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Agile Frameworks

Discover and evaluate frameworks for iterative development, enhancing team collaboration, and optimising value delivery in dynamic environments.

Explore and compare Agile frameworks. Understand their principles, applications, and impact on organisational agility and value delivery.

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Overview

Agile frameworks are structured methodologies that facilitate the implementation of Agile principles within organisations, enabling teams to deliver value predictably and sustainably. These frameworks, such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean, provide specific roles, events, and artefacts that guide teams in their work, fostering collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement. By adopting an Agile framework, organisations can respond more effectively to changing market demands and customer needs, ensuring that they remain competitive and relevant.

The systemic nature of Agile frameworks encourages a culture of experimentation and learning, allowing teams to iterate on their processes and products. This adaptability is crucial for long-term success, as it empowers teams to identify inefficiencies and optimise workflows, ultimately enhancing value delivery. Agile frameworks also promote cross-functional collaboration, breaking down silos and enabling diverse skill sets to contribute to shared goals. This holistic approach not only improves team dynamics but also aligns organisational objectives with customer satisfaction, driving better outcomes.

By embedding Agile frameworks into their operations, organisations can cultivate an environment that prioritises responsiveness and innovation, ensuring they are well-equipped to navigate the complexities of modern product development and market dynamics. The focus on continuous delivery and improvement fosters resilience, enabling teams to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape.

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Course

Scrum for Executives Training

What is Scrum? Why should I care? and What will be expected of me to properly adopt Scrum? Through presentation and discussion, attendees will learn the answers to these questions.
Course

Applying Professional Scrum (APS) Course with Certification

Enables all members of the Scrum Team to learn Scrum while doing it, experiencing what it is like to deliver products using the Scrum framework
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Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement is the ongoing practice of relentless reflection and adaptation, driven by empirical evidence, aimed at consistently enhancing processes, products, and team effectiveness. It embodies a commitment to incremental and measurable advancements, fostering a culture of proactive experimentation, rapid feedback, and learning to achieve sustainable and strategic business agility.
Blog

The Scrum Master is accountable for Delivery

Explains how the Scrum Master is accountable for enabling effective product delivery, fostering team success, and ensuring each sprint produces a usable, valuable increment.
Blog

The Role of Agency in Scrum: Why Self-Management Without Agency is a Lie

Explains why true Scrum requires real team agency, not just self-management in name, and how lacking agency leads to ineffective, ritualistic Agile practices.
Videos

Debunking the Top 5 Myths About Scrum: Unlocking Agile Success in Your Organisation

Explores and corrects common misconceptions about Scrum, clarifying its true principles, events, planning, and governance to help teams adopt Agile practices effectively.
Guides

The Scrum Guide

Discover more about The Scrum Guide and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Videos

Unlocking Scrum Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Values, Roles, Artifacts, and Events

Explains Scrum’s core values, roles, artifacts, and events, highlighting how they support teamwork, transparency, and adaptability in managing complex projects.
Guides

Nexus Guide

Discover more about Nexus Guide and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Videos

What will you learn on the professional scrum master course?

Gain practical skills and deep understanding of the scrum master role, scrum theory, empiricism, team dynamics, and delivering value in agile product development.
Blog

Update to the Scrum Guide on the 25th Anniversary of the Scrum Framework

Summarises key changes in the 2020 Scrum Guide, including simplified language, self-managing teams, and new commitments for goals, backlog, and definition of done.
Guides

Kanban Guide

Discover more about Kanban Guide and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Blog

Great Scrum Masters Need Technical, Business, and Organisational Mastery

Scrum Masters are most effective when they combine leadership skills with technical, business, and organisational mastery to support teams, Product Owners, and change.
Blog

There Is No Such Thing as a "Junior" Scrum Master

Argues that the Scrum Master role requires proven mastery and real-world experience, not entry-level skills or certifications, and should be earned within the team, not assigned.
Blog

Delivery is the only Measure of Progress in Scrum

Scrum teams must deliver working software to real users every Sprint; true progress is measured by delivery to production, not just by completing internal work.
Blog

Professional Scrum teams build software that works

Professional Scrum Teams prioritise software quality, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring each release is reliable, defect-free, and delivers real value.
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Why Most Scrum Masters Are Failing and What They Should Know

Many Scrum Masters lack core Scrum knowledge and technical skills, leading to poor team support. Learn key competencies needed for effective, measurable impact.
Blog

You are doing Scrum but the Scrum Master tells the team what to do!

