Welcome to ScrumLab Open
ScrumLab Open is a free resource that explains the basic framework, roles and key patterns of Scrum. It includes clear definitions, insightful videos from the inventor of Scrum, as well as, published papers on Scrum Practices. ScrumLab open is perfect for the Scrum curious, the Scrum beginner or the advanced practitioner looking to refresh on the fundamentals.
We also offer a more in-depth online course: Scrum Startup for Teams.
You can also improve your Scrum by attending one of our Scrum Master or Scrum Product Owner classes. Advanced practitioners may be interested in reading Jeff Sutherland’s Scrum Papers, taking our Scrum@Scale training, or visiting the official Scrum@Scale site to download the latest Scrum@Scale Guide.
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First Scrum Capability Rating Awarded
This summer Scrum Inc. launched its Scrum Capability Assessment program. The Assessment was carefully developed and exhaustively tested to give teams and companies measurable and detailed insight into the health of their Scrum implementation. The results are targeted, actionable steps organizations can take immediately to improve. Companies demonstrating a top-notch Scrum implementation are also recognized for their performance with a rating and award. The intent is to recognize companies that go the extra mile and implement a thorough and thoughtful Scrum that delivers excellent results.
Facebook or Microsoft: Who Has the Best Daily Scrum?
Making the Daily Standup Work
As the author of the paper Scrum in Church, I’ve been invited to give a talk about using Scrum in non-IT settings. It’s hard to find a setting more removed from software development than a church! For the past two years I have been working at Scrum Inc. where we do...
Update: Scrum Metrics for Hyperproductive Teams
The Scrum Metrics for Hyperproductive Teams: How They Fly Like Figher Aircraft will be presented at the IEEE HICSS Conference in Maui in January. A preliminary copy is available online at the link above. Previously, OpenView Venture Partners videotaped the Scrum...
Outsourcer Says: Do Not Outsource
Guest Blog By Peter Vaihansky, GM Americas, First Line SoftwareDo not outsource your software development. Yes, you read that right. I work for a software development outsourcing firm, and I am telling you not to outsource. But why not? Everyone’s doing it, and...
One Manager at a Time
By: Laura Althoff, Scrum Master and Executive Director of Scrum Inc. Last weekend while catching up with my mom on the phone the topic of Agile arose. I'd off-handedly let her know that I had presented at the Agile Boston monthly meeting, but this story prompted...
Announcing Scrumlab:
The definitive online community and resource for Scrum I’ve trained at last count, some 7,000 Scrum Masters. That's a lot of change to unleash into the world, and the stories I hear are nothing short of inspiring. I also hear a lot of questions on every topic...
GAO Report on Agile Practices in Government
The government is waking up to the incredible waste in federal software procurement. In 2000, a DOD study showed that 75% of $34B in projects was totally wasted. Ken Schwaber and I reviewed the Sentinel Project at the FBI in our latest book Software in 30 Days and...
Announcing Scrumlab! Where To Get Answers On Scrum.
I've trained, at last count, some 7,000 Scrum Masters. That's a lot of change to unleash into the world, and the stories I hear are nothing short of inspiring. I also hear a lot of questions on every topic under the sun. I've done my best to answer them one on one,...
Time Tracking is Anti-Scrum: What do you do when you need it for billing?
In general, tracking hours slows teams down and confuses the Product Owner about release dates. Over 50 years of research shows that hours have high error rates and variability and relative point estimation is better. Even worse, some of our consulting partners bill...
Scrum "Shock Therapy" How To Change Teams FAST
While he was updating his paper for Scrum "Shock Therapy," Scott Downey of Rapid Scrum found one of the original emails he wrote about how he boosted dozens of teams into hyper productivity. He comments below and the full paper was published as: J. Sutherland, S....
White House Issues New IT Contracting Guidance
Greater Accountability and Faster Delivery Through Modular Contracting Posted by Joe Jordan, Steven VanRoekel on June 14, 2012 at 03:29 PM EDT Last week, we highlighted a number of ways in which reform of Federal Information Technology Management is giving taxpayers...
Happiness Metric: The Effect of a Bad Boss
Bad bosses are one of most damaging factors in companies leading to unhappy employees which directly affects customer satisfaction and lowers revenue. One of the the primary effects of Scrum is to eliminate the bad boss. Any leader who wants to be better should take a...
DoD Goes Agile
With waterfall failure after failure, even the government has decided to make Agile development a priority. Some people have a hard time believing this but I just want to take you through what happened in one department, the biggest one there is, the Department of...
Don’t Wait. Just Begin.
Sometimes when I talk with people about starting up a Scrum team, or transforming their organization to Scrum, they get paralyzed. They think there are just so many things to do before they can start Scrum. They’ve got to get the right tool, the right space, the right...
Happiness Metric Webinar
All the questions and growing excitement surrounding the Happiness Metric have made us decide to host a webinar on what it is, how it can be used, and how powerful it can be. Jeff's time is incredibly booked, and we know not everyone can make it to one of his classes,...
Using Scrum For Organizing Your Life
One of the most amazing and rewarding things to me is how Scrum is being used not only in software development, but in all sorts of areas, from schools and churches, to everyday. After I realized Arline was using Scrum to organize a family weekend, I asked her to...
Happiness Metric – The Wave of the Future
Update: The Happiness Webinar archive is available. We review the extensive research behind this topic. ScrumInc used the happiness metric to help increase velocity over 500% in 2011. Net revenue doubled. The way to do this is now part of a formal pattern at...
Enabling Specifications: The Key to Building Agile Systems
Previously, I discussed the notion of "Agile Requirements" and this concept is embedded in the Nokia Test. There is not a definition of Agile Requirements that is commonly agreed upon, so I now use a standard concept that is better terminology for what is needed. For...
Taking Happiness Seriously
In preparation for our upcoming webinar on The Happiness Metric we've been doing a lot of research into how the world's leading thinkers are addressing the issue. Earlier this Spring, the Earth Institute published the first World Happiness Report for the United...
6 Agile Ways To Increase Employee Engagement
Organizations who utilize Agile ways of working experience a 20-30% improvement in employee engagement. Engage, Equip & Empower your employees.
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