The Scrum Guide

Scrum was developed in the early 1990s by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. The first version of the Scrum Guide was written in 2010 to help people worldwide understand Scrum, and has evolved through small, functional updates since then.

The Scrum Guide contains the definition of Scrum. Each element of the framework serves a specific purpose essential to the overall value and results realized with Scrum. Changing the core design, leaving out elements, or not following the rules covers up problems and limits benefits — potentially rendering it useless.

Scrum is now adopted far beyond software product development. Developers, researchers, analysts, scientists, and other specialists use it. The word "developers" is used not to exclude, but to simplify — if you get value from Scrum, consider yourself included.