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Understand why product development fails when teams apply one fixed process to every situation. This guide explains complexity through the Cynefin Framework and shows how different contexts demand different responses. It clarifies why Scrum works best in complex, liminal spaces, where stability and experimentation coexist, helping leaders and teams sense change early, avoid fragile certainty, and adapt their way of working as patterns emerge.

The Scrum Guide Expansion Pack is a comprehensive companion to the 2020 Scrum Guide, created to help professionals navigate today’s complex product environments. It deepens understanding of core Scrum principles by offering additional guidance on complexity, product thinking, systems of work, and leadership; while remaining true to Scrum’s ethos of empiricism and self-management. It’s not a rewrite, but a strategic amplification to support long-term, value-driven delivery in modern teams.