Scrum Teams treat feedback and data as a neutral and objective input, not a tool to confirm biases. By basing their decisions on objective results rather than optimism or personal opinion, Scrum Teams ensure they are continuously learning and adapting based on what the data actually reveals, not wha...

This week we had a great Q&A on Forecasting and Release Planning. During the "Ask a PST" session, we answered many questions. We got so many questions, that we could not answer all of them. This blog post tries to remedy that and answers most of these from my (Dominik Maximini) perspective.

Scrum isn’t a detailed manual—it’s a simple game with a few clear rules. These rules don’t tell you how to win, but they create the boundaries for meaningful collaboration. This post explores what the rules are, why they matter, and what happens when we ignore them.

Ever get the feeling you’re the “agile person” in the room—brought in to run ceremonies, fix Jira boards, or play Scrum cop, but never actually invited to shape real strategy? If that hits close to home, you’ll want to listen in on my latest conversation with Michael Gerharz.

Most large organizations already have product teams, platform services, and customer-facing solutions, but they often work in isolation, creating delays, duplicated work, and poor customer outcomes. The real problem isn’t in the technology but how the organization is structured. This article brea...

Uncover hidden team dynamics, emotional burnout signals, and contradiction patterns that manual analysis misses—in real-time.

This whitepaper offers a practical guide for product professionals to identify and address ethical blind spots that can lead to harm—whether through data misuse, manipulative design, or misrepresentation.

In this Ask a PST episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, guest host Lindsay Velecina is joined by Professional Scrum Trainer Dominik Maximini to answer listener questions about forecasting and release planning.

This blog explores how product definitions evolve in large companies, the debate around "sub-products," and the importance of empowering teams with a clear problem and the ability to release value. It suggests that "product-ness" might be a scale rather than binary, and that the key question is whet...

There are a bunch of AI keywords that create your foundational knowledge of AI. You should know and understand them.

Explains how the Scrum Master is accountable for enabling effective product delivery, fostering team success, and ensuring each sprint produces a usable, valuable increment.

Scrum actually has very few rules. It’s a simple framework with just enough—but not too much—structure to help teams work together. It’s flexible. It’s lightweight. And it gives teams the space to learn, adapt, and improve continuously.

Not long ago, a product manager asked me, “What’s the one thing most PMs get wrong?” Now, there are plenty of easy answers—ignoring data, neglecting stakeholders, frameworks, . But let’s go deeper. Here’s the truth: Many product managers love their product too much.

En este artículo, el PST Alex Ballarín te explica qué son los autodiagnósticos para Product Owners y como pueden ayudarte a avanzar en el camino que necesitas para llegar a ser un product owner más estratégico.

Practical alignment tools empower Scrum Teams by strengthening stakeholder relationships, maintaining user focus, and building trust to deliver products that meet organizational goals.

In diesem Artikel beschreibt PST Simon Flossmann 3 Hebel für bessere Teamleistung.

Is the outcome of your meeting to schedule another meeting? In this short video, I identify three deeper challenges behind this frustrating dynamic and walk you through how to shift the pattern, starting with what’s in your control.

How often do you have to escalate? In this short video, I identify three common causes behind this frustrating dynamic and walk you through how to shift the pattern, starting with what’s in your control.

Maximizar la entrega de valor con Scrum sigue siendo una tarea difícil y compleja cuando no se considera el valor a entregar. Para mejorar este objetivo se necesita partir desde el entendimiento de las necesidades del cliente. Se pueden usar muchas herramientas o técnicas para este propósito. Algun...

Scrum depends on the intelligence of the people using it. That means learning, understanding, and making reasoned decisions. Is your team thinking—or just doing?

In this Scrum Tapas video, PST Stephanie Ockerman explores the challenges of a "culture of escalation" — where teams rely on escalation just to get work done. (6:33 Minutes)

Struggling with meetings that just lead to more meetings? In this Scrum Tapas video, PST Stephanie Ockerman shares why weak teamwork, lack of focus, and poor prioritization derail meeting effectiveness—and how facilitation skills can help turn things around. (5:13 Minutes)

A fast-growing food industry company transformed its approach to product development and collaboration by adopting Professional Scrum—across both software and culinary teams.

Agilität nach Vorschrift hat ausgedient, da KI reine Routinetätigkeiten automatisiert und Produktbetriebsmodelle ergebnisorientierte Teams erfordern.

In diesem Artikel teilt PST Simon Flossmann 3 Wahrheiten über Scrum, die er gerne am Anfang seiner Scrum-Master-Karriere gewusst hätte

A product without a vision is like a ship without a compass—it might move, but it won’t reach the right destination. Through a sample, see how we can leverage AI to create an inspiring Product Vision video.

