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Scrum.org was named to the SDTimes 100 Best in Show Influencers list.

As enterprises strive to digitize their organizations, whether it’s digitally transforming aspects of sales and marketing, customer interactions or supply chain, they’re undergoing a wholesale revamp of traditional businesses into digital business models.

Agile frameworks facilitate an iterative and incremental approach to achieving progress for defined goals, for example, streamlining the review process for digital content. Agile methods utilize time-boxed periods called Sprints to complete a set amount of work. Each planned Sprint is assigned a unique list of deliverables.

For many years, enterprises have been in a race to digitally transform how they work through the digitization of all areas of their business, to reduce costs and business frictions through creating efficiencies and delivering increased value to their customers. While many organizations have attempted a transformation, few have been successful.

Effective agile transformations require the right team makeup, a laser focus on business outcomes, and approaches to management and training that break from the past.

In this CMS Wire Article Eric Naiburg talks about the role of the Scrum Master and where the project manager position comes into play in Scrum.

Standing amidst the technological revolution, we find ourselves asking if the Agile Manifesto should still be our guide as we move into a world defined by continuous innovation....

In this paper, Kurt Bittner and Cesario Ramos discuss common systemic challenges for scaling agility. They close with a comparison between the approach to these challenges by popular scaling frameworks.

Agile teams are only as effective as their members. These core factors and key questions will help you select and develop the best.

Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, announced its new Professional Scrum with User Experience™ (PSU) training course. PSU is a 2-day hands-on course where students with some Scrum experience learn how to integrate modern User Experience (UX) and design practices into their way of working in Scrum.

In this article, Ben Linders from InfoQ interviews Dave West and Stefan Wolpers about the findings of the 2019 Scrum Master Trends report.

Agile for Automotive sat down with Dave West and Nigel Thurlow to discuss Agile in the automotive industry and how Toyota Connected has used Scrum for their agile transformation.

In this article, Stefan Wolpers from Age of Product shares his thoughts on the 2019 Scrum Master Trends report.

For many people working within large companies it seems that every 2 years there is a transformation program. A program that will fundamentally change the company to make it cheaper, faster and more innovative. In this article, Dave West discusses his predictions for agile in 2019.

Scrum Teams don't pursue self-direction, however, simply to make their manager's lives easier. If done well, that is a happy outcome, but it's nowhere near the goal for the team. This article explore the importance of Self-Direction within Scrum Teams.

This article is part 2 of a series that highlights several case studies of companies using the Nexus Framework for scaling Scrum.

This article highlights several case studies of companies using the Nexus Framework for scaling Scrum.

Quantifying the difficulty of projects and how long it will take your team to complete them can help with release planning and minimizing problems with delivery.

Report based on a 2018 survey of over 2100 Scrum Masters reveals insights on the Scrum Master role, highlighting trends pertaining to gender, salary, training and more.

This article takes a look at the research study published by McKinsey and Company, in conjunction with Scrum.org, which identified the common characteristics of successful agile teams.

This article summarizes the recent study McKinsey and Scrum.org released titled, "How to Select and Develop Individuals for Successful Agile Teams: A Practical Guide".

InfoQ interviewed Patricia Kong, product owner - Enterprise Solutions, Scrum.org, and Kurt Bittner, vice president of Enterprise Solutions, Scrum.org, about Evidence-Based Management, measuring value, the relationship between value and innovation, and the updates to the Evidence-Based Management Guide.

McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, and Scrum.org, the mission-based organization dedicated to improving the profession of software delivery through training, certification assessments and community, released a new research study titled, How to Select and Develop Individuals for Successful Agile Teams: A Practical Guide.

Enterprises that want to form agile teams to explore new opportunities can build them from within. The key is to nurture the right personality traits.

In this article Professional Scrum Trainer Joshua Partogi gives an introduction to the Scrum Framework.

In this article on Atlassian Agile Coach, Dave West describes the basics around the Scrum Framework.

