Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

They contacted me because they felt Scrum could help them increase their agility to the level they were looking for. My experience was mostly in using Scrum in software development teams and organizations, not in battery development where molecular formulas replace lines of code and anodes and cathodes are some of the artifacts.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Scrum?

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NimbleWork

JANUARY 2, 2025

Whether you’re new to Agile or a seasoned expert, these influencers offer invaluable insights, actionable strategies, and inspiration to elevate your practice. Mike Cohn Mike Cohn is a Certified Scrum Trainer and co-founder of the Scrum Alliance, where he served as Chairman of the Board. Founder of Scrum Inc.,

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Scrum.org

JULY 22, 2024

And - like the Scrum framework itself - it is easy to understand but can be hard to master. Even with the best intentions, Scrum teams might embrace the idea of incremental delivery, but still end up working on extensive requirements documents. Use this information to influence what the Scrum team works on next.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 2, 2025

In the Scrum Guide, the term backlog appears in two key Scrum artifacts: the Product Backlog and the Sprint Backlog. This definition raises some interesting questions about how the term backlog is applied in Scrum. This definition raises some interesting questions about how the term backlog is applied in Scrum.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

From the Scrum Guide: “Scrum is a lightweight framework … for complex problems.” We often hear that Scrum is designed for ‘complex problems,’ but what does that actually mean? A lot of different things might happen (or not), might be true (or not), and might influence one another (or not). This is where Scrum comes in.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2025

The role of the Scrum Master is often misunderstood. What was their interest in Scrum? What did they bring to the role of Scrum Master? Its helpful to consider WHO were the early adopters? Try to imagine 1995 through ~2005. It was common they had a well-established career. They had been a manager of teams for many years.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Our team leader was educated with Scrum and wanted to see if it would work. The role of the Scrum Master emerged as a critical one, transitioning from a team facilitator to an organizational change agent. Agile Coaching became a profession, with Scrum Masters who had real-world experience guiding large-scale Agile transformations.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2025

Every Scrum team should have a Scrum Master. Scrum Masters are important to the success of Scrum within the organization and impact the Scrum team's ability to deliver value and improve customer outcomes. But Scrum Masters are human. Is the Scrum Master trying to help streamline the Requirements process?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Have you ever tried to estimate as a team with some of you around a screen, others remote, or using tools where only the Scrum Master can see what’s happening and you’re voting from your mobile phone? If you aren’t familiar with this way of estimating, scrum poker is a way of creating team-approved estimates for items in the backlog.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These figures demonstrate how powerful and damaging the influence of a single person can be on overall team performance. While practices and tools like Scrum or Kanban help teams live those values, no amount of process can overcome unchecked negative behaviours. The study highlights that one bad apple can spoil the bunch.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2025

Over the years, Ive supported numerous Scrum implementations, from experiments within single teams to large-scale, company-wide adoptions. Throughout these experiences, Ive identified consistent red flags and challenges that significantly limit Scrums effectiveness.

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Scrum.org

JULY 30, 2024

To become a great Product Owner, I believe the PO should have following characteristics: Respected Vision Achiever Entrepreneurship Negotiation Empowered Collaborative Inspiring Proficient Available Respected: Scrum guide says, " for the Product Owner to succeed, the entire organization must respect his or her decisions. "

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics. How can you make a Scrum team more effective? I created a free online app called the Scrum Team Survey.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

As Scrum.org professionals, we have coached, trained and mentored thousands of Scrum Masters and consulted the organizations they work with, and we’ve consistently encountered similar issues that not only limit Scrum Teams from thriving, but also restrict empiricism from working. That’s Mechanical Scrum.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

TL; DR: The Dogmatic Scrum Master Anti-Pattern. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. What about a dogmatic Scrum Master? The Scrum Master and Dogmatism.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2024

For heads of delivery, engineering or product aiming to enhance their teams' performance and efficiency through Scrum or other agile frameworks, integrating behavioural insights into the adoption process can be transformative. Components of MINDSPACE - Messenger : We are heavily influenced by who communicates information.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

I’ve been part of the Scrum community for about 12 years. In this period, I’ve noticed a clear pattern in the majority of Scrum-related threads on social media like LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter, and so on. We are also very good at contrasting this with the ideal state of Scrum.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

1) Stronghold over Scrum and other Agile Frameworks Knowledge. For example, scrum comes with guidelines and values that a true leader needs to comprehend to help people understand the importance of continuous inspection and adaptation. The scrum team requires organizational support to deliver value. 2) Organizational skills.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2022

In 2010 I started my first assignment as a Scrum Master. Mostly intended to help myself reflect on my role, receive feedback from other Scrum practitioners, and make improvements accordingly. Over the years, the sum of these blog posts resulted in the paper “ The 8 Stances Of A Scrum Master ”. The 6 Scrum Master Stances.

