Dave West on the State of Scrum and the Latest Scrum Guide

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dave West, Chief Product Owner of Scrum.org about the state of Scrum, the latest revision to the Scrum Guide, the rise of Digital and the way Scrum.org maintains its courseware. Why listen to this podcast: • Scrum continues to be the dominant force in agile/digital/lean startup approaches • As complexity grows in our world the value of Scrum continues to grow • If you’re not doing Scrum per the book it doesn’t mean you’re “wrong”, just don’t call it Scrum • It’s not optional to improve how you work – it’s mandatory! • Scrum is fundamentally about dealing with complexity and improving productivity • Digital is about building organisations that are very different and able to take advantage of new technologies with new business models • Organisations need to move very strongly towards a product mindset and a product structured organisational architecture More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2xjpDDv You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2xjpDDv