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On a recent episode of Your Daily Scrum: Professional Scrum Trainers Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley address a common criticism of Scrum: Scrum isn't really agile, it's a command and control framework!

I have recently started down the path of certification with Co-Active Coaching as I wanted to improve my coaching skills; to know more about what great coaching looks like, to immerse myself in a community that will help me improve my abilities and to have credibility in my own mind about my own skills.

Heeeey. What's good this week awesome people? I hope you are well and keeping safe. During the recent lockdown in Brisbane I created a video about how Professional Scrum team plan their Sprints with Kanban.

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM:  Is the Scrum Master Role an Entry Level Job?

Hey. What's happening awesome people? I hope you are having an awesome week. Ever since the Scrum Guide was updated in November 2020 and the Product Goal has been introduced, I have worked with several Scrum teams in early 2021 to connect their Objective Key Results with the Product Goal.

Pourquoi cet article de blog ? Une question qui revient souvent en formation est : comment utiliser Scrum pour une équipe de plus de 11 personnes ?

Scrum e il principio di unicità risponde ad una domanda che capita spesso in formazione: come usare Scrum per un team di più di 11 persone?

I'm slightly uniquely placed in that I am a Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Trainer and Scrum Coach, as well as being a Rugby Coach, and as such I've always been intrigued by the name Scrum...

Quand nous devons résoudre des problèmes complexes, nous avons besoin de liberté (de pensée, expérimenter, etc…) pour apprendre le plus rapidement possible.

When people form a Scrum Team they have to figure out how to become a real team, rather than a collection of individuals. The Scrum Team Charter Canvas is a helpful tool to facilitate Scrum Team formation.

Complaining is like releasing gas. It’s a natural occurrence. Everyone does it. But no one wants someone else to do it next to them. How to complain less and do more by Sahin Guvenilir.

How to become a Scrum Master – 5 Simple Steps! So you read the blog about What is a Scrum Master and you’re ready to start your journey! Great job!

Have you ever noticed people keep talking about things, but they've not aligned with what their words mean? I have seen agility measured as the number of "agile teams" and the "number of training attendees" more often than I like to admit.

Les éléments associés à Scrum sont des outils, des pratiques et plus généralement des "tactiques de jeu", qui ne sont pas obligatoires en Scrum et se sont révélées utiles au fil du temps.

QU'EST CE QU'UN SPRINT BACKLOG ? Le Sprint Backlog est composé du Sprint Goal (le pourquoi faire), de l'ensemble des éléments du

Sind mehrere Product Owner nötig, um Scrum effektiv zu skalieren? Nein.  Dass in skalierter Produktentwicklung mehrere Product Owner von Nöten sind, ist ein weit verbreiteter Irrglaube. Dieser Beitrag räumt mit diesem Irrglauben auf. Wird die Product Owner Rolle durch mehrere Personen skaliert, führt es zu Wertminimierung, steigendem Risiko und unnötiger Verlängerung der Time to Market. Es ist somit eine ineffektive Art, Product Ownership zu skalieren.

On today's episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: Can one person be both the Scrum Master and Product Owner on a Scrum Team?

Many teams are struggling with delivering modern software because they are not building with Test First Principles. Test First gives us the assurance that we have built the correct thing, that what we built is what the customer asked for and that when we change things we don’t break anything inadvertently.

"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"

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. 

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.

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.

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

In the 2020 Scrum Guide, the Definition of Done is created by the Scrum Team. In previous versions of the Scrum Guide, this responsibility was explicitly owned by the Development Team. I will explain the intention of the change and what it means for Scrum Teams.

In the 2020 Version of the Scrum Guide, the commitments were introduced for each artifact. These then became an element of Scrum; in that they need to be used to gain the maximum value that the Scrum Framework offers. They were always part of a Professional Scrum approach, now there is a clear connection of these commitments to the artifacts. They increase transparency, and the focussed delivery of Value. Each of the commitments now clearly support and sustain an artifact.

Scrum Guide 2020 Poster After yesterday's Scrum Guide 2020 launch event by Ken and Jeff, I am excited to announce the release of the new Scrum 2020 poster.