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Accidental PM

MARCH 30, 2025

Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methods each offer unique benefits depending on the nature of the project and the industry. Scrum Framework Scrum is a specific framework within the Agile methodology that provides a structured approach to managing complex projects.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In the Scrum framework, the Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as it’s set out in the Scrum Guide and for the team’s effectiveness. As Scrum Masters, we know everyone will look to us if the team isn’t performing well. From knowing and controlling to influence and impact. Let’s delve into it.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Large Scale Scrum is still Scrum, although there is one case study that is non-Scrum. My thoughts : I think there are possibilities for a Large Scale Scrum implementation to be without Scrum in careful hands. Like Scrum, Large Scale Scrum is based on transparency. How does it differ from Scrum?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

TL; DR: Sunsetting Scrum Masters In this article, I uncover indicators that a Scrum Master’s or Agile Coach’s journey is coming to a close; they are sunsetting Scrum Masters. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The effectiveness of a Sprint Review can influence a product’s future direction and success. A Sprint Review is the scrum event that bridges the team and stakeholders. While the Scrum Team delivers flexibility and commitment to the goals, the stakeholders deliver the stability and valuable feedback the team needs to inspect and adapt.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2021

More than 50 individuals were identified to participate on Scrum teams in support of this new product, and few of them had experience in Scrum. . The individual to whom I was speaking looked back at me and said, "There is no such thing as a 'resource manager' in Scrum". Creating a culture of trust supported by the Scrum values

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

In my experience, understanding how we measure success as a Scrum Master can be challenging. And of course, it’s something Scrum Masters have a strong desire to understand. This is also what the trends show us from the thousands of people in over 100 countries who are using the free Scrum Master Improvement Self-Assessment.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Do you ever struggle to help the leaders in your organization see the benefits of agile thinking or using the Scrum framework? I will address this challenge as I answer the Scrum Lightning Round Question: “How can we influence high leadership levels into better implementation of Agile & Scrum methodologies?”

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2020

For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated. Scrum is a framework for an agile workflow. In scrum there are daily scrums , which are short meetings at the beginning of the work day. When working in scrum, there are things called user stories.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 12, 2021

TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures. There are plenty of Scrum Masters failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. TL; DR: Three Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures. Possible Reasons Why Scrum Masters Leave the Path.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 18, 2021

TL; DR: My Top Ten Worst Scrum Anti-Patterns. I recently was invited to a Scrum.org Webinar, and I picked a topic close to my heart: the worst Scrum anti-patterns. So, without further delay, here are my top ten of the meanest, baddest Scrum anti-patterns I have experienced. ?? My Top Ten Worst Scrum Anti-Patterns.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Do you ever struggle to help the leaders in your organization see the benefits of agile thinking or using the Scrum framework? I will address this challenge as I answer the Scrum Lightning Round Question: “How can we influence high leadership levels into better implementation of Agile & Scrum methodologies?”

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I'd like to share some reflections on the essence of Scrum leadership. It's a topic I find both fascinating and vital for anyone involved in the Scrum framework. But in Scrum, I've come to appreciate a different approach, one that's more about influence and less about traditional authority. Comment below!

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Scrum Team delivers a valuable, useful, and usable Increment(s) every Sprint. The Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers solve stakeholder problems, capture stakeholder opportunities, and deliver valuable, useful, and usable improvements toward the product goal. Scrum Team members strive for net improvements.

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Scrum.org

JULY 13, 2021

One of these beautiful people is my individual supervision coach - Judith Cohen , who encouraged me to explore the connections between my two worlds - Co-Active Training Institute's #coactivecoaching and the scrum I learned from Ken Schwaber and Scrum.org. CO-ACTIVE AND SCRUM. The coach is the Scrum Master. COACH AND COACHEES.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

In this blog post, we focus on one specific question that was raised: “How to measure the success of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master?”. The success (or failures) of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master is not that straightforward to measure, and any causality with the success of a team you coach is difficult to prove.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight framework for solving complex problems. It's the Scrum Master's job to bring the Scrum framework to life. In my experience, there is another important success factor: Is the Product Owner able to exploit the benefits of Scrum? And yet that is no guarantee that the product will be successful.

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