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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Nokia Test: Where did it come from?
www.slashphone.com In 2005, Scrum Trainer Bas Vodde was coaching teams at Nokia Networks in Finland and developed the first Nokia test focused on Agile practices. He had hundreds of teams and wanted a simple way to determine if each team was doing the basics. The...
Agile Manifesto 2021 – Remembering Mike Beedle on the Early History of Scrum
Agile Manifesto 2021 - Remembering Mike Beedle I have been doing Scrum and Org Patterns since the fall of 1995 when I saved a large multi-million dollar project from failure at William Mercer in Deerfield, IL. Completion of this project not only put the system in...
Role of the Manager in Scrum
Pete Deemer, our Business Manager at the Scrum Training Institute, has written an excellent article on the role of the manager in Scrum. --------- Like me, you probably get asked the following question quite often: "What's the role of a manager in Scrum? I'm a...
Agile 2010 Abstract Posted: Hitting the Wall!
Hitting the Wall: What to Do When High Performing Scrum Overwhelms Operations ll-at-once Scrum implementations require total commitment to change, high level management participation and aggressive removal of impediments. In July of 2009, Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA)...
Iterative vs. Incremental Development
Drawing by Jeff Patton What is iterative and what is incremental development? Even the experts are confusing themselves when describing it. Perhaps our language is an inadequate reflection of reality. Jeff Patton thinks software should be built the way an artist...
HICSS 2010: Schedule of Agile Papers
Free download of IEEE library of HICSS papers from previous years! HICSS has an agreement with IEEE for free download of all published papers. Click on link above. HICSS-43 Agile Papers Schedule Track: Software Technology Minitrack: Agile Software Development: Lean,...
Jeff Sutherland @ Google, Dec 14 2009
Interesting discussion at Google on Monday evening this week. Slides are available at the link below. Available also is the Systematic Ready Ready Checklist for Product Backlog discussed during the presentation. The talk was based on the Agile 2009 experience report:...
Give Thanks for Scrum Day
GiveThanksforScrum_23, originally uploaded by IT Event Photography Boston. Ken Schwaber and I had a spirited discussion answering questions from the audience at the Agile Boston conference on 25 November. I started off the day with "Practical Roadmap to Great Scrum:...
Le Phénomène Chabal
Sebastien Chabal sacks the All Black ...
Agile Boston User Group Event: Give Thanks for Scrum 25 Nov
Join the Agile Boston user group as we GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM on the day before Thanksgiving, 11/25, at the Microsoft facility in Waltham Massachusetts from 12:30 - 5:30 pm. This is your fun, informative, convenient, content-rich, no-empty-calories, 100% Scrum-centric...
AgilePalooza Slides and Papers, Charlotte, NC, 13-14 Aug 2009
The presentations below make a good introductory workshop on Scrum. All slides and reference papers are provided. AgilePalooza, Charlotte, NC, 13-14 Aug 2009 Day 1 – Wells Fargo KEYNOTE 8:45 – 9:45 am Agile Software Development in the Enterprise Jeff Sutherland, Ph.D....
Scrum Everywhere: Wiredrive Implements Scrum for Sales and Support
Bill Sewell, Scott Downey, Jeff Sutherland At a recent Digital LA Scrum event, Scott Downey and I talked with Bill Sewell, CEO of Wiredrive a company that manages creative advertising. Bill has an innovative approach to using Scrum for his sales team. Scott and I were...
Scrum Day Keynote South Africa: Take No Prisoners
I gave the keynote address for Scrum Day in South Africa, filling in for Ken Schwaber who had a bicycle accident the previous week. The group asked me to talk about the paper we presented at Agile 2009 called "Take No Prisoners: How a Venture Capital Group Does...
Pivotal Tracker: Now with a Burndown Chart!
Pivotal Tracker is a great lightweight tool for running distributed Scrum. It's free and I use it for my company and my wife has used it for Scrum in Church. Ward Cunningham says it is the only tool that is as good as cards. Well, maybe not as good as a Scrum Board...
Agile Richmond: Agile Software Development in the Enterprise
A large crowd showed up in Richmond on 23 July to hear my latest talk on Scrum in the enterprise. Click here for slides on Agile Development in the Enterprise V8. ------------- Agile Richmond, in partnership with CCPace and Staff Focus, are please to offer an...
Microsoft NE R&D Center 6 Aug: Practical Roadmap to a Great Scrum
Here are the slides for the presentation on "Practical Roadmap to a Great Scrum" given at Microsoft on 6 Aug 2009. Date: Thursday, August 6th Time: 6 - 9pm Where: Microsoft New England R&D Center, 1 memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA RSVP: Register at agilebazaar.org...
Ready: The Dynamic Model of Scrum
The Definition of Ready by Serge BeaumontI give CSM trainings with Jeff Sutherland, and about half a year ago he had put something in his material called "the dynamic model of Scrum". The essential feature was the addition of a READY state opposite the DONE state. The...
Nokia Test: Online
The latest version of the Nokia test is now ready for online scoring in French and English thanks to Antoine Vernois. We are finding that for teams that can establish a baseline velocity, raising the score two points will typically double velocity and quality. Raising...
nlscrum – Hilversum, Netherlands 24 June 2009
I spent the month of June in Europe and one of the highlights was the nlscrum meeting held at Xebia in the Netherlands. We had a full house that wanted to talk about taking the Red Pill instead of the Blue Pill. See "Agile Architecture: Red Pill or Blue Pill." Good...
Velocity: Why don’t people know how much Scrum teams can get done?
The velocity of the Scrum team is the number of story points they can turn into working code at the end of a sprint. This is used by the Product Owner to create a release plan with a realistic date. The investors at OpenView Venture Partners released that all the...