» The WWH way of actions :)
20/03/25 07:42
No, it's not a typo (people may say you are a WWE
» Scrum Guide Updates Query.
19/03/25 12:24
Hi Team, Need clarification, if the following statement implies that in 2010 scrum guide it was a mandate to use burn down charts. " Scrum does not mandate a burn-down chart to monitor progress. Scrum requires only that: Remaining w...
» Servant Leadership for Agile teams - Survey
18/03/25 19:34
Hi all, I am currently working on my Master’s thesis, conducting research on the impact of Servant Leadership on work engagement in Agile teams . To explore this, I have designed a short survey (just 2.5 minutes on average!) that evaluat...
» New to the Product Owner area
18/03/25 14:59
Hello guys! I'm reaching out because I have interest in the product owner role. Can you tell me more about this role? And what I need to do to make it? Thank you :)
» Clarification on Roles and Responsibilities: Product Owner vs Scrum Master
17/03/25 15:29
I'm new as a Product Owner and also new to the fact that there is a Scrum Master in the company. I'm confused and not sure if we're doing things correctly. Sometimes, I want to discuss with the developers their actual availability to wor...
» Who is responsible for moving or planning tickets into / for the Sprint Backlog – Product Owner or Developers?
17/03/25 07:25
As a Product Owner, I’m facing a challenge with our self-managing development team, particularly with our software architect. On several tickets, he aks me to please plan the one or another ticket into next sprint as it is relevant, addr...
» Feedback Wanted: Dependency Discovery Deck – A Gamified Approach to Managing Dependencies in Agile Teams
15/03/25 09:51
Hi Scrum Community,
» What is best practices in writing user stories? how many acceptance criteria should normally maximal a user story have?
09/03/25 15:55
We have people from business who unfortunately create large user stories with more than 15 user stories, some of them complex some easier to handle, but it ha no end if you as developer see the user story with 15+ acceptance criteria in ...
» When to move bugs from the backlog to the Sprint backlog?
09/03/25 15:46
I am very confused as I moved once a bug with status "QA Test" from the backlog to the sprint backlog for the next sprint. A developer said that it is not necessary to do that as it contains a bug. I just thought that it would be conveni...
» Lean Startup Project
07/03/25 13:51
Hey Guys, My wife is looking into changing my career to scrum master. She has no experience with any projects yet, so I wanted to try a small Project, that ideally reflects the real world. I am from the Classic Projectm...
» Scrum Uses the Best Processes
11/02/25 20:25
You have been given a new, very important assignment . Imminent security threats have been detected. Several security issues, that if not addressed, will penetrate and damage such industries as manufacturing, aerospace, and computer secu...
» My Approach to Scrum at Scrum.org
07/02/25 22:09
My actions have been misinterpreted frequently enough that I’d like to review with you how I built Scrum.org, and why the different components exist and how they work together. Background: I built Scrum first, then participated in kickin...
» In 2003
07/05/24 18:23
I was reviewing the youthful Scrum, and found this course description for the very first course. Some comments from students are at the end: ScrumMaster Certification Course Description Why? Agile project management is as radically ...
» Scrum Guide
25/09/23 16:08
I have been getting queries recently. People want to know when the next Scrum Guide is coming out. The 2020 Guide took Ralph Jocham, Don McGreal and me six months to write. We removed inconsistencies and normalized the prior Guide. If yo...
» Scrum Guide 2020
30/08/20 14:50
Lean and focused. Thirteen pages long. To be released this fall.
» Migration and Clarity
14/08/20 15:08
Massachusetts, my home, has experienced progressively warmer winters. One consequence is that many birds that used to migrate through Massachusetts now stop in Massachusetts for the winter. The result is birds everywhere. Ben, a farmer i...
» Mildred the Goose
13/07/20 15:00
Overview: Agile processes are easy to grasp after you’ve been on a project that employs them. Until then, many have trouble understanding what an agile process or an agile project is all about. Whereas traditional project management app...
» Muck the Duck
12/07/20 15:52
These are the jokes I told in my Scrum Master classes. Brick-Laying Duck New buildings were going up all over town. The best were made from brick. And, as you would expect, bars were always nearby to salve the pains of the working folk I...
» Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) Exam Study Tips
08/05/20 14:01
Read and thoroughly understand/internalize the Scrum Guide. Read it several times in different sittings. We recommend that you download the PDF and read it like you would a book. Over, and over again! Take the Scrum Open assessment numer...
» The End of Kurt Cagle: Or At Least the End of his Movie Studio Model.
10/09/19 03:01
Disclaimer Up Front: I have been “Crazy” about Scrum since I first learned about it, and I myself have been known to act a little “Crazy” at times in my life, and this is why my blog and company operate under the...
» More Aspects of Agile Communities of Practice
25/07/19 02:14
This is a follow up article to my article about An Agile Community of Practice Starter Kit. I wanted to share some details on other aspects of CoP’s. Scope and Nature of a CoP The scope of an Agile CoP can be of varying sizes and ...
» Better SAFe Than Sorry
25/03/19 15:38
The presentation demonstrates why SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is the most widely adopted agile scaling framework. SAFe’s practices have evolved from Agile practices and methods, Lean product... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...
» Agile Coach Camp Canada, Cornwall, Canada, June 7-9 2019
21/03/19 07:00
Agile Coach Camp Canada is a conference that creates opportunities for the Agile and Scrum coaches community to share successes, learning, questions and unresolved dilemmas. All this happens in an... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi...
» AgileCraft Acquired by Atlassian
20/03/19 14:48
Atlassian, the vendor of the JIRA tool, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AgileCraft, a provider of enterprise agile planning software. AgileCraft helps... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit m...
» Using Commercial Scrum Tools for Free
19/03/19 07:00
If the development of open source Scrum tools was in vogue some years ago, a lot of these projects have now been abandoned. Some are still active, but this is because their development is sponsored... [[ This is a content summary only. V...
» ZenHub Adds Agile Reporting
15/03/19 14:42
ZenHub project management tool for software development teams using GitHub has released a new Agile reporting suite aimed at enterprise software teams looking to optimize their development lifecycle.... [[ This is a content summary only....
» Agile Coach Camp Denmark, Dragor, Denmark, May 23-25 2019
15/03/19 07:30
Agile Coach Camp Denmark is a three-day event that serves as an unconference for Agile and Scrum coaches of Denmark and other countries. The Agile Coach Camp Denmark is a free, not-for-profit,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...
» ScrumImpulz, Bratislava, Slovakia, May 30 2019
15/03/19 07:00
ScrumImpulz is a one-day conference focused on the Scrum approach for Agile project management that takes place in Slovakia. Local and international experts share their practical experience about the... [[ This is a content summary only....
» Agile Open Canada, Vancouver, Canada, May 27-28 2019
15/03/19 06:00
Agile Open Canada is a two-day conference that creates opportunities for the Canadian Agile practitioners and enthusiasts of Canada to share successes, learning, questions and unresolved dilemmas.... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi...
» Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) Exam Study Tips
27/02/19 22:12
You may notice that steps 1-10 are a re-hash of suggestions for studying for the PSM I exam. If you took PSM I recently, then just quickly re-do these steps again (or skim instead of read, etc). If you didn’t take PSM I recently, t...