Free Scrum course: Registered Scrum Basics
Seven short modules, taught by a Registered Scrum Trainer. Most people get through it in an afternoon.
No cost, no card, no trial that quietly runs out. This free Scrum course lives on ScrumCraft Academy, so the button takes you there to sign in.
- Modules 7
- Video 58 min
- Hands-on activities 20
- Time to finish ~2 hrs
- Price Free
Delivered on ScrumCraft Academy. Start today and finish whenever it suits.
Where you’ll be after two hours
Most people meet Scrum by being dropped into it, picking up words like sprint and backlog from whoever happens to be sitting nearby. The reasons turn up much later, if at all. Here is what the free Scrum course leaves you with instead.
Tell the three roles apart
Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers. More usefully, you start noticing the teams that have quietly smudged all three into one.
What the five events are actually for
Enough to tell a real Sprint Review from a status meeting wearing a friendlier name, which is a more common disguise than you would think.
Artefacts, in plain words
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, and the commitment sitting behind each one.
Whether certification is worth your money
By the end you will know if a paid credential helps with the job you actually want, and which of them fits. We are not pushing you either way.
If any of this sounds like your week
- You’ve just joined a team that already runs Scrum, and everyone assumes you know how it works.
- Scrum teams sit either side of you, and you’d like to be more use to them than you are now.
- You picked Scrum up as you went. Nobody ever laid the framework out for you.
- There’s a paid certification in the back of your mind, and you’d rather try the subject before paying for it.
No experience needed. This free Scrum course explains every term the first time it turns up.
The seven modules inside this free Scrum course
Open any module to see what’s inside. Twenty activities run across the free Scrum course, so each idea gets used before you move on to the next one.
01 Welcome, and why Scrum existsThe problem the framework was built to solve
A short orientation, and the case for Scrum in the first place.
02 Agile values, principles and empiricismThe thinking the whole framework rests on
Empiricism means deciding on what has happened, not on what was forecast. Transparency, inspection and adaptation are how Scrum builds that in.
Most team trouble traces back to one of those three breaking. So you learn to name the broken one before you learn the mechanics.
03 The Scrum frameworkThree, five, three, and how the pieces connect
Three accountabilities, five events, three artefacts. You’ll see why removing any one of them breaks the rest.
04 Scrum rolesWho owns what, and where teams get it wrong
The three accountabilities in practice, plus the patterns you’ll recognise. The Scrum Master running the team like a project manager. The Product Owner nobody can find. Developers who don’t own their own plan.
05 Scrum eventsWhat each one is for, and what a good one looks like
The Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective. You’ll learn the purpose of each, and how to tell when one has drifted into a status update.
06 Scrum artefactsBacklogs, the Increment, and Definition of Done
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Increment, plus the Product Goal, Sprint Goal and Definition of Done.
This is where most teams argue. So this is where the course gets specific.
07 Finishing upYour certificate and official RSB badge
A wrap-up, a short feedback survey, and your credentials.
Why I made this Scrum course free
Registered Scrum Trainer, certified by Scrum Inc.
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I’ve spent years inside Australian organisations, trying to get agile working with real teams in real rooms.
The same thing kept happening. Someone sits through Sprint Planning nodding along, quietly unsure what a Sprint Goal is actually for. Nobody wants to be the one who puts their hand up and asks.
So I built this free Scrum course to answer that question before anyone has to ask it. You shouldn’t have to pay to find out whether Scrum makes sense to you.
Give it two hours. If you want to go further afterwards, we’ll be here.
Jason CameronFounder of ScrumCraft, Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer. Based in Adelaide, teaching across Australia and online.
Endorsed by Dr Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum, as a Registered Scrum@Scale Trainer and Scrum Trainer Fellow.
What people say after training with us
“I recently completed a training course with Jason and I can 100% recommend him. The content was delivered in an easy and practical way, and the format encouraged the participation of everyone in the class.”
Mauricio AScrum Master and Agile Coach, Babcock Australia and New Zealand
“Jason is a true master of his craft. His ability to combine relatable analogies and scenarios with a factual knowledge base makes for enjoyable, practical learning.”
Roxanne KakoschkeProject Manager, BAE Systems
“Jason has a mastery in what he teaches. His passion and knowledge of Scrum is contagious, and he provided real life examples to the theory.”
Maria IlicScrum Master, People’s Choice Credit Union
“Highly professional and personable. From the start of and throughout his class, he made us feel both at ease and energized to learn.”
Paul DennySr. Agile Practice Lead, Cypress Creek Renewables
“Jason is an amazing communicator. His in-depth knowledge coupled with his ability to communicate in a clear, practical manner makes him an excellent facilitator to learn from.”
Phil CouchmanProduct Owner, American Express Global Business Travel
“Jason shares his agile coaching experience and knowledge with the attendees in a way that teaches and engages them throughout the sessions.”
Kerri SuteyAgile Coach, Google
“Jason is an experienced trainer who is passionate about his craft. He brings the theory to life in engaging and interactive sessions, delivering an effective learning experience.”
Michelle MacfarlaneLean Portfolio Pipeline Lead, People’s Choice Credit Union
“Jason has a great, friendly, relaxed style that enables him to share his deep experience as a trainer, and as a practitioner, in a natural and sincere way.”
Paul CasanovaSenior Consultant, Togetha
“Jason could not have been a greater coach for me as a product owner. His background, experience and knowledge was astounding, but even greater was his willingness to share it from day one.”
Michael HumphrysDigital Product Manager, SA Water
“Jason coached me on the Agile framework and project delivery methods which helped me to advance in my career. He was empathetic and structured, which helped me find my own answers.”
Harshitha RajashekaraProject Manager, Department of Premier and Cabinet
These come from students across our courses, including the paid certification classes.
Where this leads, if you want it to
This free Scrum course stands on its own. It’s also the first rung of a ladder you can climb at your own pace.
Registered Scrum Basics
Free · about 2 hours · self-paced
Scrum Master and Product Owner
Both credentials in one course, self-paced or live
LaterScrum@Scale
For when one team turns into many
Prefer a room and a whiteboard? Instructor-led training runs in Adelaide and online across Australia.
The things people ask first
Is it genuinely free?
Yes. The free Scrum course has no card to enter and no paywall halfway through. You create an account on ScrumCraft Academy and start.
When can I start?
Now. There is no next intake to wait for, because the course is self-paced. Create an account and the first module opens straight away.
How long will it take me?
There are 58 minutes of video plus the activities, so most people finish the free Scrum course in about two hours. It’s self-paced, so you can stop after a module and come back next week.
What do I walk away with?
A certificate of completion and your official Registered Scrum Basics badge for LinkedIn, which is a Scrum Inc. credential. Every module also comes with a slide pack you can download and keep.
How does this compare with CSM or PSM?
It isn’t a rival to either. CSM and PSM are practitioner credentials that cost money and take a couple of days. A free Scrum course like this one is the foundation you’d want first.
Turning up to a paid class already fluent in the vocabulary means you spend those two days on the hard problems, not the definitions.
Do I need any Scrum experience?
None at all. We assume you’re starting from zero and explain every term the first time it appears.
Can my whole team take it together?
Yes, and it works nicely as shared groundwork before instructor-led training, because everyone arrives with the same vocabulary. Get in touch if you’d like to coordinate a group.
Seven modules, about two hours, and it won’t cost you anything
The next time someone says “we’ll sort it in the retro”, you’ll know exactly what they mean.
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