Introduction to Agile Coaching
Coaching, facilitating, mentoring, and teaching aren't the same skill — and most agile practitioners are never taught the difference. This course lays the foundation: what agile coaching actually is, the presence it takes to hold space for a team, and the ethical line every coach has to learn to walk.
$350 · Taught by Scott Dunn, Certified Scrum Trainer · Digital badge, 4 SEUs/PDUs & a 2-year Scrum Alliance membership included
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Learn the fundamentals of agile coaching directly from expert Scott Dunn in this introductory class offered by Scrum Alliance. Gain a foundational understanding of the agile coach role and essential competencies to effectively guide teams and foster adaptable work environments
Bringing a team? We also run private courses tailored to your organization. Contact us for more info →
The credential
Introduction to Agile Coaching is an official Scrum Alliance microcredential in the Leadership and Coaching track. Attend the live session, participate, and it's yours — no exam, no follow-up assignment.
What you'll learn
Six areas that separate agile coaching from adjacent roles like facilitation, mentoring, and project management — plus a case study to work through together.
Module 01
Define agile coaching and its core principles, and see how it's rooted in agile values, principles, and practices from the start.
Module 02
Tell coaching apart from facilitating, mentoring, teaching, and advising — and place the coach's role inside a real transformation.
Module 03
Use a practical self-assessment tool to map your current strengths across the different competencies agile coaching draws on.
Module 04
Build the confident, grounded, neutral presence that makes a team feel safe enough to actually change — and learn to recognize progress out loud.
Module 05
Develop the emotional intelligence, resilience, and self-care habits that keep a coaching practice sustainable.
Module 06
Work through the ethical dilemmas, conflicts of interest, and confidentiality questions agile coaches run into in real organizations.
Case study
The session closes on a real-world case study, applying everything from the six modules to a coach facing a fresh challenge a year into the work.
Who it's for
You don't need "coach" in your title to get value from this — you need people who look to you when things get hard.
If mentoring, facilitating, or guiding teams toward better ways of working already appeals to you, this is the entry point.
Add a coaching layer to a role you already know well, and start influencing outcomes beyond your own team.
Test the fit before committing to a full coaching career, with a credential that stands on its own either way.
Working in complex environments where coaching behaviors matter as much as decisions and direction.
Practical coaching skills for cultivating teams that adapt well, whatever your role is called.
Straight answer on prerequisites: there are none. Some familiarity with agile will help you follow along, but this course is designed as a true starting point.
What's included
One afternoon, one credential, and a real foundation for guiding teams through change.
The official Scrum Alliance Introduction to Agile Coaching microcredential — shareable the day you finish.
Professional membership included with your seat — community, resources, and member pricing for two full years.
Members earn four Scrum Education Units and PDUs, applicable to your certification renewals.
Small enough that Scott works the examples directly with your questions, not a recorded lecture.
Your trainer
Founder, Rocket Nine Solutions · Certified Scrum Trainer
Scott has spent 20 years in the industry, working as a practitioner, coach, and trainer across every stage of agile adoption — including the early, uncertain stretch where most coaches are made or lost.
He's guided coaches and teams across 100s of organizations, from first-time Scrum Masters to seasoned leaders trying to name what "coaching" actually means for their role.
Scott has trained 1000s of people, and teaches this course as the on-ramp he wishes more new coaches had — practical, honest about the hard parts, and grounded in real situations rather than theory alone.
Questions
This is the starting point. Scrum Alliance's coaching microcredentials build naturally from here into Becoming an Agile Coach, Agile Coaching Skills, Coaching for Change, and Coaching for Transformation. They're not prerequisites for each other, but they're designed to click into place in that order — see the pathway below.
No. There are no prerequisites. Some familiarity with agile will help you follow the examples, but the course is built to work as a genuine introduction.
No exam. Attend the full live session and participate, and we register you for the Scrum Alliance Introduction to Agile Coaching microcredential. Your digital badge follows shortly after.
One 4-hour live virtual session working through the six modules, closing on a real-world case study. It's interactive by design, so plan on cameras on.
Yes — Scrum Alliance members earn 4 SEUs and 4 PDUs for this course, which you can apply toward renewing your certifications. Your seat also includes a two-year Scrum Alliance membership.
Yes — a private session lets Scott shape the examples around situations your team is actually facing. Email hello@rocketninesolutions.com and we'll put together a plan.
The coaching pathway
These five Scrum Alliance microcredentials aren't prerequisites for each other, but they're designed to build in this order.
The foundations — what agile coaching is, and the presence it takes to hold space for a team.
Learn the six stances of a coach — facilitating, teaching, mentoring, advising, leading, coaching — and when to use each one.
Take those same six stances from concept to practice with a scenario-based, hands-on session.
The skills to coach a whole organization as a single client.
Making sure the change you helped create actually survives.
Still deciding?
Not sure this is the right starting point for your team, or wondering how it lines up with the rest of the coaching pathway? Ask us directly.
Email us your question →The bigger picture
This course is the first of five stackable Scrum Alliance coaching microcredentials. See how they build on each other.
View the coaching pathway →One afternoon, one credential, and a real foundation for guiding teams through change. Pick your date.