Teams who have done Scrum training together perform better than those who haven't. It creates a shared language and shared expectations. When everyone understands not just what Scrum is, but why it works, they understand how to work together more effectively.

A practical guide to effectively evaluate the performance of Scrum Teams + Case Study.

Six Questions That Turn AI Delegation Into a Repeatable Workflow

AI ROI disappoints - we overestimate short-term impact. As with the internet's 1995–2010 trough, winners are now building infrastructure. Punctuated equilibrium: stability, then explosive transformation.

In Part 2 of this Q&A series stemming from questions in the webinar, Managing Your AI Teammate, Eric Naiburg continues the conversation with Darrell Fernandes, diving deeper into how AI is reshaping the way Scrum Teams work. (21:32 Minutes)

83 % der agilen Praktiker nutzen KI, jedoch setzen die meisten nur 10 % oder weniger ihrer Zeit dafür ein, da sie nicht einschätzen können, wo der Einsatz von KI sinnvoll ist.

A product roadmap is a high-level visual summary that shows what a product team intends to build to increase transparency. Let's see how AI can enhance the process of building roadmaps.

The APOM Guiding Principles are introduced as a set of principles to help organizations evaluate their operating models and avoid the trap of "mechanical Scrum" (focusing on mechanics over intent). This blog also addresses the impact of AI, which Dave believes will push organizations toward becoming...

If AI changes how you build, your Definition of Done should represent it. Let's check how.

Scrum Mastery is a craft that requires the right environment and a clear focus on the value chain to truly take off. Drawing from a decade of experience, PST Simon Flossmann shares five essential steps I wish I had known sooner to help you master the role and deliver real impact.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann 10 Warnsignale, die Führungskräfte bei der Wahl ihre Scrum Master achten sollten.

83% of Agile practitioners use AI, but most spend 10% or less of their time with it because they do not know where it fits. Learn more.

Strategies fail in translation: without an Operating Model + System aligned across AI, adaptation, and org speeds, metrics/authority/processes conflict and execution dies.

El enfoque de producto es una mentalidad que parte de centrarse en el cliente y sus necesidades para entregar valor de una manera ágil, flexible, adaptativa e innovadora. Es un cambio radical desde el enfoque de proyectos, que muchas veces se basa en hitos y tareas a cumplir dentro de un plan con un...

Empiricism is the use of past facts and evidence for upcoming decision-making. Let's check it with a super simple explanation.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by Andrew Nimmer, Assistant Head of the Carroll Upper School, part of The Carroll School, an independent Massachusetts school serving students with language-based learning differences. Together, they explore how a cross-function...

A practical way to leverage AI to increase the Scrum Events effectiveness.

KI-Initiativen scheitern aus denselben Gründen wie agile Transformationen: Die meisten Misserfolge sind auf Menschen, Kultur und Prozesse zurückzuführen, nicht auf Technologie. Nutzen Sie die Antimuster-Checkliste der KI-Transformation, um zu erkennen, wo die Initiativen Ihres Unternehmens vom Kurs ...

An order-taking Product Owner leads to backlog chaos and constant priority shifts. Learn why this behavior is a system issue and how teams can preserve clarity and self-management in this post by PST Robb Pieper.

A practical way to leverage AI to increase the Sprint Retrospective effectiveness.

Most people think of negotiation as a formal process, i.e., contracts, vendors, and high-stakes deals. The thing is that product leaders negotiate every day, for instance, with stakeholders, teams, leadership, sales, and so on. These small decisions shape product outcomes.

A practical way to leverage AI to increase the Sprint Review effectiveness.

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann, wie Product Owner das Wunschkonzert in ihren Backlog beenden.

AI initiatives fail for the same reasons Agile transformations did: most failures stem from people, culture, and processes, not technology. Let me show ten prevailing failure patterns.

Org charts show control; influence networks show reality. Map the shadow org, find informal leaders/bottlenecks, and align authority/processes to cut friction and boost speed.

