Standup notes, sprint reports, retro follow-ups, and stakeholder updates. The admin is crowding out the coaching.

Too much of your week goes to work about work. Typing up standup notes, reformatting Jira boards for stakeholder updates, writing sprint review summaries, and chasing action items from the last retrospective. The coaching, facilitation, and team development that actually define your role get pushed aside by admin.

AI can take those repetitive tasks off your plate. It can summarize meetings, draft sprint reports, generate retro formats, and track action items so nothing falls through the cracks. This course teaches you exactly how, step by step, with no technical background required.

5 hrs
Saved per week on sprint admin
90 sec
To draft a sprint retro summary
18+
Agile-specific prompt templates

What You'll Learn

Turn standup notes and meeting transcripts into structured summaries with action items
Draft sprint review reports and stakeholder updates from board data in minutes
Generate fresh retrospective formats and discussion prompts for every sprint
Analyze historical sprint data to estimate capacity and flag overcommitment risks
Build reusable prompt templates for every recurring agile ceremony
Track and follow up on retro action items so improvement commitments stick

Course Curriculum

4 units + 2 optional add-ons · ~25 hours · Certificate included

Foundation

Getting Started with AI in Agile Workflows

  • Understand what generative AI can and can't do within scrum and agile frameworks
  • Set up AI tools and write prompts that produce useful output for agile ceremonies
  • Identify which coordination and admin tasks are the best candidates for AI support
  • Recognize common AI pitfalls including hallucinated metrics and over-automated facilitation
Core Skill

AI for Sprint Planning and Backlog Refinement

  • Use AI to draft sprint goals, acceptance criteria, and user story breakdowns
  • Analyze historical sprint data to estimate capacity and flag overcommitment risks
  • Generate refinement session preparation materials including dependency maps
  • Build reusable prompt templates for recurring planning activities across sprints
Productivity

AI for Ceremonies, Communication and Reporting

  • Turn standup notes and meeting transcripts into structured summaries with action items
  • Draft sprint review reports and stakeholder updates from board data in minutes
  • Create tailored communication for product owners, developers, and leadership
  • Automate recurring status updates so you can focus on removing blockers
Advanced

AI for Retrospectives, Coaching and Continuous Improvement

  • Use AI to design fresh retrospective formats and generate discussion prompts
  • Analyze retro feedback across multiple sprints to spot recurring themes and patterns
  • Track and follow up on action items so improvement commitments don't fall through
  • Apply responsible AI practices that keep human judgment and team trust at the center
Optional Add-On

2 Add-On Units

Take your skills further with these optional add-on units, available to add during checkout.

Add-On

Master the Art of Prompting

Advanced prompting techniques: chain-of-thought, role-based prompts, few-shot examples, and strategies for getting consistent, high-quality output every time.

Add-On

Everyday AI in Action

Real-world workflows and case studies showing how professionals use AI daily. Includes copy-and-paste prompt templates for the 20 most common tasks.

What Students Say

Y. Huerta
Scrum Master, Austin
★★★★★
"I was spending an hour after every sprint review writing up the summary. Now AI drafts it from my notes in two minutes and I spend that time actually coaching my team through blockers."
D. Luzzi
Agile Coach, Seattle
★★★★★
"I found the training extremely informative. The retrospective unit gave me fresh formats I've already used with three different teams. It gave me a much deeper understanding of how AI supports agile work."
S. Bernier
Release Train Engineer, Ottawa
★★★★★
"I valued learning how to create effective prompts with clear constraints. The sprint planning templates alone were worth the price. It has significantly increased my confidence in applying AI across all my ceremonies."
"Scrum masters report spending over 40% of their time on coordination tasks instead of coaching. AI can flip that ratio."
54% of agile practitioners say integration uncertainty is their biggest challenge when adopting AI, which is exactly what this course addresses.

How AI Changes Agile Work

Before AI
  • Meeting notes typed up by hand
  • Sprint reports take hours to compile
  • Retro action items quietly forgotten
  • Velocity trends spotted too late
  • Stakeholder updates drafted from scratch
After This Course
  • Meeting summaries generated instantly
  • Sprint reports drafted in minutes
  • Action items tracked and followed up
  • Velocity patterns flagged early
  • Stakeholder updates tailored to each audience

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need any AI experience to take this course?

None at all. Unit 1 starts from scratch, walks you through setting up your AI tools, and has you writing effective prompts within the first hour. The course is designed for agile practitioners who have never used AI before.

Which AI tools will I use?

The course teaches techniques that work across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other major AI tools. A free account on any of these platforms is all you need. No paid subscriptions required.

Does the course work for SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and other frameworks?

Yes. The AI techniques apply regardless of your agile framework. Whether you run Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or a hybrid approach, the prompts and workflows adapt to your ceremonies and reporting needs.

How long will it take me to finish?

Most students complete the course in 2 to 4 weeks, studying a few hours per week. The course is fully self-paced with no deadlines, and you keep lifetime access to all materials.

What if the course is not right for me?

Every course is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you don't see results, we'll refund your payment within one business day. No questions asked.

Will I get a certificate?

Yes. After completing the course, you take a short online exam. Pass it and you receive a Certificate of Completion from the Workplace AI Institute that you can share with employers or add to LinkedIn.

Earn Your Certificate

Next, you'll take a quick & easy online exam to earn your Certificate of Completion from the Workplace AI Institute.

  • Take the exam online, at your own pace
  • 99% pass rate with course preparation
  • Share your certificate on LinkedIn
  • Retake the exam if needed, at no cost

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