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What is the scrum.org opinion about Scrum Guide expansion pack by Jeff Sutherland?

Last post 06:49 pm August 22, 2025 by Nicholas Gabrichidze
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Nicholas Gabrichidze
09:11 am August 22, 2025

I was wondering what you all make of Scrum guide expansion pack? It was released by Jeff Sutherland past July.

There was intensive discussion at LinkedIn and at the Jeff's own resource, but little attention here...

Scrum Guide Expansion Pack | Scrum Guide Expansion Pack

https://scrumexpansion.org/scrum-guide-expansion-pack/

Eric Naiburg
01:25 pm August 22, 2025

The expansion pack is built on top of Scrum like many things including Nexus, etc.  We believe that Scrum is a framework for which people should build additional practices and processes on top which is what the 2 trainers who built the expansion pack did.  When designing the framework, Ken has always wanted people with expertise in different areas like hardware or marketing for example to build on top of Scrum while not changing Scrum.  

In the end it doesn't change Scrum and provides additional practices that you may choose to use.

Nicholas Gabrichidze
06:49 pm August 22, 2025

That's true. In the discussions at Linkedin Jeff Satherland has expressed the ambition that some elements from expansion pack would find a way into new edition of the Scrum guide. 

Is this something to consider for discussion?

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