Start here: why Agile exists, the four values and twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto, the five Scrum values (commitment, focus, openness, respect, courage), and the empirical pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation that make Scrum work.

Understand the three accountabilities of the Scrum Team: the Product Owner who maximizes value and owns the backlog, the Scrum Master who serves the team and removes impediments, and the Developers who build the increment — plus how they collaborate as one self-managing team.

Master the five Scrum events: the Sprint as the container for all work, Sprint Planning to set the goal, the Daily Scrum to inspect progress, the Sprint Review to inspect the increment with stakeholders, and the Sprint Retrospective to improve how the team works — including time-boxes and purpose of each.

Learn the three artifacts and their commitments: the Product Backlog with its Product Goal, the Sprint Backlog with the Sprint Goal, and the Increment with the Definition of Done — plus backlog refinement, ordering, and how artifacts create transparency.

Build the soft skills that make a great Scrum Master: facilitating events that engage everyone, coaching the team toward self-management, resolving conflict, removing impediments, fostering psychological safety, and using flow metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time) without weaponizing them.