How small is too small for a Scrum team? In this video, Professional Scrum Trainers Robb Pieper, Greg Crown, and Jason Malmstadt go over how small is too small and how you can be effective with a small Scrum Team.

Not all stakeholders are the same. To be a great Product Owner, you must understand their needs and segment them accordingly. Tune in to this episode as Jeff and Mike share strategies in ways Product Owners can manage and build relationships with their stakeholders, delivering more value with less f...

In this video, Martin delves into the intricate world of Agile, specifically focusing on the concept of special sprints like Sprint zeros, refactoring sprints, and bugfix sprints. 🔄 He challenges the notion that these sprints enhance Agile practices, calling them 'Agile banditry'. Join us as we expl...

A self-managing team is a fundamental part of effectivity. How can your Product Owner support this? Check it out!

Leaders often refrain from delegating due to perceived risks, such as the fear of negative consequences for customers or the company. There is a more nuanced and risk-aware approach using the "Delegation Tree." Effective delegation is a skill that requires continuous refinement and collaboration wit...

During this article, we’ll look at some basics about the Definition of Done (DoD). We’ll explore misunderstandings such as the application of the DoD, ways to use a fully achievable DoD and avoid creating a waterfall approach, when to inspect and adapt the DoD, and an example starting point for you...

In this Scrum Tapas video, she talks about experimentation in lean product development, what to avoid when it comes to experimenting and what makes a good experiment. (5:51 Minutes)

In this Scrum Tapas Video, PST Joanna Plaskonka talks about the significance of adopting a lean approach to product development, emphasizing the pursuit of truth throughout the process. She underscores that the journey is not binary—either delivering a product or not—but involves multiple steps to d...

In this video, PST Joanna Plaskonka explains the agile principle of simplicity. She revisits its meaning and how she relates it to work, and also what it teaches us when it comes to investing your effort to deliver greater value. (3:00 Minutes)

Some ideas stand the test of time, such as the value of cross-functional teams in new product development.

In this fascinating talk from the Hands On Agile Meetup, Maarten Dalmijn introduced the concept of humble planning and why it’s crucial for succeeding with an Agile way of working and building products of exceptional value.

Product Owners have a unique place on a Scrum Team but if their value is misunderstood you may not see the benefits. How do you advocate the value of a Product Owner to an organization that’s really new at using Scrum to increase business agility? In this video PST's, Robert Pieper, Greg Crown, and ...

Habits are easy to continue, but hard to change. How does Scrum help us form habits that are unnatural to us? Check out this blog to learn more.

Some well-intentioned practices sound reasonable, but a closer examination reveals potential pitfalls that can compromise the Agile manifesto principles or the Scrum guide's underlying Empiricism. By understanding the rationale behind these practices and exploring their drawbacks, teams can foster a...

Mastering the art of breaking down large Product Backlog items (PBIs) into smaller, manageable units is a crucial competency for every Product Owner. In this article, we delve into several effective strategies for slicing PBIs, complete with illustrative examples to guide you through the process.

Focus on improving your Scrum game in 2024 with one of these five resolutions to enhance collaboration within your team and deliver value sooner to your customers.

A self-managing team is a fundamental part of being effective. How can your Sprint Backlog support this? Check it out!

In this video, Martin discusses the essence of Scrum, focusing on empiricism and complexity. 🚀 He sheds light on why understanding these principles is vital for successful project management and team empowerment. 🌟 He also addresses the need for teams to choose their own methodologies and the import...

The Sprint Goal is essential for maintaining focus, collaboration, alignment, motivation, adaptability, transparency, and progress measurement, ultimately leading to more successful Sprint outcomes.

A short introduction about how you can make working with value more practical as a Product Owner.

The objective of a Scrum Team is to deliver value to customers and stakeholders. Product Value actively drives customer satisfaction, loyalty, brand reputation, and the longevity of a business by providing customers with benefits that satisfy their needs.

How does a Scrum Team know when there's more product value to pursue? This piece answers how as well as some techniques.

How does a Scrum Team know when they've delivered enough product value? This information is especially important in managing the life cycle of a product.

Teams deliver value to customers by releasing product Increments. Customers use product Increments to achieve outcomes that they find valuable. Evidence-Based Management (EBM) expresses this value using a concept called Current Value to refer to the outcomes that a user of a product is able to achie...

A product is valuable in three ways.It helps a customer achieve something that they want to achieve, some positive outcome that they desire. (e.g. satisfied and happy customers)It creates a positive impact for the business in money terms when customers use it. (e.g increases in revenue, profit, and ...

