# Ken Schwaber ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-02-12 Ken Schwaber.jpg|400]] Ken Schwaber is an American software developer who co-created Scrum with [[Jeff Sutherland]] in the early 1990s. He was one of the 17 original signatories of the [[Agile Manifesto]] and has been instrumental in standardizing and spreading Scrum worldwide. Schwaber co-founded the Scrum Alliance in 2001 and later founded Scrum.org in 2009 to maintain the integrity of Scrum through the Professional Scrum framework. ## Key Contributions - **Scrum**: Co-created the framework with Jeff Sutherland (1995) - **[[Agile Manifesto]]**: Co-author of the founding document - **Scrum Alliance**: Co-founded (2001) - **Scrum.org**: Founded to steward Professional Scrum (2009) - **Scrum Guide**: Co-author with Jeff Sutherland ## Notable Books - *Agile Software Development with Scrum* (2001) - *The Enterprise and Scrum* (2007) - *Software in 30 Days* (2012, with Jeff Sutherland) ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Schwaber - https://www.scrum.org ## Related - [[Agile Manifesto]] - [[Jeff Sutherland]] - [[Kent Beck]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Ken Schwaber]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Ken Schwaber]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->