In the Scrum Guide, “state” does not mean a vague status update. It means the current condition of the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and Increment at a particular moment in time.

In the last post we established transparency over the amount of work a team has in hand. We put together what was essentially a "To Do" list -- "To Do", "Doing", and "Done" -- and gained an understanding of what it means to be working on something "right now". The next step is to tighten all of this...

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, warum Konflikte IT-Teams ihre besten Entwickler kosten.

What AI has finally exposed about individuals and interactions

Unsere Expert*innen Joachim Pfeffer und Jean Pierre Berchez teilen ihre Erfahrungen aus über 25 Jahren Begleitung von Hardware-Teams bei der agilen Transformation und zeigen Dir, wie Du den Übergang Schritt für Schritt gestalten kannst. Lass Dich inspirieren und entdecke, wie auch Deine Teams von k...

Most Agile coaches build their careers inside large organizations — but what happens when a new opportunity calls from an unexpected direction? Scrum.org CEO, Dave West, sits down with Marina Alex, an AI & modern management expert and Founder of The SWAY Academy, who answered that call.

The rise of AI-enabled Scrum Teams has fueled debate over Sprint Length, with some proposing daily Sprints due to AI's high productivity. However, shortening Sprints or broadening goals must prioritize human and organizational constraints over raw output. Key considerations include the limited Avail...

In this blog, David Spinks discusses the importance of true stakeholder collaboration, and why using tools like a stakeholder map may not be enough to achieve it.

Scrum is no longer a specialist competency, but a fundamental literacy for anyone who wants to work in a collaborative, modern workplace. Let's review 8 powerful triggers that force people to learn Scrum.

Many teams blame the Daily Scrum when it starts feeling repetitive, pointless, or performative. But the meeting is usually not the real issue. The real issue is weak transparency: the team cannot clearly see what is true, what threatens the Sprint Goal, and what should change today.

Most teams “do Scrum.” Few see real ROI. Here’s how Scrum drives growth by cutting costs, accelerating delivery, and aligning work with customer value, plus practical tactics you can apply immediately by PST Robb Pieper.

In this blog, I want to discuss a powerful phrase that has come up in my interviews and research: AI is the next printing press. The analogy is powerful because, just as the printing press turned knowledge from a scarce luxury into an abundant product, AI and automation are acting as a "cognitive pr...

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West sits down with Tomasz Maj, Head of Product Ops at Odevo, to explore how a rapidly growing property management giant is navigating the AI revolution. (51:36 Minutes)

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...

“Receiving” doesn’t mean watching your Sprint Review. It means living with what you ship. If your transparency only serves the builders, you get surprises: tickets, escalations, workarounds.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Eric Naiburg, COO at Scrum.org  and Darrell Fernandes, Executive Advisor at Scrum.org continue to dive into how to make AI a true teammate in product development while answering questions from a recent webinar on the topic. (16:47 Minutes)

Scrum uses a “just in time” approach to meetings.

How we used Scrum to build a video course project successfully.

Your anxiety about AI is a signal, not a verdict. Instead, consider: What would remain of your professional value if you removed every framework name and certification from your resume? Whatever that is: Invest there.

AI is rewiring Scrum Teams. Smaller crews, faster experiments, TDD renaissance. But Scrum's core stays unchanged. Why empiricism wins in the AI era.

“Performing” in Scrum isn’t a role label. It’s a reality check: the people doing the work must see the real work, in real time, or they’ll guess and everyone else gets a prettier story.

Während die meisten agilen Praktiker noch über die Relevanz von KI diskutieren, habe ich sie einfach genutzt – über zwei Jahre hinweg, von einfachen Korrekturen bis hin zu autonomen KI-Agenten. Jede Phase lehrte mich, was die vorherige nicht konnte. Das Zeitfenster, diese Kompetenz aufzubauen, ist o...

Are Backlog Items traceable requirements as we know them from requirements engineering or are they something different?

This whitepaper by PST Rob van Lanen shares practical ways to get started with prompting, drawn from hands-on work and intended for direct application.

