BOSTON & TOKYO, March 5, 2025 – Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, announced today that the globally recognized and respected Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification test will be available in Japanese starting early April 2025.

In this Cybernews article by Neil Hughes, Dave West, CEO and Product Owner at Scrum.org, offered a timely reminder that there is a significant difference between leadership and management.

Boston, September 12, 2024 - Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, has unveiled a new Professional Product Ownership initiative to bolster product thinking within the Agile community.

Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, has partnered with ScrumMatch, the Scrum job platform, to help organizations that are looking to hire Scrum Masters and Product Owners find candidates that have been qualified by experts in Scrum.

The article explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agents can enhance team productivity in software development. It reflects on insights shared by Eric Naiburg in a recent blog highlighting AI as a Scrum Team member.

Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, ahead of Scrum Day China announced a partnership with Scrum.CN to bring Professional Scrum training and certification to mainland China.

Dave West, CEO & Product Owner at Scrum.org, explores the Agile Product Operating Model and its role in integrating digital technology into organizations and its impact on operations and structure.

Working together is a whole lot easier when we're all working from the same place — be it remote or in-person. Hybrid requires a much more deliberate approach.

In this article, Neil Hughes of Techopedia sits down with Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, to talk about how the Scrum framework has evolved, what criticisms it faces, and how artificial intelligence (AI) and the abundance of data are changing how we work.

The Professional Scrum Master certification is on this Techopedia list for 10 best IT certification for 2024.

In this virtual panel, Patricia Kong, Product Owner at Scrum.org shares her insights on communications patterns in organizations.

New training course helps Scrum practitioners improve their ability to manage all aspects of the Product Backlog

Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, today announced at the Agile 2023 Conference that together with Comparative Agility, a leading platform for continuous improvement, that they now offer a Scrum Master Improvement self-assessment.

Agile approaches are going mainsteam and fast - but you need to develop yours the right way if you want it to succeed. In this reworked article, Dave West discusses how communities of practice can help your organizations focus on skill building on teams. 

Trust and transparency provide the foundation for effective conversations. You won’t be successful until you can have open and meaningful conversations with business stakeholders. Kurt Bittner and Pierre Pureur dive into this and more in this InfoQ Article.

In this ServerSide/TechTarget article, Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org shares his thoughts on who should be the Product Owner in Scrum.

In this article, Kurt Bittner, VP of Enterprise Solutions at Scrum.org and Pierre Pureur share some thoughts on software architecture and guidance for skeptics.

In this year's 2023 DevOps Digest's predictions for Agile, Dave West and Patricia Kong of Scrum.org shared their predictions for 2023.

This Q&A is with Eric Naiburg. Eric is the Chief Operating Officer at Scrum.org and the co-author of UML for Database Design and UML for Mere Mortals both published by Addison Wesley.

Scrum.org, The Home of Scrum, today announced its new Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills™ (PSFS) training course. This interactive skills-based course is designed to help Scrum Team members develop a proficiency in facilitation skills and learn when and how to select effective techniques for different circumstances.

In this CMSWire Article, Eric Naiburg talks about how to measure success by focusing on outcomes using EBM.

Dave West adds his advice to this article about Agile Project Charters.

In this article, Kurt Bittner talks about how the Dual Operating Model impedes agility from an Agile leaders's perspective.

Middle managers in today's organizations still act as the glue that enables things to happen. They connect, enable and provide what teams and first-line managers need to get their work done. They have experience in the work coupled with knowledge of the systems and processes of the organization. They know the right people and can navigate politics, ensuring their teams make progress. This article by Dave West talks about their role in Agile Transformations.

Collaboration levels can differ greatly when working with others. People create things together, perform different jobs on related products, conduct peer review, build components that need to interoperate and sometimes it just comes down to sharing ideas. In this Reworked article, Eric Naiburg talks about how Scrum can help find that balance.

In this InfoQ article, Kurt Bittner and Pierre Pureur dive into what Software Architecture really is and how architecting is a skill agile teams embody and not a role.

We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with all of the people who are suffering as a result of this violence. Over the past few days we have been working together with members of our community to decide on a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our intent is to stop the flow of economic transactions moving in and out of Russia.

The need to co-create with the business has many CIOs shifting away from IT projects in favor of a product-based approach that, like so much else in business, is a journey that takes time to nurture and succeed.

The latest Scrum Guide updates saw the release of the 5th version of the Scrum Guide in 2020. A number of changes have been made to the framework, while we believe some are worth considering, some aren’t that important. Some very important changes have been made to the Scrum Guide over the years and this article covers why there was a need for these changes.

