Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

TL; DR: Club Scrum — You, too, ChatGPT? A few years ago, I ran a survey to figure out what Scrum Masters serving a single Scrum team do all day. Now that we have a new kid, pardon: a new LLM, on the block, I reran the old questionnaire: Club Scrum: What Are You Doing all Day, ChatGPT — as a Scrum Master?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Within software teams, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. Below are a few of the most common misconceptions about Scrum. . . If this should happen, the team will discuss it at the Daily Scrum and decide what to do. Scrum is a framework that relies upon the intelligence of those using it.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Here are some study notes that I created whilst learning more about the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills (PSPBM Skills) course and assessment. Product Backlog items (PBIs): The only level required by Scrum. E – Estimable: Developers should be able to understand enough to estimate the size of the PBI.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It's all about the conditions that must be met for a Product Backlog Item to be considered ready for action and understood enough by the entire Scrum Team so that it can be pulled into the Sprint Backlog during Sprint Planning. What does the Scrum framework say about “readiness”? This is an example of embracing Transparency in Scrum.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions from New Scrum Master to the Development Team. From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it takes to achieve this proficiency level.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Scrum’s Sprint Planning aims to align the Developers and the Product Owner on what to build next, delivering the highest possible value to customers. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Scrum Team Accountabilities and responsibilities can be confusing, misunderstood, and lack shared understanding between its members and the organization. This is especially true for new Scrum Team members, yet I also have experienced this with teams who have been using Scrum for several years. Step 1 (5 minutes).

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2022

Scrum is simple, but that simplicity means that each of its elements is essential. Teams that mess with the framework are messing with Scrum. Teams that make changes to the elements limit Scrum's effectiveness and aren't really using Scrum. . Each of the Scrum events has a timebox, and that timebox is important.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. It is, in essence, the plan for what the Scrum Team will do next. Transparency.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions a New Scrum Master Should Ask. Twenty questions for you — the new Scrum Master — that fit into a 60 minutes time-box. Start learning how your new Scrum Team is currently delivering the product and get up to speed: from Product Backlog forensics to metrics to team challenges and technical debt.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The question was: ‘What are some of the arguments against using Scrum?’ All I could compare Scrum Guide update frequency with was SAFe, and the latter was having an update more frequently than Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran could drop a new album. First - there are thousands of companies and millions of people around the world using Scrum.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Die Verfeinerung des Produkt-Backlogs ist ein kontinuierlicher Prozess zur Entwicklung von praktikablen und wertschöpfenden Produkt-Backlogs, die es einem Scrum Team ermöglichen, eine Sprintplanung im Prinzip jederzeit durchzuführen. Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! ?? ?? ?? ????

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. .

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 29, 2020

ProjectManager.com compares estimated costs against your actual costs in real time. It’s also not built to work in an agile framework or with scrum teams. The post The Best Wrike Alternatives You Need to Try in 2020 appeared first on ProjectManager.com. You don’t need to use another software tool for budget tracking.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

TL; DR: 70 Scrum Master Theses. The following 70 Scrum Master theses describe the role of from a holistic product creation perspective. The theses cover the role of the Scrum Master from product discovery to product delivery in hands-on practical manner. The Role of the Scrum Master. It is not a mere management role.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads. Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Analyzing a Job Advertisement for a Scrum Master Position.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Every Scrum team is different. I often say that the best answer a Scrum Master can give to an open-ended question is “It depends…”. Scrum Checklist. Unofficial Scrum Checklist by Henrik Kniberg. So naturally, it needs a little update to reduce the confusion, especially, since the release of the new Scrum Guide in 2020.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Scrum is not a methodology but a framework. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2021

They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Scrum is not a methodology but a framework. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

TL;DR: The Scrum Product Owner in 58 Theses. The Product Owner theses also address the Product Owner’s part in Scrum events from Sprint Planning to Sprint Review to Sprint Retrospective, and the Daily Scrum. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

Also, consider contributing to the Agile Metrics Survey 2020. For example, I like to use the Scrum Checklist by Henrik Kniberg. If the resulting Scrum practices map is getting greener over time, the Scrum Team is on the right track. Good Qualitative Team Metrics: The State of Scrum Values. Good Agile Metrics.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Most Scrum Teams that I encounter don’t do refinement of their Product Backlog and try to work on things that they don’t understand correctly. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! You can come up with your Refinement event(s), or refine ad-hoc. ScrumGuides.org.

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Project Bliss

JULY 26, 2020

A scrum master servant leader can lead his team to greatness with this advice from Geoff Watts’s wonderful book Scrum Mastery. Please see the Editor’s note below regarding the variation in spelling of the term Scrum Master. Scrum’s framework is easy to understand but hard to master.

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Scrum.org

MAY 9, 2022

The first article of this mini-series established that you do not need a certificate to become good at what you do, for example, working as a Scrum Master or Product Owner. If you want to take advantage of the signaling power that Scrum certificates seem to have, the question is how to pass the Product Owner certification? ????

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Any change to existing plans was met with calls for more estimates and warnings of “risk”. A little history: USA relied on Russia for 9 years until Space X successfully launched a manned mission to the ISS in 2020.) For example: grassroots “requirements refinement” and “Scrum of Scrums” meetings were initiated by the teams.

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. No other role in Scrum can contribute to mediocre outcomes like the Product Owner—garbage in, garbage out. If you recognize some anti-patterns in your daily work, why don’t you ask the rest of the Scrum Team for support? The Role of the Product Owner According to the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

I have not included this stage because Scrum Teams generally support products rather than short-term initiatives. . For Agile teams, the goal of the Scrum Master or Agile coach is to get teams through the first three phases (Forming, Storming and Norming) as quickly as possible so that the team can get to Performing.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 29, 2021

Within software teams, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. . Often, organizations and teams that adopt Scrum have not fully embraced the concepts behind empiricism (making decisions based on what is known), and have not adopted the three pillars that make empiricism possible: transparency, inspection and adaptation. .

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This post is an excerpt from the book that we’re writing, the ‘ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ’. One of the best remedies to start recovering from Zombie Scrum is to start including the voice of your stakeholders. PS: In case you’re wondering what is meant by ‘stakeholders’ as used within Scrum, check the article “ Actual stakeholders?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Scrum is not a methodology but a framework. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role.

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MPUG

JUNE 23, 2023

Please find highlights from Satya Narayan Dash’s webinar – Practical Scrum Using MS Project Agile – being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. If you’re new to agile project management and Scrum, you may be wondering how these approaches work in practice. Empiricism is a key concept in the Scrum framework.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

They are derived from my fifteen years of practical experience with Scrum and XP, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Scoro

OCTOBER 30, 2020

What’s special about this tool: Forecast uses machine learning to allow managers to estimate task duration and allocate team members based on availability. Supports scrum. The post 16 Best Workflow Management Software in 2020 first appeared on Scoro. Work automation. AI-driven timesheet suggestions. Resource management.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

There will be breakout sessions on using project management tools and techniques to help with more accurate estimates, how to keep projects on track and on evaluation of project performance. Global Scrum Gathering. This is the organization’s first in-person conference since everything changed due to Covid in 2020.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2022

Scrum is a tactical framework to build products, provided you identify what is worth making in advance. The following article points to 27 common Product Backlog anti-patterns – including the Product Backlog refinement process – limiting your Scrum team’s success. ???? The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Figure: Diminishing returns from Agile Estimating – Estimation Approaches. Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2022

The Sprint Review is an excellent opportunity for stakeholders and the Scrum Team to collaborate on the state of the Increment and to discuss future trends which might impact the Product Backlog. The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team” - Scrum Guide 2020. .

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