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Cells, Teams, and the 2020 Scrum Guide Update
2020 Scrum Guide The 2020 Scrum Guide is shorter, more focused, and has One Team. In addition to tying the three artifacts to goals with commitments, we addressed two of the biggest challenges in the industry - servant leaders who don’t lead and self-organizing...
The Updated 2020 Scrum Guide: Cleaner, Clearer, and more Universal
Each day millions of people, tens of millions, the world over, gather for their Daily Scrum for 15 minutes and its been happening for 25 years. How does it work?
Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber Release Updated Scrum Guide Celebrating 25 Years of Scrum
There is a special event being held today celebrating the launch of the 2020 Scrum Guide along with the 25th anniversary of Schwaber and Sutherland’s first presentation of Scrum at OOPSLA ‘95. It is featuring talks about the changes and time to reminisce over the history of Scrum.
A Leader’s Guide To Successful Agile Transformation: How To Go Beyond Teams
There are no shortcuts in an Agile transformation, but there are known patterns of success. Matthew Jacobs, our Chief Product Owner of Agile Transformations, has identified seven core functions that must be address to ensure the overall effectiveness of your Scrum Teams are not limited by legacy structures and institutional barriers.
Agile Teams In A Time of Disruption: How To Optimize Distributed Team Performance
The pandemic has changed the way we all work. And it’s time we embrace reality; even when the disruption of COVID-19 ends, some elements of the virtual ways we now work will remain. Scrum Inc.’s Avi Schneier is one of our principal consultants who has helped organizations meet this challenge. He recently shared his insights during a 30-minute webinar.
Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Diane H. Leonard, GPC
In this Scrum Trainer Spotlight, Scrum Inc. highlights Diane H. Leonard, GPC. Diane is a Scrum Trainer by Scrum Inc., and the founder of DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services, LLC…
Scrum Guide Release 2020 – Scrum Guide Celebrates 25
Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber hosts a live event featuring the release of the updated Scrum Guide, celebrating 25 years of Scrum. The updated Scrum Guide is leaner but its core remains empirical. The key pillars of Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation remain part of the guide. Updates are based on 25 years of Scrum practiced by you, our Scrum community.
Better Scrum with Essence
How can we help teams get better at understanding, adopting, using and improving Scrum? A powerful new idea that the Essence standard brings is formally describing the lifecycle of states that key items go through with simple checklists.
Five Whats That Lead To Effective Impediment Removal
We’ve all been there. We know what work needs to be done. But an impediment stands in our way. However, sometimes simply surfacing an impediment does not provide the context needed to get it resolved. This is why Scrum Inc. Consultant Alex Sheive has evolved a lightweight template to make sure all that context is clear.
A $90 Billion Annual Opportunity for the Scrum and Agile Community
The U.S. Government has a significant software development problem. And they know it. A new guide released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office shows the solution the government seeks may well amount to a $90 billion annual opportunity for Scrum and Agile.
Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Paula Elisa Kvedaras on Scrum in Education
In this Scrum Trainer Spotlight, Scrum Inc. highlights Paula Elisa Kvedaras. Paula is a Scrum Trainer by Scrum Inc., and the co-founder of ConsultoraBK®, an Agile consulting firm in South America dedicated to…
Scrum in HR
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