Welcome to Scrum Sutra — a series where I shall share a 2-min overview of each element of Scrum and how it connects with the other elements in the bead to form Scrum Sutra. Today, I shall talk about Sprint Backlog.

Let’s talk about Product Owners and Scrum Masters. Can they both be the same person? A very common question I hear is can a Scrum Master be a Product Owner and well the answer is a little bit nuanced so watch and find out!

Der Scrum Guide wurde im November 2020 aktualisiert. Mit unserem Vergleich des Scrum Guides 2017 und Scrum Guides 2020 erfahren Sie, wie sich Scrum verändert hat.

The theme of International Women's Day this year is Break the Bias. This theme calls on individuals to speak up against bias, stereotypes and discrimination. In Scrum, diversity is important for teams to thrive. Different perspectives, cultures, genders, races and backgrounds all add tremendous value in helping people and teams solve complex problems. In this discussion moderated by Patricia Kong, Professional Scrum Trainers Glaudia Califano, Reshma (Simran) Nagrani and Mica Syjuco breakdown what resonates with them regarding this theme of “Break the Bias” and then discuss how Scrum can help alleviate bias in their work as women in the Agile community and also in their personal lives.

TL; DR: Scrum Master Success — My Top-Nine Indicators How would you know that your Scrum Master is competent? What are indicators for Scrum Master success?

We all have strengths and weaknesses with the preferred stances of a Scrum Master. Like many of the teams we work with, being ‘key-shaped’ comes to mind – cross-skilled and competent at many things but having a deeper knowledge of certain stances more so than others.

Nicht nur Google, Amazon und Spotify verwenden sie, sondern auch viele andere erfolgreiche Produktorganisationen. Die Rede ist von Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

As part of a coaching certification programme that I am on we were discussing the difference between Ethics, Values and Morals.

What are the problems or negative consequences with making decisions by committees?

Scrum Values make the use of Scrum successful. How can these values bring more Transparency to your Sprint Backlog? Check it out!

Some people love certifications, others, not so much! I am firmly in the promoter camp when it comes to certification Let’s explore the arguments for and against. I freely admit to my bias in this evaluation.

Three simple retrospective formats based on the Liberating Structures "Conversation Cafe", "Troika Consulting", and "Discovery & Action Dialogue"

We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with all of the people who are suffering as a result of this violence. Over the past few days we have been working together with members of our community to decide on a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our intent is to stop the flow of economic transactions moving in and out of Russia.

In Kürze: Scrum Master Sabotage – 44 Beispiele aus der Praxis Eine meiner Lieblingsübungen aus meinen Professional Scrum Master-Kursen ist die Frage, wie als Mitglied des mittleren Managements am besten Scrum Master Sabotage betreibt.

With the rapid increase in the adoption of Scrum and other Agile frameworks over the past several years, I’m not surprised that a few misconceptions and myths about Scrum have surfaced.  While many more organizations embrace Scrum, many individual practitioners have not undertaken formal training.  It’s the perfect environment for misinformation and confusion.

Welcome to Scrum Sutra — a series where I shall share a 2-min overview of each element of Scrum and how it connects with the other elements in the bead to form Scrum Sutra. This bead is about Product Backlog.

In this highly engaging talk at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jimmy Janlén addresses the core element of “Agile,” it’s key to speed, innovation, and success: team autonomy. Learn more about its benefits, challenges, fears, and pains and what organizations can do to unleash it.

3 Do-it-yourself workshops to create, use, and improve your Definition of Done

Es war Weihnachten 2011. Wie in jedem Jahr verbrachten die Menschen die Feiertage im Kreis ihrer Familie und ihrer Liebsten und hielten diese Momente auf Fotos fest.

A learning model is a must to build a learning organization/team. Identifying and creating learning loops and cycles within the learning model is extremely important. In this article, I would like to share a learning model that I applied to the teams, helping them learn and develop.

El Manifiesto Ágil aún es relevante para proyectos de precio fijo No me canso de recordar un mis capacitaciones y consultorias que el Manifiesto Ágil aun sigue siendo relevante y más vigente que nunca.

“Carryover” is not a thing in Scrum, and I think we need to stop using that terminology. Because by giving it a special name, it gets normalized. Plus the term itself is misleading. In this post, I will talk about “carryover” really means and how to handle it.

I made it. Over the last years, I have spent some amount of time obtaining the highest of Agile Pokemon badges: the Professional Scrum Trainer. I have to admit this is one of the best moments in my career so far.

Scrum Values make the use of Scrum successful. How can these values bring more Transparency to your Product Backlog? Check it out!

If you are familiar with Scrum.org, you may associate the organization with Professional Scrum and/or Professional Scrum Training Courses and Certifications. Behind those hands-on training courses are highly qualified Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs), who go through a rigorous process to take their real world Scrum experience and create value for Scrum.org students. In several episodes of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, our host and Scrum.org CEO Dave West interviews Professional Scrum Trainers about their experiences that led to their becoming a PST and exploring what Professional Scrum means to them. In this episode, Dave interviews PST Reggie Gardner based in Utah, US about his experiences. (17:41 Minutes)

Summer Lawrence shares perspectives on professional coaching.

