Scrum in the Age of AI: Empowering Teams While Preserving Empiricism

Wednesday February 18, 2026 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)

Generative AI is transforming knowledge work, creating new opportunities to empower Scrum Teams while introducing fresh challenges. In this Scrum Pulse webinar—based on the joint paper with EPAM Systems: Scrum in the GenAI Era: Balancing Speed, Empathy, and Ethics— Michelle Midboe, Director, AI Consulting, EPAM Systems and Eric Naiburg, COO of Scrum.org explore how Scrum’s core principles of transparency, inspection, and adaptation evolve in an AI-accelerated world. 

You’ll discover how AI empowers the Scrum Team and enhances team effectiveness by improving forecasting, backlog ordering, and risk awareness, and how automating routine tasks frees Scrum Teams to focus on innovation, learning, and stakeholder engagement. We’ll also examine why AI-driven speed does not equal Agility, and why maintaining the human element is essential to ensure quality, ethics, and empiricism. 

Join us to learn how to harness the power of AI to elevate your Scrum Team’s capability while preserving the human-centered foundations that make Scrum effective.