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)

Government delivery often fails before teams even begin, because procurement locks in assumptions and restricts flexibility. Shifting procurement left and adopting Lean-Agile Procurement creates faster, collaborative, outcome-driven contracts. By building commercial capability and integrating procur...

Most organizations are attempting to build the future of AI on the crumbling foundation of a rigid, outdated, project-based funding system. This approach is fundamentally mismatched with the iterative, experimental nature of AI development. To truly unlock business value, a shift is required—from fu...

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

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.

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.

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.

アジャイルマニフェストの最初の一文――「私たちは、ソフトウェア開発の実践、あるいは実践を手助けをする活動を通じて、よりよい開発方法を見つけだそうとしている」――は、しばしば見過ごされがちですが、その核心には謙虚さと好奇心があります。「アジャイル開発」は完成したレシピではなく、探求のマインドセットです。今日、多くの組織は「ベストプラクティス」に固執し、フレームワークを固定化してしまいます。しかし、複雑な課題に必要なのは経験主義――仮説を立て、実験し、振り返り、次を決めることです。実際に、スクラムを一時的にやめてみたチームが「スプリントゴールの価値」を再発見した事例や、製薬会社の部門が小規模チーム...

The first line of the Agile Manifesto—“We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it”—captures the humility and curiosity of its authors, yet it is often overlooked. Agile was born as a mindset of exploration, not a recipe of fixed practices. Today, many o...

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

Agile practices are designed to push authority toward the Development Team, not away. Learn more in the latest video from PST David Sabine.

Scrum.org has launched "Professional Scrum Fundamentals," a new self-paced course. This course offers a flexible learning option for those new to Professional Scrum or looking to strengthen their existing capabilities, and it includes a complimentary attempt at the PSM I certification test upon comp...

Why AI isn’t just a tool, but a new context for agility.

As a Scrum trainer, I get the chance to speak with people from many different industries—finance, healthcare, tech, education, government. Because of my unique position, I get a chance to notice trends in the industry. Here is what I am hearing a lot about lately.

Denn echte Agilität erfordert tiefgreifende systemische Veränderungen in der Organisationsstruktur, der Führung und den technischen Praktiken, nicht nur die Ausführung von Ritualen.

Why Tactical Adoption Rarely Leads to True Transformation and What to Do Instead

Organizations define Product Manager and Product Owner roles differently. Company size, industry, and structure all play a role. Scrum makes the Product Owner accountable for maximizing value, but many companies add a Product Manager alongside—or instead of—a Product Owner. This creates variations i...

The purpose of the Scrum Master is to improve the adoption of Scrum. So, it makes sense that the Scrum Master should ask the question What does a high-performing Scrum Team look like

Learn why many Product Owners and Managers worry about the wrong thing: saying no instead of saying yes to everything.

Explains how the Scrum Master is accountable for enabling effective product delivery, fostering team success, and ensuring each sprint produces a usable, valuable increment.

“Good Enough Agile” is ending as AI automates mere ceremonial tasks and Product Operating Models demand outcome-focused teams. Agile professionals must evolve from process facilitators to strategic product thinkers or risk obsolescence.

The biggest competitive edge your team can get is learning as fast as possible. Not the biggest feature, expendable budget, or exposure, but learning. The Learning Loop helps to shorten your learning time.

Excessive handoffs in software development create delays, reduce quality, and harm team morale. Learn how eliminating handoffs boosts agility, flow, and value delivery.

Despite 25 years of the Agile Manifesto, countless books, conferences, and armies of consultants, we’re still collectively struggling to make Agile work.

It isn't just individuals who can suffer from burnout. Sometimes, it's the whole Scrum Team. PST Mary Iqbal explores this serious problem in her latest blog post.

Let’s set the record straight: Scrum Master is not a dead-end job. In fact, it might be the best stepping stone to real leadership you could ask for.

