​ The Product Backlog is one of the three Scrum artifacts. It is the team’s to-do list that shows what to work on next. Each item on...

​ The Agile Manifesto (penned in 2001) includes four values and 12 principles that describe a new approach to complex work. Agile is an...

Many well-meaning practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum. Scrum is a framework for doing complex work, not a how-to playbook. ...

Agile is an umbrella term encompassing a variety of frameworks and approaches to value delivery in complex environments. The word agile ...

​ The 2020 Scrum Guide includes five values that are important to every successful implementation of Scrum. These values are courage,...

Scrum uses an iterative, incremental approach to deliver value to the business through the medium of the Sprint. The purpose of each...

Many well-meaning Scrum practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum, which sometimes leads to creating “rules” that do not exist in the...

A roadmap is a complementary practice that a Scrum Team might use to forecast upcoming deliveries or to translate Product Backlog items...

A lot of people are passionate about Scrum, and why not? Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work, and the agile...

​ It might surprise you that even those with years of Scrum practice sometimes make statements about the framework that are, well,...

According to the 15th annual State of Agile Report, released in July 2021 at digital.ai, there has been a tremendous increase in the...

​Iterative, incremental delivery is critical to a successful Agile team. Without it, Agile is really just window dressing. What is...

As a Professional Scrum Trainer, I love working from home, but engaging with others in a remote environment can be challenging. If you’re...

The Sprint Review meeting is one of the Product Owner’s most important events. As discussed in a recent article Making the Most of the...

The Applying Professional Scrum class is frequently overlooked when it comes to public classes. People tend to go for the Professional...

If the Empire had used Scrum, then Darth Vader would surely have been considered the Product Owner for the Death Star. While Darth Vader...

​Agile isn’t the right fit for every business problem–it’s simply a tool in the toolkit–one of many. Agile frameworks should be used to...

In a recent class, a student asked, “What are the common difficulties teams face when starting with Agile?” To answer this question, I...

Have you ever completed a multi-billion-dollar project only to see it blow up in your face? Twice? If you answered yes, you’re in good...

I have had the opportunity to work with some truly amazing teams that have achieved pretty amazing outcomes. One thing that every team...