How we write
Every post on this blog is by the Scrumagic Team. Here is what that means, and what you can hold us to.
Who writes
The Scrumagic team holds the Scrum Master Accredited Certification and the Scrum Trainer Accredited Certification from the International Scrum Institute, and the Project Management Professional (PMP)® and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® credentials from the Project Management Institute.
We do not put individual names on posts. The blog speaks for the team, and the team answers for it.
How a post is made
Posts are researched and drafted with the help of AI. We say so because it is true, and because you should know how a text came to you. A draft is not a post. Before anything is published, a member of the team reads it, checks it against its sources, corrects it, and approves it. A post that has not been approved cannot be published.
We also check each draft with software that looks for the things people miss: a source link that no longer opens, a claim we should not make, wording that sounds like filler. It helps. It does not decide. A person does.
Sources
We cite primary sources first: the Scrum Guide itself, then the original authors, then research and books. Every Learn Scrum post lists at least two sources, and we open each link before a post is approved. We give a statistic only with its source and year, and we would rather leave a number out than repeat one we cannot trace.
The Scrum Guide and SBOK
Most practitioners and exams use the Scrum Guide. The Scrumagic simulator follows the process of the SBOK® Guide. Where it matters, a Learn Scrum post shows both side by side, paraphrased and attributed, and says plainly when they agree, when they differ, and when neither says anything about the topic.
SBOK® is a registered trademark of its owner. Scrumagic is independent and is not affiliated with the owners of SBOK®. Nothing on this blog is a certification, and the simulator's scorecard is a scorecard, not a certificate.
Examples and screenshots
Examples are either marked as illustrative, taken from the simulator, or given to us by someone who lived them. We do not invent customers, quotes or experiences. The projects in the simulator are fictional, and when a post shows part of one we say so and show only an excerpt. Screenshots are taken from the working product.
Keeping posts current
Every post shows the date it was last reviewed. When the Scrum Guide changes, or the simulator changes in a way a post describes, we review the posts that depend on it. If we change what a post claims, not just how it reads, we add a short note at the end saying what changed and when.
Corrections
If a post is wrong, we fix it and say so. If it cannot be fixed, we take it down, and its address then says that it is gone.
Tell us about a mistake
If you find an error, an out-of-date claim or a broken link, write to us at info@scrumagic.com or use the contact page. We will read it.