Add a constraint to the length of the Product Backlog and see what happens next.

Verwendet dein Scrum Team eine Definition of Ready? Möchtest du Selbstmanagement, Interdisziplinarität und Agilität in deinem Scrum Team fördern, solltest du dies kritisch überdenken. Lies weiter und du erhältst Argumente, warum du die Verwendung einer Definition of Ready auch in deinem Team kritisch hinterfragen solltest.

Desde siempre el ser humano ha tenido miedo de sus propias creaciones. Las máquinas siempre han vitaminado el esfuerzo humano hasta el punto de hacerlos prescindibles para ciertos trabajos. Ahora estamos llenos de una palabra que es tendencia que es la inteligencia artificial.

Use story points to drive out assumptions, not estimate and forecast. Use flow metrics for that (while ignoring story point values). If you use story points and planning poker for the right thing, they both can be helpful.

Professional Scrum Trainers Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller discuss the change from "estimate" to "sizing" in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide.

Empiricism is one of the underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is the first of the three pillars. How does this show during Sprint Retrospective?

This video highlights examples of how to apply the Scrum Values of Courage, Commitment, Focus, Openness and Respect. (2:34 Minutes)

Goal setting is an essential tool supporting agility in complex environments. Various A-B-C formulas lead us to believe it’s a straightforward process, but setting and using goals effectively is challenging. Common pitfalls include not going deep enough with what we aim to achieve and bringing a success-or-failure perspective to the process rather than an empirical mindset. If it feels like your team is missing the mark, consider my top seven tips for setting more effective goals.

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi shares what needs to be considered when appointing someone to be the Product Owner and the negative consequences that arise when the Product Owner is not the right person ...

Kann ein großes Sprachmodell, das nicht auf „Agile“ spezialisiert ist, bereit heute ein Sondierungsgespräch für eine Scrum-Master-Stelle bestehen? Werden Scrum Master zumindest anteilig künftig durch einen Chatbot ersetzt?

Professional Scrum Trainers Ryan Ripley and Yuval Yeret discuss the role of the Scrum Master in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and how it differs from the role of a Professional Scrum Master.

Are you sick and tired of wasting your precious Agile "Transformation" budget? What questions could you explore as you send out RFP's, RFQ's, interview partners and write SOW's? Watch this video to learn 9 questions you can ask potential Agile "Transformation" partners so you stop wasting your "Transformation" budget.

David Ingram, VP of Global R&D at Gillette chats with Dave West, CEO at Scrum.org about how they developed a new exfoliating razor using Scrum, why they chose to use Scrum to develop it and how they adapted to Scrum. They discuss how Gillette mitigated risks and made some culture shifts in the process, while making focus a priority. They also discuss how Yuval Yeret, PST and Agile Coach helped Gillette make the transition to Scrum.

David Ingram, VP of Global R&D at Gillette continues a discussion with Dave West, CEO at Scrum.org about how they developed a new exfoliating razor using Scrum, some of the challenges they have faced with scaling Scrum, and how they were able to adapt and evolve from a waterfall focused culture. They also discussed how the Gillette culture is heavily focused on making sure team members are aligned with an outcome-oriented purpose.

Several years ago, I was the Scrum Master for a team working on a technology product.  Two of the team’s Developers told me they would like to try pair programming.  

A scenario showing how the scrum framework and metrics can help a team self manage for improvement.

Leadership – 5 cambiamenti fondamentali, analizza le origini dei problemi che bloccano l’innovazione impedendo a certe aziende di rimanere competitive. Ho potuto osservare questi problemi nel corso degli ultimi 20 anni. In alcuni casi, ho contribuito a migliorare la situazione. Molto più spesso, purtroppo, ho assistito a battaglie politiche, di ego e desiderio di dominare che hanno ridotto le possibilità di migliorare la creazione di valore.

Will Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches soon be replaced with a chatbot? In this ChatGPT job interview, I put OpenAI’s latest generative AI to the test.

Este curso te enseñará el marco de trabajo Evidence-Based Management para trabajar con metas y métricas en organizaciones ágiles.

En este capítulo aprenderás: 1. ¿Qué es Evidence-Based Management? 2. ¿Qué papel juegan las metas y métricas en las organizaciones ágiles? 3. ¿Cuáles son los componentes de Evidence-Based Management (o EBM)? 4. Y más importante, ¿por qué vale la pena aprender EBM?

El modelo lógico del proyecto te permitirá entender los tipos de metas y métricas que se pueden usar en el contexto del proceso de creación de valor de los productos o servicios.

Moderation ist im Scrum Rahmenwerk fest verankert. Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review und Sprint Retrospektive sind dadurch bestimmt, dass innerhalb einer vorgeschriebenen Zeitspanne ein Ergebnis erreicht werden soll. Der Scrum Master facilitiert die Zusammenarbeit so, dass das Scrum Team dieses Ergebnis auch erreicht. Was ist, wenn er nicht zur Verfügung steht? Scrum Master, die ihr Moderationswissen nicht mit ihrem Team teilen, können so schnell zum Hindernis für die Teamarbeit werden. Wenn du nicht zu diesen Scrum Mastern gehören willst, dann lies weiter. Ich verrate dir mein bewährtes Entwicklungsmodell. Es liefert dir eine schrittweise Anleitung, wie du die Facilitation-Fertigkeiten im gesamten Scrum Team entwickeln kannst.

Are you aware that as a human being, you have the ability to convert thought energy into results in the physical world? And of course, you can choose which thought you want to convert. In this "Professional Mind for Professional Scrum" series I will walk you through the marvelous world of the mind that can boost the Scrum Teams spirit of goal achieving.

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi shares that self-managing teams is not the objective of the Scrum Master and also the larger goal that the Scrum Master need to pursue.