Transparency is easy to say and understand, but often really hard to implement. Why is transparency so important, but also so difficult to implement? Dave West explores this in this SD Times article.

In the this article Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, outlines the Sprint Planning ceremony as it's described at Scrum.org. Scrum.org teaches Scrum according to the Scrum Guide, which is considered the official guide for the Scrum framework among the agile world.

In this CMSWire article, Eric Naiburg talks about where Business Analysts fit on a Scrum Team.

DEVOPSdigest asked experts from across the IT industry for their opinions on what steps in the SDLC should be automated. Part 2 covers the coding process.

DevOps, Agile, CI/CD, all the buzz words that define software development today are about speed and quality. If you plan to survive in the digital economy, you need to bring your applications to market faster, and you want to ensure quality.

In this InfoQ article, Dave West explores what to think about when your organization is transitioning to an Agile approach including protecting agile culture, self-organization, and focusing on outcomes.

In a recent CIO article, Dave West talks to Sharon Florentine about metrics to measure for agile success and Evidence Based Management.

Having a common way of understanding processes, definitions and how they work together is critical to team success.

Agile efforts face a number of common challenges which, if disregarded, can derail your efforts and reduce any intended benefits. Organizations can improve their agile efforts by focusing on five common challenges. This CMSWire article by Eric Naiburg explores these challenges.

What do you do when implementing Scrum? Who does what and what about Scrum reporting? Here are five “golden” rules for ensuring that any model you deploy does not undermine the fundamentals of agility.

Are you passionate about agile? Love to keep up with agile news? So do we. Check out this bite-sized article about the top agile blogs to follow.

One of the hottest questions these days, whether online or in the boardroom, is “How does the organization become more ‘agile’?” As the discussion evolves, it leads to, “How do we scale agility from one team to multiple, or should we?

Nexus, created by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber and his Scrum.org team, extends Scrum to guide multiple Scrum teams on how they need to work together to deliver working software in every Sprint. Eric Naiburg explores the Nexus framework in this article.

In this article Eric Naiburg discusses the importance of continuing to expand knowledge and skills and Scrum Master to support your Scrum Team and organization.

Creating an agile enterprise requires more than just implementing agile methodologies within IT. CIOs must spread the gospel to encourage participation from IT’s business colleagues.

Scrum.org has announced at Agile 2018, the addition of its new, advanced Scrum Master course, Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II).

Scrum.org announced the Professional Scrum Master II training course at the conference, its newest and more advanced Scrum Master Course. The 2-day course is designed for Scrum Master with at least a year of experience and the understanding how of to use Scrum for value, quality, productivity and user satisfaction.

Traditional companies are adopting agile practices and the Scrum framework. In this article Dave West talks about what this means for existing job titles and structures.

Boston/San Diego – August 6, 2018 – Scrum.org, the mission-based organization dedicated to improving the profession of software delivery through training, certification assessments and community, today announced at Agile 2018, the addition of its new, advanced Scrum Master course, Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II). PSM II is a 2-day course intended for Scrum Masters with at least one year of experience, during which time they have had the opportunity to learn how to use Scrum to increase value, quality, productivity and user satisfaction.

Waterfall has been the dominant development practice for as long as we have been building things. It is a process where work is divided into large sequential steps. The process typically flows in one direction, which is forward, thus the term Waterfall. This article talks about how Scrum and Agile can be a better approach to completing Software projects.

In Durham University's IMPACT Magazine there is a feature on the inclusion of Professional Scrum Master Training and Assessments in its MBA curriculum for its Technology Pathway..

InfoQ interviewed Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham about the different layers of planning in agile product management, product delivery, how Nexus supports alignment between multiple teams, what it means to be a Professional Product Owner, and developing Product Owner skills.

Improving Consistency of Scrum Training, Apex Global Now Offers Premium Training from the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) Community.

As companies proceed with their digital transformations, software becomes increasingly strategic and pervasive – which means they need more of it. Lots more.