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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Inloox

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The creators of Scrum , Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, developed the concept in the early 1990s. In 2010, they published the first Scrum Guide, a guide to the method with the intention of providing people, teams and organizations with a framework to master complex tasks and create products with the highest possible value.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 20, 2022

Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master. Scrum Guide 2020. When it comes to the Scrum framework, these three roles with their accountabilities are the minimum required to deliver a potentially “done” Increment.

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Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Yesterday, November 18th, there was a 3-hour virtual event to celebrate the launch of the 2020 Scrum Guide with nearly 20,000 registrants. Can you imagine It’s been 25 years since the launch of the first Scrum Guide? Just the self-managing Scrum team with three sets of accountabilities (PO, SM, and Developers).

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2020

2020 Best Kanban Software Rankings. Kanbanize defines itself as an agile project management software. It can be used in an agile framework by scrum teams for sprints, but it also serves other industries, such as marketing and publications. The post Best Kanban Software of 2020 appeared first on ProjectManager.com.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

While there are only 3 accountabilities in the Scrum Team, the entire team is accountable for creating a valuable, useful Increment every Sprint. Let’s get things straight first, with a quote from the Scrum Guide 2020: Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT 4: A Bargain for Scrum Practitioners? I wanted to determine whether ChatGPT 4 is superior to its predecessor, which left a good impression in recent months; see my previous articles on Scrum, Agile, and ChatGPT. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: ChatGPT 4: Ein Schnäppchen für Scrum-Praktiker? ?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2023

In the agile world, Scrum stands out as a Goldilocks framework. Scrum strikes a delicate balance, providing enough structure to guide teams without stifling their creativity and adaptability. Let's delve deeper into what makes Scrum the Goldilocks framework: Not too rigid, not too loose, but just right.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

TL; DR: How To Spot Successful Scrum Masters In this article, I unravel the secrets of what makes a Scrum Master not just good but amazingly outstanding. From regularly achieving Sprint Goals, delivering value to customers, and building stakeholder rapport easily, discover the traits that set apart successful Scrum Masters.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2022

Since 2020, the adoption of Scrum has increased rapidly. The following graph compares Scrum adoption in 2020 with 2021. It is no wonder that with this rapid adoption of agile, several myths about Scrum — the most popular agile framework — abound. Myth 1: Scrum should solve this! . It’s a fair question.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It's all about the conditions that must be met for a Product Backlog Item to be considered ready for action and understood enough by the entire Scrum Team so that it can be pulled into the Sprint Backlog during Sprint Planning. What does the Scrum framework say about “readiness”? This is an example of embracing Transparency in Scrum.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

TL; DR: Club Scrum — You, too, ChatGPT? A few years ago, I ran a survey to figure out what Scrum Masters serving a single Scrum team do all day. Now that we have a new kid, pardon: a new LLM, on the block, I reran the old questionnaire: Club Scrum: What Are You Doing all Day, ChatGPT — as a Scrum Master?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 2, 2021

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? Scrum Events and Skipping Retrospectives According to the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

In a recent Scrum.org webcast (1) I mentioned that Scrum by its nature, assumes psychological safety exists in order for Scrum as a practice to function. Furthermore I would assert that for Scrum to be truly successful Scrum absolutely requires psychological safety to be established both inside and outside of the Scrum Team. .

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 3, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum 2022 — Getting You Started as Scrum Master or Product Owner. Probably, you are considering how to further your Scrum Master career or Product Owner career in 2022. Good luck with Scrum 2022—just stick to first principles! Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes !

