Agile & Scrum News

Scrum.org and Scrum Inc. have announced that the co-creators of Scrum, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, have released the latest iteration of the Scrum Guide, the definitive guide to the Scrum Framework, as we celebrate Scrum’s 25th anniversary. These changes were made with input from the community of Scrum users around the globe.

Digital.ai, the vendor of the Intelligent Value Stream Platform, has announced an expanded strategic partnership with Scaled Agile, creators of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). The newly expanded partnership builds on more than a decade of support for enterprise agile methodologies, including SAFe 5.0.

Planview has announced the acquisition of Aptage, a technology leader and pioneer in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to portfolio management and work management. Aptage’s expertise in data science is combined with unique domain knowledge in the economics of development spanning Agile and project methodologies.

Nureva announced the addition of connectors in Span Workspace to allow users to show dependencies between notes with red lines, as would be done during analog brainstorming sessions and structured activities like PI Planning.

CollabNet VersionOne, XebiaLabs, and Arxan Technologies have announced their combination and strategic transformation to Digital.ai, a new software company that brings together leaders in business agility, software delivery, and application security into one integrated, intelligent value stream platform.

ONEPOINT Projects has launched version 19 of their hybrid project and portfolio management (PPM) solution. It features a new, completely integrated agile planning and controlling component. The new version also features a “Timeline” view for live management-level reporting as well as a number of practical resource management improvements.

The Agile Alliance Board of Directors has unanimously decided that the physical Agile2020 conference cannot take place. They are however exploring avenues for the Agile community to share the program that has been recently announced.