The Daily Scrum is probably the best known, and possibly the most misunderstood, Scrum event. Here’s why.

If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate.

On November 18, 2020, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland released an updated version of the Scrum Guide. In this blog post, I will share what you need to know about the 2020 Scrum Guide. I will start with the most important things you need to know, and then I’ll get into a little more nuance for the S...

The following are the changes that struck me the most in the 2020 Scrum Guide...

In this podcast Scrum Facilitators from the Netherlands Sjoerd Kranendonk and Jasper Alblas discuss the new Scrum Guide (version 2020) with Scrum Coaches Steve Trapps and Andy Hiles from the UK.

With the launch of the new Scrum Guide, we also created a new illustration of the Scrum framework.

In the 2020 Version of the Scrum Guide, the commitments were introduced for each artifact. These then became an element of Scrum; in that they need to be used to gain the maximum value that the Scrum Framework offers. They were always part of a Professional Scrum approach, now there is a clear conne...

En noviembre de 2020, los co-creadores de Scrum, Ken Schwaber y Jeff Sutherland, han publicado una actualización de la Guía de Scrum...

With the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide, three commitments were added to the artifacts. The idea of a commitment is to provide additional quality to the artifact to improve transparency. In the case of Product Backlog, the commitment is to the Product Goal. 

With the 2020 release of the Scrum Guide, Commitments were added for each artifact. The commitments provide a nice, structural way to describe some of the key characteristics of each artifact. The intent of this change was to provide clarity and make the Scrum Guide simpler to read and use.

One interesting change to the Scrum Guide for the 2020 release was the change of the term Self-Organizing to Self-Managing. This blog discusses the change.

This blog post talks about the addition of Commitments to each Artifact in the updated Scrum Guide.

The more Scrum Teams are empowered to make and own decisions about their work, the more benefits they will realize. The Scrum Guide gets an update The 2017 version of the Scrum Guide said the following about the Scrum Team: "Scrum Teams are self-organizing and cross-functional. Self-organ...

A reflection on four key changes in the 2020 Scrum Guide, why they were made, and why that is a big deal

In the 2020 update of the Scrum Guide, the Sprint Planning section has had a very welcome update. Every part of Scrum has a purpose, a reason to why it's included in the framework, and this update made the purpose - raison d'etre - of the Sprint Planning clearer. Let's see how!

TL; DR: The Scrum Guide 2020-The Scrum Guide 2020 is available now: Change is coming to make Scrum more accessible and inclusive beyond software development.

Heute, am 18. November 2020, pünktlich zum 25. Geburtstag von Scrum, haben Ken Schwaber und Jeff Sutherland den Scrum Guide aktualisiert.  Um eines gleich vorwegzunehmen: Scrum bleibt Scrum. Ein einfaches Rahmenwerk, welches es Teams ermöglicht, mit der Arbeit an komplexen Problemen zu beginn...

Professional Scrum Trainer, Sahin Guvenilir, discusses measuring value, improving outcomes, and using the best available evidence to decide the next steps against a Strategic Goal.

Pour le 25ème anniversaire de Scrum, ses co-créateurs, Jeff Sutherland et Ken Schwaber nous livrent le millésime 2020 du Guide Scrum. Cette version améliorée, réduite à 13 pages est à la fois plus simple et moins prescriptive. Scrum abandonne les termes dédiés à l’informatique pour développer un voc...

A side-by-side comparison of The Scrum Guide 2020 and The Scrum Guide 2017 that will help you see all changes.

A Sprint Planning checklist? How dare you: Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. It is a journey, not a destination. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and what else could you possibly cover with a checklist, the mother of all standardized processes?

From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it takes to achieve this proficiency level.

Ideas on how to use Powerful Questions virtually and help teams find their own solutions to persistent problems.

Last week, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job.

La Sprint Review est l'événement au cours duquel l'Équipe Scrum et les parties prenantes (invitées par le Product Owner) se retrouvent pour inspecter l'Incrément et adapter le Product Backlog.

During my interactions with my students/ colleagues who play the role of Scrum Master, they tell me that they see gaps in how things are implemented compared to the rules of the Scrum Guide.

TL; DR: 70 Scrum Master Theses The following 70 Scrum Master theses describe the role of from a holistic product creation perspective.

As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog, and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.

Le Daily Scrum est un évènement quotidien qui a pour but d'inspecter la progression vers le Sprint Goal et adapter le Sprint Backlog si nécessaire. C'est un time-box de 15 minutes.

Help your remote team discover what happens without clear Sprint Goals. And bring back focus together!

La agilidad provee un contexto para el aprendizaje continuo. Scrum a través del uso de Sprints, eventos y valores de Scrum crean un espacio para que ese aprendizaje pueda tener lugar.

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum...

El compromiso del equipo de desarrollo durante el Sprint es lograr el Sprint Goal y con ello el impacto en los clientes y en el negocio. El éxito del Sprint está asociado al logro de este objetivo y a los cambios en el comportamiento de los clientes que se puede provocar con el uso del producto.

The Daily Scrum is the heartbeat of Scrum. It's a key inspect and adapt opportunity for the Development Team, encouraging them check their progress towards the Sprint Goal and adjust their plan accordingly.

How to tell if Scrum fits your work and what to do when it doesn’t

I was recently asked What should each role be doing during the Sprint? So, I took a copy of the latest Scrum Guide (November 2017), read it (again) and broke it down for them and now for you! The items below are taken directly from the Scrum Guide Novermber 2017 and so may see vague or...

The Scrum Values are like a compass guiding us on our journey of using Scrum, while exploring Scrum is a journey in itself....

Vielleicht habt ihr euch auch schon das ein- oder andere Mal über die Übersetzung mancher Wörter im Kontext von Scrum gewundert.

Twenty questions for you — the new Scrum Master — that fit into a 60 minutes time-box.

Scrum se ha convertido en el marco ágil de trabajo más usado en el desarrollo de software en el mundo.

Le Sprint Planning est le premier évènement d'un Sprint. Son objectif est de collaborer à la planification du travail à effectuer durant le Sprint. C'est un timebox de 8 heures pour un Sprint d'un mois, proportionnellement moins pour un Sprint plus court. Toute la Scrum Team y participe. Lors d'u...

This blog is inspired by two books I read recently "The Power of Full Engagement" & "A-Team of Leaders".

Inspirado en la estructura liberadora TRIZ. Ser un buen Product Owner es un desafío que puede iniciar entendiendo su rol como promotor de la transparencia y del trabajo en equipo respetando los límites de la autoorganización.

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world, a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand.

Scrum prescrit cinq événements, le Sprint en est le coeur et le conteneur de tous les autres. Il a une durée d'au maximum un mois, ou moins, au cours de laquelle un Incrément de produit...

With the launch of the Kanban Guide for Scrum teams in 2018, its 4 flow metrics have gained more popularity amongst the Scrum community.

Besides the earlier published English version, there's a Russian version of the paper "Scrum: a Framework to Reduce Risk and Deliver Value Sooner" as well!

Facing a large number of risks while delivering products seems to be normal. And, it is. It is common and natural. What we need to do, is manage the risk.

We often try to make massive change once we realize something isn't right and this doesn't normally go so well. When it comes to making progress everyone wants to LEAP; take BIGGER steps.

Pour bien comprendre les fondations de Scrum, nous partons du postulat que nous créons et maintenons des systèmes complexes : un système informatique, une campagne marketing, une stratégie de vente, etc. Les fondations de Scrum sont : les Valeurs Scrum et l’empirisme. Valeurs Scrum Les vale...