Scrum in a Nutshell
A short, practical tutorial course covering the Scrum framework, roles, events, artefacts and estimation — finishing with a hands-on Lego City exercise you can run with your own team.
Start the courseWhat Is Scrum?
"Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems."
— Scrum Guide
Scrum is not a methodology that tells you exactly what to do. It's a simple set of rules, roles and events that create a rhythm for a team to plan, build, inspect and adapt — over and over, in short cycles called Sprints. This course walks through that rhythm step by step, then lets you experience it yourself.
Course Chapters
Read them in order, or jump straight to the part you're curious about.
Scrum Framework Basics
Where Scrum comes from, what it actually is, the three pillars (Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation), the five Scrum values, and how the Agile Manifesto connects to it all.
Scrum Team & Events
The three accountabilities — Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers — plus the five Scrum events: Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospective.
Artefacts & Estimation
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment and Definition of Done — and why 'planning is guessing': the thinking behind relative, empirical estimation.
Hands-On: The Lego City Sprint Exercise
Build a city in 15-minute sprints. A complete backlog with epics, user stories and acceptance criteria you can run with your own team to feel Scrum in action.
Who Is This Course For?
New team members getting up to speed with Scrum terminology
Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Developers who want a refresher
Trainers and coaches looking for a ready-to-run Lego exercise
Anyone curious why agile teams say 'that's a 5' instead of giving a deadline
Ready to put it into practice?
Once you've read through the framework, estimate your first backlog with your team — free, no account needed.
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