Product Value is the benefit that a product provides to a customer to increase their satisfaction and needs. It can also be considered as the benefit that the organization gains from the product represented in terms of money, or benefit to society. When a team and organization deliver value, they ar...

A self-managing team is a fundamental part of effectivity. How can your Product Backlog support this? Check it out!

A product is a vehicle for delivering value, meaning valuable outcomes, to customers.Outcomes are experiences that help the customer to achieve, or at least make progress toward, a goal that they value.The word "product" encompasses a broad range of solutions that organizations can use to deliver va...

In the world of lean product development and Product Ownership, it is important to have a Product Backlog to be minimal, but sufficient. In this Scrum Tapas video, PST Martin Hinshelwood discusses the concept of a Product Backlog being a lean inventory and how a minimal backlog creates focus and gen...

When Product Owners craft roadmaps in isolation - without consulting the Developers -  the result can be a 'pie in the sky' or unrealistic plan that jeopardizes the very essence of Scrum.

Empiricism, particularly in Product Ownership and Scrum Mastery, is a cornerstone for fostering effective, adaptive, and customer-centric product development.

In this video, Professional Scrum Trainer Simon Reindl, draws comparisons from science and experimentation to lean product development. (5:02 Minutes)

In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Ralph Jocham discusses how vertical slicing of Product Backlog Items and being in line with the Sprint Goal is beneficial to Scrum Teams. (2:42 Minutes)

In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Ralph Jocham talks about the complementary practice of Just in Time Requirements Engineering and Lean UX and how they can help Product Owners have effective requirements documentation. (4:24 Minutes)

Myths can hold us back from our highest potential by creating confusion and misdirection. In this article, we will debunk 10 common myths about Scrum. Now, I'm not saying that chaos dragons are real, but I am saying that Scrum is not chaos.

A product is a tangible or intangible offering that fulfils a need or desire. It has a customer, who benefits from it, a buyer, who pays for it, and a producer, who receives a benefit in return.

Decorate your team space with this poster. It tells you exactly what you need to do when you are confronted with Zombie Scrum!

Scrum is an excellent framework for solving complex problems and delivering value in an incremental, iterative, and adaptable way. But are there limitations or gaps in Scrum, and if so, what are they? Spoiler alert: Scrum won’t solve all your problems. In this Scrum Lightning Round, PST's Robb Piepe...

Product Owners make many decisions that shape the value that their product delivers. In this video, we share 5 tips Product Owners can use to help them make more effective decisions. (3:38 Minutes)

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community podcast, host Dave West is joined by Olga Rownanyk, a Product Owner at Shell and John Coleman, a Professional Scrum Trainer. Olga shares insights into agility and culture at a large scale organization, talks about her Product Ownership journey at Shell invo...

by Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham - Whatever your role in product management or agile development may be, this guide will help you deliver products that offer more value, more rapidly, and more often.

Product owners, managers, and team leads will find this guide indispensable along with Agile/Scrum coaches, consultants, and executives wanting to generate more value from product management across the organization.

By Simon Reindl and Stephanie Ockerman - This book is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. Leading Scrum practitioners Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl draw on years of Scrum training and coaching to help you return to first principles and apply Scrum w...

Professional Scrum Trainers Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller explore how dependencies can impact the ordering of Product Backlog Items on today's episode of Your Daily Scrum.

Create focus for your team and get more done by breaking down work. In this episode, Jeff and Mike explore the transformative impact of aligning teams to a Product Vision and creating incremental goals that bring your product toward that vision.

A Product Owner works to maximize the value of their product with the rest of the Scrum Team. To be effective in this accountability, a Product Owner must be strategic and resilient. They possess a combination of communication and analytical skills that allows them to drive a clear vision, make deci...

A Product Owner is the member of the Scrum Team that is accountable for “maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team.”The Scrum Team as a whole is accountable for creating a valuable product, specifically “for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint.” It’...

In this Scrum Tapas video, PST Simon Reindl talks about being ruthless when it comes to delivering value and how the focus of product development and lean practices should be on delivering value. (4:04 Minutes)

In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Simon Reindl walks through the Kano Model and how it helps you focus on value and customer delight when it comes to lean product development. (5:20 Minutes)

Product Backlog refinement is a very important practice for Product Backlog Management. Often times, Ordering and Prioritization often get confused. In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Oscar Styf shares how these practices should be used. (4:17 Minutes)