Recent environmental regulations in shipping and general post-pandemic trends in the working environment are introducing new circumstances for ship design. The newly implemented regulations by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) towards a massively reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emission for global shipping will affect the ships significantly. To obey these regulations, existing and newly built ships will utilize new energy sources as well as energy-saving technologies (EST) in combination. Meanwhile, as an outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, shipyards and design offices need to adopt remote working solutions demanded by their employees. With all consequences derived from these effects, the ship design is facing an entire set of uncertainties and obstacles, challenging the way conventional ship design is governed. This article investigates the influences of each factor on the traditional ship design methodology commonly utilized at most shipyards and design offices. By breaking down the previously mentioned factors, the influence is qualitatively assessed. In addition, a design approach following the Scrum methodology is proposed to better cope with the ship design with many uncertain factors. The finding concludes that not any single factor but the bundle of multiple components will require ship design to alter their conventional approach. The lack of experience with new energy resources and their potential interaction with ESDs can lead to an inefficient design process. Meanwhile, the remote working tendency in the post-pandemic era will require the ship design to move away from its traditional structure and adjust its governing accordingly to the new situation. The conventional ship design method following the design spiral will remain applicable and, hence, can serve as a foundation for the Scrum ship design. However, The organizational aspects must be adjusted according to remote working models. A suitable workflow of Scrum ship design is presented.