Mary Iqbal

The goal isn’t to maximize the number of teams per Scrum Master—it’s to maximize team performance and delivery of value. The right number is the one that ensures teams are supported, impediments are removed, and continuous improvement actually happens.

I am a big fan of the annual State of Agile  report from Digital.ai . Each year, the report looks at things like: Why organizations adopt Agile What frameworks they use What challenges they’re facing But this year was different. For the first time in its 18-year history, Digital.ai didn’t ask about frameworks. They didn’t ask why teams choose Agile. They didn’t even discuss (much) about scaling approaches. Instead, the entire report turned its spotlight on something else entirely: AI , of...

I once worked in an organization where needed to grow from one Scrum team, staffing up into (eventually) many teams supporting one cross-functional product. I suggested that as new staffing joined us, we should let them self-organize into their own Scrum teams.