In this article, the main motivations and conceptual basis of using chatbot-based technology as the platform to support education and training on agile development are presented, using ScrumTalk as an example. ScrumTalk is a prototype of an intelligent conversational core for the AgileTalk platform under development for an Intelligent Synthetic Agile Software Development Environment. AgileTalk represents an ambitious evolution of Virtual Scrum (a Virtual Reality-based platform for Scrum training we developed some years ago) towards a synthetic 3D conversational-based full-fledged process training and development environment. This evolution means a step further "Virtual" environments towards "Synthetic" ones where actors can be whatever human or synthetic alter egos that interact through natural language to carry out the activities involved in a defined process according to their role. ScrumTalk represents the proof of concept for the AgileTalk platform's underlying paradigm.Sociedad Argentina de Informática e Investigación Operativa