What are the three pillars of Scrum?

Scrum is founded on three essential pillars, and each leads the team to ask a critical question.

1. Transparency. How does this make things more visible?
2. Inspection. Where does this create space to evaluate?‍
3. Adaptation. When does this encourage growth?

Learn how to apply the three pillars of Scrum and then explore the most common terms in a Scrum glossary.

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There are five values critical to the practice of Scrum: commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect.

1. Commit to achieving the goals of the Scrum Team.
2. Courage to do the right thing and work on challenging problems.
3. Focus on the Sprint's work and the Scrum Team's goals.
4. Open about all the work and the challenges with performing the work.
5. Respect each other to be capable, independent people

Learn how to align Scrum values with your organization and then explore the most common terms in a Scrum glossary.

The sprint goal encapsulates the product owner’s vision into a concrete statement for the development team to measure the sprint against. The sprint goal provides a theme for the sprint’s work helping the team see how all the parts come together. 

Learn more about the role of the sprint goal in scrum and explore the essential Scrum glossary.