Many Scrum Masters see their role as protecting the Scrum Team. But when protection becomes isolation, something is wrong. Shielding a team too much from stakeholders isn't helpful - it hinders collaboration, stifles feedback and erodes trust.

Psychological safety isn’t about fluffy “niceness”—it is the foundation of agile teams that innovate, adapt, and deliver.

Das Sprint Review – eines der zentralsten und spannendsten Events in einem agilen Team, oder? Naja, theoretisch. In der Praxis empfinden viele es als langweilig, ineffektiv oder reine Pflichtveranstaltung. Viele Scrum-Teams stolpern über typische Fallen und verpassen die Chance, echtes Engagement ...

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann seine 5 Lieblings-Retrospektiven.

Some teams struggle. They flounder in chaos, miss deadlines, and suffer from constant firefighting. Eventually, the pain becomes unbearable, and they take action—hiring an agile coach, changing their approach, or even replacing key team members. Other teams just get by. They hit their deadlines (so...

In this webinar, Magdalena Firlit, PST and Patricia Kong, Product Owner of Learning at Scrum.org offer tips on how to negotiate with internal stakeholders and also partners external to your organization. Topics include negotiating budget, managing conflict, dealing with stakeholder expectations and ...

Scrum Masters as change agents, often face challenges in becoming effective in their accountability. The reasons behind this can vary, but changes are inherently difficult. People resist change, consciously or unconsciously, and change agents face these challenges on personal, team and organisationa...

Your organization works exactly as it was designed to work. The results you get—good or bad—are not by chance. They come from the way your teams are set up, the people you hire, the decisions you make, and the processes you follow. It might or might not be what you intended, but it is what your desi...

In vielen Teams wird der Fokus daraufgelegt, dass jedes Mitglied „beschäftigt“ ist und seine Aufgaben möglichst unabhängig erledigt. Doch ist das wirklich der beste Weg zu großartigen Ergebnissen? Alternativen wie Swarming, Pair-Programming und Mob-Programming werden oft als ineffizient abgetan, d...

In diesem Artikel beschreibt PST Simon Flossmann, wie Scrum Master mit Facilitation gängige Problem lösen.

The only purpose of doing Scrum is to create a DONE Increment. To get to a DONE Increment, quality is key. In Scrum Teams Definition of Done enables transparency around quality and releasability of the Increment. However, more often than not the Definition of Done stops at meeting acceptance criteri...

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Every great product starts with a simple idea: solving a problem in a way that matters to people and businesses alike. But what exactly defines a product—and what doesn’t?

Los Scrum Master líderes que sirven al desarrollo del equipo Scrum a la vez que protegen una cultura basada en los valores de Scrum para ayudar a maximizar la entrega de valor. Los Scrum Masters efectivos trabajan de muchas maneras para mejorar la adopción de Scrum buscando crear confianza y un crec...

Scrum - when done well - actually promotes even greater accountability than waterfall, because the Scrum team is accountable for value delivery. And great Scrum teams measure - and reflect upon - customer outcomes so that they can adjust course and improve their ability to deliver value.

You can't force a team to improve; instead, create the conditions where they want to. Improvement must come from within, and your role as a Scrum Master, leader, or manager is to make that journey possible. In this article, I'll share questions to reflect on and offer tangible recommendations to get...

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, wie du in 5 Schritten ein Produkt-Ziel definieren kannst.

Surfing holds surprising lessons that correlate to leadership in business and all aspects of life. Today's lesson is about measuring success in complex, unpredictable, and rapidly changing environments.

Struggling with cross-product initiative ownership? Imagine turning complex, strategic bets into streamlined successes with visionary leadership. Discover how product-oriented initiative owners drive outcomes, foster collaboration, and transform challenges into growth opportunities across teams and ...

Many organizations hesitate to hire a dedicated Scrum Master for various reasons, but can Scrum still work without one? Find out in this video with PSTs Robert Pieper, Greg Crown, and Jason Malmstadt.

What is Design Thinking? Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.* Design Thinking does not have a single definition, it has evolved ...

PashaPay, a leading Azerbaijani fintech, faced challenges with misalignment, transparency, and adaptability in product development. By adopting the Creating Agile Organizations (CAO) approach and Professional Scrum, they restructured their teams, introduced shared goals, and empowered leadership to ...

Leverage the Taskade AI tool to upgrade your Estimation process. It is like a Scrum Team member with a lot of knowledge with which you can have meaningful conversations. So, try it.

