According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, Scrum teams are “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.” ...

It’s a myth that Scrum Teams don’t plan. Scrum Teams plan at the Sprint Planning event and when refining work items. They also create a...

I gotta say, refining work items is usually, by far, the Scrum Team’s least popular activity. No one gets up in the morning saying, “I...

​According to the Scrum guide, Scrum teams typically have 10 or fewer people, including Developers, Scrum Master and Product Owner. But...

Understanding the “ why” behind the Scrum framework can help Scrum teams improve their ability to deliver value to the organization. We...

Scrum Teams that understand the “ why” behind the Scrum framework can better increase value delivery to the organization. Internalizing...

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...

I think of the three accountabilities in the Scrum framework as creating a balance of power. The Product Owner owns the content and...

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,...