Are you doing Scrum? Really?
Explains recent changes to Scrum aimed at reducing rigidity, clarifying core practices, and providing a checklist to help teams assess if they are …
TL;DR; The 2020 update to the Scrum Guide simplifies language and reduces prescriptive rules, emphasizing that Scrum Teams are self-managing and collectively accountable for delivering value each Sprint. Key changes include clear commitments for Product Goal, Sprint Goal, and Definition of Done, as well as a focus on cross-functional teams and improved Sprint Planning. Development managers should review the new guide to align their teams with these streamlined practices.
It has been 25 years since Scrum was first created by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland and it has gone through many revisions. The last major revision was in 2017 and this update represents a simplification for 2020.
New updates include simplified language, less prescriptive and emphasis on the Scrum Team and its need to be self-managing
It’s very clear that Scrum has not changed! Ken & Jeff have just found better ways to describe Scrum to simplify the story as well as reduce the cognitive load of interpreting it.
There are lots of awesome changes so let’s see if I can highlight the things I noticed the most:
I hope that that get as much from this new revision of the Scrum Guide as I have.
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