In Kürze: Product Owner Sabotage – 53 Beispiele aus der Praxis Eine meiner Lieblingsübungen aus meinen Professional Scrum Product-Owner-Kursen ist die Frage, wie als Mitglied des mittleren Managements am besten Product Owner Sabotage betreibt

The Product Owner is responsible for the ROI or return on investment. They represent the customer and the Product on which the scrum team is working.

A well-refined Product Backlog is essential for high-performing Scrum Teams.  Without it, teams will likely struggle to deliver a Done increment each Sprint.  But like all things in Scrum, we must have a balance.  So, how far out should the Product Backlog go?  

The role of leader is undergoing a seismic shift in our modern world. Career experiences have caused many of us to reconsider what leadership means. Leaders as gardeners is something worth considering.

Scrum Values were added to Scrum Guide in 2016. Values are what makes Scrum fully uncover it's potential. These values include Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, and Openness.

The 2020 Scrum Guide provides only the necessary guidelines within which teams use Scrum to deliver value. Sometimes, myths about the guidelines of the Scrum framework can result in teams adopting practices which do not add value to the Scrum Team. By exposing these myths, you can help accelerate the delivery of value for your team. In this webinar, Professional Scrum Trainer Mary Iqbal discusses some of the most common myths about Scrum and how to correct them!

One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. So, outsourcing the task to a bunch of outlaws is out of the question. Instead, you are only allowed to use practices that are culturally acceptable within your organization.

Cet article est la traduction française de l’article que j’ai publié le 14/02/2022 : https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/are-daos-future-agile-organization

A collection of powerful questions & opportunities to help your team reflect, learn, and improve, continuously.

Scrums größte Stärke ist dessen Einfachheit, welche aber auch die Quelle vieler Mythen und Fehlinterpretationen ist.

A case study highlighting the use of Scrum in a non-software organization: The Hong Kong medical branch of a large insurance company engaged with Ken Kwan, Professional Scrum Trainer to help them with their agile transformation with a focus on using the Scrum framework to improve their business processes, accelerate health insurance services capabilities and minimize cost. 

This is a talk by Professional Scrum Trainer Nisha Patel from Agility Today 2022. The talk focuses on the Journey of a developer in an Agile Organization. The use of comic character, Spiderman enlivened the entire presentation to a fun learning experience!!! (23:32 Minutes)

Es tentador imaginar un mundo en el que todos los proyectos a precio fijo se inicien sin plazos y continúen hasta que las partes interesadas decidan que se ha entregado suficiente valor. 

Scrum Values make the use of Scrum successful. How can you and your Team live these values during the entire Sprint? Check it out!

In this special episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer moderated by Patricia Kong, as a follow up to December's Ask a PST session, PSTs Kate Hobler, Rich Hundhausen and Jesse Houwing answer questions related to Scaling Scrum using the Nexus framework. They  provide insights on scaling Scrum. They answer questions about choosing a scaling framework, the Nexus Integration Team, managing dependencies and more!

The Agile Manifesto (penned in 2001) includes four values and 12 principles that describe a new approach to complex work. Agile is an umbrella term comprising a variety of frameworks and approaches to value delivery, including Scrum.  Previously, we discussed the 12 principles included in the Agile Manifesto and how they play out in the real world.  This week, we turn our attention to each of the manifesto’s four values. 

In Kürze: Ist eine Scrum Zertifizierung ein sinnvolle Investition? Brauchen Sie eine Scrum Zertifizierung, um gut in dem zu werden, was Sie als Scrum-Praktiker tun? Nicht unbedingt.

Welcome to Scrum Sutra — a series where I shall share a 3-min overview of each element of Scrum and how it connects with the other elements in the bead to form Scrum Sutra.

Hi everyone! The new podcast episode is out, this time featuring Steve Porter as a guest. We are talking about tough but fair exams, origins of the Nexus framework, complexity behind scaling Scrum and much more. Hope you'll enjoy listening to it and find it useful. Feel free to check previous episodes as well.

This is a recording of "Scrum Mastery - The Journey To Growth" by Reshma (Simran) Nagrani at AgilityToday 2022 Unconference. (25:50 Minutes)

In this video, Mark addresses the purpose of Sprint Goals and then explores the message that they are sending when it's hard to define a single Sprint Goal. This can help you ask better questions and steer your team toward higher value.

In my Professional Scrum Training and coaching sessions with teams, I’m often asked about how to navigate organizations’ centralized planification. In this article, I'll share an alternative to traditional organizations’ top-down structures - DAOs. We will discover what they are, how they support Scrum teams to better achieve their goals, and why this is a game changer.