This article argues that the tool on which 62% of agile teams rely is about to be demoted from knowledge authority to execution interface. We need to move from Jira to AI Agents.

Someone notices a problem. Should we knock it out now?

In this webinar, PST Stefan Wolpers introduces examples-first writing, a practical way to replace abstract rules with concrete scenarios. You will learn to write Product Backlog items using Given-When-Then examples, create outcome-focused Sprint Goals, and document decisions that last. The session w...

Multi‑functional teams don’t emerge from slogans like “learn and help each other”. They appear when structure, metrics, rewards and people practices stop punishing cross‑functionality and start deliberately supporting it.

Having a good conversation about the ordering of the Product Backlog comes down to great facilitation, and a good facilitator needs a toolkit. Here are six great facilitation approaches for encouraging debate and discussion on the content and ordering of the Product Backlog.

Product Owners can help manage dependencies through the content and ordering of the Product Backlog. And unfortunately, a lot of them have to spend a lot of time doing this, because their products are defined too narrowly as component teams.

When you limit work in progress, it makes pretty much everything from waterfall to Scrum better.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, wie Product Owner das Wunschkonzert in ihren Backlog beenden.

In this blog, I explain the motivation behind the creation of the new self-paced training course, "Effective Stakeholder Collaboration for Scrum Teams" that I created with Glaudia Califano and is endorsed by Scrum.org.

A practical way to leverage AI to increase the Sprint Planning effectiveness.

What makes a Sprint valuable? If at the end of the Sprint, the Scrum Team is able to meet the goal and stakeholders, users expectations. A Sprint is not just about delivering functionality, it is an opportunity to experiment and validate assumptions about what Value is being created or delivered. ...

in diesem Artikel teilt PST Simon Flossmann drei Fragen, die sich jedes Scrum Team stellen sollte, wenn ihr Product Backlog mehr als 100 Einträge hat.

"Technical Debt" is a big topic in the Professional Scrum. This article addresses a specific new pain point: AI generates code fast (increasing Velocity), but creates massive maintenance debt. This warns Scrum Teams against false velocity.

There’s an old expression, don’t gild the lily. It means to try not to over decorate something that’s already beautiful on its own. Sometimes I want to tell a Product Owner that I am working with not to gild the lily by overloading their requirements with solutions.

Eine User Story ist kein Mini-Pflichtenheft, sondern der Startpunkt für echte Zusammenarbeit. Ihr Wert entsteht nicht durch viele Worte, sondern durch Gespräche, Fragen und gemeinsames Verständnis. Warum weniger Schreiben oft zu besseren Ergebnissen führt, zeigt dieser Artikel.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann die am häufigsten übersehene Aufgabe eines Product-Owners

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West sits down with authors Sander Dur and Ryan Brook to explore their new book, The Anatomy of a Product—a practical field guide that uses the human body as a metaphor to demystify modern product management. (30:22 Minutes)

Scrum balances three forces—strategy, tactics, and risk—through the Vision, Product Goal, and Sprint Goal. The Product Goal bridges the gap between long-term vision and short-term execution, ensuring focus, alignment, and manageable risk in complex environments.

What manufacturing taught us about knowledge work — and why Ackoff knew we were asking the wrong questions

Experienced Scrum practitioners often reach a plateau where the mechanics are mastered, but the outcomes still feel constrained and inefficient. If you are comfortable with Scrum and ready to evolve your practice, consider an approach that reframes the Product Backlog and Sprint Planning around valu...

In diesem Artikel stellt PST Simon Flossmann 3 Fragen vor, die sich Product Owner viel zu selten stellen.

Scrum Teams don’t exist in a vacuum. The Scrum team's success—or failure—is heavily influenced by the broader organization around them.

In diesem Webcast zeigen dir die PSTs Peter Götz und Simon Flossmann, wie du als Product Owner Schritt für Schritt von einer inspirierenden Produktvision zu einem priorisierten Product Backlog gelangst, ohne das Vertrauen der Stakeholder zu verspielen.

When your backlog isn’t prioritized, even great teams can lose focus. In this blog, PST Jason Malmstadt explains how effective prioritization helps teams deliver faster, stay aligned, and build trust with stakeholders.

Pricing is a hypothesis about value, willingness-to-pay, and customer behavior. In this blog, we explore TAP’s pricing formula and show how Scrum Teams can run lightweight experiments, fake doors, A/B tests, and packaging trials, to validate pricing early. Treating pricing like backlog items ensures...

