What You Will Learn in This Agile and Scrum Course
- Understand Agile principles and how the Manifesto's four values and twelve principles shape real project work
- Compare Agile and traditional project management and know when each approach fits your situation
- Describe each Scrum role (Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Development Team) and what each one owns
- Navigate core Scrum events and artifacts to keep work visible and teams aligned throughout a sprint
- Plan and run a sprint from kickoff through review and retrospective
- Read Agile metrics (burndown charts and velocity) to track progress and forecast delivery
- Apply the Agile Iron Triangle to balance scope, time, and cost with stakeholder buy-in
- Communicate clearly in stand-ups, sprint reviews, and planning sessions from day one
Requirements
- No prior experience needed. This course starts from the basics
What This Free Agile and Scrum Course Covers
This free course gives you the language and practical grounding to work alongside Agile teams from day one. You will learn why Agile exists, how it differs from traditional project management, and how the structure built into Scrum (short sprints, daily check-ins, and regular feedback) keeps projects on track.
The course covers the Scrum framework end to end: roles, events, artifacts, and how they connect. A full sprint walkthrough takes you from planning through to review and retrospective, so you can follow the rhythm of a real Agile project.
You will also learn how Agile teams track and communicate progress. Burndown charts, velocity, the Iron Triangle, and the thinking behind self-organizing teams are all covered with straightforward examples you can apply right away.
This Course Includes
- 27 on-demand lectures
- 2h 21m of video
- Free access, no payment required
- Self-paced, learn on your own schedule
- Worth 2.25 PDUs toward PMI recertification, see the PDU claiming guide
Who This Course Is For
- Students, juniors, and career starters looking for a clear introduction to Agile and Scrum before entering project work
- Professionals switching into project management or technology roles who need to understand how Agile teams operate
- Team members in Agile environments (analysts, developers, designers, and QA) who want clarity on roles, sprints, and metrics
Course Curriculum
What the course covers, who it is for, and how to work through it
What changed in how work is delivered, and why Agile answered it
A direct comparison: what each is built for and when each fits
The common failure patterns, and which of them Agile actually addresses
Where the Manifesto came from and the problem its authors were solving
Each value, what it trades off against, and what it looks like in practice
The principles behind the values, grouped so they are usable rather than recited
What Scrum is for, and what it does not claim to do
The three roles and the decision each one owns
The events that structure a sprint and the artifacts that keep work visible
The three pillars Scrum rests on, and what breaks when one is missing
How a sprint planning session runs, and what the team commits to by the end
What the daily is for, and the ways it goes wrong
Gathering stakeholder feedback, then improving how the team works
A full sprint start to finish, applying every event and artifact to one case
How Agile reframes scope, time and cost, and how to explain that to stakeholders
Why shipping something small early beats shipping everything late
Reading a burndown and a velocity chart to track progress and forecast delivery
What self-organisation means in practice, and what still needs deciding for the team
The Scrum Master's leadership style: removing obstacles rather than assigning work
What happens to the PM role on an agile team, and where it still applies
Where agile methods transfer outside software, and where they do not
How Extreme Programming and Kanban differ from Scrum, and when each suits
Where AI tools are genuinely useful to an agile team today
The points worth keeping, pulled together
The smallest useful first step you can take in your own team
Where to go from here, and which course follows this one
Related Free Courses
- Agile Project Management: Introduction, a deeper look at Scrum, sprint planning, backlog management, and leading agile teams
- Project Management: The Absolute Beginner's Guide, scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholder management for complete beginners
- 27 on-demand lectures
- 2h 21m of video
- Free access
- Self-paced
- 2.25 PDUs