AA216 - New Scrum Guide Expansion: Revolutionary Update or Unnecessary Complexity?

Arguing Agile

The Scrum community is buzzing about a new 55-page expansion to the Scrum Guide. Is this the depth practitioners have been asking for, or is it turning the lightweight framework into bloatware?

In this episode, Enterprise Business Agility Coach Om Patel and Product Manager Brian Orlando critically examine the "DLC" that claims the original guide was "deliberately oversimplified."

We explore new concepts like outcome vs output definitions of done, the "supporters" role, and the inclusion of complex frameworks like Cynefin.

Stick around as we debate whether these additions help teams navigate complexity or create more confusion, while highlighting crucial omissions around organizational structure and practical implementation guidance.

#Scrum #Agile #ProductDevelopment

= = = = = = = = = = = =

LINKS

= = = = = = = = = = = =

http://arguingagile.com

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@arguingagile

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/362QvYORmtZRKAeTAE57v3

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agile-podcast/id1568557596

= = = = = = = = = = = =

Toronto Is My Beat (Music Sample)

By Whitewolf (Source: https://ccmixter.org/files/whitewolf225/60181)

CC BY 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)

Chapters

1. Introduction: The New Scrum Guide DLC (00:00:00)

2. Critics and Concerns: Is Scrum Becoming Bloated? (00:00:44)

3. Self-Managing Teams vs. Individual Self-Management (00:01:38)

4. Individual Self-Management (00:03:09)

5. Arguing On: Individual Self-Management (00:05:05)

6. Fixing Self-Management (00:07:44)

7. Definition of Outcome Done vs. Output Done (00:10:55)

8. Two Definitions of Done? (00:12:26)

9. Psychological Flow (00:15:17)

10. Adding Definitions vs Visual Fixes (00:17:37)

11. Validate Before Done (00:19:26)

12. Passing the Mom Test (00:22:38)

13. Supporters: New Role (00:24:16)

14. Arguing on Supporters (00:26:23)

15. "Should Step Down" Accountabilities (00:27:32)

16. Gatekeeping Scrum (00:29:01)

17. Organizational Structure Challenges (00:31:19)

18. Research Break (00:31:59)

19. Arguing Agile & Org Design (00:32:15)

20. The Cynefin Framework (00:33:08)

21. Pushing Back on Cynefin (00:35:14)

22. Part Time Scrum Master (00:37:27)

23. Product Thinking vs. Project Thinking (00:37:50)

24. Product Theatre (00:39:51)

25. Finance As A Team Member (00:40:55)

26. Reframing the Doc (00:43:09)

27. Emergent Strategy in Scrum (00:43:59)

28. Arguing on: Emergent Strategy (00:45:32)

29. Empiricism and Evidence-Based Decision Making (00:48:34)

30. Verifiable Hypotheses (00:50:53)

31. Final Thoughts and Reflections (00:56:05)

32. Wrap-Up (00:57:18)