Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland have announced an update to the Scrum Guide. It rarely changes so its always interesting to see what has prompted such a change. The last Scrum Guide updates were made in 2013.
The changes this time although short in text, are fairly significant in impact. Ken and Jeff have introduced and emphasised the 5 Scrum values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect.
While these were always important and covered in some detail in our Scrum.org courses, they were not previously part of the Scrum Guide and there was always debate in the Scrum community about the reasons for their absence.
The addition of the Scrum values to the Scrum Guide were the most popular option voted on by the Scrum community on the Scrum Guide User Voice. Ken and Jeff have shown their willingness to listen to the community by making these additions, which is a great sign.
I am happy to see the addition of the Scrum values. Too many teams and organisations out there implement Scrum without respecting these values. They then wonder why they do not see the benefits that they expect. Scrum is a people centric framework and remembering the things that are important for people using Scrum is vitally important. Unless people embody the values alongside the rules they will rarely see significant success.
So what do you think? Let me know via the comments section below.
Here are the new additions to the Scrum Guide in full:
When the values of commitment, courage, focus, openness and respect are embodied and lived by the Scrum Team, the Scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptation come to life. The Scrum Team members learn and explore those values as they work with the Scrum events, roles and artifacts.
Successful use of Scrum depends on people becoming more proficient in living these five values. People personally commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team. The Scrum Team members have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems. Everyone focuses on the work of the Sprint and the goals of the Scrum Team. The Scrum Team and its stakeholders agree to be open about all the work and the challenges with performing the work. Scrum Team members respect each other to be capable, independent people.
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