Scrum Alliance -Profile: Ken Schwaber

Ken Schwaber co-developed the Scrum process with Jeff Sutherland in the early 1990s to help organizations struggling with complex development projects. One of the signatories to the Agile Manifesto in 2001, he subsequently founded the AgileAlliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of Agile software. He then founded the ScrumAlliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the understanding of Scrum.

A 30-year veteran of the software development industry (from bottle washer to boss), he has written three books about Scrum: Agile Software Development with Scrum, Agile Project Management with Scrum, and The Enterprise and Scrum. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts with his family. His web site is www.controlchaos.com.

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Upcoming Courses by Ken

Course Title	Date Range	City
Certified ScrumMaster	8-9 Feb 2010	Sydney
Certified ScrumMaster	20-21 Feb 2010	Redmond
Certified ScrumMaster	17-18 Mar 2010	Burlington
Certified ScrumMaster	6-7 Apr 2010	Seattle
Certified ScrumMaster	11-12 May 2010	Stockholm
Certified ScrumMaster	25-26 May 2010	Columbus

Recent Articles by Ken

Scrum’s Neat, But I Have a Schedule to Meet 09 Jul 07: There's a gap between knowing the right thing and doing the right thing. Bridging that gap is the task of every new ScrumMaster.
No Applause, Please. 04 Dec 06: The team has worked as creatively as possible, building a product increment that exceeded what it committed to in the sprint planning meeting. At the sprint review, the team proudly presents the increment to the Product Owner, stakeholders, and se...
Scrum Release 2.0? 07 Aug 06: There was a recent thread on the Yahoo egroup ScrumDevelopment asking about the contents of the next release of Scrum. In particular, people wanted a new release that would address the architectural failings of Scrum regarding the product owner. T...

Resources by Ken

Sample CSM Course: Version 5 Certified ScrumMaster Course.
Daily Scrum Movie: This is a 43MB movie download that demonstrates a typical daily scrum. Right click on the filename to download to your computer. Click on the filename to open directly from the website.
Sprint Planning Movie: This movie shows a typical sprint planning session. This is a large file. For best results, right click on the file to download it to your computer. You may also click on the file to view directly from the website.
Spring Planning Movie II: This is one of two sprint planning videos, showcasing a typical sprint planning session. This file is large (over 20MB). For best results, right click on the file and download it to your computer before opening.
What Is Scrum?
Scrum Update
The Enterprise & Scrum: Thursday, 15 November, 13.30-15.00 "The Enterprise & Scrum" Presenter: Ken Schwaber, CST, Advanced Development Methods, Inc., USA Agile development methods, such as Scrum, have been shown to produce improvements in speed, q...
It's Not Scrum If...: Presented at the Fall 2008 Scrum Gathering in Stockholm.
Schwaber Keynote Address: Slides from the keynote address given by Ken Schwaber
flaccid scrum: Comments are arising about flaccid Scrum. Flaccidity is usually not attributed with the word “good” or “desirable” so this attracted my attention.
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Ken Schwaber