1 Step 1: What AI can (and can’t) do for Scrum Teams You’ll learn how to frame AI as a teammate that supports Scrum events and backlog work without replacing judgment or collaboration. Do this exercise: Write a 3-sentence “AI usage policy” for your team (what you will use AI for, what you won’t, and what must be reviewed by a human).
2 Step 2: Prompts that produce better user stories You’ll learn repeatable prompt patterns to generate stories with clearer intent, constraints, and acceptance criteria. Do this exercise: Take one messy request and prompt AI to produce (a) a user story, (b) 5 acceptance criteria, and (c) 3 key questions for the PO.
3 Step 3: Backlog refinement with AI (without losing the “why”) You’ll learn how to use AI to propose splits, reduce ambiguity, and surface risks—while keeping product intent front and center.
4 Step 4: Sprint planning acceleration You’ll learn how to generate “plan options” (not commitments) and improve shared understanding of scope and dependencies. Do this exercise: Ask AI for 2 sprint goal options based on your top backlog items, then pick one as a team and adjust wording together.
5 Step 5: AI for developers—tests, code review, and quality You’ll learn safe ways to use AI to generate test ideas, identify edge cases, and improve readability without blindly trusting output.
6 Step 6: Sprint review & retro prompts that uncover truth You’ll learn facilitation prompts that help teams extract insights, turn feedback into actions, and avoid “retro theatre.” Do this exercise: Feed AI 5 bullet facts from the sprint and ask for (a) patterns, (b) 3 improvement experiments, and (c) 1 metric per experiment.
7 Step 7: Guardrails—ethical, secure, and compliant AI use You’ll learn practical guardrails for sensitive data, IP, and review practices so AI usage stays safe and trustworthy.
8 Step 8: Make it stick—your team’s AI working agreement You’ll learn how to convert your best prompts and practices into a lightweight working agreement the team can actually follow. Do this exercise: Create a “Prompt Library” page with 5 prompts: refinement, story writing, planning, review, retro—each with input/output examples.