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Agile: Scrum in a Nutshell

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Effective immediately in response to COVID-19, most Technology Training classes will be delivered online until further notice.

In advance of each session, Tech Training will provide you with a Zoom link to your class, along with any required class materials.

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. This interactive session provides an overview of the concepts underpinning Scrum as well as an overview of the values, roles, events and artifacts which make up the Scrum framework.

Prerequisites: None

Goal/Learning Objectives:

  • Define Empiricism in the context of Scrum
  • Understand how the prescribed elements of Scrum fit together

Topics Covered:

  • Empiricism
  • Scrum accountabilities
  • Scrum artifacts
  • Scrum events


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Additionally, some of these programs are open to interested individuals not affiliated with Stanford, allowing for broader community engagement and learning opportunities.