Dave West is quoted in this article about value. "Value is a subjective measure.  Therefore, it is not how I define it that matters, but ultimately the person and organization that I wish to bring value to that are relevant. For example, it would be easy to describe the outcome of a sale (happy customer, rich seller, etc.), but ultimately you have to ask why is the person buying that thing – what is the value they want to receive? Also, what value does the seller achieve – why are they selling this thing rather than doing something else?  It is a complex question – so ultimately, I say the value is something defined by the individual that describes the outcome of the event."

Customers seek solutions that improve their outcomes, and organizations don’t know what will achieve this until they deliver something to them, measure the results, and adapt accordingly. Doing so, repeatedly, frequently, and with the smallest investment to achieve the greatest amount of feedback, is the essence of organizational agility. Organizations who master this succeed in today’s complex world. Learn more in this InfoQ article by Kurt Bittner.

Scrum.org, The Home of Scrum, today launched a new digital badging program for its Professional Scrum certification holders through Credly, the digital credentialing leader. Beginning next week, upon earning Scrum.org certifications, certification holders will earn a digital credential from Credly and existing certification holders will also be invited to add their certifications, further amplifying their achievement.

New PAL-EBM training course helps leaders learn how to measure value to enable improvement and agility

In this CMS Wire article, Eric Naiburg talks about how the Scrum Values can help distributed teams thrive as they adjust to a hybrid work environment.

SkillDisplay, a web portal that allows learners world-wide to claim verification for their skills is partnering with Scrum.org, the Home of Scrum, to give customers access to extensive Scrum learning resources with structured skill management, learning paths, and verification based on a set of Professional Scrum Competencies. Read this press release to learn more.

This SDTimes article talks about the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto and where it stands today. Dave West is quoted throughout the article.

This Silicon Angle article highlights the topics discussed in a panel, which featured Scrum.org CEO Dave West, during the Chaos to Clarity: BizOps for Digital Transformation event.

To create and maintain an adaptable, dynamic organization that thrives in ever-changing conditions, IT leaders must encourage staff to continually acquire new skills and embrace new mindsets.

The benefits of a value stream management (VSM) approach — aligning the business, eliminating waste, and improving delivery — have been realized, but what businesses are still struggling with is taking those promises of VSM and making them a reality. {virtual} VSM DevCon presented a roundtable panel of diverse perspectives and viewpoints to look at how VSM is behaving in the “real world,” who is leading the effort, and the roadblocks businesses are coming across. The panel included Laureen Knudsen, CTO at Broadcom Enterprise Software; Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org; and Andrew Brydon, a distinguished engineer and transformation expert from National Australia Bank. Watch the full panel as well as sessions from the conference here. 

In this InfoQ article, Ben Linders interviews PST Christiaan Verwijs, PST Barry Overeem and Johannes Schartau about their new book, The Zombie Scrum Survival Guide.

In this InfoQ article, Ben Linders interviews Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, the co-creators of Scrum, about the changes in the 2020 update to the Scrum Guide.

Scrum.org is a training and certification body that uses the principles of Scrum to help people and teams with complicated product delivery. In addition to software development and site-building teams, groups from a broad range of industries now leverage the framework to improve their problem-solving abilities. Read this article from HostingAdvice.com to learn more.

In this Pragmatic article, Dave West talks about the roles of the Product Manager and Product Owner.

In this SD Times article, Dave West walks us through the key changes to the Scrum Guide in 2020.

Scrum.org has announced updates to the Scrum Framework as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Updates include simplified language, less prescriptive and emphasis on the Scrum team and its need to be self-managing. 

DEVOPSdigest posed the following question to the development community: How should DevOps and development adapt to the new normal? In response, DevOps industry experts offered their best recommendations for how development teams can adapt to this new remote work environment. Part 3 covers visibility and alignment.

New updates include simplified language, less prescriptive and emphasis on the Scrum Team and its need to be self-managing

This CIO article by Mary K. Pratt talks about common shortcomings that happen often when agile is implemented in an organization. Dave West adds his thoughts in this article.

In this article in The Pragmatic, Kurt Bittner talks about focusing on outcomes when it comes to products.

In this article, they collected the best practices and tips for remote Agile teams from certified Agile instructors, published authors, and practice leaders including Scrum.org CEO, Dave West. Included on this page, you’ll find expert tips for Agile remote teams and the pros of working remotely on an Agile team, and learn how to easily overcome common challenges. Plus, gain best practices for remote leaders, teams, and individuals.