The phrase 'accountable but blameless' is my new favorite phrase because it captures so much about positive team culture in Scrum.

Scrum Master investieren zu viel Zeit in das Lernen von Methoden, Prozessen und Rahmenwerken. Ich schließe mich selbst dabei nicht aus! Es ist doch so: Als Scrum Master, sind wir für die stetige Veränderung im Unternehmen verantwortlich. Die Änderung gelingt nur im Dialog. Was du als Sc...

PSTs Martin Hinshelwood and Simon Reindl have come across some chatter about Product Management being obsolete. PST Ralph Jocham joins to discuss the differences between Product Owners and Product Managers, and whether this chatter holds any truth. (59:27)

Die zehn wichtigsten Gründe Ihren Teams auf dem Weg zur Agilität zu vertrauen

I often get asked this question. You can, but it does not mean you should. Let me explain why.

The Top Ten Business Reasons to Trust Your Teams

Each Scrum Event serves Inspection, the second pillar of Empiricism. So does the Sprint Retrospective. How? Find out ...

In the latest episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, open questions from a recent webcast around EBM and engaging stakeholders are answered. (30:44 Minutes)

Errfahren Sie mehr darüber, wie sich ein Projektmanagement-Tool in einen bürokratischen Albtraum verwandelt, was der Grund dafür sein könnte und was wir dagegen tun können.

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to Digita.ai’s 16th annual report, 87% of organizations using an Agile framework use Scrum. That’s up from 58% of Agile teams using Scrum, as documented in the 14th annual State of Agile report. 

There are many myths about Scrum Masters out there. They can be the most difficult accountability to define in concrete terms. In this video, PST's Jason Malmstadt, Gregory Crown and Robert Pieper will debunk 5 of the myths and answer the question: What does a Scrum Master do?

Learn more about how an acceptable project management tool turns into a bureaucratic nightmare, what the reasons for this might be, and what we can do about it.

Was macht eigentlich ein Scrum Master in der ersten Woche in einem neuen Team? Es wird viel über Scrum geschrieben. Allerdings findet sich über dieses spezielle Thema nichts. Wenn du weiterliest, erhältst du einen Einblick in meine erste Woche als Scrum Master in einem neuen Team.

Mindful Scrum Mastery is applying mindfulness principles and techniques to Scrum. Mindfulness involves paying attention to your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. Mindfulness has improved focus, reduced stress, enhanced creativity, and fostered a positive mindset.

Ich war schon immer ein großer Verfechter davon, dass Expertise mit Erfahrung gleichzusetzen ist. Jedoch ... … ist es gefährlich, Ratschläge zu geben, ohne die Situation genau zu kennen. Schnell werden Meinungen zu Tatsachen. Um dem entgegenzuwirken, interviewe ich regelmäßig meine Kunde...

Agile was born in software development and has been widely adopted in IT and Product organizations to the point that there's little argument that product/technology organizations should operate using agility principles. More recently, other functions, such as Marketing, have adopted these agility pr...

Each Scrum Event serves Inspection, the second pillar of Empiricism. So does the Sprint Review. How? Find out ...

​​​​​​​Agile coaches have long recognized that busyness does not necessarily equal success. Checking off a to-do list does not mean you are adding value.  You might accomplish many organizational tasks, but the activity likely has little benefit if these tasks don’t contribute to the company’s goals...

This is part 2 of the Series ' Effective Stakeholder Engagement. In this, we have covered How to understand stakeholders better and also how to group them so that we can engage them better.

Vergiss, was du über Produkt-Ziele gehört hast. Ignoriere die Ratschläge, dass Ziele SMART, FAST oder ein OKR sein müssen. Denn Fakt ist: Diese Methoden bewahren dich nicht vor den typischen Fehlern, die in der Praxis passieren. Welche das sind, erfährst du, wenn du weiter liest!

Communicating effectively with Product Owners starts with understanding their accountability and focusing on key elements such as benefit, investment, and time frame.

Schon lange, bevor Scrum nicht mehr richtig funktioniert, sind die ersten Probleme in Scrum Events zu erkennen. Wenn sich eines dieser Probleme bereits in deinem Team anbahnt, dann betrachte es als ein Warnsignal. Auf welche Warnsignale du unbedingt achten solltest, erfährst du in diesem Beit...

Lernen Sie, wie Sie mit ChatGPT Workshops für agile Praktiker wie Scrum Master oder Product Owner erstellen können.

