AI Transformation
for Scrum Teams class
An advanced class on how to step-by-step guide your team to migrate from a classic to an AI-native Scrum Team.
Two days (16 hours)
Fully practical & interactive
Live virtual
English
Why AI Transformation for Scrum Teams?!
Think of a Scrum Team from an organizational perspective. Scrum itself isn't their end goal. It is simply a means to help them achieve what they truly want. They have four main expectations:
- Shorter Time-to-Market
- Lower costs
- Higher product quality
- Ensuring what they build delivers real value to customers
Looking at these four expectations, AI is a true game-changer for the first three, and it can significantly support the fourth as well. Organizations don't really care which framework or methodology you use. They care about achieving their desired expectations.
Around 2023, AI became accessible to the general public. Now that the hype has faded, companies realize that if they don't invest in AI, they'll lose a major competitive advantage.
Imagine a company sees that building the same product with fewer people, faster, and at a higher quality is practically possible. Be honest, would they ignore that huge potential? Absolutely not.
Every dollar matters to companies. Hiring a human team member also brings significant responsibilities. For example, imagine it costs around $6,000 USD per month for each Scrum Team member. Now, if they see that leveraging AI costs only a few hundred dollars per month for the same work, they won't hesitate to cut costs as long as it's practical and real.
This scenario I've described is quickly becoming the new norm. So here's the takeaway: AI Transformation is inevitable. The only way to secure your job and serve your organization in a new landscape is to embrace this reality and prepare for the new norm. That's exactly why I designed this course to help organizations and Scrum Teams start their AI Transformation journey with a solid, practical blueprint.
AI-native Scrum Team Specifications
An AI-native Scrum Team is not simply a Scrum Team that just uses AI tools. It is a team that incorporates AI capabilities into how it plans, builds, delivers, collaborates, and learns while still preserving Scrum's core principles. These are the specifications of an AI-native Scrum Team:
Fewer human team members
As a significant amount of work is delegated to AI, fewer human team members are needed.
Product Owner shift
Focused on strategic decisions and validates AI-generated customer value.
Developers shift
Devise, setup, and orchestrate AI agents. They don't write code; they write precise prompts and review the AI-generated work.
Scrum Master shift
Becomes the AI catalyst and coach, accountable for the team's effectiveness in the AI landscape.
AI is embedded in the team
The team consciously uses AI in all aspects of their work to plan, build, deliver, collaborate, and learn.
Shorter Sprints
As building the product is no longer the bottleneck, shorter Sprints are used to have more experiments.
New value for customers with AI features
The team not only leverages AI to build the product, but also adds AI features to the product to deliver new value to customers.
Strong AI literacy
Team members deeply know how AI works and how to effectively collaborate with AI.
A letter from the current Scrum Master to the future Scrum Master
Dear future Scrum Master,
The current job market for Scrum Masters is undeniably challenging. I'm writing this letter to honestly express my concerns and to seek your valuable guidance on how I can better prepare myself for the future.
One of the most troubling trends I've noticed recently is the growing whisper that Agile and Scrum are dying. Personally, I strongly disagree with this claim. However, my opinion alone doesn't shape the market; what managers believe does. And increasingly, I see them buying into this narrative. This shift is already leading to layoffs and a decline in the adoption of Scrum and Agile practices. As a result, I'm genuinely worried about my job security. When I look at job boards, I see fewer opportunities for Scrum Masters.
To make matters worse, many companies view me solely as a meeting facilitator. Through that lens, it becomes very difficult to demonstrate my real value. At the same time, they often expect me to act like a magic bullet, quickly boosting team productivity while resisting any change to their own counterintuitive behaviors. Without formal authority, I often find myself stuck in a rabbit hole.
Another growing concern is the rise of AI. I keep hearing that AI can perform many tasks faster, cheaper, and more efficiently. Recently, I even heard that AI could take over development tasks like coding and refactoring. If that becomes the norm, Scrum Teams may shrink in size. And if teams get smaller, it's hard to see where I would fit in. I fear I could easily become overhead and redundant.
Switching to another profession also feels very risky. I'm not even sure which path I should take, and if I invest years becoming an expert in a new field, there's no guarantee I'll still be relevant by then.
These are the conversations that I have in my mind every day. I would appreciate it if you could support me by guiding me through my AI Transformation journey.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards
Current Scrum Master
What can Scrum Masters do?
