One student told me her company started using Scrum when they hired a vendor who claimed to be an expert. But that vendor piled on excessive

Change is hard. And adopting Agile is no different. Starting with Scrum can feel like stepping into a whirlwind of new terms, accountabilities, and events. Many new teams think they need to add layers of processes to "do Scrum right." But here’s the truth: Scrum was designed to be simple—deliberately so. Adding too much too soon can actually slow you down, making it harder to reach the value Scrum is built to deliver. The Myth of “More Process = Better Scrum" New Scrum tea

Incremental delivery is what makes Scrum work.

The Sprint timebox is the source of many of the benefits of Scrum.

Scrum is used in complex environments where less is known than unknown. In these environments, we need to plan frequently.

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the 17th annual State of Agile report from Digital.ai , 63% of teams who are...

The Scrum framework consists of five events, three artifacts and three accountabilities. These events, artifacts and accountabilities...

Some teams, particularly those transitioning to Scrum from traditional waterfall approaches, really struggle with the idea of delivering fully tested increments of valuable functionality within a single Sprint. They don't believe that they can actually deliver a done increment - including developing and testing valuable functionality - within a Sprint. Sometimes those who are newer to Scrum may decide to modify Scrum so that they split the development and testing phases acro

One question that often arises in the context of Scrum is whether individuals can be part of more than one Scrum team. While there is no...

In the realm of agile frameworks, Scrum stands as a guiding beacon, promoting flexibility, collaboration, and incremental progress....

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to Digita.ai’s 16th annual report, 87% of organizations using an Agile framework use...

In Scrum, the Product Owner is accountable for maximizing product value for the customer. That’s the focus of the entire Scrum framework, where value is delivered frequently and incrementally. But sometimes, the customer can jeopardize the value the Scrum Team is set to deliver. In some cases, the customer might have a work request that doesn’t warrant risking the value the Sprint Goal will deliver. In others, it makes sense to cancel the current Sprint to attend to an emerge

There are five events in Scrum. But just going through the motions and having each of the events on the calendar is not enough. To get...

If you’ve ever wondered whether Scrum can work for hard deadlines, the answer is – yes! Not only can Scrum work in these situations, but...

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​ Scrum’s power is in its simplicity. Rather than containing a set of work instructions, Scrum is a framework offering general principles. That’s what makes it well-suited to complex environments where more is unknown than known. The simplicity of Scrum means that teams can adopt the complementary practices that work for their environment. For example, Scrum doesn’t tell teams that they need to use points. Instead, Scrum directs teams to ensure they size higher-ordered