The Scrum Guide — All 19 Chapters

Read the Scrum Guide in a format that feels good on your phone, tablet, or desktop. Pretty Scrum brings the guide into a responsive reading experience, with visualizations to help you understand how Scrum fits together.

Open the full guide in the app or jump straight to a chapter below. Clear formatting and easy chapter navigation make it simple to explore a topic, revisit a concept, and keep reading wherever you are.

How to read this

1. Start with the full guide to get a feel for the framework, with a layout that adapts to your screen.
2. Explore the visualizations to see how Scrum’s accountabilities, events, and artifacts connect.
3. Revisit individual chapters whenever you want to refresh a concept, then try a study session to check your understanding.

Part 1 — The Scrum Guide framing

• Purpose of the Scrum Guide — why it exists and what it covers.
• Scrum Definition — the framework in one paragraph.
• Scrum Theory — empiricism, lean thinking, and the three pillars.
• Scrum Values — commitment, focus, openness, respect, courage.

Part 2 — The Scrum Team

• Scrum Team — structure, accountabilities, and team self-management.
• Developers — what they do, how they self-manage.
• Product Owner — ordering the Product Backlog and maximizing value.
• Scrum Master — servant leadership, accountability for Scrum effectiveness.

Part 3 — Scrum Events

• Scrum Events — the rhythm of inspection and adaptation.
• The Sprint — one month or less, Sprint Goal, cancellation.
• Sprint Planning — the why, what, and how.
• Daily Scrum — 15 minutes, by and for Developers.
• Sprint Review — inspect the Increment with stakeholders.
• Sprint Retrospective — how to improve as a team.

Part 4 — Scrum Artifacts

• Scrum Artifacts — commitments, transparency, and ownership.
• Product Backlog — ordered list of what is needed; commitment is the Product Goal.
• Sprint Backlog — the plan for the Sprint; commitment is the Sprint Goal.
• Increment — usable product; commitment is the Definition of Done.

End note

• End Note — from the authors.

Practice while you read

The fastest way to make this material stick is interleaving reading with practice questions. Read a chapter, take 5 questions, repeat: Start a study session →

Preparing for the exam? Explore the PSM I study guide for more ways to practice.