This page offers a brief history of the official Scrum Guide, along with links to all versions.
Background
Scrum was developed in 1993 by Jeff Sutherland and colleagues at Easel Corporation, Burlington, Massachusetts; influenced by The New, New Product Development Game (1986) and Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions (1990) Scrum was first presented to a public audience by Ken Schwaber at the OOPSLA Conference, 1995 in Austin, Texas. The first Scrum book, written by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle was published in 2002, and the first official Scrum Guide, written by Schwaber & Sutherland was published in 2010.The Current Guide
The guide has since been updated several times by the same authors. The latest version dated November 2020 is available as a hyperlinked web page at scrumguides.org. This document is considered by most practitioners to be the definitive guide to Scrum: the rules of the game.
All Editions
The list below provides links to PDF versions of all editions of the Scrum Guide. These files are hosted here in accordance with the Creative Commons license, and for convenience only. Ownership remains firmly with the authors. See the Creative Commons license on each version for copying and sharing permissions.
- November 2020
- November 2017
- July 2016
- July 2013
- October 2011
- July 2011
- February 2010
- November 2009 (selectively released)
- May 2009 (early draft, unreleased)
Alternative Guides
- A simple guide to Scrum, 2025
- Scrum Guide Expansion Pack, 2025
- The LeSS Scrum Guide, 2024
Additional Reading
- SCRUM Development Process — the very first Scrum paper, by Ken Schwaber, 1995
- SCRUM: An extension pattern language..., by Mike Beedle, et al, 1998
- Scrum Methodology, by Advanced Development Methods, Inc. 2003
— document given by Ken Schwaber to CSM graduates - Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype, by Gunther Verheyen, 2024
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