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If you’re leading Scrum Teams or generally are a leader in an organization that’s leveraging Scrum?

I have had the opportunity to work with some truly amazing teams that have achieved pretty amazing outcomes. One thing that every team has had in common is that, at one time, they were new to Scrum. When I engage with teams to discuss implementing the Scrum framework, they often raise potential impediments to adopting Scrum. Below are the five most common objections to Scrum and why they don’t hold any weight.

If you’ve ever wondered whether Scrum can work for hard deadlines, the answer is – yes!  Not only can Scrum work in these situations, but in my experience, using this agile framework increases the probability of meeting challenging  deadlines.

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?

A common trend among Scrum practitioners that learn about the Kata the first time is to build bridges to something familiar, in this case Scrum. We often hear similar questions such as "Is a Kata a Sprint?", or "How long is Kata?". For that reason, I have a put together a quick follow-up video to discuss the differences between Scrum and Kata.

We’ve already discussed the importance of decentralised command and decision-making in an earlier blog, outlining how managers need to be able to train, mentor and teach their teams.

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.

The pandemic has stimulated me to teach Scrum outside my home in the United States. I have been fortunate to collaborate with many diverse cultures worldwide.  I am also grateful to facilitate a team of very talented high-school students in my area. They implemented Scrum to build a real-world mobile application called "The Edge".

What's the Difference Between Scrum & Agile?

Lately, the scope of the Scrum Master has touched the heights, and every other person wants to land their hands on this. No doubt the Scrum Master role is in the spotlight and has also been named one of the top 10 most promising careers.

Many years ago, when I began working with clients on full-scale agile transformations (beyond the team-level or product perspective), I realized that organizations would benefit from a practice that help them experiment toward more agility. As a result, I crossed paths with the world of Kata.

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.

I'm encountering more and more people that are trying to solve different kind of problems with Scrum..

TheScrumMaster.co.uk has created The Simple Guide To Scrum – 1 Pager. A condensed and visual representation of Scrum on 1 page.

A real life Agile transformation story! You can download the free eBook!

Scrum is hard. To be more specific, learning Scrum is easy, using Scrum to develop complex products is hard.

A few years ago, I bumped into an ex-colleague of mine who was working with someone who I had also previously worked with - both of us were, or had been, a Scrum Master for this ex-colleague.

One of the most common questions I receive via the Contact Us page on TheScrumMaster.co.uk is – How can I get my first job as a Scrum Master?

Como sou um Trainer oficial da Scrum.org, recebo essa pergunta constantemente, e por isso resolvi colocar todos meu conhecimento nesse artigo.

"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. 

The Scrum Accountability Game is an interactive and fun game that you can play with others to reimagine the accountabilities in Scrum. Compatible with the new Scrum Guide 2020. Have fun! #scrumon

Scrum 2020 Poster and "Agile On" Sticker We are wrapping up a long Thanksgiving weekend in the United States with Cyber-Monday.

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

Scrum Framework poster (2020 update) by Scrum Facilitators #ScrumGuide2020 #Scrum

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.

This blog post talks about the addition of Commitments to each Artifact in the updated Scrum Guide.

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.

The 2017 version of the Scrum Guide states, "The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team." But what does value mean anyway?

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.

La agilidad provee un contexto para el aprendizaje continuo. Scrum a través del uso de Sprints, eventos y valores de Scrum crean un espacio para que ese aprendizaje pueda tener lugar.

In business, the quest for predictability is universal. We all want to grab hold of the reality we face everyday and, somehow, bend it to our will.

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.

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

Scrum es un marco flexible que ofrece muchas ventajas para el desarrollo de productos complejos, pero puede ser fácilmente mal interpretado. Justamente esa libertad puede llevar a distorsiones en su uso.

When we talk about Scrum for complex Product Development, it starts from Vision and Product Backlog.

In this blog, we’ll dive deeper into the topic: “Scrum Master vs Project Manager”. If you’re having a similar question about the Product Owner vs the Project Manager.

Openness is one of the 5 Scrum Values and in this blog post we want to take a closer look at this particular Scrum Value and how it relates to Agile Transformations when it is elevated from a Scrum Team level to an organizational level.

Earlier this year, I released the complimentary Scrum Poster with the goal to give Scrum Teams around the world a medium to see the Scrum Guide in visual form.

Some people just happen to learn more from short movie clips. And they can be a great way to bring some humor in. Also available as a Youtube Playlist.

Earlier this year, we had released the complimentary Scrum Poster and the response was way beyond positive. We love that teams around the world use the poster to make Scrum transparent.

Many thanks to attendees at my PAL-E workshop in London on 26-27 October who reviewed & debugged my change story for "what is organizational agility?"

Just to set the scene, I haven’t figured this out yet. I can tell you my story, in all its ugliness. It’s based on a real story, but it’s changed significantly from reality to protect the innocent. I hope you still find my account useful.

I often wonder about the Trustpilot reviews straight after a workshop. Did I entertain? Did I perform? Were attendees satisfied? Are attendees inspired? It matters. I just think it matters more if the workshop made a difference to the work lives of attendees. I can't take credit. The client does the hard yards.

I'd like to share another story with you... Thank you Paul and Charlie for sharing your story. It moved me and left me with huge smile on my face. 

Many Scrum Teams are not very familiar with the Scrum Values as described in the Scrum Guide, and if, they have their own interpretation of it. We have also met many teams that were able to name the values, but not many live by them.

I have my own biases,  having seen co-located teams work very well and having struggled with “dislocated” teams, I often recommend my clients to reconsider “dislocated” teams.