According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, “The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.” ...

The heart of Scrum is the Sprint, which is a time-boxed event during which the Scrum Team delivers a valuable increment at least once per...

The Scrum framework is not a set of work instructions; instead, the framework is a guide within which teams learn how to work together to...

Scrum includes three accountabilities, three artifacts, and five events that help guide how individuals work together within the...

The best Scrum teams that I have ever worked with were supported by leaders focused on removing impediments, providing resources, and...

The new Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills course is now available for signup from Rebel Scrum. The Scrum.org Professional Scrum...

The three accountabilities in Scrum provide a clear scope for action. I think of the three accountabilities in the Scrum framework as...

A question keeps coming up in my Applying Professional Scrum classes: "What are epics and features, and how do we use them in the Product...

Since 2020, the adoption of Scrum has increased rapidly. The following graph compares Scrum adoption in 2020 with 2021. In every...

Scrum is not a set of work instructions; it’s a framework. Scrum relies upon the collective intelligence of those using it to figure out...

As a project manager, I have delivered many complex initiatives, from re-platforming a consumer products website to doubling the size of...

According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum teams are typically 10 or fewer, with a preference to the smaller size. When Scrum teams become too...

Scrum and Kanban are two different frameworks. But did you know that your Scrum Team can use some of Kanban’s crucial elements to...

I confess that the first time someone told me that Scrum is based upon empiricism, I thought they were a little pretentious. After all,...

The human cost of the pandemic has been devastating. We lost loved ones. Many of us lost businesses and jobs. Many more are still...

In our recent article “Why You Shouldn’t Modify Scrum,” we discussed five reasons why modifying Scrum is counterproductive. We’ll expand...

According to The 2020 Scrum Guide, a Scrum Team should contain members with all the skills necessary to create an Increment of usable...

Scrum is a framework, not a set of work instructions. There aren't endless pages of process flow diagrams, no detailed agenda for each...

When people ask me the best way for their team to transition to Scrum, I tell them that there isn’t an easy answer, because every...

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...