Liberating Structures has increased in popularity. In this blog, Professional Scrum Trainer Chee-Hong would like to share 13 out of the 33 (more will follow) microstructures of Liberating Structures that he often use in his Scrum class to trigger bottom-up discussions. Digitalised, completely fr...

The most recent evolution of the Evidence-Based Management Guide (EBM) introduced three kinds of goals...

If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate.

El Scrum Master es un líder servicial, un rol transformador, un rol de cambio. Su forma de actuar es indirecta, facilitando en todo momento la autogestión del Equipo Scrum para lograr el Objetivo del Producto.

Value is such a subjective thing that we will often be wrong, and there is no way around that wrongness.

Sempre recebo perguntas do tipo: O que é um Líder Ágil? Preciso me tornar um? O que ganho com isso? Resolvi então escrever esse artigo, para tentar ajudar a comunidade.

As 2020 comes to an end, you are probably considering how to further your career as a Scrum Master or Product Owner in 2021.

You certainly know that COVID-19 has caused a great deal of loss. We’ve lost lives and have had a tremendous shift in our daily behavior.

"How do you get an inexperienced Product Owner to concentrate on the why's and the value delivered by a feature/requirement, rather than a list of what's e.g we must gather a,b,c... x,y,z info from our users"

Find a series of dozens of articles, blogs, videos and more that dive into details about the 2020 release of the Scrum Guide including what has changed, how to address the changes and what it may mean for you and your teams.

The Evidence-Based Management Guide describes not only a Strategic Goal but also an Intermediate Strategic Goal that is needed to evaluate and adapt your progress towards your intended visions of your product.

La nueva guía de Scrum 2020 establece que el compromiso al desarrollar el Incremento de Producto es cumplir con los Criterios de Terminado.

Together with my colleagues Uwe Schirmer and Kurt Bittner, I have compiled a book that contains many of our own stories and those we experienced while working with customers and students: The Professional Scrum Team. Maybe they provide value to you. 

In this case study, you will learn how a major US Airline used the Nexus framework scaled across more than 10 teams in what is considered Nexus+ to kick start their agile transformation with globally distributed teams resulting in dramatically decreased time to market and ROI. The company featured i...

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework...

Algunas veces se entendía que los ítems seleccionados del Product Backlog para el Sprint o las tareas eran el compromiso del Sprint.

In this webinar, Leslie Morse and Professional Scrum Trainer Evelien Roos explore how hierarchy within agile coaching roles may impede your organizational agility, shine a light on how you may be inadvertently marginalizing key contributors in your organization, and provide inspiration for ways mult...

For organizations in the midst of an agile transformation, the question “how do we know if/when we’re agile?” is pressing.

If you have to make a career decision early next year, you will find the industry data the Scrum Master Trends Report 2019 contains still very helpful.

This book is for anyone who works with Scrum Teams or wants to become more effective as a Scrum Team member or leader.

L’apport le plus notable de la version 2020 du Guide Scrum est l’ajout d’un Product Goal au Product Backlog. Cette nouvelle caractéristique du Product Backlog vient accroître la transparence de cet artéfact Scrum. Explorons ensemble ce que le Product Goal implique et comment en tirer parti en 7 ques...

Estoy muy contento de que comentarios que he visto y recibido sobre la nueva Guía Scrum 2020.

Ja. Dieser Artikel erklärt dir warum und was du dagegen unternehmen kannst. 

In this episode of the Agile Wire podcast - Professional Scrum Trainers Jeff Bubolz, Jeff Maleski and Chad Beier discuss the Scrum Guide 2020 changes. 

Atlassian has joined leaders in the industry to unpack story points and the evolution of agile estimation. Estimation using story points has become the most popular way for agile teams to rate the relative effort of work, instead of traditional time-based estimates. Check out this roundtable from le...

It's totally okay that you spent, the weekend eating, drinking and making merry. That's what festivals are for. But don't undermine the power of jumping right back on track.

How many calendar days does it take your teams to take a "Sprint Ready" item all the way to production deployment? How is your current cycle time impacting your Business? What would be possible for your Business if your cycle time was 8 calendar days? If you want to learn how to make this happen, pl...

There are many resources available to college students to help them advance their knowledge and prepare for the job environment. But what about young adults who have limited access to resources and opportunities? Year Up is an organization committed to providing underserved young adults with equitab...

In the 2020 Scrum Guide, Ken and Jeff augmented the idea of the Sprint Goal. The Sprint Goal is a commitment to ensure transparency and focus against progress during a Sprint.

The Scrum Accountability Game is an interactive and fun game that you can play with others to reimagine the accountabilities in Scrum. Compatible with the new Scrum Guide 2020. Have fun! #scrumon

TL;DR: The Scrum Product Owner in 58 Theses The following 58 Product Owner theses describe the PO role from a holistic product creation perspective. They cover the concept of the Product Owner role, product discovery, how to deal with external and internal stakeholders, product portfolio and p...

According to the Scrum Guide, the purpose of the Daily Scrum “is to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal” and “adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary” and “it is held at the same time and place every working day of the Sprint.” So what is the best time to hold the event each day?

10 examples of how to use Liberating Structures during and after the Daily Scrum.

The 2020 version of Scrum Guide was released recently and everyone is talking about the changes been made in it and how it is going to impact their current ways of working as compared to its previous version.

La nueva guía de Scrum 2020 define que una de las responsabilidades del Scrum Master es causar o provocar que se resuelvan los impedimentos.

A summary of the updated 2020 Scrum Guide™ and how team structures will change moving forward.

In this presentation, Ellen Gottesdiener CEO EBG Consulting and Dave West CEO Scrum.org share why this question is so vital to the success of your product. They discuss principles for defining products, and approaches they have seen work as companies wrestle with the fundamental question, “What is ...

In the 2020 Scrum Guide Ken and Jeff introduces the idea of the Product Goal. The Product Goal is a commitment to ensure transparency and focus against progress.

Ahora hay un cambio en los roles. Se ha cambiado el rol que era el Equipo de Desarrollo, por el rol de Desarrolladores.

The Daily Scrum is probably the best known, and possibly the most misunderstood, Scrum event. Here’s why.

Estoy muy contento de que comentarios que he visto y recibido sobre la nueva Guía Scrum 2020.

If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate.

Four PST's (Andy Hiles, Steve Trapps, Sjoerd Kranendonk and Jasper Alblas) discuss the changes in the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide. You can watch the video above.

In this post, we describe one tiny experiment that can create big shifts in how teams experience the Scrum Events and the decisions they make during them.

On November 18, 2020, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland released an updated version of the Scrum Guide. In this blog post, I will share what you need to know about the 2020 Scrum Guide. I will start with the most important things you need to know, and then I’ll get into a little more nuance for the S...

A free do-it-yourself workshop to help Scrum Teams articulate the paradoxical challenges they face and find imaginative solutions to navigate them.

The following are the changes that struck me the most in the 2020 Scrum Guide...

By Christiaan Verwijs, Johannes Schartau, Barry Overeem - Zombie Scrum Survival Guide is for Scrum Masters, Scrum practitioners, Agile coaches and leaders, and everyone who wants to transform Scrums promises into reality.

Scrum Framework poster (2020 update) by Scrum Facilitators #ScrumGuide2020 #Scrum

OKRs are a powerful tool for setting and measuring goals, but like all power tools, they can become dangerous in unskilled hands. When used in informed ways, they can improve focus and lift outcomes, but when mishandled, they can increase waste and inflict real damage upon the organizations that ado...