Why we built ScrumPM and why your team should try it

We've all been there. Your team is small, focused, and moving fast. You adopt Scrum because it makes sense, including sprints, backlogs, velocity, and retrospectives. The framework is solid. Then you go looking for a tool to run it in, and you're left choosing between two bad options: Jira, which feels like it was built for a 200-person enterprise and requires a certification just to configure, or Trello, which is essentially a digital sticky note board with a kanban plugin bolted on. Neither of these was built for the way small agile teams actually work. That's why we built ScrumPM. Built for Scrum, not adapted for it Most project management tools are generic task managers that have added a "sprint" view somewhere in their settings. ScrumPM is different. Every feature was designed around the Scrum framework from the ground up, backlogs with proper user story formatting, sprint planning with real capacity logic, velocity tracking that means something, retrospectives that feed back into how you plan the next sprint. When you open ScrumPM, you're not looking at a blank kanban board waiting for you to invent your own system. You're looking at a tool that already speaks Scrum. The feature we're most proud of: velocity-aware sprint planning One of the biggest pain points we kept hearing from teams was overcommitment. Sprint after sprint, teams would load up more work than they could realistically finish, end the sprint at 60% completion, and repeat the cycle. The problem wasn't discipline; it was that their tools gave them no guardrail. ScrumPM calculates your team's rolling average velocity from closed sprints and uses it as a planning baseline. As you add stories to a sprint, you can see in real time how close you are to your capacity threshold. Push past 110% and ScrumPM flags it immediately, showing you exactly which stories are putting you over the limit and suggesting what to trim. It's a small thing that makes a big difference. Your sprints become commitments you can actually keep. RBAC that matches how Scrum teams are structured Not everyone on your team needs the same level of access. Your Scrum Master should be able to manage sprints and the backlog. Your developers should be able to update task statuses without accidentally closing a sprint. Your stakeholders should be able to view progress without having to touch anything. ScrumPM has four built-in roles: Admin, Scrum Master, Developer, and Viewer each with permissions that map directly to how those roles function in a real Scrum team. You assign roles per project, so the same person can be a Developer on one project and a Scrum Master on another. Inviting someone is as simple as entering their email. If they already have a ScrumPM account, they're added instantly. If they don't, they receive an invite link that takes them straight to a pre-filled registration page and drops them into the project the moment they sign up. Who ScrumPM is built for ScrumPM is designed for teams of 3 to 15 people who take Scrum seriously but don't want to spend half their sprint managing their project management tool. If you've ever felt like Jira was working against you, or that Trello was too loose to run a real sprint in, ScrumPM was built specifically for you. We're currently being used by product teams, dev agencies, and student project groups who want structure without overhead. What's coming next We're actively building out AI-powered features, including retrospective summaries, natural language sprint planning assistance, and intelligent velocity forecasting all powered by the Claude API. These features will give your Scrum Master the kind of insight that used to require a dedicated agile coach. We're also working on deeper analytics, a public API for integrations, and a mobile experience for on-the-go standups. Try ScrumPM today ScrumPM is live at scrumpm. online. You can create an account, set up your first project, and run your first sprint in under ten minutes. No credit card required to get started. If you're evaluating ScrumPM for your team and want to talk through your use case, reach out through the contact page. We read every message.