Discover why a Scrum Master shouldn’t dictate tasks to the team. Empower self-organization and enhance accountability for better project outcomes.
Blog

Getting started with a Definition of Done (DoD)

Explains how to create, apply, and improve a Definition of Done (DoD) in Scrum to ensure software quality, transparency, and consistent delivery of working increments.
Blog

You can't stop the signal! But you can ignore it!

Explores why teams ignore clear signals from Agile and Scrum, highlighting how culture and fear hinder continuous improvement and effective problem-solving in organisations.
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Pragmatism crushes Dogma in the wild

Explores how practical use of Scrum fosters adaptability and resilience in teams, highlighting the value of flexibility over rigid rules in complex product development.
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If your backlog is not refined then you are doing it wrong

Explains why regular backlog refinement is essential in Scrum, how to make backlog items ready for Sprint Planning, and ways to measure effective refinement.
Blog

Professional Scrum Developer (.NET) Training in London

Join the Professional Scrum Developer training in London to enhance your .NET skills, collaborate in teams, and master Agile practices. Sign up now!
Blog

The fallacy of the rejected backlog item

Explains why rejecting individual backlog items at Sprint Review is a misconception, highlighting Scrum’s focus on learning, collaboration, and delivering a complete increment.
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I do continuous deliver, why should I Sprint?

Explains why Sprints are valuable even with continuous delivery, highlighting benefits for planning, feedback, communication, and predictability in Scrum teams.
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Balance of Leadership and Control in Scrum

Explores how Scrum Masters and Product Owners balance leadership, authority, and team autonomy to ensure accountability, effective self-management, and organisational alignment.
Blog

My journey into Professional Scrum

Explore my journey into Professional Scrum and discover how agile practices can transform software development and enhance business agility. Join me!
Videos

The Power of Kaizen: Continuous Improvement in Scrum and Beyond

Explains how Kaizen’s continuous improvement principles enhance Scrum and Agile teams, with practical tips for retrospectives, workflow optimisation, and team culture.
Videos

Maximizing Transparency and Improvement in Software Engineering with Kanban

Learn how Kanban boosts transparency in software engineering, helping teams visualise workflows, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement and delivery.
Videos

What is the hardest part of working with a brand-new scrum team?

The biggest challenge with new scrum teams is overcoming misconceptions about scrum and shifting focus from process mechanics to core agile principles and empirical learning.
Blog

Professional Scrum Training for the Ghana Police Service

Professional Scrum training introduced Ghana Police officers to Agile methods, using hands-on sprints to support organisational change and collaboration in policing.
Recipes

Daily Scrum Recipe

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Blog

Are you doing Scrum? Really?

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Blog

Professional Scrum Foundations in Alameda, California

Join the Professional Scrum Foundations course in Alameda, CA, to enhance your team’s agility and collaboration skills through practical, hands-on learning.
Blog

My first Scrum team in the wild

Discover insights from my first Scrum team experience, highlighting key practices and lessons learned to enhance your agile journey. Join the conversation!
Videos

Scrum doesn't solve problems, it reveals them. How, and why is that valuable?

Explains how Scrum exposes hidden organisational problems through transparency and feedback, enabling teams to identify issues, improve processes, and drive real change.
Videos

What is empiricism and why is it so critical to great Agile?

