How effective are your Scrum Events if you can’t even book a room? A couple of weeks ago, I posted a poll on LinkedIn with the question. Is your Scrum team comfortable with doing all the Scrum events remotely? 153 people voted, which is obviously not a lot from a…

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog about the DoD EvoCycle and how you can use this technique to manage your Definition of Done effectively and bring back ownership to the Scrum Team. Because it works amazingly well, I’ve been actively using and promoting this technique with all…

Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master. — Scrum Guide 2020 When it comes to the Scrum framework, these three roles with their accountabilities are the minimum required to deliver a potentially “done” Increment. The fact that Scrum doesn’t…

“You’re a Scrum purist”. When I hear people say this, it’s often associated with something negative. As if you’re a dogmatic, one-trick pony disguised as a Scrum police. Inflexible with an attitude of it’s the Scrum way or the high way! …

Scrum was introduced in 1995. Since then, as more people, teams, and organizations have started using Scrum, the framework has grown into the most used method for agile product delivery. And as the popularity of Scrum started to grow, many misinterpretations of the framework grew with it. …