No specialist software is required. Familiarity with teamwork or project work is helpful. The recordings introduce concepts rather than providing a professional certification programme.
About this course
Study Agile and Scrum Foundations through this free English video course from freeCodeCamp. The classroom brings together all 9 public recordings from the selected source curriculum, totaling approximately 59m. You can watch the teaching sequence, search the lesson list and keep track of the recordings you have completed. The course focuses on the subject named in its title. Its value comes from following the explanations and making your own small practice attempts, with enough time to inspect the result and explain the decisions involved.
Course at a glance
| Provider / Teaching team | freeCodeCamp |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · freeCodeCamp |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | English |
| Videos | 9 |
| Video duration | 59m · allow extra time for practice |
| Format | Self-paced recorded curriculum |
| Certificate | Not included with video viewing |
What you’ll learn
- Describe Agile principles in a team context
- Explain the purpose of Scrum events
- Use INVEST to discuss backlog-item quality
- Interpret Definition of Done and Definition of Ready
- Describe the role of a working agreement
- Compare a tradeoff using an explicit decision matrix
Skills you’ll gain
- Agile
- Scrum
- Backlog quality
- Team agreements
Course Overview
Bounded conceptual training in Scrum events, the manifesto, backlog quality and team agreements; no professional certification claim.
The source lesson list includes “5 Common Scrum Events”, “The Agile Manifesto – Agile Software Development”, “Tradeoff Matrix – Agile Software Development”. The classroom retains their original titles and positions. Introductions, supplementary explanations and complete-course recordings remain present whenever they are part of the source. A repeated recording is retained at each original position, allowing the course to be checked against the published teaching sequence.
Agile and Scrum context
Follow the introductory Scrum and manifesto material. Connect an iterative workflow with feedback and identify why an event or agreement exists in a team’s process.
Backlog quality
Study INVEST and the related definitions. Explain how the wording and scope of an item affect shared understanding and the ability to discuss completion.
Team agreements
Follow the working-agreement and readiness explanations. Distinguish an agreement about collaboration from a condition applied to a particular work item.
Making a tradeoff
Use the tradeoff-matrix lesson to compare a fictional decision. State the criteria before scoring options and explain which judgement remains dependent on the team’s context.
Who is this for?
This course suits learners who want the specific subject described above and who can work at the stated level. It is also useful as a recorded reference when revisiting a concept or comparing a practice attempt with a demonstrated example. Beginners should give the foundational explanations time before moving to more elaborate applications. Experienced learners can use the lesson names to locate a topic, then inspect the surrounding context before applying a technique.
Before you start
No specialist software is required. Familiarity with teamwork or project work is helpful. The recordings introduce concepts rather than providing a professional certification programme.
Put the lessons into practice
Create a fictional backlog for a small reading-list application. Write two items, review them with INVEST and define a clear completion condition. Draft a short working agreement and compare two implementation options using a tradeoff matrix. Explain which judgement belongs to product value and which belongs to team coordination. Keep the exercise tied to the concepts shown in the course.
Treat this suggested exercise as independent practice provided by WikiFree. Keep a short working note containing your inputs, assumptions, result and one point you still need to check. Revisit the relevant recording when a step is unclear, then attempt a small variation without following the demonstration line by line. A result you can explain and reproduce is a more useful study outcome than simply recognizing a familiar term. The exercise is not submitted to an instructor for grading.
Certificate / Assessment
Watching these public recordings and using WikiFree completion tracking does not award a certificate, academic credit, an examination voucher or instructor assessment. The video curriculum is the material included here. Separate platform assignments, credentials and paid services are not part of video viewing. Use the practice output to review which concepts you can explain, which steps you can repeat independently and which questions need another look at the teaching.
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Beginner
Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Agile and Scrum Foundations: Free Course | Beginner | Agile · Scrum · Backlog quality | 59m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Project Management Course by Google | Beginner | Define goals, stakeholders, and a workable project plan · Connect schedules, budgets, risks, and communication · Compare delivery approaches and track progress toward closure | 18h 20m of video; practice time is additional |
| Definition of Done in Scrum: Free Course | Beginner | Definition of Done · Increment quality · Acceptance criteria | 33m of video; practice time is additional |
| Jira Project Management: Free Course | Beginner | Jira navigation · Issue tracking · Backlog organisation | 2h 57m of video; practice time is additional |
Frequently asked questions
Is this course free to watch?
Yes. The public recordings are available in the WikiFree classroom. Optional software, hardware, cloud services or credentials can have separate access requirements or costs; they are not required to watch the videos.
How long does the course take?
The 9 retained source video entries total approximately 59m. Allow additional time for pausing, notes, independent practice and revisiting a difficult explanation.
What background do I need?
No specialist software is required. Familiarity with teamwork or project work is helpful. The recordings introduce concepts rather than providing a professional certification programme.
Can I receive a certificate here?
No. Watching the videos and marking lessons complete records your study progress; it does not issue a certificate, academic credit or an exam voucher.
Can I study on a phone?
Yes. The classroom supports a responsive player and searchable lesson list. A computer is useful when you want to reproduce programming, numerical or tool-based examples alongside a recording.
Provider: freeCodeCamp. Videos play from the freeCodeCamp channel on YouTube.
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