance Scrum Essentials badge to showcase your new skills.
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
If it's been a while since you completed a Scrum Alliance certification course, this course provides an opportunity to revisit the basics.
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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
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.
Scrum Essentials is more concise and narrower in focus than the Certified ScrumMaster course. Scrum Essentials zeroes in on the fundamental knowledge you need to get started with scrum, while the CSM® takes a broad but thorough look at various aspects of serving as a scrum master, defining agile and scrum, understanding scrum master responsibilities, and the details of using the scrum framework effectively and supporting your scrum team to deliver value.
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.
If you're looking for the scrum basics in a fast and affordable format, consider Scrum Essentials. The full CSM course is a great option if you want to know more about how to practice scrum effectively, support organizational and team agility, and overcome common obstacles for the scrum team.
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 looking for a fast, concise way to understand the basics. 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, but it's been a while, you may find value in revisiting the basics with the Scrum Essentials course.
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