Scrum Masters are accountable for the Scrum Team's effectiveness. Additionally, they serve as Change Agents within their organization. This unique position makes them a great fit to lead the AI Transformation for their Scrum Teams.
If AI truly represents the future of work, why wouldn't Scrum Masters prepare themselves, not only to secure their jobs but also to serve their teams and organizations in the AI landscape?!
This is where investing time in learning AI becomes a game-changer. Imagine refusing to learn or leverage AI, while your teammates, colleagues, and friends continuously improve their ways of working with it. Where will you be in two years? Most likely, you'll be irrelevant and no longer a good fit for your team, because the team will demand new and different capabilities.
Now think the opposite. Imagine you prepare yourself for the new future. You can guide and lead your Scrum Teams through every step of their AI Transformation, making yourself an undeniable asset.
The decision is simple. You have two options:
1- You don't prepare yourself for the new future, and lose your relevance.
2- You prepare yourself for the new future and secure your job by bringing new value to your Scrum Teams and organization.
If you've chosen the second option, this course is for you.
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What others say about my class
Olivia Carstocea
Highly recommended AI training class
“The training session was highly interactive, filled with engaging exercises that kept us involved throughout the day. Our trainer, Mehdi, ensured that we clearly understood each topic, while also encouraging us to share our own experiences and stay curious about how AI can be applied in practice.”
Melchior Akihary
Mehdi is an exceptional Scrum trainer
"I attended Mehdi's PSPO-AI Essentials training and found it excellent. Mehdi creates a safe, highly interactive learning environment that really enables you to absorb and apply the material effectively. His use of Miro boards and supporting materials is outstanding and truly sets his training apart. I highly recommend Mehdi as a Scrum trainer."
Cansu Ozata
Amazing PSPO-AI Essentials class
"I recently completed the PSPO-AIE course with Mehdi Hoseini, and it exceeded all my expectations. Mehdi explained every concept with clarity and brings the content to life through real-time examples and practical exercises. His warm, energetic, and fun teaching style makes even complex AI topics feel surprisingly approachable. If you want a course that is both insightful and truly engaging, I highly recommend learning with him."
Amirreza Doorandish
Masterful Presentation and an Amazing Learning Atmosphere!
"I cannot recommend the PSPO-AI Essentials class with Mehdi hoseini enough. From start to finish, the presentation was flawless and the content was incredibly relevant to the challenges we face today. It's rare to find a class that is both this educational and this enjoyable. I'm leaving with a toolkit full of new ideas and a renewed passion for my role."
Olivia Carstocea
Highly recommended AI training class
“The training session was highly interactive, filled with engaging exercises that kept us involved throughout the day. Our trainer, Mehdi, ensured that we clearly understood each topic, while also encouraging us to share our own experiences and stay curious about how AI can be applied in practice.”
Melchior Akihary
Mehdi is an exceptional Scrum trainer
"I attended Mehdi's PSPO-AI Essentials training and found it excellent. Mehdi creates a safe, highly interactive learning environment that really enables you to absorb and apply the material effectively. His use of Miro boards and supporting materials is outstanding and truly sets his training apart. I highly recommend Mehdi as a Scrum trainer."
Cansu Ozata
Amazing PSPO-AI Essentials class
"I recently completed the PSPO-AIE course with Mehdi Hoseini, and it exceeded all my expectations. Mehdi explained every concept with clarity and brings the content to life through real-time examples and practical exercises. His warm, energetic, and fun teaching style makes even complex AI topics feel surprisingly approachable. If you want a course that is both insightful and truly engaging, I highly recommend learning with him."
Amirreza Doorandish
Masterful Presentation and an Amazing Learning Atmosphere!
"I cannot recommend the PSPO-AI Essentials class with Mehdi hoseini enough. From start to finish, the presentation was flawless and the content was incredibly relevant to the challenges we face today. It's rare to find a class that is both this educational and this enjoyable. I'm leaving with a toolkit full of new ideas and a renewed passion for my role."
Exceptional experience of learning
This isn't just a course transferring knowledge. It's an exceptional experience of learning,
that I have designed over the years because your growth deserves nothing less.
Discovery-based learning
You are first pushed to do an exercise, and then I will explain the topic, giving you long-lasting learning and great Aha moments.
80% practical / 20% theory
The practicality of the class creates confidence that, right the day after the class, you can apply your learnings at your work.
