Introduction to Agile and Scrum training walks you through the foundations of Agile, introduces you to values and principles as defined in the Agile Manifesto, and helps you understand how Scrum and Agile differs from traditional project management.
It provides practical guidance for adopting Scrum and continuously improving your organisation.
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
Choose from On Demand or Live training. Immersive learning experience facilitated by highly experienced trainers and Agile practitioners.
On Demand
Self paced, On-Demand Training
- Modular Learning on our academy learning platform
- 2 hours of on demand video training
- 4 downloadable resources
- Certificate of completion
- 2 Scrum Educational Units (SEU’s)
- Lifetime access
Live
Live Online or In Person Training
- Private In House training delivered over one day
- Access to supporting course materials
- 8 Scrum Educational Units (SEU’s)
- Access to a unique self-paced eLearning assessment
What Will I learn on Intro to Agile and Scrum?
- An overview of Agile
- Agile Manifesto and Values
- The Scrum Framework
- Scrum Roles, Events and Artefacts
- How Sprints work
- Separating the Myths from the Facts
- Supporting Practices
Who should attend?
Introduction to Agile & Scrum training is suitable for anyone who is interested in learning about Agile and Scrum, either from a beginner level, or as refresh of existing knowledge.
As this course is an introductory course, no experience of Agile and Scrum is required to enrol.
This self-paced course walks you through the foundations of Agile, introduces you to values and principles as defined in the Agile Manifesto, and helps you understand how Scrum and Agile differs from traditional project management.
Take as much time as you need to learn the concepts, pause when you need to, rewind if you have missed something or repeat the classes as many times as necessary.
If you are new to Agile and Scrum frameworks, this is the perfect onboarding route for you. This online and on-demand modular Introduction to Agile & Scrum is a condense, high-impact video course covering why modern organisations need a new approach to business, as well as exploring the Theory, Practices, and Rules of Scrum.
2 hours of on-demand video delivered by Certified Scrum Trainers and deeply experienced Agile coaches helps you get to grips with the foundation elements of Scrum and Agile, and gives you valuable insights into why Agile frameworks are vital for building valuable products, services and companies in the 21st Century.
Take a look at our course and book online or get in touch with the team if you have any questions.
This one-day Online Introduction to Agile & Scrum course is a highly interactive, in-depth course covering why modern organisations need a new approach to business and the theory, practices and rules of Scrum.
The course can be delivered in person or online for your organisation and provides practical guidance for adopting Scrum and continuously improving your organisation.
Our Introduction to Agile & Scrum course aims to provide a fast-track path to understanding Agile and Scrum. It prepares participants to be part of or interact with Scrum teams. During the day, we look at some of the fundamentals of Agile and Scrum and tackle some of the jargon.
For private, in house training, this course can be tailored towards your organisational goals. To discuss how we can help you in more detail, get in touch via our contact form or book a call.
At Agile Centre, we don’t just teach Agile; we live it. Our success has been achieved by actively practising Agile and Scrum values in all departments.
Courses are delivered by highly respected Certified Scrum Trainers with decades of experience delivering high-quality Scrum training, coaching and consulting.
Get to know your trainers
John McFadyen, Agile Centre Partner
John McFadyen is a business and executive Agile coach with proven experience in coaching senior managers and executives at some of the world’s largest organisations. John works with people and teams to unlock new perspectives and approaches to achieving their goals.
Blending his 15 years’ experience in Agile frameworks and Lean techniques from the software development world with his professional coach training and complexity theory, John has created a unique approach to coaching with a strong focus on end goals, the right level of planning and actions designed to gain momentum.
Recently these skills have been used to help organisations build their internal Agile capability by forming and coaching communities of practice. This has been achieved through the development of the internal experienced practitioners within the organisation into high performing coaches.
Karim Harbott, Agile Centre Partner
Karim Harbott is a leadership and business agility expert, entrepreneur, author, and international keynote speaker. He has over a decade of experience helping organisations with business agility, working with some of the most complex organisations anywhere in the world.
Karim’s work involves advising on business agility, agile at scale, leadership development, culture change, strategy and innovation. Karim stresses pragmatic, context-appropriate approaches over rigid out-of-the-box solutions. He has held several senior roles in the agile space, including Head of Scaled Agile at global strategy consultancy McKinsey & Co, where he led the development of their global agile transformation strategy.
Karim is one of only a handful of people globally to hold the Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Educator, Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST), and Certified Enterprise Coach® (CEC) status. He is also an ICF Professional Certified Coach® (PCC) and Certified Leadership Agility® 360 Coach.
Karim is the creator of the Business Agility Canvas, a widely-used strategic tool for driving agile transformations. He also served as a non-executive director at the Scrum Alliance and is the author of the best-selling book The 6 Enablers of Business Agility: How to Thrive in an Uncertain World.