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Appliedscrum Applied Scrum, a division of Advanced Project Management, Inc. Applied Scrum is wholly owned by Advanced Project Management, Inc. (APMI).

(APMI) provides expert training, coaching, and consulting services to organizations of all sizes and skill levels as they progress on their Agile journey. Tamara Sulaiman Runyon, Enterprise Agile coach and Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer, supports and facilitates management teams as they discover, plan, and implement their Agile transformation roadmap for organizational change. Services range from management, program, and team coaching and consulting to both certified and non-certified training in Agile disciplines. Tamara (Sulaiman) Runyon is a Scrum trainer and enterprise Agile coach with more than 30 years of experience in business management and software development. Prior to establishing APMI in 2014, she worked with both hardware and software teams at Intel Corporation as an enterprise Agile coach. Tamara has worked with several renowned organizations in the Scrum and Agile industry, including CollabNet and Solutions IQ, focusing on training and coaching ScrumMasters, Product Owners, and Scrum teams.

The Entrepreneur gives you a crash course of what it takes to be a  . Excellent interpersonal and communication skills a...
10/20/2025

The Entrepreneur gives you a crash course of what it takes to be a . Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are key!

Scrum masters are crucial to the scrum project management framework. This article explains what a scrum master is and how to become successful.

A user story is meant to be a placeholder for a conversation about the work to be done. Putting yourself in this story a...
10/13/2025

A user story is meant to be a placeholder for a conversation about the work to be done. Putting yourself in this story and exploring how you want your product to solve the problem is crucial but often can be misused.

User stories are an everyday tool for scrum teams and other agilists. They help identify the work to be done. Good user stories aren't simply a list of requirements.

We're so glad that you found some of your own experiences run parallel with our in-class examples, Ryan. Congrats on bec...
10/09/2025

We're so glad that you found some of your own experiences run parallel with our in-class examples, Ryan. Congrats on becoming a CSM and we're always here to support you on your Scrum journey!

Product roadmapping is an essential tool, but can cause serious setbacks if used incorrectly. Keep reading to learn what...
10/06/2025

Product roadmapping is an essential tool, but can cause serious setbacks if used incorrectly. Keep reading to learn what 10 mistakes Agile expert Roman Pichler commonly sees when product roadmapping isn't fully leveraged.

Lean how to avoid 10 common product roadmapping mistakes and take full advantage of your product roadmap.

We are grateful to be in the position to make a positive impact on our students' lives. 👃 Thank you Vaishnavi for the ki...
10/02/2025

We are grateful to be in the position to make a positive impact on our students' lives. 👃 Thank you Vaishnavi for the kind words!

So, you're a newly certified Scrum Product Owner, and you're ready to put your new skills to the test. Scrum Alliance of...
09/29/2025

So, you're a newly certified Scrum Product Owner, and you're ready to put your new skills to the test. Scrum Alliance offers advice for you and how to become better aligned with your team.

It can be nerve wracking to step into a new role, especially one that’s as important as a product owner. Since our internal Scrum Alliance product owners have experience that ranges from just-new to 20+ years, we asked them to share advice for those who are taking on the PO role for the first time...

Sometimes all the puzzle pieces are there and a good training class just helps pull the picture together. 😄
09/25/2025

Sometimes all the puzzle pieces are there and a good training class just helps pull the picture together. 😄

In 2001, a group of software developers came together to create a new methodology that would improve software developmen...
09/22/2025

In 2001, a group of software developers came together to create a new methodology that would improve software development processes. Now, more than 20 years later, the Scrum methodology has impacted industries well out of software development. Here are the 4 core values of Scrum as we know it today.

Scrum doesn't have an answer for every situation, but understanding the Scrum principles will help guide your decisions ...
09/18/2025

Scrum doesn't have an answer for every situation, but understanding the Scrum principles will help guide your decisions during times of uncertainty.

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