Agile approaches like Scrum have long promoted the importance of working at a sustainable pace. This principle was made part of the Agile Manifesto due to a common practice in the software industry where people were(/are) expected to work extra hours in order to meet a deadline. Commonly this was(/is) used to mask inevitable inaccuracies in planning, poor management and quality issues.

Empiricism is one of the underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is the first of the three pillars. How does this show during Sprint Review?

In this article, Kurt Bittner, VP of Enterprise Solutions at Scrum.org and Pierre Pureur share some thoughts on software architecture and guidance for skeptics.

What happens when a Scrum Team becomes overwhelmed with requests that stakeholders make directly to the Developers instead of the Product Owner?  

Es gibt eine Herausforderung, bei der ich Euch um Eure Unterstützung bitten möchte: Welches Cover soll es sein – das Rote oder das Blaue?

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Professional Scrum Trainer Sander Dur from Xebia joins host Dave West for a discussion about leadership where they delve into topics including the importance of building trust, transparency and psychological safety in Scrum Teams and organizations. (27:35 Minutes)

Are you sick and tired of destroying precious time, money, goodwill, potential and value in the name of "transformation"? Do you want to learn 7 reasons why this keeps happening over and over again? Interested in learning 7 ways to stop this from happening? Watch this video and help your company stop sacrificing value at the altar of "transformation".

Scrum Teams are often given goals with the expectations that they need to be achieved. This anti-pattern leads to waste and disengagement. The article explores the purpose of setting goals in a complex environment.

Being an effective Scrum Master or team member inevitably involves difficult conversations. How we approach challenging discussions can mean the difference between a transformative moment and one that goes sideways. Fortunately, there is a lot we can do to prepare for those times when we need to wade through a thorny issue. Let’s look at some strategies for facilitating difficult Scrum Team conversations.

Il est fréquent de demander au Scrum Master de tenir le rôle de facilitateur dans les 5 événements de Scrum. Dépassons ce cap pour aller vers des stratégies plus apprenantes, à la fois pour le Scrum Master et pour la Scrum Team.

Im Sommer 2021 nahm ich an einem Werte-Workshop teil. Der Tag endete für mich mit mehr Fragezeichen auf der Stirn, als er begonnen hatte. Nicht die Diskussion über die Werte verwirrte mich, sondern die Frage: Was unterscheidet Vision, Mission, Strategie und Roadmap? Im letzten Jahr habe ich viel gelesen, recherchiert und mit erfahrenen agilen Coaches darüber gesprochen, was eine Vision, eine Mission und eine Roadmap auszeichnet. Dabei bin ich auf die folgende, überraschend einfache Erklärung gestoßen. Um dir ein Jahr Arbeit zu ersparen, teile ich sie hier mit dir:

Almost all Scrum Teams use a type of board to visualize their work giving them a better understanding of where they are currently and helping them make upcoming decisions. In this post, we investigate the techniques of effective collaboration on Sprint Board one by one.

Empiricism is one of the underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is the first of the three pillars. How does this show during your Daily Scrum?

What is one of the most important aspects of holding the Scrum Master accountability? If you immediately thought about something like removing impediments and helping the team get to Done, I want you to think of the bigger picture. How you show up as a leader has the biggest impact. Not sure what that means? Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success.

Grow confidence, celebrate small successes, and build the muscle to get through the hard stuff.

In this video podcast episode, PST Joshua Partogi share his opinion how Scrum Masters stay relevant so they won't be seen as an individual that can be replaced by Artificial Intelligence like ChatGPT.

Originalmente se tiende a asociar Scrum y la Agilidad al desarrollo de software, pero esto no ha limitado la posibilidad de su uso en diversas industrias como, por ejemplo: marketing, manufactura, la industria de la panificación, etc. La figura muestra una lista de industrias que están adoptando Scrum para mejorar su enfoque de entrega de valor y redefinir sus formas de desarrollo de producto. ¿Qué otras industrias conoces donde se usa Scrum o potencialmente puede usar Scrum?

Scrum Master mit Personalverantwortung im Team – ein Antipattern? Ich habe noch nie einen Scrum Master getroffen, der diese Idee nicht als Scrum-Antipattern bezeichnen würde. Als Argumente werden dafür meist drei Gründe angeführt:

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi share a guidelines as a starting point for agile.

Is your Product Ownership consistently optimizing sustainable, measurable value from your products and services? Or do you feel that Product Ownership is stuck in your company? If you fall in the second category, this video blog is for you! You will learn 6 ways to get Product Ownership unstuck by combining ideas from the world of Scrum, Agile Product Management and Co-Active Coaching.

Empiricism is one of the underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is the first of the three pillars. How does this show during Sprint Planning?

Scrum is a lightweight framework for solving complex problems. The mechanics are relatively easy to understand, and your Scrum Master will help you with this. However, it is much more important for a Product Owner to exploit the benefits of Scrum from a business perspective.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods at InfoQ spoke to Patricia Kong of Scrum.org about the importance and value of facilitation skills for collaborative teams.

There are many ways to facilitate Daily Scrum. In this Introduction to Facilitating a Daily Scrum, you will learn three different techniques along with the benefits and challenges of each. Your team can experiment with these as they see necessary and choose whichever method helps them best focus on their progress toward the Sprint Goal while producing an actionable plan for the next day of work. (6:30 Minutes)

What are the characteristics of a Scrum-friendly environment that supports nurturing high-performing Scrum Teams? Such an environment is your north star that your organization can always get aligned against. In this post, you will get a clear and solid image of a Scrum-friendly Environment.

I need your support, dear community. For months, I have been working on turning the popular Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide PDF into a new book from Scrum-org’s Professional Scrum Series, published by Pearson. There is one challenge, though, I like to ask for your support: which cover shall it be — red or blue?