This blog continues the earlier blog series on Empathetic Leadership. Empathy is a powerful leadership trait, but being an empathetic leader isn't always easy or appreciated. Here are some soft truths and hard facts that empathetic leaders often face.

Scrum’s repetition isn’t about doing the same thing over and over—it’s about evolving with every cycle. Learn how the rhythm of Scrum drives continuous improvement, reduces complexity, and ensures teams deliver value Sprint after Sprint.

In this webinar, Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, continues his discussion on the Agile Product Operating Model, describing the transition to product-friendly organization structures. He explains how traditional teams and departments can change and provide guidelines for choosing a model for the future.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West chats with Accenture’s Professional Scrum Trainer Dimitris Dimitrelos about how companies and organizations introduce the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM). (33:15 Minutes)

If you have come across the book Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux you would know that there are many different ways an organization can be structured. Similarly, there are many different ways how leaders act in these differently structured organizations. When there is an Agile Transforma...

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann 3 Methoden, wie du Voträge interaktiver gestalltet werden können.

Erfahren Sie mehr darüber, wie Sie die Ausrichtung auf die Nutzwertkette etablieren und Ihr Product Operating Model erstellen können.

What Happens When AI and a Doctor Work as a Team? Dr. Mehta, a seasoned radiologist, has a new assistant—an AI system that analyzes medical scans in seconds. But can AI truly match a doctor’s intuition? What happens when AI gets it wrong? And what about when AI catches something the doctor misses...

The Sprint Review – one of the most central and exciting events in an agile team, right? Well, theoretically. In practice, many people find it boring, ineffective, or just a mandatory event. Many Scrum Teams stumble over common pitfalls and miss the chance to create real engagement. But it doesn’...

Success without purpose is like running on a treadmill—you’re moving, but not getting anywhere. Blockbuster ignored purpose and lost to Netflix. BlackBerry missed the bigger picture, while Apple stayed true to its mission. Clayton Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life? warns leaders against c...

The role of the #ScrumMaster is often misunderstood. It's helpful to consider WHO were the early adopters? What was their interest in #Scrum? What did they bring to the role of Scrum Master?

Can AI generate high-quality code that is extensible, maintainable, and scalable? This experiment was a simple test to first evaluate the quality of AI-generated code for a basic kata against technical excellence principles—assessing its structure, modularity, and maintainability. Next, AI was...

In diesem Artikel teilt PST Simon Flossmann seine wichtigsten Erkenntnisse und Lektionen als Scrum Master

Learn more about how to embrace the alignment-to-value pipeline and create your product operating model.

Una ruta de producto (Roadmap) es una vista del Product Backlog que permite expresar como se va a entregar valor en el tiempo y lograr los objetivos de producto y de negocio a través de la entrega de producto. La ruta de producto no es una promesa de fechas de entrega, al contrario son posibilidades...

In this blog, PST Joshua Partogi shares his insights on the mechanisms in Scrum for handling urgent requests from stakeholders.

Many assume stakeholders just mean "management." But the Scrum Guide never mentions "manager" once. Are you sure you know who your real stakeholders are? Missing one could mean missing critical feedback—or building something no one wants.

While empathy is a critical leadership skill, many leaders struggle to practice it consistently. Several psychological, organizational, and systemic barriers make it difficult for leaders to be truly empathetic toward their teams.

Scrum bietet nicht die fertige Lösung, sondern den Rahmen für kontinuierliche Verbesserung. Viele Teams glauben, dass sie automatisch erfolgreicher werden, sobald sie die Scrum-Regeln verstehen und anwenden. Doch die wahre Stärke von Scrum zeigt sich erst, wenn Teams aktiv den Inspect & Adapt-Zyklus...

A Product Owner is an important accountability when it comes to creating Valuable products. However, a Scrum Team may not always have a Valuable Product Owner. What I mean is, if the person performing the accountability of Product Owner is not well versed or executes their responsibilities poorly th...

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann 5 Methoden, mit denen du jeden Teilnehmer in deine Schulung einbindest – ohne deine Folien anzupassen

Wie KI-gesteuerte Ansätze es agilen Produktteams ermöglichen, bessere Erkenntnisse über Kunden zu gewinnen und innovativere Lösungen zu liefern.

In this Ask a PST session, Professional Scrum Trainer Mary Iqbal dives into the principles of Agile Leadership, offering actionable insights for fostering collaboration, enabling self-managing teams, and driving organizational success in a fast-paced, complex world.

Myth # 39: Technical Debt is the Developer's Problem. They caused it, so they should fix it on their own time.