Unique content structure
I use a unique storyline of learning with a consistent structure, preventing you from getting lost or confused.
Full of interactive exercises
In each session, you have at least one interactive exercise, increasing the class engagement and energy.
Complementary study content
More than the main content of each session, you receive complementary content if you want to go deeper.
Fun and joyful vibe
A class doesn't need to be boring. So, we intentionally agree to have fun and enjoy the class where you feel time flies.
Class capacity (9 participants)
I keep the class size small and accept a maximum of 9 participants in each class. They are distributed in 3 teams, each with 3 members, to maximize the interaction, engagement, and quality.
Course Agenda
In each session, you have one practical exercise that you will do with other classmates + explanation of the topic
Session 1
Establish the Foundation
- Case study introduction
- Running a workshop to define and agree on the AI-native Scrum Team specifications
- Evaluating the current state
- Building an AI Transformation backlog
- Defining metrics for the AI effect on cost saving, speed, and quality
Session 2
Build AI Basic Literacy
- Building a shared AI vocabulary for the team
- Getting a solid understanding of what AI can and cannot
- Developing the team Responsible & Ethical AI booklet
- AI Fluency for all team members
Session 3
AI Effect on the Scrum Team composition
- Definition of an AI team member
- Human vs. AI capabilities
- Levels of AI leverage: Automation vs. Augmentation
- How to add an AI team member
- A process to orchestrate AI team members
Session 4
AI Effect on the Product Owner role
- Which work should be delegated to AI, and which work should be kept for the Product Owner?
- Focus shift for the Product Owner
- Product Backlog Management with AI
- Fast experiment design
- How to verify AI-generated customer value
- Making decisions based on AI-augmented insights from customer and market data
- Validating and challenging AI-generated recommendations and analyses
- Market research exercise with AI for the class case study
Session 5
AI Effect on the Scrum Master role
- Which work should be delegated to AI, and which work should be kept for the Scrum Master?
- Focus shift for the Scrum Master
- Setting up a guideline on how to choose AI tools for the Scrum Team
- Coaching the team for the AI-Human collaboration and responsible use of AI
- Supporting the team in adapting Scrum practices to an AI-enabled environment
- Setting up, monitoring, and orchestrating the workflows that are augmented with AI
- Supporting team members with their AI Transformation journey
- How to manage impediment removal with AI
Session 6
AI Effect on the Developer role
- Which work should be delegated to AI, and which work should be kept for the Developer?
- Focus shift for the Developer
- Moving from focusing only on implementation to spending more time on design and problem-solving.
- Moving from being solely a software builder to becoming a supervisor of intelligent tools, systems, and their outputs.
- Coding, Code Review, and Refactoring with AI
- Effective Human–AI pair programming
- Test case generation
- Documentation with AI
Session 7
Definition of Value (DoV) & Definition of Done (DoD) & Goals
- Creating Definition of Value (DoV)
- Creating Definition of Done (DoD) to reflect AI effects
- Creating a Product Goal with AI
- Creating a Sprint Goal with AI
Session 8
Product Backlog Refinement with AI
- Setting up an AI-enhanced Product Backlog Refinement
- Leveraging AI to create mock-ups and prototypes
- Leveraging AI to write Acceptance Criteria
- How to make Refinement outputs ready as the inputs for the development with AI
Session 9
AI Agents & Agentic AI
- AI Agent vs. Agentic AI
- Building an AI Agent
- Building an Agentic AI
Session 10
Enhancing Scrum Events with AI
- Changes for the Sprint
- Running an AI-enhanced Sprint Planning
- Running an AI-enhanced Daily Scrum
- Running an AI-enhanced Sprint Review
- Running an AI-enhanced Sprint Retrospective
Session 11
Enrich your Product with AI features as new value
- A workshop to discover new values that AI can create for your customers
- Adding an AI-powered chatbot or virtual assistant
- Providing personalized recommendations based on user behavior
- Enabling natural language search and querying
- Providing intelligent notifications and proactive alerts
- Using image recognition to classify, search, or analyze visual content
- Creating simulations and "what-if" scenarios for better decisions
- …
Session 12
Measure Progress toward AI-native Scrum Team
- Running a workshop to assess the progress
- Designing AI Transformation Retrospectives for learning and adaptation along the way
- Setting up a process to track the impact of AI on time-to-market, productivity, quality, and cost.