In this recording of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, PST Jay Rahman answers questions about Product Ownership, Scrum Master challenges, Scrum Events, facilitation and more! (59:18 Minutes)

If you have people in product development or product management, in Scrum for example, if you have a Product owner who’s supposed to be on the hook for maximizing value … what is the productO

Some tips on how Product Owners can stay focused on their product goal by effectively saying "No"

In this article I share the case of mitosis – splitting a large team of 19 people into two independent feature teams working from a single Product Backlog. After the division, I helped the teams create a common identity and agree on norms of conduct. This case is just an episode of Agile transformat...

Learn how to use ChatGPT to create workshops for agile practitioners such as Scrum Masters

Who are the Quality Assurance (QA) experts in the Scrum Team and what do they have to do with guardian angels? Who is responsible for the quality of your product? What practices can you use to positively impact collaboration within the Scrum Team and the quality of solutions created? You will find i...

Hast du dich jemals gefragt, welche Auswirkungen Stellenanzeigen für „Junior-Scrum-Master“ auf unsere Branche haben?

Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the success of the product and one of the essential skills all product people should have. This article is part 1 of the Effective Stakeholder Engagement series. In this we will learn effective ways to identify stakeholders.

With the widespread adoption of Scrum, variation in how teams practice Scrum has inevitably evolved. At the same time, some organizations that have turned to Scrum wonder if they are getting its full benefits. So, how do you know if Scrum is working? In this article, I outline 3 questions that can h...

Il podcast Scrum Italia, con il Professional Scrum Trainer Fabio Panzavolta, vi propone una serie speciale dedicata all Scrum Guide.

Each Scrum Event serves Inspection, the second pillar of Empiricism. So does Sprint Planning. How? Find out ...

ChatGPT ist bemerkenswert leistungsfähig, wenn es mit sinnvollen Eingabeaufforderungen bedient wird; hier ist ein Beispiel.

Willkommen zum 19. Artikel der „Scrum im Selbststudium“-Artikelreihe. Solltest du den letzten Artikel verpasst haben, findest du ihn hier. 

I have had two very different experiences on my journey to becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). To become a PST is a privilege and it should rightly be a difficult process to ensure the quality of Scrum.org trainers is maintained. Here are my learnings from the experience, and my tips for pr...

In this episode, PST Jay Rahman shares his experiences that led him to where he is today. He discusses Scrum in finance, leadership, agile mindset and more! (27:27 Minutes)

Learn about EBM and concepts you can use to develop your own dashboard that you can use to proactively engage upper management and stakeholders about the value of your product and the capability of your team(s).

Willkommen zum 17. Artikel der „Scrum im Selbststudium“-Artikelreihe. Solltest du den letzten Artikel verpasst haben, findest du ihn hier. 

ChatGPT is remarkably capable when fed decent prompts. So consider investing your time accordingly.

Willkommen zum 16. Artikel der „Scrum im Selbststudium“-Artikelreihe. Solltest du den letzten Artikel verpasst haben, findest du ihn hier. 

The Definition of 'Done' probably is the most misunderstood concept of the Scrum framework. In this article, we will learn some common dysfunctions or antipatterns associated with the Definition of 'Done' and also certain tips or remedies to overcome these.

Product Ownership is not a straightforward job. Accountable for maximizing the value derived from the product, Product Owners have to balance their options continuously, decide what to do, and maybe even more importantly, what not to do.

During our last webinar, Joanna Plaskonka and I received a lot of questions regarding metrics and the Scrum Team. In this post I will try to address a few of them.

When Scrum Teams experience a work quality issue, they sometimes shift the responsibility for quality control to the Product Owner as a solution. Not only is this impractical, but it's also anti-Scrum. Here's why.

In the following interview with Marjolein Pilon, she describes how Scrum has empowered the Scrum Teams she has worked with to approach the challenging problem of Climate Change.

Short parody of Talking Heads

Steve is great, but in terms of Agile leadership, he doesn’t touch sides – in my opinion – to Satya Nadella. You can see the difficulty he created within Apple because all innovation, product development, and so forth stemmed from him rather than a culture of innovation permeating the organization.

Lohnt das $20-Investment für ChatGPT Pro für Scrum Master und Product Owner? Ich habe 3 Experimente durchgeführt. Lesen Sie weiter und erfahren Sie, was dabei herausgekommen ist. Es war keine Selbstverständlichkeit.