Professional Scrum Trainer, Sahin Guvenilir, discusses measuring value, improving outcomes, and using the best available evidence to decide the next steps against a Strategic Goal.

Heute, am 18. November 2020, pünktlich zum 25. Geburtstag von Scrum, haben Ken Schwaber und Jeff Sutherland den Scrum Guide aktualisiert.  Um eines gleich vorwegzunehmen: Scrum bleibt Scrum. Ein einfaches Rahmenwerk, welches es Teams ermöglicht, mit der Arbeit an komplexen Problemen zu beginnen. Und der Scrum Guide 2020 ändert daran nichts.  Einige Dinge sind jedoch neu und denen widmen wir uns jetzt. 

Doing Scrum is not enough! The precious result will not be achieved just by understanding and following the rules and principles of the Scrum Framework. Every day organisations are starting and failing with business agility, praise and blame Scrum.

Une Sprint Rétrospective est une opportunité, pour l'équipe Scrum, d'inspecter le déroulement du Sprint et créer un plan d'amélioration à adopter lors du prochain Sprint.

La Sprint Review est l'événement au cours duquel l'Équipe Scrum et les parties prenantes (invitées par le Product Owner) se retrouvent pour inspecter l'Incrément et adapter le Product Backlog.

Le Daily Scrum est un évènement quotidien qui a pour but d'inspecter la progression vers le Sprint Goal et adapter le Sprint Backlog si nécessaire. C'est un time-box de 15 minutes.

El compromiso del equipo de desarrollo durante el Sprint es lograr el Sprint Goal y con ello el impacto en los clientes y en el negocio. El éxito del Sprint está asociado al logro de este objetivo y a los cambios en el comportamiento de los clientes que se puede provocar con el uso del producto.

The Sprint Review is not just a "Demo" or a presentation, it is a collaboration of the Scrum Team with the stakeholders from the business.

Scrum Master aufgepasst! Der Sprint beginnt nach dem Sprint Planning. Handelt es sich hierbei um einen Scrum Mythos oder Fakt?

Le Sprint Planning est le premier évènement d'un Sprint. Son objectif est de collaborer à la planification du travail à effectuer durant le Sprint.

Was denkst Du, handelt es sich hierbei um einen Mythos oder um einen Fakt? Die Antwort erfährst Du in meinem Scrum Mythen und Fakten Check.

Scrum prescrit cinq événements, le Sprint en est le coeur et le conteneur de tous les autres. Il a une durée d'au maximum un mois, ou moins, au cours de laquelle un Incrément de produit...

L'équipe Scrum est autogéré et pluridisciplinaire. Elle est composée de trois rôles avec des responsabilités clairement définies :

When I first became a Scrum Master, I heard the phrase assume positive intent over and over again. And it really resonated with me.

Pour bien comprendre les fondations de Scrum, nous partons du postulat que nous créons et maintenons des systèmes complexes : un système informa

Scrum est un cadre de travail dans lequel les personnes peuvent résoudre des problèmes adaptatifs complexes, tout en fournissant de manière productive et créative des

"Scrum and Organizational Design in practice" is my contribution to 

It’s interesting how we sometimes accept some rules without questioning them at all, and how some other times we try to bend them to suit our needs.

How much have you scored this year? My parents asked this question twice a year throughout my schooling. I was well prepared to ask the same questions to my son, but school cheated me. Have you had a similar past? If yes, then you will understand why I call it a generation gap issue.

Executives: there are many reasons for agility. You already know this.

Scrum is a straightforward framework to develop complex software products in a complex environment but hard to practice.

Scrum Master's role is unique, and comparing with any traditional roles will limit our thinking and exploring a beautiful journey of servant leadership.

A few weeks ago, I had a wonderful conversation with Diana Larsen on Agile FM, and it did not come as a surprise, that the topic of retrospectives came up. Diana is the co-author of the book Agile Retrospectives , which has been very influential in many agile careers, including mine. 

As an active agile Scrum Consultant and Professional Scrum Trainer, I am constantly helping a large number of agile teams. Unsurprisingly all the teams I am supporting are experimenting with different ways to make remote working, work!