Defining product in Scrum is a fundamental choice. A narrow scope gives focus but risks local optimization. A broad scope brings adaptability and customer-centricity but may blur priorities and vision. The right balance turns Scrum into a true driver of business transformation.

User stories are one way to describe Product Backlog items, but too often they’re misused or forced into every situation. The original intent, from Extreme Programming, was about sparking collaboration through the 3 Cs: Card, Conversation, Confirmation, not filling in a rigid template. Scrum doesn’t...

El refinamiento es una práctica saludable en Scrum para mejorar la transparencia del Product Backlog y la entrega de valor. Hay muchas prácticas, técnicas y herramientas para llevarlas a cabo, sin embargo, su ejecución debe llevarse a cabo teniendo en consideración algunos aspectos que se muestran a...

This post unpacks what story point estimates really show -variance. A simple scatter plot reveals why chasing better estimates misses the point. Smaller, consistent work wins. Estimation isn’t the problem. The way we size work is.

In this article, we'll break down two of the most misunderstood yet powerful tools in the product toolbox: User Personas and User Role Modeling. These tools will help you create value-driven backlogs that reflect real user needs, not just business assumptions.

This blog covers the two techniques - Slicing and Splitting. Are they same? Are they different? When to use which?

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West and Brendan Mcsheffrey, Managing Partner at Kendall AI explore the Kendall Framework—a method for training AI using principles from lean, agile, and design thinking. (33:42 Minutes)

In this blog, author Ryan Brook shares a practical approach to launching new products by treating go-to-market as a learning process. He explains how using real customer insights, short Sprints, and Strategyzer’s Test and Learning Cards helps teams validate assumptions, reduce waste, and make smarte...

Ryan Brook explores how Scrum and the Double Diamond model complement each other in fostering innovation. By combining structured discovery with iterative delivery, teams can better frame problems, experiment safely, and deliver meaningful outcomes in complex environments.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann wie Undercover Scrum funktioniert.

Our Professional Scrum Trainers have worked to gather many of the questions that are asked by their students, the Scrum.org Forum and other places to provide answers to your Frequently Asked Questions about Scrum. How do we handle spill-over between Sprints?There is no spill-over (or carry-over) of ...

AI is transforming product management across the entire Planning Onion, from vision to validation. Learn how AI enhances market analysis, backlog prioritization, and customization while rethinking technical debt. Discover how the Model Context Protocol and AI code generation are revolutionizing how ...

It may be tempting to push the team to deliver more by overloading the Sprint with extra work. But don’t do it! One of Scrum’s core values is focus, and that value exists for a reason. A team that focuses on delivering a reasonable amount of work will accomplish more than one that tries to take on e...

En este artículo, el PST Alex Ballarín explica como escribir buenos criterios de aceptación para entender y validar las historia de usuario.

Some teams are obsessed with documenting everything. They create tickets for tracking time, logging meetings, or even planning how to plan. They think they’re being transparent. In reality, they’re just adding layers of clerical work that don’t actually help deliver value.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann die 3 größten Refinement-Probleme

Learn more about how to embrace the alignment-to-value pipeline and create your product operating model.

In this blog, PST Joshua Partogi shares his insights on the mechanisms in Scrum for handling urgent requests from stakeholders.

Product Backlog Management is challenging. Imagine you’re a Product Owner with a backlog of 300+ items. Stakeholders keep adding requests, developers feel lost in prioritisation, and every refinement session is a painful, drawn-out discussion. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. If you have e...

Rigid, long-term forecasts stifle agility and increase risk, but figuring out how to do shift to agile forecasting is challenging. We'll explore for core practices that enable agility through adaptable investment decisions: re-forecasting, decreasing precision, bracketing, and aligning forecasts wit...

Find ways of understanding and increasing value by imagining you are about to pitch your product to a demanding investor

The only reason for a Product Owner to exist is to maximize the value of the Product. One of the ways a Product Owner can accomplish this is by ensuring that most valuable items remain at the top of the Product Backlog and the Product Goal underscores their importance. So, how does the Product Owner...

PSTs Simon Flossmann and Stas Pavlov tackle listener questions about the challenges they are facing with their Product Backlog in this (recorded) live and interactive session. (1:00:56 hour)

So bringen Sie Ihr Produkt-Backlog zur Maximierung der Wertschöpfung für Kunden und Organisation in Ordnung.

Ordering a Product Backlog ensures that every step taken, every backlog item worked, is a step towards delivering value, satisfying stakeholders, and making the best use of the team's capabilities.