THIS PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

AI for Scrum Masters® microcredential

BIG IMAGE

Join CST Vic Bonacci for an interactive 4-hour online experience
designed to propel your professional growth.

Update on Availability - Sep 28

We ran our first class a few days ago, and Vic is making necessary adjustments. The plan is to start offering FREE classes to anyone who's been through my A-CSM class, inspecting and adapting along the way.

To join an upcoming class, drop Vic an email (you know where to find it) with the subject AI4SM. (NOTE that these next couple sessions may be a bit unrefined - it's literally a work in progress).

Otherwise, check back here for a list of upcoming class dates. Expecting to run four in October; looking at Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Transform your Agile Leadership

Learn how to engineer GenAI prompts, streamline workflows, and leverage AI for any team. In AI for Scrum Masters, discover how to welcome AI to your agile team while showcasing your knowledge with an in-demand microcredential.

Discover how to seamlessly add AI to your team. AI can function as an agile co-pilot, operating effortlessly alongside team members to increase productivity, save time, and differentiate you as an AI-capable professional.

Learn all of the ways you can integrate AI to assist with managing timelines, predicting risks, identifying metrics for team performance, and much more.

Not only for Scrum Masters

This course is designed for scrum masters, project managers, product managers, and agile team members who are ready to work more efficiently by integrating AI into their teams.

Do I have to be a scrum master to take AI for Scrum Masters?

Anyone who wants to make use of the wide array of AI available today can benefit from the AI for Scrum Masters course. While the course certainly focuses on applications of AI that are relevant to a scrum master's role, these same concepts can be leveraged by anyone eager to use them, especially people who lead and nurture high-performing teams.

Can I take this course if I don't have a Certified ScrumMaster certification?

Anyone can take this course, whether you have earned the Certified ScrumMaster, an equivalent certification from another organization, or have never been scrum certified.

While completing this microcredential is a great addition to a scrum master certification that demonstrates a commitment to professional development, the microcredential badge also stands on its own as proof of your ability to use AI to improve team outcomes.

Live, Interactive 4-Hour Class

Our AI for Scrum Masters class is fun, engaging, and chock full of experiments and resources valuable to even the most experienced Scrum Masters, and our instructors use a variety of online training techniques to keep you active and involved as you advance your Scrum and Agile know-how.

$200 off my Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) class

Anyone taking Vic's AI for Scrum Masters classes can receive $200 off my Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) class.

Post-Class Mentoring

Your instructor is available by request to answer questions or address topics from your classtime experience.

We Pay All Your Fees

Unless you're taking this class for free, we cover all fees associated with the microcredential.

4 SEUs + 4 PDUs

Whatever your ongoing learning needs, you have 4 PDU credits for PMI and 4 SEU credits after completing this course.

Scrum Master Guide Videos

Our unique video series is designed to share tips and tricks to give you the knowledge and confidence to thrive as a Scrum Master.

Module 1: Everyday AI Tools for Scrum Masters

Explore the practical application of AI tools to help you streamline scrum events in your role as a scrum master

Identify how to use different tools to generate meeting notes, enhance team communication and collaboration, and facilitate retrospectives.
Evaluate AI-generated output and edit results to refine prompts to yield desired AI outputs.

Module 2: Prompt Engineering: The Key to Effective AI Interactions

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

Identify the principles of effective prompt engineering.
Design clear, specific AI prompts to achieve tasks.

Module 3: Customizing AI for Your Team

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

Identify how to upload and use custom data to fine-tune and personalize AI.
Identify best practices for fine-tuning AI tools for your scrum workflows.
Describe how AI tools impact other frameworks such as kanban, lean, and XP.

Module 4: AI Powered Strategic Planning

Learn how to leverage AI to drive strategic decision-making, enabling your team to anticipate future trends and make informed choices that enhance enterprise agility

Identify how to use AI for brainstorming, idea generation, and scenario modeling.
Describe how to use AI data analysis and prediction to inform strategic choices.
Identify how to use tools to explore long-term trends and their potential impact on projects.