- Running AI Maturity scan
Bonuses
By attending this class, you will also get the following bonuses for free
PDF Guide
PDF Guide
PDF Guide
Who is this course for?
- Experienced Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Delivery Managers, Agile Leaders, Team Leads, and Engineering Managers
- Those who are worried about the future of their job and want to prepare themselves for the new future
- Those who see that the future demands new skills around AI and are searching for a unique, quality solution to learn
Who is NOT this course for?
- Those Scrum Masters who don't see any need to develop new skills around AI, as they see AI as a fantasy hype
- Those Scrum Masters who are ok with their current job, don't see that the Scrum Master job market is shrinking, and believe they will find a new job easily if they lose their job
- Those who don't believe that AI will change the future of work
Upcoming classes
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1- Is there any prerequisite for this course?
This is an advanced course, and the assumption is that you have a solid understanding of the Scrum principles and the basics of AI. So, it is recommended that you have already participated in the PSM and PSM-AI Essentials classes or similar courses.
2- Is this course just for Scrum Masters?
Although experienced Scrum Masters are the target audience of this course, Agile Coaches, Delivery Managers, Agile Leaders, Team Leads, and Engineering Managers are welcome to the class.
3- Is there any exam for this class?
No. This is a completely practical class, helping you implement your learnings in the field. You learn a blueprint on how to consciously guide your team in their AI Transformation journey.
4- What does practical exercise mean? Do we really use AI tools in class to create some results?
Absolutely. In each session, you will get one or more practical exercises to experience AI tools in various scenarios. You will make your hands dirty with other classmates by using AI tools, which gives you an exceptional experience of learning.
5- Do I need to already have accounts for various AI tools?
No. You don't need to do anything. We will give you credentials (username and password) for each AI tool that is supposed to be used in class.
6- What type of AI tools will be used in the class?
AI tools are evolving daily. So, we can't give you a fixed list of AI tools. But, you will experience a vast range of AI tools for various scenarios.
7- Do I need to already know how to use various AI tools?
No. For each exercise, we will give you a quick introduction to the AI tool and how to use it. Don't worry about it. This is a discovery-based learning. So, be ready to encounter a lot of new things in the class.
8- Do I need to setup or install any AI tool on my computer before the class?
No. All AI tools that we will use in the class are online services. So, you don't need to setup or install anything on your computer.
9- How do I do class exercises?
Participants will be divided into teams with a maximum of 3 members. They do exercises together in each team to create synergy and, of course, learn from each other.
10- Will the class really help me to support my team by starting their AI Transformation?
Absolutely. You will leave the class with a bunch of practical learnings, preparing you to implement them in your context right the day after the class. What you learn in the class is a step-by-step guideline to lead your Scrum Team to move toward becoming an AI-native Scrum Team.
11- Is it possible to rejoin the class in the future?
Absolutely. You are always welcome to rejoin the class free of charge to refresh your mind. If you want to retake the class, just send us an email.
12- Is the trainer available after the training if I need help?
For sure. The trainer will share his WhatsApp number with you at the end of the class. So, whenever you need his help and support in the future, you can chat with him directly.
13- What is the vibe of the class?
Classes don't need to be boring. The intention of this class is not only we want to effectively learn together, but we also want to do it with joy. So, get ready to experience both learning and fun in an energetic class.
14- What is the best way of being in class that I should show?
The more you give to the class by your proactiveness, the more you will get from the class. So, just make a definite decision that you will bring your best to the class where you are completely active, contribute to all exercises, and help other learners to get the most out of the class. This way, you will experience a class that you haven't seen before.
15- Can I register now and pay via invoice later?
Yes. At the end of the booking process, choose the "Book and pay later via an invoice" option. By doing this, you reserve your seat and receive the invoice automatically. Then you can pay it later or send it to your company to pay it.
16- Is it possible to have a direct chat with you if I have questions?
Absolutely. You can book a free video call with us on Calendly in the next section to ask all your questions and then register for the course. Or you can send an email to [email protected].
17- What tools do you use to run the class?
We use Zoom and Miro to run the online class. On Miro, we use a unique structure for the content.
Still have questions?!
No worries. You can book a free video call with me on Calendly to ask all your questions and then register for the course.
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You are always welcome to rejoin this class free of charge to refresh your mind. If you want to retake the class, just send us an email.