According to the Scrum Guide, a Sprint can be cancelled—but only by the Product Owner, and only if the Sprint Goal becomes obsolete. But what does that even mean?

Across organizations of all sizes, I hear the same concerns. They are all expressed different but the common theme is: “Won’t embedded specialists be underutilized?” “Isn’t decentralization too costly or inconsistent?” “Shouldn’t we have one standard way of working?” These aren’t complaints, the...

Velocity is one of the most misunderstood ideas in Agile teams. This post explains what it really is. A result, not a target. Something to notice, not something to hit. We break down how velocity often gets misused, share a travel analogy that makes it real, and show how teams can use it to have bet...

Explains the difference between subjective goals and the objective Definition of Done in Scrum, highlighting how clear, measurable criteria ensure consistent product quality.

Scrum, como marco ágil, promueve la autoorganización, la mejora continua y la entrega de valor incremental. Sin embargo, muchas organizaciones intentan escalarlo desde la jerarquía, obviando el poder real de su red informal. ¿Qué ocurre cuando reconocemos que el cambio cultural profundo —como adopta...

If your teams are busy “doing Agile” or writing OKRs but the business results aren’t showing up, you’re probably stuck in Process Theater—lots of activity, not much real progress. This happens when people focus on following the process instead of connecting it to actual outcomes, missing the crucial...

“Good Enough Agile” is ending as AI automates mere ceremonial tasks and Product Operating Models demand outcome-focused teams. Agile professionals must evolve from process facilitators to strategic product thinkers or risk obsolescence.

Scrum Events nerven Entwickler? In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, was Scrum Master dagegen unternehmen können.

In this blog, Ryan Brook examines why many Product Owners fail to fulfil their accountability, acting as requirement managers rather than value maximisers. He explores the impact of missing product strategy, emphasising that true Product Ownership requires strategic clarity and a focus on outcomes i...

Most teams plan a Sprint with one question in mind: "What can we deliver this Sprint?" But here's a different take. What if, within every Sprint, we planned across all three horizons of innovation?

Scrum isn’t a finished product—it’s a starting point. What completes it? The collective intelligence of your team. This post explores what that really means, what gets in the way, and how you can unlock it in your day-to-day Scrum practice.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West and Brendan Mcsheffrey, Managing Partner at Kendall AI explore the Kendall Framework—a method for training AI using principles from lean, agile, and design thinking. (33:42 Minutes)

Sprint capacity planning is one of the most often used complementary practices by Scrum Teams. This article from PST Dr. Pawel Rola provides all the basic information and practical examples to help you plan your next Sprint capacity.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann die 3 unsichtbare Hindernisse, die Scrum Teams langsam machen.

Ergebnisse einer Umfrage: Trotz 25 Jahren des „Manifest for Agile Software Development“, unzähliger Bücher, Konferenzen und zahlreicher Berater kämpfen wir alle gemeinsam darum, Agile zum Erfolg zu führen.

Agile estimation often feels broken. But maybe it is not the technique, it is the thinking behind it. This blog challenges common misconceptions like “you must use story points” and explores why estimation should support learning and decision-making. Through a simple card experiment and the Cone of ...

In this webinar, PST Joanna Płaskonka explores the impact leaders—both formal and informal—have on fostering trust, openness, and innovation within their teams. In this session you will learn how your actions, words, and leadership style can create an environment where team members feel safe to spea...

In der Welt des agilen Arbeitens haben wir unsere eigene Sprache entwickelt. Wir sprechen von Sprints, Backlogs, Impediments und Velocity. Für viele neue Scrum Masteinnen und Product Owner*innen ist dies schnell zur Selbstverständlichkeit geworden – doch genau hier liegt eine der größten Herausforde...

In today's world when training budgets are shrinking then as a leader how are you motivating your team members. Money is not the only thing to build a culture of growth and learning. As a leader your small actions can make big impacts

The biggest competitive edge your team can get is learning as fast as possible. Not the biggest feature, expendable budget, or exposure, but learning. The Learning Loop helps to shorten your learning time.

The Scrum Framework is simple, yet many misconceptions exist about applying Professional Scrum. We often notice cheat sheets and Scrum frameworks that do not match the Professional Scrum Standards. That is why we have decided to change our Scrum Framework poster and align it to Professional Scrum an...

This article challenges the conventional view of Scrum as merely a delivery framework and reframes it as a powerful engine for product innovation and evolution. While many teams use Scrum to deliver work more predictably, the real opportunity lies in using it to discover what truly adds value for cu...

Excessive handoffs in software development create delays, reduce quality, and harm team morale. Learn how eliminating handoffs boosts agility, flow, and value delivery.

In diesem Artikel stellt PST Simon Flossmann die Product-Owner-Reifegrade vor.