Module 5: AI-Powered Communication and Collaboration

Uncover how AI can revolutionize communication and collaboration within your scrum team by streamlining interactions, boosting transparency, and ultimately enhancing the overall project lifecycle

Identify AI tools and techniques to streamline communication within the scrum team and with stakeholders.
Describe how to utilize AI for effective meeting management, facilitation, and real-time brainstorming.
Identify how to use AI to enhance transparency and information sharing.

Module 6: Data-Driven Team Management

Explore how data-driven insights can be used to enhance team management, emphasizing maintaining team health and optimizing performance through tailored AI applications

Identify how to use AI-driven insights to improve team collaboration and communication effectiveness.
Identify AI-supported metrics for team health and performance.
Use AI for team sentiment analysis and potential conflict resolution.
Identify ways to tailor AI models to your team’s specific dynamics.

Module 7: Ethical AI in Scrum Practice

Learn the importance of your team's ethical judgment, while harnessing AI responsibly

Define data bias.
Develop a framework for evaluating ethical AI usage.
Set guidelines for ensuring human oversight and responsible AI use.
Identify ethical considerations in the use of AI specific to each scrum accountability.

Module 8: Prompt Engineering Learning Lab for Scrum Masters

Assume the role of a scrum master using GenAI to complete three scrum-master-related tasks

Use prompt engineering and historical sprint data for story-pointing and capacity planning.
Develop prompts that effectively instruct AI models to summarize key discussion points, action items, and decisions made during the sprint retrospective meeting into concise meeting minutes.

What will I get out of this course?

You'll leave this course equipped to:

Use AI tools to complete repetitive tasks (such as summarizing a daily scrum or using AI tools to assist with backlog management)
Iterate on prompts to improve outputs from generative AI platforms, including ChatGPT
Experiment with custom data training for improved AI results
Design a strategic planning session enhanced by AI tools
Use AI-driven insights to improve team collaboration and communication
Interpret insights from AI-generated team reports
Create guidelines for ethical AI implementation within your scrum team

While there are innumerable AI courses from you to choose from, AI for Scrum Masters offers a deep dive into the specific uses of AI on a scrum team and for scrum master responsibilities. Scrum masters and people who have adopted agile practices will learn how to improve their team and deliver exceptional outcomes with the assistance of AI.

Which AI tools will be covered?

AI is evolving rapidly. The AI for Scrum Masters course not only demonstrates specific tools like Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok, and the built-in AI features of Zoom; we will also introduce other tools like Otter.ai and platforms that integrate AI such as Asana and Jira. Additionally, the class provides you with knowledge that transcends specific tools - knowledge that can be applied generally to AI utilization, such as techniques for effective prompt engineering and tailoring AI to your team.

Will AI replace scrum masters?

Yes, absolutely! jk - If you're reading this far, you need a laugh. The reality is that AI is a powerful tool that can augment the capabilities of scrum masters, but it cannot replace the human elements that are essential to effective scrum leadership. Scrum masters play a crucial role in facilitating collaboration, fostering team dynamics, and navigating complex interpersonal relationships - areas where human judgment, empathy, and adaptability are irreplaceable.

AI is set to transform the responsibilities of scrum masters by streamlining duties, automating the mundane, and unlocking new ways to help your team continuously improve and deliver value. With AI for Scrum Masters, you can position yourself as a scrum master who is irreplaceable because of your ability to drive impact with AI.

I think I have a free class. How do I sign up?

If you've taken the A-CSM class from Vic anytime since 2024, congratulations! Vic invites you to take his AI for Scrum Masters class for FREE. The catch (there's always a catch, right?) the catch is that if you want the actual microcredential from the Scrum Aliance, you will need to pay the $50 fee.

Check back at this page for the beta launch of the classes, several to be listed in each of the next months.