How to Handle Scope Creep in Scrum: A Guide for Agile Teams

Picture this: You're three weeks into a sprint when your stakeholder drops by with "just one small addition" to the feature you're building. Sound familiar? Welcome to what traditional project managers call scope creep. But here's the thing about scope creep in Scrum: it doesn't exist. Not because requirements don't change (they absolutely do), but because…

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NBA Star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Thoughts on Scrum

The NBA's Milwaukee Bucks did not make it to the finals this year. Listen to what NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo had to say about losing to the Miami Heat and about the failure of the 2022-2023 season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gutzcemaokQ So how does this relate to Sprints in Scrum? Have you ever heard someone say "This past Sprint…

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A Behind the Scenes Look at the Writing of the Agile Manifesto

Today is February 2021 and we are celebrating 20 years since the writing of the Agile Manifesto. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what happened back in Snowbird 2001 when 17 software development thought leaders authored the Manifesto for Agile Software Development more commonly referred to as the Agile Manifesto. 1990s – Before the Agile Manifesto Let’s…

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Top 11 changes in the updated 2020 Scrum Guide

Happy Birthday Scrum! Scrum celebrates 25 years with an updated 2020 Scrum Guide. Scrum was first introduced in a paper at the 95 OOPSLA Business Object Design and Implementation Workshop by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. In 2010 Ken and Jeff published the 1st Scrum guide and since then they have updated it every couple of…

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A Historical Look at The Scrum Guide From 1986 to 2020

The latest Scrum Guide is the 2020 Scrum Guide. Below is the history of how the Scrum Guide evolved over the years, along with links to all the previous Scrum Guides and what changed since the original "The New New Product Development Game" paper in 1986 and the 1st Scrum Guide in 2010. The 2020 Scrum…

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The Scrum Guide

The latest Scrum Guide, the 2020 Scrum Guide, is presented below. To access and download previous Scrum Guides, check out the history of how the Scrum Guide changed since the original "New New Product Development Game" paper from 1986. Purpose of the Scrum Guide from Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland We developed Scrum in the early…

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