Dependencies kill productivity, slow teams down, and create waste. This insightful blog explores the root causes of dependencies and outlines effective strategies for tackling them.

A title might give you authority, but it doesn’t make you a leader. True leadership is about impact, trust, and how you elevate those around you. Are you truly leading, or just occupying a position? Let’s dive into what it really takes to lead with influence and build a thriving team culture.

Product Backlog Management is challenging. Imagine you’re a Product Owner with a backlog of 300+ items. Stakeholders keep adding requests, developers feel lost in prioritisation, and every refinement session is a painful, drawn-out discussion. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. If you have e...

In diesem Artikel schilder PST Simon Flossmann seine 3 Aha-Moment nach 10 Jahren mit Sprint-Zielen.

How AI-driven approaches enable agile product teams to gain deeper customer insights and deliver more innovative solutions.

This blog post describes a 1-hour Retrospective format to help teams reflect on the empirical pillars of Scrum.

In this talk by PST Sanjay Saini from Agile Leadership Day India, he talks about how to be an empathetic leader. (33:03 Minutes)

In der Welt von Scrum und agilem Arbeiten basiert der Erfolg auf empirischem Arbeiten – dem kontinuierlichen Lernen und Anpassen in kurzen Zyklen. Doch dieses Konzept hat eine essenzielle Grundlage: Qualität.

The Sprint Review isn’t about showing what the Scrum Team built—it’s about discovering how stakeholders experience the product. Learn how to turn inspection into real adaptation and ensure your Sprint Review drives product evolution.

Discover why "fail fast" falls short and learn a more effective framework—fail smarter, sooner, and forward—to transform failure into strategic innovation.

A product operating model defines how an organization structures, funds, and manages product teams to drive business success. In this article, we break down six essential concepts that help product leaders create a scalable, outcome-driven model. From aligning strategy with execution to fostering cr...

Empathy in leadership may seem intangible, but its return on investment (ROI) is measurable through its profound impact on individuals, teams, and organizational performance. By fostering trust, improving communication, and creating a psychologically safe environment, empathetic leadership drives ta...

In diesem Artikel beschreibt PST Simon Flossmann seine Weg als Trainer von Frontalunterricht zu „Training from the Back of the Room"

In part two of this portfolio management Q&A, Dave West, Yuval Yeret, and Darrell Fernandes tackle the complexities of funding products vs. teams, especially in nonprofits. They explore shifting from work-based to product-based funding, managing technical debt vs. product roadmap progress, and align...

Every now and then some one talks about or highlights a practice which has nothing to do with Scrum. Yet, due to widespread usage of the practice, people think that the specific practice is part of Scrum and should be followed to do Scrum in the right way. Sometimes, the Scrum Masters for the lack o...

At Argus, the maintenance team in Edmonton faced a challenge: ensuring consistent, high-quality repairs while dealing with an unpredictable workload.

Passer la Certification PSPO-III peut sembler insurmontable, dans cet article Vivien C. vous donne les clés pour réussir.

In this blog, I explore the critical distinction between leadership and management, sparking a debate that often arises in Scrum workshops: "Is a Scrum Master a leader or a manager?" By examining the roles of both managers and leaders, I clarify how leadership goes beyond managing tasks and involves...

How can you focus on continuous improvement if you think everything is already perfect? Scrum Masters who become too emotionally attached to their teams can lose the ability to assess improvement opportunities objectively.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, warum Scrum Master von Velocity besessen sein sollten.

A glue role connects different parts of an organization, ensuring smooth team communication, collaboration, and integration. These roles are essential for implementing change and solving systemic issues that impact multiple departments. It’s easy to see the connection to the purpose of a Scrum Maste...

Rigid, long-term forecasts stifle agility and increase risk, but figuring out how to do shift to agile forecasting is challenging. We'll explore for core practices that enable agility through adaptable investment decisions: re-forecasting, decreasing precision, bracketing, and aligning forecasts wit...

Find ways of understanding and increasing value by imagining you are about to pitch your product to a demanding investor

Scrum isn’t about blindly following a plan—it’s about inspecting, learning, and adjusting. But not all changes are improvements. Discover how small, goal-oriented, data-driven tweaks can make the difference between continuous improvement and chaotic change.

In this webinar, PST Joanna Plaskonka explores why psychological safety is essential for Scrum success, delving into how it fosters trust, transparency, and innovation within teams.

Change is inevitable in any organization, from shifting markets to evolving customer expectations. Agile frameworks can help navigate these challenges, but they must evolve alongside the organization. While generative frameworks adapt and grow, rigid ones impose fixed solutions that may become obsol...