In this blog post PST Joshua Partogi shares how to map Agile Leaders maturity to the metrics they emphasise.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West is joined by Dr. Alan Brown—professor, executive advisor, and expert in AI and digital technologies—to explore how Agile teams can adapt and thrive in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. (44:58 minutes)

When a company tries to be product-, customer-, and operations-focused at the same time, it loses clarity and energy. Mixed strategic focuses create internal conflict, slow innovation, and weaken real competitive advantage.

Die agile Welt spaltet sich in zwei Lager: Diejenigen, die davon überzeugt sind, dass KI die Praktiker aus der Welt schaffen wird, und diejenigen, die KI als eine weitere Modeerscheinung abtun. Beide liegen falsch.

Artificial intelligence promises to supercharge software development, but it introduces a critical paradox: the ability to build the wrong thing with perfect efficiency is now greater than ever. This article delves into why human-centric frameworks like Scrum are not becoming obsolete, but are inste...

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.

Taking a leaf out of fellow PST Sander Dur’s recent post, I would like to explore if Product Ownership and Product Management are mutually exclusive or inclusive. I personally like his analogy that the Product Owner and the Product Manager are just two different t-shirts. Now, different people have ...

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.

The Agile world is splitting into two camps: Those convinced AI will automate practitioners out of existence, and those dismissing it as another crypto-level fad. Both are wrong.

Scrum doesn’t guarantee predictability or remove risk. It helps you optimize both—if you treat it as an approach, not a process checklist. Discover how to make Scrum lead you somewhere meaningful.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West and Dimitrios Dimitrelos, Business Agility Lead, Accenture Greece, PST, explore the powerful role incentives play in Agile transformations and the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM). (41:34 Minutes)

Many companies water down the Scrum Master by splitting the accountability across teams, making it a side hustle, or rotating it each Sprint. It feels efficient but strips away the very impact that makes Scrum work. The Scrum Master isn’t about booking meetings, being a Jira jockey, or tracking velo...

This article introduces four perspectives for structuring product groups and teams: frequency, criticality/uncertainty, operational dependencies, and cost of delay. Together, they help define the right scope of product groups and balance autonomy with efficiency.

Warum Produktspezialisten in die strategische Irrelevanz schlafwandeln, wenn grundlegende KI-Risiken ignoriert werden.

AI is tremendously helpful in the hands of a skilled operator. It can accelerate research, generate insights, and support better decision-making. But here’s what the AI evangelists won’t tell you: it can be equally damaging when fundamental AI risks are ignored.

Sometimes Scrum gets a bad rap. When I ask why an organization struggled with Scrum, I almost always hear something like “there was too much overhead.” But when I dig deeper, I usually find that the organization had imposed extra rules—rules that have nothing to do with Scrum. In other words, when S...

Wanting to collaborate better, gain control over an overloaded annual plan, increase job satisfaction and, in turn, reduce staff turnover: these are challenges almost every organization in every sector faces. However, the cultural industry differs significantly from the business world. It has its ow...

AI Agents can take over repetitive tasks to free up our time for strategic work. However, we should learn what it is, how it works, and how we can build them. This blog shows you the starting step.

In Scrum, one of the most common misunderstandings is the difference between the Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria. In this blog, PST Robert Pieper explains the key differences and how your team can avoid confusion.

The secret to a high-performing team lies not just in its processes, but in the ability to understand each individual. During a recent Professional Scrum Master training, we were introduced to a powerful concept from Process Communication®: the Energizer/Rebel personality type. This profile is a ...

Even in 2025, the difference between the Product Owner and Product Manager is misunderstood. Is it a career path? Is the PM a step up from the PO? Are they the same? This article puts this discussion to bed in an easy and straightforward way.

In diesem Artikel beschreibt PST Simon Flossmann, wie sich Liefertermin einhalten lassen.

This AI-generated video shows you how far you can go with AI to step into a new level of productivity. So, learn and leverage it.

Scrum is all about creating a Done increment that generates value for its users. However, you might come across teams that do almost everything in the name of Scrum except creating a Done Increment. Spillovers almost every Sprint. Sprint Goals not achieved, at times they are not even defined.