An Increment in Scrum must be both useful and usable to deliver value. Explore the differences between these two key qualities, why they matter, and how your Scrum Team can ensure every Increment solves real problems and is ready to be leveraged by users.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave is joined by Yuval Yeret and Darrell Fernandes to answer key questions on Agile product portfolio management from a recent webinar. (44:42 Minutes)

PSTs Simon Flossmann and Stas Pavlov tackle listener questions about the challenges they are facing with their Product Backlog in this (recorded) live and interactive session. (1:00:56 hour)

Ser un desarrollador efectivo no consiste únicamente en escribir código. Las habilidades para resolver problemas de manera colaborativa y mejorar de manera continua son fundamentales.

Warum „Done“ das Herzstück von Scrum ist In Scrum ist „Done“ weit mehr als nur ein Begriff—es ist das zentrale Konzept, das sicherstellt, dass ein Produktinkrement tatsächlich einsatzbereit ist. Ohne eine klare Definition of Done (DoD) ist empirisches Arbeiten in Scrum unmöglich, da Transparenz, I...

So bringen Sie Ihr Produkt-Backlog zur Maximierung der Wertschöpfung für Kunden und Organisation in Ordnung.

In diesem Artikel teilt PST Simon Flossmann seine beste 3 Workshop-Energizer.

Scrum has been around for almost 30 years now yet there are so many misconceptions about what needs to be done and how it can be done effectively. Even today, as I coach and consult many teams I often see that the purpose of events is mostly lost. And people simply go through the motions, probably t...

On this episode of the Women in Agile podcast, Emily Lint sits down with Paula Susman to discuss people managers and agile transformations; what is and is not necessary as an Agilist to help managers transform and how do you set yourself and managers or leaders up for success in the long run to let ...

Product operating model transformations frequently fall short of expectations, often due to hasty implementation, overemphasis on processes, and insufficient preparation. This whitepaper examines the root causes of these challenges and identifies four key indicators of a struggling transformation: p...

An online version of The Evidence-Based Management Guide

Many Scrum Masters struggle to coach Product Owners beyond the bounds of the Scrum Guide. This guide offers a practical 30-day approach to building core product management context.

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi shares an overview on Evidence-Based Management to measure effectiveness in an organisation, regardless of whether they're using Scrum or Kanban.

Ordering a Product Backlog ensures that every step taken, every backlog item worked, is a step towards delivering value, satisfying stakeholders, and making the best use of the team's capabilities.

Management by exception is the idea that we should manage the things that are off track, rather than giving focus to things that are going well. In the context of the Daily Scrum, this could be done by asking open ended questions intended to find out if there are any issues that need to be discusse...

What gets measured gets managed. But setting OKRs isn't enough. The flow and traction of OKRs need to be managed as well - otherwise, you'll find yourself in the OKR swamp. Using an OKR Kanban can help you both see the swamp and improve the flow and traction of OKRs.

How to Align Teams with Stakeholders, and Finally Fix Your Product Backlog.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, 5 Problem die Scrum Teams langsam machen.

Surfing holds surprising lessons that correlate to leadership in business and all aspects of life. Today's lesson is about learning through intentional practice.

In Cascais last year at our trainer meetup, we asked, "What are the principles of CAO?" Initially, we saw the Guides in the book as potential principles, but the question stayed with me... Now, back in Cascais for some remote work, I’ve distilled those guides into these principles. Here they are:

In Scrum, a valuable Increment delivers meaningful outcomes to users, not just features. Explore how value is subjective, how to understand your users’ needs, and why releasing frequently is key to ensuring your Increment truly moves toward the Product Goal.

In this Scrum.org Community Podcast episode, our host Dave West speaks with Bilal Alawiye, Agile Coach Lead at Sanofi’s Accelerator, and Stephen Sykes, co-founder of Scrum Match. Bilal shares how Sanofi’s Accelerator transformed its approach to Scrum Mastery. (41:19 Minutes)

Diese Frage höre ich oft, und meine Antwort lautet immer: "Nein und Ja." Warum das so ist, erkläre ich in meinem Blog-Post. Zwar sollte das Scrum Framework laut Scrum Guide eigentlich nicht verändert werden—genau wie man beim Schach die Regeln befolgen muss, um Schach zu spielen. Doch in der Praxi...

In diesem Artikel gibt PST Simon Flossmann angehenden Scrum Mastern Tipps, wie sich sich auf ihre Arbeit vorbereiten können.

Discover how Sanofi's Accelerator leveraged ScrumMatch to find and hire the ideal Scrum Master.

Leverage AI tools in your day-to-day work and move to a new level of Scrum Mastery.

The Scrum framework is simple, with just enough - but not too much - structure to enable teams to collaborate around value delivery in complex environments. The problem is that a lot of teams add unnecessary complexity to the Scrum framework itself, which results in a lot of wasted effort. Here are ...