Companion to the 2020 Scrum Guide

Scrum Guide
Expansion Pack

Navigate today’s complex product environments with practical guidance on complexity, product thinking, systems of work, and leadership.

Created by

Jeff Sutherland

John Coleman

Ralph Jocham

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All Strategy 7 Teams 3 Engineering 2 Leadership 2 AI 1 Product 1 Value 1

Scrum Guide Expansion

Core Document

Scrum Guide Expanded

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.

74 min read

Expansions

(2 documents)

Complexity

Learn how the Cynefin Framework explains complexity in product development, and why Scrum works best where stability and experimentation meet. A practical guide to sensing change, avoiding fragile certainty, and adapting how teams work as patterns emerge.

Strategy Engineering

7 min read

Software Engineering Practices

Scrum only works when engineering enables fast feedback, safe change, and continuously releasable software. This guide covers the core practices, CI/CD, automation, TDD, and design for manageable complexity.

Engineering