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Free online courseAgile and Scrum

Duration of the online course: 2 hours and 50 minutes

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Lead projects with Agile & Scrum skills in a free online course—learn backlogs, roles, and value delivery to boost teamwork and career options.

In this free course, learn about

  • Scrum basics: framework purpose, roles, events, and artifacts
  • Three pillars of Scrum: transparency, inspection, adaptation
  • How Agile and Scrum are applied in real-world projects
  • Meaning of 'value' in project management and how it guides priorities
  • Why Agile methodologies emerged (adaptability to change and faster value delivery)
  • Scrum Master responsibilities: facilitation, coaching, removing impediments
  • Product backlog purpose: single source of work to deliver product value
  • Key product backlog features: ordered/prioritized, detailed, continuously refined
  • Product Owner duties in backlog refinement: clarify, prioritize, and accept backlog items
  • Agile project management principles: iterative delivery, customer focus, continuous improvement
  • Kanban basics: visual workflow management and Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits

Course Description

Delivering projects in fast-changing environments requires more than a rigid plan. This free online course helps you build practical Agile and Scrum fundamentals so you can organize work, reduce wasted effort, and keep teams focused on real outcomes. You will learn how Agile project management supports continuous improvement and why it became the go-to approach for teams that need to adapt quickly to shifting priorities, feedback, and customer needs.

You will explore Scrum as a lightweight framework for solving complex problems, including how transparency, inspection, and adaptation work together to guide better decisions throughout a project. By connecting these principles to real workplace situations, the course shows how iterative delivery helps teams create value sooner, manage risk earlier, and learn from results instead of waiting until the end to discover what went wrong.

The course also clarifies key responsibilities within Scrum and how strong collaboration supports progress. You will understand what effective leadership looks like in a Scrum environment, what to expect from a Scrum Master mindset, and how product-focused ownership shapes day-to-day priorities. Special attention is given to the product backlog: why it exists, how it is used to drive planning, and what makes it actionable, clear, and useful for both stakeholders and delivery teams.

To round out your perspective, you will connect Scrum with broader Agile management approaches and learn how flow-based thinking can improve visibility and focus. You will also consider how visual work management and limiting work in progress can reduce bottlenecks and improve predictability. By the end, you will be better prepared to contribute to Agile teams, communicate progress with confidence, and apply project management habits that emphasize value, alignment, and continuous delivery.

Course content

  • Video class: What is Scrum? | Google Project Management Certificate

    25m

  • Exercise: _What are the three pillars of Scrum?

  • Exercise: What are the three foundational pillars of Scrum?

  • Exercise: What are the three pillars of Scrum that form the foundation for Scrum teams?

  • Video class: Agile and Scrum in the Real World | Google Project Management Certificate

    47m

  • Exercise: _What does the term "value" mean in project management?

  • Exercise: What is the key reason behind the development of agile methodologies?

  • Video class: Scrum Master Tutorial | Google Project Management Certificate

    45m

  • Exercise: _What are the three key features of a product backlog?

  • Exercise: What is the primary responsibility of the product owner during the backlog refinement process in Scrum methodology?

  • Exercise: What is the main purpose of a product backlog in the Scrum framework?

  • Video class: Agile Management | Google Project Management Certificate

    52m

  • Exercise: _What is Agile project management?

  • Exercise: Which Agile methodology uses a visual system to manage work as it flows through a process and is known for emphasizing Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits?

This free course includes:

2 hours and 50 minutes of online video course

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