The Product Owner should leverage their detailed product knowledge and customer insights, thereby influencing strategic initiatives driving the product's long-term success and market competitiveness.

Scrum, often confined to the 'build' phase in traditional project frameworks, can be more effectively leveraged in a product-centric environment. By transforming the Sprint Review into a collaborative platform for strategic alignment and continuous improvement, organisations can maximise Scrum's val...

How to Elevate Your Standing as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann 3 Strategien, wie Scrum Master den Zusammenhalt über Teamgrenzen hinweg fördern können.

Nel product management, comprendere la differenza tra output, outcome e impatto è cruciale. Gli output sono i risultati immediati del lavoro del team, come una nuova funzionalità sviluppata durante uno sprint. Gli outcome rappresentano i cambiamenti desiderati derivanti dall'uso di questi output, co...

By shifting the focus from project-based delivery to product lifecycle management, organizations can significantly enhance their ability to innovate, respond to market changes, and deliver value to customers.

A product strategy is a high-level plan that helps you realise your product vision. It defines the product, who it is for, why people would use it rather than some other product, and the benefits it provides to users, customers, and the producer.

A product vision is a concise and motivating statement that clearly outlines the future direction of your product. In this article, we have explored several key characteristics that define an effective Product Vision.

In diesem Artikel erklärte PST Simon Flossmann, was Product Owner bei der Strategie für ihr Produkt beachten sollten.

Gibt es agile regulierte Industrien, oder ist das ein Widerspruch in sich? Kürzlich erhielt ich eine Projektmeldung von einer Organisation, die einen Scrum Master mit mindestens zwei Jahren Erfahrung mit Informationssystemen für Reisende im Bahnverkehr und im öffentlichen Nahverkehr haben sollte....

I am often asked, what’s the right amount of information for an item in the Product Backlog. First, there is no “right” amount of information. And second, less is more.

Product Owner is an accountability within Scrum. If you are not doing Scrum then there is no Product Owner. However, Scrum does not clarify besides a couple of bullet points what is expected of a Product Owner and it leaves a lot of grey area for people to interpret and mis-interpret the need of Pro...

Hiring Pitfalls: Why Combining Project Manager and Scrum Master Roles May Fail in Regulated Industries

Professional Product Discovery and Validation (PPDV) includes questions that test your understanding of discovery and validation practices in an Agile work environment.Questions on the test fall into three broad categories;Engage with VisionEvolve with ValidationLead to ValueThese questions are deri...

Für den folgenden Artikel habe ich Vorschläge aus mehr als 50 Kursen zusammengetragen, wie man die Velocity „am besten“ manipulieren kann.

In diesem Artikel teilt PST Simon Flossmann 5 Lektionen aus über 150 Scrum Trainings mit mehr als 1800 Teilnehmern aus den letzten 4 Jahren.

The PO maximises value by setting the direction for the product, reflecting the customer needs and desires in clear business objectives, assessing technical challenges, and validating assumptions.

El Proceso de desarrollo ágil puede lograr un mejor impacto en el negocio y los clientes cuando se produce una mejora de la transparencia a través del alineamiento estratégico. Esto puede partir desde la definición del objetivo de negocio a nivel estratégico. En esta ocasión les comparto una forma d...

To help you identify when your team is deviating from the practice of incremental delivery, here are 4 red flags to watch for.

For the following article, I aggregated exercise suggestions on how to “best” game velocity.

The Product Goal serves as a compass that directs the team's work and facilitates and fosters a shared understanding among all stakeholders. By dispelling common misconceptions and embracing the product goal's true characteristics, Scrum teams can ensure that their efforts are focused, strategic, an...

Sin datos, las decisiones son básicamente buenos deseos con un alto riesgo de negocio. Una referencia de cómo llevar a cabo el descubrimiento y validación es el modelo Doble Diagrama es una referencia de como el proceso creativo sigue una divergencia y convergencia en este caso, para aprender del cl...

In diesem Artikel teilt PST Simon Flossmann seine Erfahrungen der letzten 10 Jahre als Scrum Master.

By dispelling common misconceptions and embracing the Sprint Backlog's true nature, teams can enhance responsiveness and work cohesively towards their goal. The Sprint Backlog is a powerful guide that, when used correctly, ensures that the team remains focused, adaptable, and aligned with the overal...

Scrum is often implemented at the team level, which can limit achieving business agility at scale. Moving beyond this "team-level agility" to a more holistic approach fosters in-team and inter-team collaboration, aligning with the "second wave of Agile".

Understanding the true nature of the Product Backlog is essential for the success of Scrum and the delivery of value to stakeholders. By dispelling common misconceptions and embracing this knowledge, teams can enhance their responsiveness, prioritize effectively, and deliver maximum value to their c...

In diesem Artikel erklärt PST Simon Flossmann seine 5-Schritte-Anleitung die Scrum Master hilft mit "abwesende Product Owner“ umzugehen.