Em 2026, o debate em Portugal já não é se as organizações devem adotar Scrum, mas sim como utilizá-lo de forma verdadeiramente profissional. Este artigo analisa o estado da formação Professional Scrum em Portugal, explorando a maturidade do mercado, a procura por competências Scrum, o impacto da fo...

Learn how to leverage AI to create a step-by-step action plan to resolve the conflicts you see in the Scrum Team.

In this blog, I explain the motivation behind the creation of the new self-paced training course, "Effective Stakeholder Collaboration for Scrum Teams" that I created with Glaudia Califano and is endorsed by Scrum.org.

Has it ever happened on your Scrum Team, that you get into a Sprint Planning session and by the end of it, it still feels that there is no plan for the Sprint?

Do you want to know what the difference is between an AI Agent and Agentic AI?! Then read this short blog.

Agiles KI-getriebener Paradigmenwechsel: strategisch, produktbezogen und individuell.

How do you enter a lengthy prompt to an AI system that you use regularly? Let me show you a powerful way that saves you a lot of time.

Three types of product groups and how to choose between virtual, partially dedicated, and semi‑autonomous configurations based on how tightly your business portfolio is connected.

A practical way to leverage AI to increase the Sprint Planning effectiveness.

Learn how to leverage AI to generate insights out of your current value of DORA metrics and generate a list of improvements to move toward achieving your desired value of the metrics.

In diesem Artikel listet PST Simon Flossmann 21 Fehler, die sich beim Schätzen einschleichen.

The paradigm shift is here. Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla AI director and OpenAI co-founder, recently admitted he has never felt this far behind as a programmer. If Karpathy feels overwhelmed, how should the rest of us feel?

We cling to org charts not out of ignorance but out of psychology: hierarchies feel safe, validate careers, and coordinate work. Replace them without new structures - and chaos follows.

Velocity is a widely used practice in Agile environments. But it has a big potential to be used in the wrong ways. Let's check them and see how to use velocity in a proper way.

Impediments are those blockers that prevent the Scrum Team from achieving the Sprint Goal. You can leverage AI to effectively help you with the removal process.

What makes a Sprint valuable? If at the end of the Sprint, the Scrum Team is able to meet the goal and stakeholders, users expectations. A Sprint is not just about delivering functionality, it is an opportunity to experiment and validate assumptions about what Value is being created or delivered. ...

Release Notes are not documentation. They are part of your product’s conversation with the world. In this blog, you will learn how to write effective Release Notes.

To move toward your ultimate goal, you need some mid-term steps called Product Goals. Here, I show you how to effectively create it with the power of AI.

The world isn’t slowing down. Technology is evolving faster than most organizations can keep up and we all know requirements are constantly changing. But we don’t need a better plan - we need better ways to learn, and we need to keep our options open.

A practical way to leverage AI to increase the Daily Scrum effectiveness.

KI-Agenten versprechen schon seit langem Produktivitätssteigerungen, aber bisher verlangten sie Programmierkenntnisse, die den meisten agilen Praktikern fehlen oder die sie nicht beherrschen. In diesem Artikel teile ich meine ersten Eindrücke darüber, wie Claude Cowork diese Barriere beseitigt.

Modern org charts were built for slow, one-way telegraph communication. Today's instant, multi-directional flow turns hierarchy into bottlenecks - slowing decisions, diluting insight, and killing innovation.

If you drive your car without a destination, you are NOWHERE at the end of the day. The Sprint Goal is the destination of your Sprint trip. You should learn how to effectively create it.

In this Q&A episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Eric Naiburg, COO of Scrum.org, is joined by Darrell Fernandes, Executive Advisor at Scrum.org to explore how AI is showing up in Scrum Teams today—and what it really takes to make it valuable. (20:10)

Scrum is everywhere, but too often it’s not delivering the results leaders expect. Join PSTs Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt of Responsive Advisors and Scrum.org as they unpack the most common reasons Scrum fails to deliver real value.