Explains how empiricism—continuous observation, inspection, and adaptation—drives Agile success by enabling teams to respond effectively to real project data and feedback.
Videos

Can organisations run an Applying Professional Scrum workshop? How would that help them?

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Videos

Mastering Scrum: Essential Insights for New Teams from a Scrum Master's Journey

Guidance for new Scrum teams on building strong foundations, embracing empiricism, Scrum values, continuous learning, and the Scrum Master’s role in fostering team growth.
Videos

Transforming Scrum Training: How Real-World Insights Empower Agile Teams at Great Calm

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Videos

Unpacking the Scrum Master Role: Moving Beyond Misconceptions to True Accountability

Explores common misconceptions about Scrum Masters, clarifies their true accountabilities, and highlights the importance of principles, competence, and organisational impact.
Workshops

Sprint Review #1

Discover more about “Sprint Review
Videos

Maximise Your Scrum Process: Leveraging Azure DevOps for Agile Success

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Videos

Beyond the Rituals: Embracing the Core Principles of Scrum for True Agile Success

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Videos

How does the APS course help people apply scrum effectively?

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Videos

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Blog

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Blog

How to Set and Achieve Effective Sprint Goals

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Videos

How effectively does an APS prepare a team to do a solid, professional Scrum?

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Blog

Decoding Scrum Team Work: Balancing Sprint and Refinement Work

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Videos

What is Sprint Planning?

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Videos

Product Ownership vs. Product Management: Busting the Myth That They're Separate Roles

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Videos

Why is Scrum so easy to understand but incredibly hard to master?

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Blog

Adventures in Scrum: Lesson 1 – The failed Sprint

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Practices

Sprint Planning Event

Discover more about Sprint Planning Event and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Blog

The Sprint Goal is a commitment for the Sprint Backlog

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Guides

Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams

Discover more about Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Videos

Understanding the Power of Kanban in Scrum

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Videos

Why Limiting Work in Progress is Key to Success in Kanban

Limiting work in progress in Kanban helps teams focus, spot bottlenecks, maintain quality, and deliver value efficiently by ensuring a sustainable, manageable workflow.
Videos

Mastering Kanban: A Simple Guide to Its Core Principles

Learn the three core Kanban principles—visualising workflow, actively managing tasks, and continuous improvement—to boost team efficiency, transparency, and collaboration.
Videos

Understanding Kanban: A Tool for Transparency and Continuous Improvement

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Videos

3 core practices of Kanban. Actively managing work items in a workflow.

Explains how to actively manage Kanban workflows by monitoring work in progress, resolving bottlenecks, and optimising flow for greater efficiency and value delivery.
Videos

What is Scrum?

Scrum is a framework that helps teams organise and adapt to complex, changing tasks by enabling collaboration and shared goals in uncertain environments.
Videos

Embrace the Chaos: Transforming Scrum Learning Through Experience and Minecraft

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Service Level Expectation

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Blog

Big Scrum: Are you doing mechanical Scrum

Explores the difference between mechanical and Professional Scrum, highlighting the importance of values, principles, and technical excellence for effective Agile teams.
Blog

A better way than staggered iterations for delivery

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Blog

Release planning and predictable delivery

Explores how agile teams can achieve predictable software delivery through quality focus, effective release planning, and continuous improvement, despite inherent uncertainty.
Blog

Definition of Done - Objective vs Subjective

Explains the difference between subjective goals and the objective Definition of Done in Scrum, highlighting how clear, measurable criteria ensure consistent product quality.
Blog

The Insufficiency of Scrum is a fallacy

Explore the myth of Scrum’s insufficiency and learn how effective engineering practices can enhance Agile success. Elevate your team’s performance today!
Blog

Are technical skills required to be a Scrum Master?

