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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:23 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Scrum.org News</title><subtitle>News</subtitle><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-01T18:24:53Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Scrum Extensions Update from InfoQ</title><category term="Extensions"/><category term="InfoQ"/><category term="Scrum"/><category term="Scrum Extensions"/><category term="Scrum Extensions"/><category term="What are Scrum Extensions?"/><category term="news"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2012/5/1/scrum-extensions-update-from-infoq.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2012/5/1/scrum-extensions-update-from-infoq.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2012-05-01T18:14:36Z</published><updated>2012-05-01T18:14:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Interview with InfoQ on the current status of Scrum Extensions.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Register Now: The Second Free Agile Webcast Series</title><category term="Agile webcast"/><category term="Agile webcasts"/><category term="Scrum webcast"/><category term="Scrum webcasts"/><category term="Webcasts"/><category term="webcast"/><category term="webcasts"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2012/2/1/register-now-the-second-free-agile-webcast-series.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2012/2/1/register-now-the-second-free-agile-webcast-series.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2012-02-01T23:33:35Z</published><updated>2012-02-01T23:33:35Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Daniel Greening, former Director of Engineering Productivity and User Experience at&nbsp;Citrix, will be delivering Scrum.org's second Agile Webcast Series event on Tuesday, February 7th, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST), completely free to you.</p>
<p>In <em>Release Duration and Enterprise Agility</em>,&nbsp;Daniel explores how the adoption of Scrum and Agile by the example company, Citrix Online, drove release duration down from a peak of 41 months to less than 4, better than what it had as a small startup. Its market share rose during the same period.</p>
<p>Data from another company, PatientKeeper, also seems to indicate that short release durations correlate with more profitable outcomes. Learn about all the benefits of short release durations in this free webcast.</p>
<p>Space is limited.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.scrum.org/webcast">Register soon.</a></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Scrum.org Launches Agile Webcast Series</title><category term="Agile webcast"/><category term="Agile webcasts"/><category term="Scrum webcast"/><category term="Scrum webcasts"/><category term="Webcasts"/><category term="webcast"/><category term="webcasts"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2012/1/17/scrumorg-launches-agile-webcast-series.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2012/1/17/scrumorg-launches-agile-webcast-series.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2012-01-18T02:04:11Z</published><updated>2012-01-18T02:04:11Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>We are excited to announce the premier of the Scrum.org Global Webcast Series, an ongoing public discourse on Agile, Scrum, and professional software development.&nbsp;This free series kicks off January 24th with&nbsp;<em>The Dollars and Sense of Agility</em>, presented by Chad Albrecht, Agile Practice VP at Centare.</p>
<p>The Scrum.org Global Webcast Series brings the world's top Agile, Scrum, and Professional Software Development thought leaders to you, with topics that are interesting, educational, relevant, and presented by experts from within the professional software development community.</p>
<p>Be part of the interactive webcasts live as they happen, or watch archived versions at your convenience. Archived webcast episodes will eventually be avilable at the Scrum.org website.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Space is limited in each live Scrum.org webcast, so <a href="http://www.scrum.org/webcast">register soon</a>.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>A Fresh New Look</title><category term="Website"/><category term="Website Redesign"/><category term="community"/><category term="new homepage"/><category term="news"/><category term="stories"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/12/5/a-fresh-new-look.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/12/5/a-fresh-new-look.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-12-05T20:38:10Z</published><updated>2011-12-05T20:38:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Scrum.org has revamped its front page to better highlight content created by the Scrum.org community.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Professional Scrum Developer, now even better</title><category term="Certified Scrum Developer"/><category term="PSD"/><category term="PSD+"/><category term="Professional Scrum Developer"/><category term="Professional Scrum Developer Program"/><category term="Software Development"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/11/10/professional-scrum-developer-now-even-better.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/11/10/professional-scrum-developer-now-even-better.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-11-10T20:00:19Z</published><updated>2011-11-10T20:00:19Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Scrum.org announces the newest addition to the Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) program family: the 3-day variation for Scrum Practitioners.</p>
