Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

For professional Project Managers seeking to transition into Professional Scrum Masters, the project management principle of being a diligent, respectful, and caring steward offers a valuable perspective. In Scrum, stewardship involves a broader responsibility, including the social, technical, and environmental impacts of the product.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The project management principle "Navigating Complexity" finds a natural ally in the Scrum framework. Scrum is fundamentally designed to address complexity through its adaptive, iterative approach. For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how Scrum excels in navigating complexity is crucial.

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APRIL 1, 2024

The professional project management principle to embrace adaptability and resiliency aligns seamlessly with the core tenets of Scrum. Scrum, with its empirical approach and emphasis on cross-functional, self-managing teams, inherently cultivates adaptability and resiliency.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

In my quest for being at my best to serve, I have gone through accreditation processes to become a professional trainer in many of these. While I was already using the Scrum framework since 2001, be it in a Zombie way, it was time to take agility dead seriously. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts?

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MARCH 4, 2024

The Project Management principle of "Tailoring" emphasizes adapting methods and processes to suit the unique context of a project. For professional Project Managers transitioning to Professional Scrum Masters, this concept requires a nuanced understanding. Focus on Value Delivery: In Scrum, the focus is always on delivering value.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Let’s take the Scrum Master. Support your Scrum Team with Product Backlog management.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. So how about the Scrum Master in the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master can ask a lot of questions for this.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

As Project Managers transition into Scrum Masters, they encounter the principle of recognizing, evaluating, and responding to system interactions. This principle, rooted in systems thinking, is crucial in understanding and managing the complex, interdependent nature of Scrum initiatives.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2022

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Let’s take the Scrum Master. . Support your Scrum Team with Product Backlog management.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. Inspection is about detecting undesirable variances in progressing towards agreed goals. So how about the Scrum Master in the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

. Recently the new Scrum Guide came out, and one of the updates is the switch from Development Team to Developers. This change is done to emphasize that within a Scrum team, there are no sub-teams or hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit , one (Scrum) team of professionals who are focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal. .

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

Scrum impacts the entire organization. To unlock your Scrum team’s superpowers, improvements are necessary within and especially around teams. The Scrum.org PSM II class contains multiple exercises that make visible where improvement is needed in order to use Scrum more effectively. How to prepare? A bunch of impediment cards.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. Inspection is about detecting undesirable variances in progressing towards agreed goals. So how about the Scrum Master in the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, redefining leadership is a pivotal aspect of their journey. The project management principle "Demonstrating Leadership Behaviors" aligns closely with the Scrum ethos, emphasizing the importance of effective leadership in fostering team success and positive outcomes.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2024

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. Each of the Scrum Team members plays an important role. Let’s take a look at the Scrum Master.

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MAY 30, 2022

Although research shows that these activities are useful in any Scrum team, we also recognize that teams usually start with this as they become more experienced with Scrum. That’s why we created the do-it-yourself workshops. The workshops and experiments are: Generate Insights And Ideas For Your Product With “Design The Box”.

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Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2021

There is one frequent question that I encounter in my workshops. There is a piece of information that is missing in the Scrum Guide. Where is the role of Manager in Scrum? The missed-out information makes many organisations confused if they have a similar place and adopts Scrum or present an Agile transformation.

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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

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When people are first introduced to Scrum, often one of the questions they have is “ what do Scrum Masters *really* do all day? ”. Often, people end up discovering the answer to this question by themselves during the training, or as they start practicing Scrum in their teams. supporting the organization in its Scrum adoption.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For a professional Project Manager transitioning to a Scrum Master, the shift to a value-centric approach is both fundamental and transformative. The project management principle "Focus on value" aligns perfectly with Scrum’s core tenet of delivering value through iterative and incremental development.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

TL;DR This blog explores the crucial role of a Product Owner (PO) in managing the Product Backlog, a central element in Scrum, which serves as a roadmap for the Scrum Team's potential tasks. A well-designed workshop can act as a catalyst for value-driven backlog management and stakeholder collaboration. The objective?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Research shows that quality is an important driver for continuous improvement in and around Scrum teams. The Scrum framework introduces the Definition of Done to help teams develop a shared understanding of quality. We created 3 do-it-yourself workshops to support your Scrum team in answering these questions.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

So rather than writing more blog posts about how important shared goals are, we decided to focus on practical help. the meat of this post is where we share three fully-prepared do-it-yourself workshops to identify shared goals with your team (either in-person or virtually). Shared goals are the foundation of the Scrum framework.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Let’s have a look at the Daily Scrum. Prompt: Together with your Scrum Team, evaluate your Daily Scrum: Do you discuss progress towards the Sprint Goal? All Developers.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 16, 2022

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. . Each of the Scrum Team members plays an important role. Let’s take a look at the Scrum Master. .

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

And has created tons of supporting materials like card decks, papers, videos, blog posts, and much more! 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?”. In the remainder of this blog post, I’ll include my personal findings as well.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Next week we'll have a look at Adaptation and the Scrum Master. . ??

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts? getting you closer to the Product Goal. .

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and inspection is one of the three pillars. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more inspections. So how about the Developers in the Scrum Team. Or compared to working agreements such as processes, decision taking, quality levels, etc.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

Your single best investment to improve your professional standing ; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Document the process and outcomes to share with others. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Meetup.com is a good starting point.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. Were the processes, practices and tools up to the job at hand? And how were these achieved?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

All quick tips are included in the Scrum Team Survey. With this free product, Scrum teams can diagnose themselves with an extensive, scientifically validated survey and receive detailed results and evidence-based feedback upon completion. One of the themes Scrum teams can measure with our Scrum Team Survey is team autonomy.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 19, 2022

One of the themes Scrum teams can measure with our Scrum Team Survey is refinement. We define ‘refinement’ as the process of breaking down larger items on the Product Backlog into smaller ones with the purpose of ending with items that can comfortably be delivered to stakeholders in a Sprint. What are quick tips?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2023

During each of the Scrum Events, and throughout the Sprint itself, the Scrum Team and the stakeholders inspect based on a common understanding. So far we have covered Sprint Planning, the Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective. Or when you better wait until the foreseen Scrum Event. A delicate balance.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Where in the Scrum framework do reflection and learning happen? Because although learning should certainly happen there, it’s a waste of opportunities to do it *only* during Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews, or one of the other Scrum events. You’re only partially right if your answer is the Sprint Retrospective.

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Scrum.org

MAY 16, 2022

. The fifth blog, in a blog series about the upcoming book: Creating Agile Organizations - A Systemic Approach , by Cesario Ramos & Ilia Pavlichenko. In this blog, we build on that discussion and consider how to launch the product group into its first iteration successfully. . FTAM workshop. Self-Designing Team workshop.

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