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Videos

The Competence Crisis in Scrum Master Roles: A Call for Excellence

Many Scrum Masters lack essential skills and experience, leading to poor agile outcomes. True competence requires deep knowledge, practical experience, and ongoing learning.
Blog

Big Scrum: All you need and not enough

Explores how to scale Scrum effectively by applying agile values, fostering professional teams, and adapting processes to fit unique organisational needs for large-scale agility.
Videos

Mastering Agile: 3 Essential Strategies to Boost Your Team's Sprint Success

Learn three key Agile strategies: define clear completion criteria, avoid overcommitting in Sprints, and prioritise backlog refinement for better team productivity.
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Agnostic Agile

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Videos

The Importance of Delivering Working Software Every Iteration

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Videos

Unlocking Success in Agile: Why Your Definition of Done is Essential for Quality Delivery

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Blog

Evidence-based Management: Gathering the metrics

Explains how to gather key metrics for evidence-based management in software organisations, focusing on value delivery, time to market, and ability to innovate.
Blog

Can the Definition of Done change per Sprint?

The Definition of Done can evolve to improve quality but should not be weakened or vary per backlog item. Consistency ensures transparency and reliable product increments.
Blog

DOD has made it illegal to do waterfall

The US Department of Defence now requires agile, iterative software development, ending mandatory waterfall methods and influencing global government IT practices.
Videos

Detecting Agile BS: Lessons from the US Department of Defense

Learn how to spot fake Agile practices using six key questions from the US Department of Defense, and discover steps to assess and improve true Agile maturity in organisations.
Blog

Work can flow across the Sprint boundary

Explains how allowing work to flow across Sprint boundaries in Scrum can improve team throughput, as long as the Sprint Goal and Definition of Done are maintained.
Blog

Why Measuring Individual Cycle Time is Killing Your Flow (And What to Do Instead)

Measuring individual cycle time in Kanban misleads teams, hides real bottlenecks, and harms flow. Focus on system-wide metrics like PCE, WIP, and throughput instead.
Videos

Navigating Complexity: Why Agile Practices Are Essential for Modern Product Development

Explains how agile practices help teams manage complexity, adapt to change, and deliver value faster in modern product development, compared to traditional methods.
Guides

Manifesto for Agile Software Development

Discover more about Manifesto for Agile Software Development and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Videos

Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins of Agile: Transform Your Organisation for True Agility

Identifies seven common Agile pitfalls—quick fixes, backlog overload, resource focus, lack of accountability, blame, imitation, and pride—and offers practical solutions for true agility.
Videos

In high competition markets, how does scrum product development help acquire and retain customers?

Explains how Scrum supports customer acquisition and retention in competitive markets by enabling rapid delivery, feedback, and continuous improvement, but not guaranteeing success.
Blog

How do you incorporate a Design Sprint in Scrum?

Explains how to integrate Design Sprint activities within Scrum by embedding design and UX work into regular sprints and backlog refinement, avoiding separate design sprints.
Blog

Professional Scrum in Immingham, UK

Join the Professional Scrum course in Immingham, UK, and enhance your team’s collaboration and efficiency. Discover the value of co-located training today!
Blog

What's in a burndown?

Discover the essentials of burndown charts in Agile. Learn how to visualize progress and enhance team communication for successful sprints.
Blog

Introducing Kanban for Professional Scrum Teams

Learn how Kanban practices can be integrated into Professional Scrum teams to improve workflow, transparency, and delivery using the new Scrum.org PSK training and guide.
Videos

Transforming Training: The Power of Immersive Learning in Scrum

Explores how immersive, hands-on learning in Scrum boosts knowledge retention, practical skills, and continuous improvement compared to traditional training methods.
Videos

Redefining the Scrum Master: From Boss to Empowering Facilitator

Explains how effective Scrum Masters empower teams through facilitation, support, and coaching, moving away from authority and micromanagement to foster self-organisation.
Videos

Is a Scrum Master an Agile micromanager?