In the late 90s, many companies adopted a 150-person rule for organizational units to maintain manageability and cohesion. However, this approach often led to fragmented products and complex management structures, making strategic execution a challenge. Today, a new idea is emerging. Instead of s...

Every Scrum Team wishes they had time each Sprint to accomplish more. By leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), teams can get that time back and become more effective. AI is revolutionizing various industries, and its potential to enhance how people and teams work is becoming increasingly evident....

What is Market Share?Market share is the portion of a market controlled by a particular company or product.* It is calculated by dividing the company's total sales or revenue by the industry’s total sales or revenue over a specific period of time. Sometimes, market share is calculated by dividing t...

One of the accountabilities that a Scrum Master has to fulfill is to make the Scrum Team effective. This includes the Scrum Master, as well. However, in my experience I have come across only a handful of Scrum Masters who understand the concept and who focus on improving and making themselves effect...

En este artículo, el PST Alex Ballarin explica qué beneficios tiene añadir los OKR al muro de producto del Equipo Scrum, y como utilizarlo para el centro de las conversaciones en los eventos compartidos entre Scrum y OKR.

Understanding the true role of the Product Owner is crucial for the success of Scrum teams and products. The Product Owner is not a traditional manager or a taskmaster but a value maximizer, visionary, collaborator, and customer advocate. By dispelling these misconceptions and embracing the true nat...

Effective stakeholder management is crucial for a successful product. By understanding their perspective, focusing on their success, and slowing down to bring them along, you’ll significantly improve your communication and collaboration. Remember, it’s about creating a shared vision and journey, not...

While there are various ways to write or format items on the Product Backlog, one of the most popular and effective methods is writing them in the user story format. This practice, though beneficial, is not mandatory. Scrum teams may choose to adopt the user story format when it suits their needs an...

Some teams think that if they skip refinement, they're saving time, but that's not true at all. Teams must understand what is needed before they can deliver value. Refinement will happen. It's just a matter of whether it will be done in Sprint Planning, during the Sprint, or whether you will do it i...

El Product Owner tiene la responsabilidad de maximizar la entrega de valor. Esta responsabilidad puede requerir desarrollar una variedad de competencias y habilidades como son: Liderar hacia el valor, Involucrar en la visión, y evolucionar el producto con la validación a través de un enfoque increme...

The implementation of an agile lean change approach is easy to talk about, but harder to execute. By focusing on incremental change, frequent feedback, and tailoring the approach to specific needs, Agile enables businesses to respond effectively to evolving markets and deliver greater value.

Product Managers and Product Owners often find themselves caught in the delivery drain, where their time and energy are consumed by the operational aspects of getting a product out the door. This focus on delivery not only drains their resources. But also forces them to operate on an operational lev...

This 2 part episode hosted by Leslie Morse, Product Owner at Scrum.org features Bert Neels, CEO at Strobbo, Michael Voorhaen, PO at Strobbo and PST Steven Deneir. They discuss Strobbo's journey with Professional Scrum and how they were able to accelerate their go to market by embracing agile practic...

It is rare that teams get the full value that they should from their Sprint Reviews. We and others have experienced Sprint Reviews more as performance reviews or demos that feel like one-way presentations from the team. The opportunity for Scrum Teams and their stakeholders to explore the current an...

“A product is a vehicle to deliver value. It has a clear boundary, known stakeholders, and well-defined users or customers. A product could be a service, a physical product, or something more abstract.” - The Scrum Guide

This blog answers the questions that we did not have time for in the webcast on Procurement and Supply in Agile Transformations. There are many challenges that are common in introducing agility into Procurement and Supply that have been observed within agile transformations.

In diesem Artikel beschreibt PST Simon Flossmann die 5 schlimmsten Anti-Pattern für Sprint Reviews.

What does product success mean? In this energizing Hands-on Agile Meetup, David Pereira talked about the challenges of being a product manager and how to move from managing the Product Backlog to driving value.

A professional use of the Scrum framework is not about “doing” Scrum, it is about living a number of foundational concepts. Check it out! Back to the foundations of the Scrum framework (78)

Agile can be confusing, and Agile Myths can really impact an organisations performance. Learn about the common myths here and avoid them!

No mundo dinâmico do desenvolvimento de produtos, a descoberta contínua, termo criado por Teresa Torres, é essencial para garantir que os produtos atendam às necessidades dos usuários e ofereçam valor. Este artigo explora como integrar práticas de descoberta contínua na estrutura Scrum pode melhorar...

En este webinar discutiremos la necesidad de una Propiedad Profesional de Producto y como un Product Owner Profesional en Scrum puede asumir adecuadamente esta propiedad.

Velocity is a popular tool that many Scrum Teams use to size and forecast work. But so many organizations equate "velocity" to team "performance", and that is not what it's for.