This glossary represents an overview of terms specific to Scrum with Kanban to help people better understand some of the language used and what some of these terms mean.To learn more about the Scrum framework and Scrum with Kanban, we highly recommend that you reference the Scrum Guide™ the Scrum Gl...

This article covers a few ways in which discovery and delivery of work on a Kanban Board can be managed.

An unusual article featured in the latest edition of the Harvard Business Review titled "Case Study: Should I Pitch a New Project-Management System?" raised several concerns and demonstrated misconceptions about Scrum. The piece created a false dilemma between "Scrum" and a hypothetical "Flow" proce...

Drawing from his extensive experience, in this webinar, PST Louis-Philippe Carignan not only sheds light on the nuanced relationship between Kanban and Scrum but also provides practical insights on their harmonious integration.

This article explores the different classes of service in Kanban and the Kanban Guide view on whether you should use different classes of service.

In most situations, blocked items are included in the work-in-progress limit, and only in edge case situations would you have a situation where you would exclude blocked items from work-in-progress (eg, we made all the phone calls, we shook all the trees, we’re thinking of canceling one work item an...

Focus on improving your Scrum game in 2024 with one of these five resolutions to enhance collaboration within your team and deliver value sooner to your customers.

In this video, Martin explores the nuanced dichotomy between resource efficiency and flow efficiency in the modern workplace. 🔄 He delves into how organizations often lean towards optimizing resources - treating people and materials as cogs in a machine - and contrasts this with the holistic approac...

A video walkthrough of 4 key reports in Actionable Agile: Cycle Time Scatterplot, Aging Work In Progress, Cumulative Flow Diagram and Monte Carlo forecasting.

In this article, PST Stefan Wolpers explores the pitfalls of 'The Illusion of Velocity' in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools and what to do instead.

Learn how Parmenion embraced Professional Scrum and a growth mindset in a reboot of their Agile intitiatives in this case study.

Leverage KPIs for faster delivery times and improved customer satisfaction. Gain insights for using Flow Metrics to optimize your product delivery process.

Look at the limitations of deterministic estimates and innovative approaches for effective decision-making via the Agile practices such as Scrum & Kanban. Learn to handle complexity while keeping projects on track.

🚀 Diving deep into the world of Story Points! 📊 Ever wondered about their true value and how they fit into the bigger picture of team performance? Dive into my latest article where I unravel this enigma. Let's journey together from the subjective realm of Story Points to the tangible metrics of thro...

This case study covers how Omega Software shifted from a Waterfall approach to Scrum by using Scrum in order to implement it.

In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West chats with Helen Swift from Simplyhealth, a health solutions provider about how they implemented using Professional Scrum with Kanban in their organization after the Professional Scrum with Kanban training course. They talk about the tran...

We have seen many Scrum teams attempt to resolve challenges by giving up and moving to Kanban. However, the decision to switch from Scrum to Kanban typically arises not from Scrum shortcomings, but rather from challenges in its implementation. In this episode, Jeff and Mike explore misguided reasons...

Explore 8 red flags indicating incomplete Kanban adoption. Enhance your team's agility with Practicing Kanban

In my opinion, the section on the definition of workflow in the Kanban Guide is probably the most important section. If you don’t understand your definition of workflow, many other things don’t work that well in the Kanban Guide as a result. If you don’t get that part, it’ll be difficult to really m...

A brief explanation of why limiting Work in Progress gets more value delivered.

What is release planning? When is it done? How do we manage stakeholder expectations and answer the infamous "when will it be done" question? How do we forecast? What numbers and methods can we use to forecast more accurately?

The concept of limiting work in progress revolves around the principle that focusing on fewer tasks at a time leads to better outcomes. In a Scrum context, this involves setting a cap on the number of user stories, features, or tasks that the development team is actively working on during a sprint. ...

If you are not getting the value you hoped for from your Scrum transformation, try adding a couple of Kanban practices to your Scrum implementation.