Explains why a Scrum Master should facilitate and empower agile teams, not micromanage, highlighting the importance of trust, autonomy, and effective team dynamics.
Blog

Hiring a Professional Scrum Master

Covers key responsibilities, skills, and requirements for hiring a Scrum Master, including leadership, coaching, facilitation, and fostering effective Scrum teams.
Blog

Choosing a Process Template for your Team Project

Guidance on selecting the best process template for team projects in TFS or VSTS, highlighting why the Scrum template reduces friction for agile teams over Agile or CMMI.
Videos

Understanding the True Role of a Scrum Master

Explains the true responsibilities of a Scrum Master, how to maximise team effectiveness, teach Scrum principles, and address organisational challenges for better outcomes.
Videos

Why Every Scrum Master Needs an Immersive Training Experience

Immersive training helps experienced Scrum Masters deepen practical skills, boost team effectiveness, and develop leadership through hands-on, real-world learning.
Videos

How to Be an Effective Agile Coach: Agnosticism in Practice

Learn how Agile coaches can empower teams by staying framework-agnostic, focusing on core principles, and enabling teams to choose and adapt practices for their needs.
Videos

How does a Scrum Master or Agile coach motivate a Scrum Team?

Explains how Scrum Masters and Agile coaches boost team motivation by setting clear goals, fostering engagement, recognising achievements, and promoting continuous improvement.
Videos

Redefining the Scrum Master: From Misconceptions to Empowering Leadership

Explores common misconceptions about the Scrum Master role, highlighting the shift from tool admin to empowering leader who fosters team autonomy, growth, and self-organisation.
Videos

Is a scrum master an agile micromanager?

A Scrum Master empowers teams by facilitating, mentoring, and supporting—not micromanaging—fostering trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement in Agile environments.
Videos

7 Harbingers of the Agile apocalypse - Silence

Explores how silence in agile teams signals disengagement, and offers strategies to boost stakeholder participation, open communication, and effective sprint reviews.
Videos

Unpacking the Scrum Master Myth: Why Servant Leadership is Key to Team Success

Explains why the Scrum Master is a servant leader, not an authority figure, and how this approach empowers teams, encourages autonomy, and dispels common misconceptions.
Videos

How do you select the most valuable items for the sprint backlog?

Learn how Agile teams collaboratively select high-value sprint backlog items by balancing business needs, technical priorities, and stakeholder input for effective sprint planning.
Videos

Unlocking the Scrum Master's Potential: Embracing Broader Responsibilities for Agile Success

Explores how Scrum Masters can expand their impact by embracing wider organisational responsibilities, challenging outdated practices, and fostering agile team growth.
Videos

What would you advise a scrum team to do in their first 4 weeks?

Guidance for new scrum teams on establishing effective practices, learning from experience, experimenting, and improving during their first four weeks with scrum.
Blog

Scrum is hard to adopt and disruptive to your organisation

Discover the challenges of adopting Scrum in your organization. Learn why commitment and training are essential for successful Agile transformation.
Videos

Overview of 'applying flow metrics for Scrum' course.

Learn how to use Kanban flow metrics in Scrum to improve value delivery, track progress, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement in agile teams.
Videos

The Future of Scrum Training: Immersive Learning for Lasting Change

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Videos

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Combatting Famine in Agile: How to Foster Stakeholder Engagement and Boost Team Morale

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Videos

Why Agile Success Relies on Effective Planning: Debunking the Myths of Scrum

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Videos

Scrum is like communism, it doesn't work. Myth 1.

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Videos

Who Should Lead the Sprint Review? Unpacking the Role of the Product Owner in Agile Success

Explains why the Product Owner should lead Sprint Reviews in Agile, detailing their role in maximising value, gathering feedback, and updating the product backlog.
Videos

Mastering Sprint Planning: Key Principles for Agile Success

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Is a PSM II certification validation of your skills, or does it develop your skill and capability as a Scrum Master?

