Points vs Hours
Estimation is a fundamental building block in Scrum. Without it Product Owners and Scrum Masters will struggle with securing a release date and showing velocity improvement. When adopting Scrum the...
View ArticleAgile Means Get Rid of Test Teams!
Microsoft got agile years ago in tools development. You can read about that in Agile Software Development with Visual Studio where they describe how 3000 developers cut their bugs from 30,000 down to...
View ArticleScrum at Scale Part I
Scrum Inc.’s Alex Brown and Jeff Sutherland present Scrum at Scale Part I – an object-oriented model for scaling Scrum across the business. The modular approach allows for the overall system to work...
View ArticleScrum Inc.’s Scrum at Scale Framework
Scrum Inc.’s Alex Brown and Jeff Sutherland present an object-oriented model for scaling Scrum across the entire business enterprise. The modular approach enables the overall framework to function...
View ArticleScrum Inc @ Agile2014
Catch Jeff and Alex at Agile2014 as they present our thoughts on Scrum at Scale and Leveraging Business Value in your backlog. Jeff will also be signing a limited number of advance copies of his new...
View ArticleAgile 2014: Scaling Frameworks and Scrum the Book
Scrum Inc. had a busy week at Agile2104. Our COO Alex Brown kicked things off mid-week with a comprehensive talk on how leadership works in an Agile context. Shortly after his presentation, Jeff...
View ArticleScaling Scrum – What People Are Not Talking About!
Dean Leffingwell and I with a copy of my new book at the VersionOne event at Agile2014 There was a lot of talk about scaling Scrum at Agile 2014. Here’s a photo of Dean Leffingwell, creator of the...
View ArticleJeff Sutherland TEDx Talk
Jeff’s TEDx Talk is up. Watch it here. Watch it now. The post Jeff Sutherland TEDx Talk appeared first on Scrum Inc..
View ArticleDefinition of Done
Each Scrum Team has its own Definition of Done. What matters is that each Team has a shared definition that every one understands. The Team’s Definition of Done is used to assess when work on a User...
View ArticleNow Offering Regular eXtreme Manufacturing CSM Class
Class teams building the car’s frame, suspension and carbon-fiber passenger compartment. Scrum Inc. is hosting our second public eXtreme Manufacturing (XM) class in Seattle, Washington on August 21 and...
View ArticleScrum Patterns by Jim Coplien – Thinking, Caring, Becoming
Jim Coplien, co-author of Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development, describes the Scrum Patterns movement, the origins of Scrum, and the research that will lead to a future book on Scrum...
View ArticleScrum at Scale Part II
Scrum Inc.’s Alex Brown and Jeff Sutherland present Scrum at Scale Part II – an object-oriented model for scaling Scrum across the business. The modular approach allows for the overall system to work...
View ArticleScrum the Book out in the UK
The book hit the shelves in the UK this week. The North American version is out on September 30th. You can pre-order the book now and get a sneak-peak at the first chapter which tells the story of the...
View ArticleJeff at EMC
Last week, Jeff visited the storage giant EMC, a long time Scrum Inc. friend. He delivered the third iteration of his TedX Talk. The talk is a synopsis of the divergent experiences that helped Jeff...
View ArticleScrum Alliance, Scrum Inc., Scrum.org Endorse The Scrum Guide
Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland the co-Creators of Scrum Scrum Inc. is pleased to join Scrum Alliance and Scrum.org in announcing a new website ScrumGuides.org that will be the new home of the Scrum...
View ArticleScrum Alliance, Scrum Inc., Scrum.org Endorse The Scrum Guide
Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland the co-Creators of Scrum Scrum Inc. is pleased to join Scrum Alliance and Scrum.org in announcing a new website ScrumGuides.org that will be the new home of the Scrum...
View ArticleThe Origins of the Daily Standup
Jeff’s new book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time is coming out on September 30, 2014. I thought I’d share an excerpt from it on how the Daily Standup came to be. Pre-order the...
View ArticleNew Book Launch Party
Today: I began a month’s worth of events in the U.S. and Europe this week promoting my new book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. The first event was a Reddit IAMA. One question...
View Article“Scrum” Book Tour Events
Silicon Valley 10/7 Silicon Valley Agile Leadership Network presents: Disruptive Leadership: The Power of Scrum Atlanta 10/13 VersionOne presents: An Agile Community Event with Jeff Sutherland,...
View ArticleDo You Need a Transition Team?
We recently assessed a young Scrum implementation and our observations led to a lot of discussion around the office. We saw excited teams, a stable cadence of meetings, and leadership eager to support...
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