<p>Those that have completed the 5-day PSD program, now called PSD+, have experienced a learning environment that is unrivaled in today's marketplace. Students are exposed to the fundamentals of Scrum and then they are taken through 4-5 sprints of actual development work on a cross-functional team, using cutting edge tools and software development best practices, to build a potentially releasable increment of software.</p>
<p>However, a number of people have told us they need something else. These people want the experience, the exposure, and the rigor of the PSD+ program. But, they don&rsquo;t necessarily need the &ldquo;Scrumdamentals&rdquo; portion of the course, or all five Sprints to understand the cadence of Scrum. These practitioners need something that leverages their existing knowledge of Scrum development, while still giving them the additional tools to super-charge their productivity.</p>
<p>This is why today we are announcing the launch of this much-requested program for Developers who have a good working understanding of Scrum (from professional experience, or a previous Scrum course like <a href="../../professionalscrumfoundations/" target="_blank">Professional Scrum Foundations</a>). It is PSD+, just condensed for those folks that have already built up their Scrum foundation. You can learn more <a href="http://www.scrum.org/professionalscrumdeveloper/">here</a>.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Scrum is Open for Modification and Extension</title><category term="2011 Scrum Guide"/><category term="Ken Schwaber"/><category term="New Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide Updates"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/10/6/scrum-is-open-for-modification-and-extension.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/10/6/scrum-is-open-for-modification-and-extension.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-10-07T01:50:46Z</published><updated>2011-10-07T01:50:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Today, Scrum.org is announcing a formal model for modifying and extending Scrum.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Scrum.org &amp; Microsoft Announce Final Trainer Training for Visual Studio 2010</title><category term=".NET"/><category term="PSD"/><category term="Professional Scrum Developer"/><category term="Professional Scrum Developer Program"/><category term="Trainer Training"/><category term="VS2010"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/9/7/scrumorg-microsoft-announce-final-trainer-training-for-visua.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/9/7/scrumorg-microsoft-announce-final-trainer-training-for-visua.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-09-07T14:18:41Z</published><updated>2011-09-07T14:18:41Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Microsoft and Scrum.org announce final round of training for those wishing to become Professional Scrum Developer Trainers.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Scrum Guide Explanation #4: Gone are Release Planning and Burndowns</title><category term="2011 Scrum Guide"/><category term="New Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide Updates"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/9/6/scrum-guide-explanation-4-gone-are-release-planning-and-burn.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/9/6/scrum-guide-explanation-4-gone-are-release-planning-and-burn.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-09-06T13:46:33Z</published><updated>2011-09-06T13:46:33Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Release Planning and Release Burndowns have been removed from the Scrum Guide.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Scrum Guide Explanation #3: The New, New Sprint Backlog</title><category term="2011 Scrum Guide"/><category term="New Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide Updates"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/8/15/scrum-guide-explanation-3-the-new-new-sprint-backlog.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/8/15/scrum-guide-explanation-3-the-new-new-sprint-backlog.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-08-16T00:22:38Z</published><updated>2011-08-16T00:22:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Clarity about Sprint Backlogs is long overdue, and changes introduced in the 2011 Scrum Guide should help many who struggle with the concept.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Scrum Guide Explanation #2: Hey, where did all the chickens go?</title><category term="2011 Scrum Guide"/><category term="New Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide"/><category term="Scrum Guide Updates"/><id>http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/8/12/scrum-guide-explanation-2-hey-where-did-all-the-chickens-go.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scrum.org/news/2011/8/12/scrum-guide-explanation-2-hey-where-did-all-the-chickens-go.html"/><author><name>Ken Schwaber</name></author><published>2011-08-12T17:38:48Z</published><updated>2011-08-12T17:38:48Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p class="Body1">As you're probably aware, Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber recently published an update to The Scrum Guide, the definitive guide to Scrum. Many of the changes they made aimed to better define the rules of the game, and remove situational tactics. Some changes were large in scope, while others were less apparent.</p>
<p class="Body1">One particular change was arguably small and cosmetic, but it really has significance in Steve Porter's opinion. So much so, that he offered to write a brief article to explain why the change was made and how you can interpret these changes as you go about implementing them in your projects. Read more <a href="http://www.scrum.org/scrum-guide-updates">here</a>.</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
