After this course you can contribute to a Scrum Team with confidence: you understand the thinking behind agile methods, know the accountabilities, events and artefacts, and see how estimation, planning and progress tracking connect. Sample questions prepare you for the exam, which you sit without notes. The course suits you if you are new to Scrum, or if you lead or support projects moving to agile work, whether in IT or in a business function.
What you’ll take away.
- Distinguish agile thinking from plan-driven working
- Use Scrum accountabilities, events and artefacts correctly
- Estimate and plan work in Scrum
- Monitor the progress of a Scrum project
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- People who lead or take part in projects, especially in software development, project management, IT service management and business functions.
- Prerequisites
- EXIN lists no prerequisites on the exam page. You do not need any previous Scrum experience.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 2 training days. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
The agile way of thinking and its values
The Scrum Team, events and artefacts
Planning and estimating in Scrum
Monitoring Scrum projects
Advanced Scrum concepts
Exam practice with sample questions
You break a small initiative into Product Backlog items, estimate them with others and plan the first Sprint from them, including a Sprint Goal.
Exams, licences & credentials
This course prepares you for the EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation exam. The exam and its fees are included only if your offer confirms this. The certificate comes from EXIN. This is not an official EXIN course unless the offer says so.
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
What is the exam like?
EXIN lists 40 multiple-choice questions in one hour, closed book, with a 65% pass mark. It is available in English and German, among other languages.
Is this course enough for a Scrum Master role?
It gives you the foundation. For the role itself, EXIN Agile Scrum Master goes deeper into the role, complex projects and adopting agile.
Does EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation: agile thinking and Scrum practice include a certificate?
This course prepares you for the EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation exam. The exam and its fees are included only if your offer confirms this. The certificate comes from EXIN. This is not an official EXIN course unless the offer says so.