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Introducing Scrum
If you’re new to Scrum, or need a refresher, this is the place to get you started. Scrum is a lightweight framework for generating solutions to complex problems. The Scrum Guide, the authoritative definition of Scrum, is provided by its creators Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.
Guide
Scrum is defined completely in the Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland and is maintained independently of any company. The Scrum Guide is translated and available in over 30 languages.
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Learning Series
If you are just getting started, think of Scrum as a way to get work done as a team in small pieces at a time, with experimentation and feedback loops along the way. This learning series explores the pieces that make up the Scrum Framework.
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To be effective with Scrum requires something more than just following the mechanics and fundamentals of the framework, this requires mindset techniques for ways of working and thinking, and an environment that supports it including trust.
Understanding the Scrum Framework
Familiarity with the Scrum framework is the first step to using Scrum. Using Scrum to its best advantage requires a deeper understanding of Scrum theory and practice.
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In Scrum, empiricism refers to the idea that solving complex problems, or doing complex work, can only be done using an exploratory process rather than relying on predetermined plans. Learn about empiricism and complex work. Explore why trust is important for empiricism to thrive.
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For agility to thrive, the culture of the organization must support the fundamental concepts of agility. The Scrum Values - Focus, Respect, Openness, Commitment, and Courage - create an environment where empiricism, self-management and continual improvement are more successful.
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The Scrum Team is a small unit of professionals focused on attaining the Product Goal. Scrum Teams consist of a Product Owner, Scrum Master and Developers. Each has a clear set of accountabilities. Learn more about the Scrum Team, accountabilities, responsibilities and why these aren’t called “roles.”
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The five Scrum Events provide regular opportunities for enacting the Scrum pillars of Inspection, Adaptation and Transparency. In addition, they help teams keep aligned with the Sprint and Product Goals, improve Developer productivity, remove impediments and reduce the need to schedule too many additional meetings.
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In archeology, an artifact is an object of cultural significance. In medicine, artifacts are something not normally present, or unexpected. In Scrum, our use of the word “artifact” is closer to the way software developers use it: important information needed during the development of a product.
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The best way to support a team working on complex problems is to give them the space to determine how to do their work, rather than directing them. Learn about self-managing teams and their characteristics. Explore some myths and misunderstandings about self-management.
Advancing and Applying Your Scrum Knowledge
Working on a Scrum Team is a dynamic and challenging experience. These resources will help you dive deeper in the accountabilities and provide you with practical tips that you can apply with your team.
For Scrum Masters
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Enhance your Scrum Master Journey!
Embarking on a journey as a Scrum Master is a challenging and rewarding endeavor. The following collection of articles and videos that contain practical ideas, tips, and activities with step-by-step guidelines that you can try immediately.
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When to use Facilitation, Coaching, Mentoring or Teaching
We often use the words “coaching,” “mentoring,” “teaching,” and “facilitating” informally. We may say that we're being coached on how to become a better golfer, or that the person managing the agenda in a meeting is the meeting's facilitat...
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Scrum.org has created these Professional Scrum Competencies to help guide an individual’s personal development with Scrum. Building proficiency with Scrum starts with the fundamentals, Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework, and it is the foundation for personal growth.
For Product Owners
Learning Series
This learning series contains a list of interview questions that you may encounter as a Product Owner, and the reason why the question is relevant to the Product Owner accountability.
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This learning series highlights 9 ways a Product Owner can boost their effectiveness.
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In this Scrum Pulse webcast, PST Mary Iqbal will explore the accountability of the Product Owner and walk the audience through characteristics of an effective Product Owner.
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For Developers
Learning Series
This learning series discusses the importance of developing and delivering valuable product Increments in order to improve the outcomes that its users and customers experience. Scrum Teams deliver product Increments and measure the results to understand what customers want or need.
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There is a lot going on when it comes to delivering complex products in an uncertain and constantly changing world. In this webinar, Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer Stephanie Ockerman breaks it down to 5 ways Scrum Teams can discover their opportunities to improve the many different aspects of ...
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In this Scrum Pulse, Professional Scrum Trainer Ben Day will discuss why projects have problems, how to spot those problems, and how to recover and get those projects back on the right track.
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Additional Resources for Scrum Teams
People learn in many different ways. Explore our wide array of resource types to enable your own learning.
Guide
Guides contain the definition of the topic being describe. Each element serves a specific purpose that is essential to the overall value and results realized. These guides including the Scrum Guide are created and maintained by Ken Schwaber and others.
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Book
Find the books written and co-authored by Ken Schwaber, our Professional Scrum Trainers and staff to help you learn more about Scrum and Agile.
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Case Study
This page provides an overview of the case studies available from Scrum.org. Case studies demonstrate successful transforming organizations, uses of Scrum, Nexus, Evidence-Based Management and more. Read them to understand where people and teams have struggled and how they have succeeded.
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Webcast
Free webcast learning opportunities for the Scrum community designed to help those new to Scrum and those with experience learn and improve. You can hear from and ask questions of experts in the Scrum community including Professional Scrum Trainers and many others.
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Podcast
The Scrum.org Community Podcast features Professional Scrum Trainers and other Scrum Practitioners sharing their stories and experiences to help learn from the experience of others.
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Blog
The Scrum.org Blog is made up of a series of articles created by our Professional Scrum Trainer community and the Scrum.org Staff. These articles are meant to help people learn based on real-world experiences and extensive use of Scrum and other Agile practices.
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Preparing for Certification
These pages have been created to help provide certification test takers with a list of preferred resources to help prepare for their upcoming test.
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Suggested reading for anyone who is taking the Professional Scrum Master level I certification test or just looking to learn more about being a Scrum Master.
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We have gathered content on this page which we suggest you utilize when preparing for the PSM II. These are suggested resources, and you may find additional resources not mentioned on this page helpful, along with the application of your own experience using Scrum.
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An overview of documents and books to help understand the role of the Product Owner organized by assessment categories.
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