Professional Scrum Master™ - AI Essentials Training
Practical AI Techniques to Strengthen Scrum Master Capabilities and Empower their Teams
AI has become a core capability in product delivery and is transforming every role. Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches have a key part to play in the use of AI and introducing AI to teams, products and organizations, acting as a catalyst for change. Through the proper use of AI tools, Scrum Masters, their teams and organization become more effective.
Professional Scrum Master-AI Essentials (PSM-AI Essentials) is an interactive, hands-on course designed to empower Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to understand, leverage and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support their job, teams and organization.
The course also includes a free attempt at the globally recognized Professional Scrum Master™ - AI Essentials (PSM-AI Essentials) certification exam.
Course Overview
In this one-day* course, students engage in discussions and exercises to explore practical uses of AI tools and techniques to help them as a Scrum Master and to learn how to enable their Scrum Teams and organization to effectively use AI. The Professional Scrum Master – AI Essentials (PSM - AI Essentials) course continues the journey into Scrum by diving deeper into:
- What AI means for Scrum Masters
- How Scrum Masters use AI to improve their capabilities and support the Scrum Team
- How AI can be applied by the members of a Scrum Team
- How AI influences the organization, including essential guidance on adopting AI responsibly and securely
Throughout this course, participants gain the skills and confidence to harness AI effectively, ensuring they enable high-performing Scrum Teams in an ever-evolving digital landscape. Ultimately, an effective Scrum Master should understand AI, its impact and how to apply it. This training prepares students with a greater understanding of AI and how it can be applied for use by Scrum Teams.
* When offered in-person, this course is generally delivered in one day. When offered as a Live Virtual Class, the course may be broken up into more, shorter days.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Explain key AI concepts, including machine learning, deep learning, generative AI and agentic AI
- Describe how AI supports effective Scrum Team facilitation and collaboration
- Discuss how AI tools can enhance the Scrum Master accountability through real-world use cases
- Demonstrate practical uses of generative AI tools to support the Scrum Team and Scrum events
- Demonstrate effective AI prompt engineering to get the desired results
- Integrate AI tools in day-to-day work
- Implement AI-informed behaviors in day-to-day work
- Apply ethical and responsible practices when adopting and working with AI
Who Should Attend This Class?
This course is appropriate for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches with a solid understanding of the Scrum framework and experience working on a Scrum Team in any industry, as they learn how to integrate AI into their roles. This includes:
- Scrum Masters
- Agile Coaches
- Agile leaders
- Team facilitators
- Other related professionals
This course is designed for professionals who want to work with AI tools in practice. It is not intended for those seeking advanced machine learning or data science content. Scrum Master training and certification is recommended.
Course Learning Objectives
Students will be able to apply core AI concepts and leverage generative AI through effective prompting to improve Scrum Team collaboration, support Scrum Events and ultimately strengthen their ability as a Scrum Master while responsibly and ethically embedding AI-informed behaviors into day-to-day work.
Professional Scrum Certification
All participants completing the Professional Scrum Master-AI Essentials course receive a password to take the Professional Scrum Master Essentials (PSM-AI Essentials) certification exam. The industry-recognized PSM-AI Essentials certification requires a minimum passing score of 85%. Class participants of official Scrum.org classes who attempt the PSM-AI Essentials certification exam within 14 days of receiving their free password and do not score at least 85% will be granted a second attempt at no additional cost.
Take the Class
Everyone has different needs when it comes to finding a training course, whether you are looking for something introductory, specific to your role or a more advanced topic, we invite you to explore and find a class that fits your professional needs or the needs of your team or organization. Whether you prefer to learn in person, virtually, or in a private setting with others from your organization, there are multiple options for attending Scrum.org training classes. Explore these options and learn the differences.
Search the schedule of upcoming classes to find the perfect one to meets your needs or search our list of Professional Scrum Trainers to schedule a private class for your team or organization.
Why Scrum.org
Scrum.org training provides a hands-on, activity-based learning experience using a consistent set of materials around the world no matter which of our Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) is teaching the course. Each course explores real-world challenges to help students apply what they learn in their roles once back at work.
The maintenance of Scrum.org courseware is based on feedback from the overall PST community who are delivering each class. They all teach from the same content, bringing great consistency, but also feedback from the real-world to drive incremental improvements and high quality.
On their path to becoming a PST, they must have several years of Scrum experience. Once PST candidates apply, they then go through an extensive process that includes: interviews, validation of knowledge, training, peer reviews and more.
PSTs bring their own style and experiences with a consistent delivery of Scrum.org training around the world, so you know each course we teach is aligned with Professional Scrum, and all of your teammates are learning from the same course materials.
Find out more about what makes Scrum.org different.
PMI PDU Credits
Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 7 PDUs after attending a one-day Professional Scrum Master - AI (PSM-AI) Essentials course. Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI's "Education courses provided by other third party providers” category. You can claim your PDUs online at https://ccrs.pmi.org. Find instructions here.
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