We've got some big news: Scrum Alliance has partnered with Coursera, a leading online learning platform, to make agile education more accessible than ever. With a Scrum Alliance coaching Specialization now available on Coursera, you can build in-demand skills to grow your career and help your organization thrive.
Agility has never been more important. Businesses everywhere are grappling with rapid change, adopting artificial intelligence, adapting to shifting markets, and responding to evolving customer needs. The ability to lead with agility is quickly becoming one of the most valuable career differentiators in the workforce. This partnership was born from a simple but bold goal: making trusted agile education accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Why this matters for you and your organization
Scrum Alliance has always helped people bring agility into real workplaces. Partnering with Coursera takes that impact further by expanding access so you can build practical skills on your own schedule. At the same time, your organization benefits from employees who can respond to change and deliver stronger results.
Agile skills make you stand out, showing employers that you're ready for the pace and complexity of modern work. Maybe you're a manager guiding a department, a product owner shaping priorities, or a professional ready for your next career step. Whatever your role, agility helps you stay relevant and competitive.
When organizations invest in agile learning, the results extend well beyond individuals. Teams work together more effectively, leaders guide with more clarity, and companies are better prepared to respond to whatever comes next. Agility has become the difference between keeping up and leading the way for many businesses.
As Scrum Alliance CEO Tristan Boutros put it: "Agile skills are essential for anyone hoping to boost collaboration, speed up delivery, and adapt faster to capture new opportunities," said Scrum Alliance CEO Tristan Boutros. "As organizations respond to emerging technologies, shifting markets, and new customer needs, the ability to lead with agility is more valuable than ever. Partnering with Coursera lets us share these skills with more learners in a way that's flexible, accessible, and immediately useful."
Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera, said: "Agile isn't just for software teams anymore — it's a vital skillset for organizational leadership and change. Scrum Alliance's expertise in agile coaching and product management, paired with Coursera's global platform, will ensure learners develop the skills needed to navigate uncertainty and integrate AI into workflows in any industry."
Why Coursera? Expanding access and impact
Coursera has an outstanding global reach. With more than 175 million learners and over 350 university and corporate partners, Coursera offers scale few platforms can match. A collection of Scrum Alliance courses is now available across industries and time zones on Coursera, giving more people the chance to build agile skills.
Whether you're a product manager in São Paulo starting your day, a healthcare leader in Nairobi looking to improve patient care, or part of a government team in Berlin, these courses are within reach. Coursera connects you with agile education in new ways while keeping us true to our commitment to advancing agility worldwide.
When you complete the courses on Coursera, you'll earn a Coursera certificate. This credential verifies the skills you've gained and makes it simple to share them with employers, colleagues, or clients. Coursera certificates are widely recognized and give you a straightforward way to highlight the value you bring.
What's available: New agile Specializations
We're launching this collaboration with a brand-new Coursera Specialization designed to give you practical skills you can put to work immediately.
Effective Agile Coaching
Coaching sits at the heart of agility. It's what helps teams unlock collaboration, adaptability, and innovation. This specialization is designed for leaders, managers, scrum masters, and aspiring coaches who want to guide others toward stronger, more sustainable ways of working.
The five-course series includes:
- Introduction to Agile Coaching
- Agile Coaching Skills
- Becoming an Agile Coach
- Coaching for Change
- Coaching for Transformation
Through these courses, you'll gain facilitation, mentoring, and coaching skills that extend far beyond a single job title. Even if you don't see yourself as a formal "agile coach," they will help you lead with influence and support others through meaningful change.
A second specialization focused on agility for modern product management will launch later this year.
Advancing agility for anyone, anywhere
Scrum Alliance was founded to advance agile principles and practices, and partnering with Coursera expands that mission by making agile education more widely available. It gives you a flexible way to build in-demand skills and helps organizations strengthen their ability to innovate.
As the first not-for-profit dedicated to agile education, Scrum Alliance has always focused on equipping professionals with skills that create real impact. Partnering with Coursera is the next step in taking that commitment global.
About Coursera
Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 183 million registered learners as of June 30, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera's platform innovations — including generative AI-powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skill Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
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