Scrum with AI
Deciding, checking and answering for it when building is cheap
AI makes building cheap. What it does not make cheap is deciding what is worth building, checking that it works and answering for it when something goes wrong. This book shows how Scrum changes when the team works with AI agents, with real cases and something to try every week.
- How people and agents work together: specs instead of vibe coding, three levels of autonomy and a one-page working agreement.
- How much a team can shrink with agents and how long a Sprint should last, depending on your context.
- The five events, the Definition of Done and the measures that tell you whether AI pays off.
- How to adopt AI in the company with Scrum: a use case backlog, pilots with a stop criterion and the AI Act.
20 chapters · about 95 minutes · free
Three ways to read it
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Get it with your emailWhat is inside
- Part I. What changes and what does notWhat Scrum is for and why the bottleneck has moved from building to deciding, validating and answering for it.
- Part II. The team: people and agentsWhat cannot be delegated, the Scrum Master, what an agent is, the working agreement, team size and how people keep learning.
- Part III. The Sprint with AIDiscovering and delivering at the same time, planning, how long a Sprint should last, the five events and the Definition of Done.
- Part IV. Value, measurement and more than one teamGoals, value stream, how to know whether AI pays off and what to add when there are several teams.
- Part V. Adopting AI in the company with ScrumThe use case backlog, pilots with a stop criterion and the AI Act inside the Sprint.
About the author
Alex Ballarin
He has taught Scrum since 2009 and has been a Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org since 2016. He founded ITNOVE, an Agile, OKR and AI consultancy, and develops his own website with AI agents every day: many of the cases in the book come from there.
Profile on Scrum.orgFrequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. You can read all of it online without signing up. If you want the PDF or the EPUB, leave me your email and I will send them to you.
How long does it take to read?
About 95 minutes. You can read it in one go or read Part I and jump to the part you need.
Who is it for?
For Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, project managers and tech leads who work with Scrum and are starting to work with AI agents, and for anyone who has to bring AI into their company.
Which format should I choose?
Online, if you want to start now and leave comments. The PDF, to read on a computer or print. The EPUB, for an e-reader.
What if I want to apply it with my team?
Feel free to share the book. And if you want to bring it to your team or your company, we can do it with you: training for companies (in Spanish and English).