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on Scrum Anti-Patterns. 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. Which makes any Scrum Master interview a challenging task.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Here are some study notes that I created whilst learning more about the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) course and assessment. Product Backlog items (PBIs): The only level required by Scrum. T – Testable: PBIs should be defined in a way that makes it clear how they will be tested.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

Many well-meaning Scrum practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum, which sometimes leads to creating “rules” that do not exist in the framework. Scrum is deliberately incomplete because the framework is used in complex environments where simple best practices won’t fit all situations.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. The Sprint Planning is a core event that defines how your customers’ lives will improve with the following Product Increment. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! This resulting plan is created by the collaborative work of the entire Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2022

Scrum is simple, but that simplicity means that each of its elements is essential. Teams that mess with the framework are messing with Scrum. Teams that make changes to the elements limit Scrum's effectiveness and aren't really using Scrum. . Each of the Scrum events has a timebox, and that timebox is important.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Product Backlog refinement is a continuous process to create actionable Product Backlogs, enabling a Scrum Team to run Sprint Plannings at a moment’s notice. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? ?? ???? The Purpose of the Product Backlog Refinement According to the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The 2020 Scrum Guide includes five values that are important to every successful implementation of Scrum. These values don’t get much attention, but the longer I practice Scrum and coach teams, the more important I find them. Focus in the context of Scrum means to focus on the work of the Sprint. Commitment.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

“You’re a Scrum purist”. As if you’re a dogmatic, one-trick pony disguised as a Scrum police. Inflexible with an attitude of it’s the Scrum way or the high way! I’m here to set the record straight and say that it’s actually a big compliment when people say you’re a Scrum purist. Why is it OK to be a Scrum Purist?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

According to the 2020 Scrum Guide , Scrum team members should be “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.” On the one hand, some Scrum team members think that self-managing means doing whatever they want. Our answer comes straight from the Scrum guide.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. It is, in essence, the plan for what the Scrum Team will do next. Transparency.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Stattdessen basiert Scrum auf einem ausgeklügelten System von Checks & Balances, Zusammenarbeit und gemeinsamer Entscheidungsfindung, um das Risiko zu mindern, dass sich der Product Owner in seine Lösung verliebt und nicht in das Problem des Kunden. Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! ?? ????

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Within software teams, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. Below are a few of the most common misconceptions about Scrum. . . If this should happen, the team will discuss it at the Daily Scrum and decide what to do. Scrum is a framework that relies upon the intelligence of those using it.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In Scrum, the Sprint Goal serves as the spotlight that provides transparency to the Sprint Backlog, as the flag that allows the team to rally, and the one thing that provides focus and cohesion. The following nine Sprint Goal principles point at critical issues any Scrum team needs to consider on its path to excellence. ????

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2020

We have redesigned our Scrum Framework poster and have made some changes. . . . Scrum Events . The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less” [2]. To emphasize, that in Scrum everything happens within a Sprint, we visualized the Sprint as a gray dotted line surrounding the other Scrum elements.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 28, 2021

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Agile Leadership According to the Scrum Guide. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Instead, Scrum as a framework is based on a delicate system of checks and balances, collaboration, and joint decision-making to mitigate risk; for example, the Product Owner falling in love with their solution over the problem of the customers. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? ?? ????

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Die Verfeinerung des Produkt-Backlogs ist ein kontinuierlicher Prozess zur Entwicklung von praktikablen und wertschöpfenden Produkt-Backlogs, die es einem Scrum Team ermöglichen, eine Sprintplanung im Prinzip jederzeit durchzuführen. Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! ?? ?? ?? ????

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

En Scrum la planificación no es una etapa o un evento único, es una actividad continua durante todo el Sprint. Los eventos de Scrum proveen un ambiente de colaboración, aprendizaje y enseñanza además de reforzar el sentimiento de unidad y de equipo hacia un objetivo y propósitos compartidos.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

How can you evaluate your success as a Scrum Master using metrics? In this three-part series, I'd like to explore how Scrum Master accountabilities can guide you to choose metrics you can collect and track to evaluate yourself and your team. The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

People holding these different perspectives should collaborate to define what to do, and agree on how they know when it is done correctly. If you are developing software using Scrum then you may like to host these sessions during Product Backlog Refinement or Sprint Planning. above story/description is optional.

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