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155. Jeff Sutherland. Scrum Was Always An AI Protocol.
If Scrum was designed today from scratch, in a world of autonomous agents, large language models, and software written at the speed of thought, would it look any different?
There’s a provocative idea emerging right now: that Scrum was always, in a way, an AI protocol.
A system built on empiricism, rapid feedback loops, small batch sizes, and adaptive planning, principles that align almost perfectly with how intelligent systems learn and improve.
And now, as we move from purely human teams to hybrid human-AI teams, that idea isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s being built.
Today we’re exploring…
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