A Comparison of Traditional, Guided, Immersive, and Flipped Learning Approaches to accelerate your knowledge retention.

This case study explores how a financial organization used Scrum with Kanban to optimize their customers' experience, deliver value and boost team morale while optimizing their Scrum Events, metrics and more!

Agile means something different for every organization. Start-up companies need to find the sweet spot between absolute chaos and overbearing process & control. Professional Scrum and Kanban can help teams and organizations do just that!

What is throughput, the role of Product Backlog items in ascertaining throughput and how do we measure throughput.

3 Practices to Break out of Cruise Control and Drive Change

Todd, Ryan, and Prateek discuss throughput and why it is the most suitable flow metric for Sprint planning.

In this article, we will discuss how limiting Work in Progress can help teams deliver a done increment which meets the Sprint goal.

When will Scrum die? Some people would say it's already dying. There's so much inauthentic, Scrum being done, unprofessional, Scrum being done in the world. Whereas Scrum is part of what I call water Scrum fall, where it's put within a predictive deterministic system. We're predicting when work will...

Scrum and Kanban are two different frameworks.  But did you know that your Scrum Team can use some of Kanban’s crucial elements to optimize workflow and deliver value sooner?   Combining Kanban with your Scrum practice doesn’t involve replacing events, accountabilities or artifacts.  It’s about inte...

How can we use Monte Carlo Probabilistic Forecasting to set expectations in scrum?

As a new Scrum Master what are some of the things you might want to consider to help you on the amazing journey ahead.

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi explains the flow of an effective Sprint Retrospectives with Kanban metrics.

Scrum with Kanban includes a definition of workflow, four practices, and four measures. The first practice is visualization of the workflow. The visualization of that workflow is essentially the Kanban board. 

Every Scrum Team, at some point, will struggle with how to facilitate the Daily Scrum. By using a Kanban Board and Flow Metrics, Scrum Teams can better collaborate on their work, visualize progress towards the Sprint Goal, and form the best plan possible for the day.

In this blog, Mark Kachanov shares a step-by-step guide to introducing WIP limits to a team based on a real-life example.

If you are an agile leader - do you know whether your teams are currently operating at a sustainable pace? Do you care? Would you rather not know because you’re afraid of the answer? 

Supposedly, Confucius said once: "Let’s start fixing the nation with fixing the concepts first". Whether he really said it or not, nobody can be sure. But what is important, I would like to specify the meaning of Kanban. Very often people understand it in their own way and when two people talk to ea...

This workshop was delivered on 2nd September 2021 and focused on introducing the core concepts of Kanban & Flow.

In this episode of Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer, John Coleman answers the audience's burning questions about Scrum and the challenges their teams are facing. He answers questions about Product Goals, Sprint Goals, Refinement, Team Dynamics, Performance metrics, Scrum with Kanban and more!

This case study explores how a Formula Student Team At University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/ Holzminden/Gottingen used Scrum with Kanban as the frameworks for its program and complete its car building initiative despite the Covid-19 Pandemic.

As you know, in Scrum Guide 2020 there is no more prescriptions on how to run the Daily Scrum.

By combining Professional Scrum with Kanban principles and metrics we have a phenomenal opportunity to ask the right questions sooner, solve the right problems faster and measure more of what matters. In this webinar, Professional Scrum Trainer Jim Sammons discusses the Professional Scrum with Kanba...

In this episode of the Agile Wire, Professional Scrum Trainer Julia Wester joins fellow PSTs Jeff Bubolz and Jeff Maleski to discuss a variety of topics including Flow efficiency and Flow debt.

There is a new a new Scrum Guide out - version 2020. What has changed for Scrum teams practicing Kanban?

There is no need to choose between Scrum and Kanban, but certain myths have led some to believe this is the case. It’s time to debunk them once and for all.

In business, the quest for predictability is universal. We all want to grab hold of the reality we face everyday and, somehow, bend it to our will.

So you have a couple of Scrum Teams that are working in adjacent areas and you're starting to face some challenges in delivering value in a coordinated integrative way.