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Newsletters

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Mastering Scrum: Effective Planning and Prioritisation for Agile Success

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Quotes: "I estimate that 75% of those organisations using Scrum will not succeed in getting the benefits that they hope for from it." - Ken Schwaber

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Videos

What should be top of mind when a Scrum team prepare for a Sprint review?

Learn how Scrum teams can boost Sprint review success by engaging stakeholders, tailoring communication, and focusing on value, transparency, and active participation.
Videos

Best Scrum advice you ever received?

Emphasises the importance of flexibility and pragmatism in Scrum, encouraging teams to adapt frameworks to their context rather than rigidly following prescribed rules.
Videos

#1 tip for a new Scrum Master

New Scrum Masters should start by thoroughly reading the Scrum Guide to understand Scrum principles, roles, and practices, forming a strong foundation for Agile success.
Videos

Unlocking Trust in Scrum: The Power of Openness and Transparency

Explores how openness and transparency in Scrum foster trust, clear communication, and a supportive team culture, essential for effective Agile collaboration.
Videos

Unlocking the True Potential of Scrum: Why Professionalism Matters in Agile Teams

Explores how true professionalism in Scrum enables Agile teams to deliver production-ready products, highlighting the importance of transparency, standards, and work ethic.
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Scrum-damentals Webcast on 17th February 2012

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Recipes

Sprint Review Recipe

Discover more about Sprint Review Recipe and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Videos

Are Your Teams Empowered to Change Requirements Based on User Feedback? If Not, You’re Probably Not Very Agile

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Videos

Overview of the 'scaling with portfolio Kanban' course

Learn how to apply Kanban at the organisational level to optimise workflow, improve predictability, and make data-driven decisions across multiple teams and projects.
Videos

Unlocking Agile’s Core: Questioning to Create Value

Explores how questioning, continuous improvement, and team empowerment drive Agile success, helping organisations adapt quickly, spot inefficiencies, and create lasting value.
Videos

When is an APS course appropriate for a scrum team?

Explains when an Applied Professional Scrum (APS) course benefits Scrum teams, helping them identify and remove ineffective practices to improve Agile performance.
Videos

What should you do if your Sprint Review delivers harsh, scathing feedback?

Learn how Agile teams can handle harsh Sprint Review feedback by analysing root causes, engaging stakeholders, and deciding whether to halt, pivot, or persevere.
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Sprint Goal is an Immediate Tactical Goal

Explains how the Sprint Goal serves as an immediate tactical objective in Scrum, guiding teams toward strategic Product Goals and maximising value through focused outcomes.
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Upcomming Scrum at Scale Workshop from Scrum.org

Join the Scrum at Scale Workshop by Scrum.org to drive agile transformation in your organization. Learn to implement effective change and improve culture!
Recipes

Sprint Planning Recipe

Discover more about Sprint Planning Recipe and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
Videos

Quotes: Don't scale Scrum! Pragmatic or defeatist?

Examines whether the belief that Scrum can’t scale is practical or defeatist, highlighting Nexus as a proven approach for scaling Scrum to deliver greater value.
Newsletters

Unlock the Power of Effective Backlog Management with our new course from Scrum.org

Learn essential Scrum Product Backlog management skills, including stakeholder engagement and data-driven decision-making, to boost team effectiveness and project success.
Videos

Would you recommend the APS course to a newbie scrum team, and Why?

Explains why the Agile Practitioner Series course is ideal for new Scrum teams, focusing on practical Scrum skills, organisational change, and team empowerment.
Videos

What is the most common Aha moment people have in a scrum course?

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Coffee Talk: Introduction to Scrum - webcast event this Friday!

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Adventures in Scrum: Lesson 2 - For the record

Explore key lessons from our first Scrum Sprint at SSW, uncovering the importance of clear communication and alignment in Agile practices. Join the journey!
Videos

What is a sprint goal?

Explains the sprint goal in Scrum as a clear, tactical objective for each sprint, guiding team focus, enabling actionable feedback, and linking daily work to product vision.
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