Agile professionals rely on effective collaboration to guide teams through change. Miro helps professionals turn alignment and shared insight into real results. For those reasons, Scrum Alliance is thrilled to embark on a collaboration with Miro, welcoming the innovation workspace as our first-ever Mission Sponsor. The partnership brings exclusive Miro templates, opportunities to build skills, and practical materials to help professionals across roles and industries plan, design, and deliver work.
Collaboration tools play a meaningful role in how work unfolds, particularly as teams operate across locations, time zones, and disciplines. Miro's experience across strategy, design, and delivery directly connects with the challenges practitioners face as they help teams navigate change. The platform helps teams develop a clearer view of priorities, constraints, and where experimentation makes sense.
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What mission sponsorship means
The Mission Sponsorship Program was created by Scrum Alliance to build long-term partnerships with organizations that share our values and commitment to enabling professionals to solve complex problems and deliver value efficiently. The program goes beyond traditional sponsorship models by focusing on joint work that supports agile education, skills recognition, and meaningful connections to a global community of experts through shared initiatives, resources, and learning experiences.
"Agile teams do their best work when they can see problems clearly and think together," said Dave Ross, Chief Product Evangelist at Miro. "Through our Mission Sponsorship with Scrum Alliance, we’re bringing practical, AI-powered visual tools that help teams align faster and turn shared understanding into the next big thing."
Mission Sponsors work with Scrum Alliance on educational content, tools, and programs intended to serve agile practitioners in real work settings. The emphasis remains on practical application, with resources designed to fit into how teams actually plan, design, and deliver work.
Miro's role as a Mission Sponsor strengthens that effort by bringing teamwork and innovation closer to daily practice. Through contributed tools and co-created learning experiences, the partnership helps practitioners support teams as they explore ideas, make decisions together, and turn learning into meaningful progress.
Four exclusive Miro benefits for Scrum Alliance members
As part of the collaboration, Scrum Alliance members now have access to four exclusive Miro templates designed specifically for agile professionals. Each template was built to support common challenges teams face, offering practical structure without adding unnecessary complexity.
Sprint Planning Template by Miro
Sprint planning plays an important role in helping teams align on priorities, scope, and shared goals. The Sprint Planning Template by Miro was designed for scrum masters and delivery leaders who want to run planning sessions that are focused, efficient, and grounded in a shared view of priorities and goals.
The exclusive template uses Miro's AI Flows feature to simplify sprint planning and streamline team rituals. Teams can organize work, clarify priorities, and surface dependencies within a shared visual space, while AI-assisted flows reduce time spent on setup and coordination. Visualizing work together helps teams identify gaps or constraints earlier, reducing last-minute confusion once the sprint begins.
By supporting smarter, faster planning conversations, teams can spend less energy managing processes and more energy delivering outcomes. The template keeps the focus on productive team discussion and clarity throughout the sprint planning session, helping teams move forward with purpose.
Design Thinking Template by Miro
Product owners and product leaders often navigate uncertainty as they work to understand customer needs and shape meaningful solutions. The Design Thinking Template by Miro was built to support early discovery and design conversations with greater clarity and structure.
The exclusive template brings AI into the design thinking process to bolster more informed decision-making. Teams can explore problem spaces, identify and prioritize the right problems, and evaluate ideas within a single collaborative environment. Guided flows help teams move deliberately from insight to solution, upholding more intentional product development.
Product teams sometimes struggle to slow down long enough to examine assumptions before moving into solution mode. The design thinking template supports teams during early discovery by providing a shared space to gather insights, compare perspectives, and reflect on what matters most. AI-assisted prompts help teams synthesize input and surface patterns, making it easier to move forward based on collective clarity rather than consensus shaped by the loudest voice in the room.
By encouraging careful exploration and shared understanding, the template helps teams shape the right solutions and build products grounded in real customer needs. Clearer insights lead to stronger alignment and more confident decisions across product conversations.
Meeting Planning Template by Miro
This template helps boards and senior leaders plan quarterly and annual meetings with focus and alignment. It brings structure to strategic planning and creates shared visibility. Spend less time organizing and more time driving outcomes.
Facilitation Template by Miro
This template provides leaders and facilitators with a dynamic space to run engaging, high-impact meetings. It makes it easier to host sessions where members build relationships, exchange insights, and move forward together.
Learning together through shared resources
The collaboration between Scrum Alliance and Miro extends beyond templates. Both organizations are working together on co-branded educational content designed to connect practice with skill development. The upcoming Agility in Practice series will focus on how agile principles show up in real team scenarios, offering practical insights that connect learning with daily work.
Members can also expect future webinars developed in collaboration with Miro, along with new resources designed to support Scrum Alliance User Groups around the world. These offerings will create additional opportunities for shared learning, discussion, and community connection.
Through these initiatives, Miro's Mission Sponsorship enhances how agile professionals build and apply skills by bringing together education, tools, and community in a cohesive way.
Get started with Scrum Alliance membership
Access to the exclusive Miro templates is one of many benefits available to Scrum Alliance members. Membership also provides opportunities to continue developing skills, connect with practitioners worldwide, and participate in experiences that contribute to professional growth across career stages.
To become a Scrum Alliance member, you can enroll in a certification course, complete a microcredential course, or add membership to your Global or Regional Scrum Gathering registration. Your membership unlocks access to member-only benefits, including the Miro templates and upcoming educational resources developed through Mission Sponsorships.
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