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 16-17 Sep 2008 San Jose
Certified ScrumMaster 6-7 Oct 2008 Boston (Bedford)
Certified ScrumMaster 16-17 Oct 2008 Stockholm
Certified ScrumMaster 3-4 Nov 2008 Vancouver
Certified ScrumMaster 8-9 Dec 2008 Boston (Bedford)
Certified Scrum Product Owner 18-19 Feb 2009 Boulder

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...