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

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Chapters
0:00
Introduction: The New Scrum Guide DLC
0:44
Critics and Concerns: Is Scrum Becoming Bloated?
1:38
Self-Managing Teams vs. Individual Self-Management
3:09
Individual Self-Management
5:05
Arguing On: Individual Self-Management
7:44
Fixing Self-Management
10:55
Definition of Outcome Done vs. Output Done
12:26
Two Definitions of Done?
15:17
Psychological Flow
17:37
Adding Definitions vs Visual Fixes
19:26
Validate Before Done
22:38
Passing the Mom Test
24:16
Supporters: New Role
26:23
Arguing on Supporters
27:32
"Should Step Down" Accountabilities
29:01
Gatekeeping Scrum
31:19
Organizational Structure Challenges
31:59
Research Break
32:15
Arguing Agile & Org Design
33:08
The Cynefin Framework
35:14
Pushing Back on Cynefin
37:27
Part Time Scrum Master
37:50
Product Thinking vs. Project Thinking
39:51
Product Theatre
40:55
Finance As A Team Member
43:09
Reframing the Doc
43:59
Emergent Strategy in Scrum
45:32
Arguing on: Emergent Strategy
48:34
Empiricism and Evidence-Based Decision Making
50:53
Verifiable Hypotheses
56:05
Final Thoughts and Reflections
57:18
Wrap-Up
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AA216 - New Scrum Guide Expansion: Revolutionary Update or Unnecessary Complexity?
Jun 18, 2025 Season 1 Episode 216
Brian Orlando

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

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