The window of opportunity to build your AI competence is open now, but it will not remain open indefinitely. Start acting.

To get quality output from AI, you should know how to communicate with it effectively. Let's check 10 ways together.

Transparency isn’t a Jira board. It’s when everyone reads the same reality from your artifacts. This post shows why low transparency quietly drives bad decisions and risk—and gives you simple checks to spot “multiple meanings”

In Part 2 of this Q&A series stemming from questions in the webinar, Managing Your AI Teammate, Eric Naiburg continues the conversation with Darrell Fernandes, diving deeper into how AI is reshaping the way Scrum Teams work. (21:32 Minutes)

I find that when people start to actually use Scrum, they often forget that they are supposed to be a team. They assign each individual a task or Product Backlog Item, and then that individual goes off and works on it alone.

Scrum Masters (at least in my part of the world) are often people seeking the transition to the role of a ‘Manager’ or a management position. However, when they land into this role amongst a highly technical team, they become clueless. This is because the one thing that they were moving away from be...

83% of Agile practitioners use AI, but most spend 10% or less of their time with it because they do not know where it fits. Learn more.

Struggling in a Scrum Master and Developer dual role? In this post by PST Robb Pieper, learn a 3-step framework to balance expertise with self-management, set technical guardrails, and build team independence.

Self-managing teams are how strategy comes to life. They’re also how organizations know when strategy needs to shift. In this article, we explore the building blocks of self-managing teams, what keeps organizations stuck, and practices that help.

Scrum events only work when they cause transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Many teams keep the events but quietly remove that cause — and then wonder why nothing changes. This post breaks down how Scrum turns into theatre, and how to spot it fast.

Release Notes are not documentation. They are part of your product’s conversation with the world. In this blog, you will learn how to write effective Release Notes.

"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.

Generative AI removes the natural constraint that expensive engineers imposed on software development. When building costs almost nothing, the question shifts from “can we build it?” to “should we build it?”

Using the AQAL model provides a sophisticated framework for Scrum Teams to diagnose why a team followed the rules of Scrum but still failed in the delivery.

AI has turned code ownership from a theoretical concern into a practical business risk. Developers assume they own AI generated software because they guided the process and shipped the product, but copyright law depends on human authorship, and much of that code may not qualify. This usually does no...

If you drive your car without a destination, you are NOWHERE at the end of the day. The Sprint Goal is the destination of your Sprint trip. You should learn how to effectively create it.

Scrum is everywhere, but too often it’s not delivering the results leaders expect. Join PSTs Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt of Responsive Advisors and Scrum.org as they unpack the most common reasons Scrum fails to deliver real value.

Self-managing teams with specialists and experts often fail quietly. The problem is not expertise. In this blog, PST Robb Pieper explains what actually breaks self-management and why most leaders miss it.

AI agents have long promised productivity gains, but until now, they demanded coding skills that most agile practitioners lack or are uncomfortable with. In this article, I share my first impressions on how Claude Cowork removes that barrier.

In my practice, I get the chance to talk to a lot of different individuals from many organizations. Here are some of the things that really stood out to me about 2025.

In vielen Unternehmen hängen die Werte und Prinzipien des Agilen Manifests (wenn überhaupt) irgendwo an der Wand – zwischen Vision-Statement und Kaffeeküche. Gelebt werden sie selten. Stattdessen wird Scrum eingeführt wie ein neues Prozesshandbuch: Meetings ersetzen Denken, Jira ersetzt Verantwortun...

Scrum talks about *adaptation*—but not the kind driven by opinions, pressure, or discomfort. True adaptation only happens after transparency and inspection. Without learning first, teams don’t adapt—they drift. This post challenges how Scrum Teams really use adaptation.

The Scrum Guide is short—but every word is packed with intent. In this series, we explore its language one post at a time, connecting each phrase to real-world professional Scrum practice. You’ll never look at “collective intelligence” or “relationships and interactions” the same way again.

What makes self-managing teams effective? And how are they also cost-effective? In this live Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer session, Professional Scrum Trainers Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt will leverage their experiences to tackle your toughest questions about the business impact of self-manag...