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"Scrum is Chaos" and other Scrum myths

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In this article, we will debunk 10 common myths about Scrum. Myth #10: Scrum/Agile is More Expensive than Waterfall Reality: Cost-Effectiveness Through Waste Reduction Contrary to popular belief, Scrum teams are not more expensive than teams using Waterfall; in fact, they often prove to be less costly. Why is this important?

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The Origins of Scrum Might Not Be What You Think They Are (Wisdom from Rafael Sabbagh)

Gunther Verheyen

In the summer of 2019 I got in touch with O’Reilly Media about their ambition to add a book about Scrum to their “97 Things” series. O’Reilly and I compiled and merged our lists of potential authors and in August 2019 I started contacting them as potential contributors.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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From our own quantitative research with 1.200 Scrum Teams , we know that teams are more effective when they are more aware of the needs of their stakeholders. Unger-Windeler and her colleagues (2019) also investigated what Product Owners do in many different organizations and concluded that “no Product Owner role is like another”.

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Scrum Master Interview Questions (2): From Product Backlog to Sprint Planning

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Do you want to get this article in your inbox? An excellent suggestion on the part of your candidate would be for the Scrum Team to participate in gathering qualitative signals by taking part in user interviews. Please note: Normally, the Product Owner would provide this information during Sprint Reviews or the refinement process.

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32 Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns

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Do you want to get this article in your inbox? InfoQ’s recent ‘ Culture & Methods – the State of Practice in 2019 ’ edition found that new converts to Scrum, for example, will recruit themselves mostly from the late majority and laggards. Copyright notice : InfoQ, 2019. You can sign up here and join 25k other subscribers.

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Scrum Master Interview Questions (4): From Metrics to Kicking off Scrum to Scrum Anti-Patterns

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Shall I notify you about articles like this one? The purpose of qualitative metrics is to gain insight into how one or more of an organization’s Scrum Teams are progressing with agile. The interval to test via self-assessment is every 4–12 weeks, with teams of lesser fluency running their tests at the lower end of this range.

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Scrum Master Interview Questions: Scrum Anti-Patterns

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Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Scrum Anti-Patterns: From Product Backlog to Sprint Review. I added new questions on Scrum anti-patterns, from the Product Backlog to the Sprint Planning to the Sprint Review, to provide more insight into the Scrum value creation process and the organization’s return on investment.

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