In this recorded episode of a live Ask a PST session held on September 16, 2025, PST Ryan Brook answered a wide variety of challenging questions from Agile practitioners! (59:01 Minutes)

AI is reshaping product management, and Product Owners can no longer ignore it. Building on the six preferred stances, the Orchestrator emerges as a seventh stance: treating AI as a digital colleague that automates repetitive tasks, reduces cognitive load, and frees time for strategy, vision, and cu...

Discover the two critical decision types—One-Way and Two-Way Doors—that can transform how you tackle decision paralysis in agile teams. Packed with practical tips, coaching questions, and insights into empirical product development, this article from Pawel Rola empowers Product Owners and other Scru...

A modern, agile approach to transforming legacy software, which is often too risky for a complete rewrite is possible. The strategy combines three key elements: the Strangler Fig Pattern, an incremental method of building new services around an old system; AI-powered code generation tools like Blitz...

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...

Warum agile Praktiker perfekt für das KI-Zeitalter aufgestellt sind.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by Ruud Adriaans, Product Owner and Linus Wiggers, Head of AI from Productowner.nl to explore AI’s growing influence on Product Ownership. (39:59 Minutes)

In this webinar, PST Nils Oud will review the critical AI-era competencies Product Owners must develop to lead this transformation. He’ll show where AI can elevate your ability to set vision, discover value, and lead confidently—while avoiding pitfalls like bias, over‑reliance, and lack of oversight...

This blog post introduces a survey about the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM). Dave West explains that Scrum.org is investing in APOM due to challenges organizations face with Product Ownership and the limitations of project-based approaches for managing digital assets. Many organizations, despi...

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.

In the world of Product Development, there are only two big problems which need to be solved: Are we building the right product? Are we building the product right? There are many approaches that help the developers to build the product in the right way, enabling great quality. However, building t...

Why Knowledgeable Agile Practitioners Are Perfectly Positioned for the AI Era and the Era of ‘Good Enough’ Agile Is Over.

From initial conception through post-launch phases, product managers are responsible for customer research, feature development, and overall product strategy. Think of them as the ultimate jack-of-all-trades in the business world who oversee the entire lifecycle of a product. 

Procurement is often the missing piece in Agile transformations. In this Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by Mirko Kleiner, President, Lean Agile Procurement Alliance and Simon Reindl, Professional Scrum Trainer to explore how procurement’s traditional predictive approach can clash ...

Every product begins with a spark: a frustration, a market gap, or even an accident. But sparks aren’t finished products; they’re hypotheses waiting to be tested. In The Anatomy of a Product, we call this the Spark of Life: the messy, human moment that reveals a problem worth exploring. Scrum gives ...

Effective Agile-transformation needs: deep and narrow change, top-down and bottom-up support, and strict volunteer contracts — driving 2x–5x gains in speed and adaptability.

Learn the basics of AI in just 30 minutes with my free crash course "AI Quickstart For Agilists".

When I first started working with Scrum Teams, one of the things that struck me most was the Product Owner accountability. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product. It is simple but profound - they are ultimately accountable for the value that the product delivers.

The article uses an example to illustrate how tying individual bonuses to the number of high-priority bugs leads to unhealthy behaviors, like manipulating bug priorities and avoiding accountability. The core issue is not software bugs themselves but the management practice that creates perverse ince...

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...

Ihr LLM-Tool denkt nicht. Es ist ein statistischer KI-Papagei: ausgeklügelt und mithilfe von Millionen von Gesprächen trainiert – aber dennoch ein Papagei. Teams, die mit KI scheitern, verstehen das entweder nicht oder tun so, als ob es keine Rolle spielen würde. Beide Fehler sind kostspielig.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by Magdalena Firlit and Patricia Kong to explore the role of ethics in product management. They discuss why ethical frameworks matter, the impact of transparency and bias, and how ethical decision-making builds trust and resilie...

In order to create valuable and useful products, it is necessary for the Product Owner to understand the needs and expectations of the customer. However, it is not always possible to have direct access to the end user. And that could create some challenges. In scenarios, where the Product Owner does...

This case study highlights essential lessons for effective roadmap realization.

If you’ve ever been a Developer on a Scrum Team, you’ve probably experienced this moment: you’ve completed all of the work you originally planned for the Sprint, and there are still a few days left. What now? It might seem like a good idea to just pull more work into the Sprint, but that sometimes c...

The article contrasts traditional and Agile organizations through Galbraith’s Star Model, showing how strategy, structure, processes, rewards, and HR policies shift to enable adaptability in uncertain environments.