In this experiment, OpenAI’s new stealthy LLM Optimus Alpha demonstrated exceptional performance in team data analysis. It quickly identified key patterns in complex agile metrics and synthesized insights about technical debt, value creation, and team dynamics.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast,  host Dave West and Yuval Yeret, Professional Scrum Trainer and SAFe Fellow explore how the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM) can enhance the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). (40:45 Minutes)

The cost of experimentation is low; the potential career advantage, on the other hand, is substantial. A reason to embrace generative AI in Agile?

Scrum Masters as change agents, often face challenges in becoming effective in their accountability. The reasons behind this can vary, but changes are inherently difficult. People resist change, consciously or unconsciously, and change agents face these challenges on personal, team and organisationa...

The Scrum framework is simple, with just enough - but not too much - structure to enable teams to collaborate around value delivery in complex environments. The problem is that a lot of teams add unnecessary complexity to the Scrum framework itself, which results in a lot of wasted effort. Here are ...

This article outlines seven key development directions for Project Management Offices to effectively support modern product-oriented organizations. Transitioning from a project to a product-oriented operating model requires organisational change in culture, processes, and management. This will resul...

Be mindful of your Scrum bubble. Stay in touch with the 'real world,' don't get stuck in a theoretical bubble disconnected from real users, and keep adding fresh oxygen (other people with new insights) to your bubble!

The Lean Tech Manifesto with Fabrice Bernhard — Hands-on Agile #65

In questo episodio Fabio Panzavolta analizza le origini di Scrum con il documento originale presentato da Ken Schwaber che ha introdotto Scrum al mondo, esplorando le origini del framework e come i suoi principi fondamentali sono rimasti rilevanti fino ad oggi. Scopriremo come Scrum è nato come risp...

Schluss mit dem Erstellen von Funktionen, die Ihr Produkt nicht braucht. Optimieren Sie stattdessen die Entwicklung, vermeiden Sie eine schleichende Ausweitung des Projektumfangs und konzentrieren Sie sich auf das Wesentliche.

Stop Building What You Do Not Need, Escape Scope Creep, and Focus on Creating Value!

Rebuilding Agility from the Ground Up

In this article, we explore the Kanban practice of "make policies explicit" and how it equips teams for self-management

Self-management is critical to succeeding as a Scrum Team because it leads to ownership and empowers the team. And it creates intrinsic motivation, which is such a powerful driver of team effectiveness. However, in reality we find that self-management remains a challenge. Developers in Scrum Teams o...

I am often asked, what’s the right amount of information for an item in the Product Backlog. First, there is no “right” amount of information. And second, less is more.

In recent years though, Scrum adoption has expanded far beyond its original roots in IT and software development. Today, Agile frameworks including Scrum are used in Operations, Marketing, Human Resources and in product development for industries as varied as industrial microscopes, fighter jets, ap...

Agile can be confusing, and Agile Myths can really impact an organisations performance. Learn about the common myths here and avoid them!

Scrum Master JobGPT liefert wertvolle Einblicke in die Stellensuche, die Vorbereitung auf Vorstellungsgespräche und die Bewertung der agilen Reife potenzieller Arbeitgeber.

Scrum Master JobGPT is a free tool available with a paid ChatGPT account. It delivers actionable insights on job hunting, interview prep, and evaluating potential employers' Agile maturity.

A recent study claims to prove that agile practices fail more often than non-agile ones. What it really proves is the value of robust refinement and planning. Scrum teams that fail to allow enough time for those activities fall into predictable anti-patterns. But those problems are not hard to fix.

When companies dip their toe in Agile waters, they often start by simply trying out an Agile framework such as Scrum to deliver something relatively small, such as a project. And that's a great way to start. However, with this comes the question: Can a Project Manager be a Scrum Master?

What do you do as a Product Owner? Do you see any change in your role in the past few years? Read the article and share your experience.

A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that outlines the terms and conditions of a particular transaction or relationship. Working with external suppliers to develop a product to set expectations is essential. The Agile Manifesto contains a warning about contracts.

Dans son dernier article, Vivien Colas propose un regard nuancé sur une question qui agite régulièrement notre communauté : 'Est-ce vraiment la fin de l'agilité?' Une perspective enrichissante pour éclairer votre réflexion.