Scrum.org

JULY 26, 2021

TL; DR: Abandoning Scrum. Can a Scrum team simply decide to abandon Scrum? After all, the Scrum team is self-managing, according to the Scrum manual, also known as the Scrum Guide. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 32,000-plus other subscribers. ??

SCRUM 225

SCRUM 2020 Agile Sustainability 225

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

TL; DR: Value Creation in Scrum. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. Nevertheless, there is a potentially hazardous void in the framework that successful Scrum teams start plugging early: how to figure out what is worth building—product discovery—in the first place.

SCRUM 211

SCRUM Lean 2023 2022 211

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

TL; DR: The Definition of Done: Business Agility & Technical Excellence Most of the time, stakeholders are not interested in how we solve their problems as long as we ethically play by the rules. Instead, they are interested in the regular delivery of valuable Increments as these pave the road to business agility.

Technical Review 184

Technical Review Agile SCRUM Sustainability 184

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. For example, what if the focus of the organization is on the maximizing utilization of the “workers” of the Scrum teams?

SCRUM 190

SCRUM Sustainability 2022 Agile 190

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TL; DR: Diana Larsen on the Agile Fluency Model. On October 12, 2022, agile innovator Diana Larsen delved into the Agile Fluency® Model. After a short introduction to the model, we shifted to an ask-me-anything-style discussion of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. ?? The Agile Fluency® Model.

Underperforming Technical Team 183

Underperforming Technical Team Agile 2023 2022 183

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

Process 143

Process Sustainability Technical Review SCRUM 143

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.

SCRUM 232

SCRUM Estimate 2020 Agile 232

Scrum.org

JUNE 14, 2021

TL; DR: Common Developer Blunders — When Your Scrum Team Lacks Alignment. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes !

SCRUM 218

SCRUM 2020 Agile 2021 218

Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2023

Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ?

Sustainability 144

Sustainability SCRUM Software Developers Software Development 144

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! You can download our free Product Wall Mural template here. There are certain Product Backlog Items in our example, with some very high-level action items that can be things like dependencies or impediments that need to be taken care of (no, not by the Scrum Master per se.

Innovation 190

Innovation Sustainability SCRUM Budget 190

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

Leadership 160

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team 2007 Agile 160

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In its theory section, the Scrum Guide refers to the three elements of empiricism: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. However, a fourth element, foundational to enable empiricism, is hidden in a sentence on Scrum Values. Read on and learn more about the complete picture of Scrum’s empiricism. ???? Empiricism.

2020 184

2020 2022 SCRUM Cadence 184

Scrum.org

JULY 18, 2022

And then there’s societal value, an example of which for me, would be sustainability. We didn’t use it because at the time we were using some app and I think we had a million downloads or something like that, of the app. And so with approaches like Scrum for example, the delivery of real value increases over time.

SCRUM 164

SCRUM Infrastructure Risk Management Risk 164

Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2022

Given the importance of a viable Definition of Done for a Scrum team’s success, it has always puzzled me how complacent or ignorant many Scrum teams are regarding their Definition of Done. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Definition of Done: 10 einfache Prinzipien eines kritischen Scrum-Erfolgsfaktors. ??

Technical Review 161

Technical Review SCRUM 2022 2020 161

Leading Agile

JUNE 7, 2019

Whitepaper Lead a Structured and Disciplined Agile Transformation Download Now. In order to achieve business Agility, Agile has to be applied in a certain context. Just because you have the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts of Scrum in place doesn’t mean you’ll automatically begin reaping the benefits of Agile.

2019 69

2019 Agile Sustainability SCRUM 69

Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2020

TL; DR: Product Mindset and OWnership in Scrum Teams. How is that supposed to scale, you might ask, isn’t that approach turning the Product Owner into the Scrum team’s bottleneck, impeding value creation rather than spearheading it? Well, cargo cult Scrum might end up in that dead-end. Personas: Who Is our Customer? .

SCRUM 127

SCRUM Lean Closing Sustainability 127

Leading Agile

APRIL 2, 2019

Whitepaper Lead a Structured and Disciplined Agile Transformation Download Now. In order to achieve business Agility, Agile has to be applied in a certain context. So, what’s needed isn’t more Scrum, more XP, or more SAFe. A plan to do more than simply teach people Agile. Mike’s Deck.

2019 69

2019 Sustainability Agile SCRUM 69

Leading Agile

MARCH 22, 2019

Whitepaper Lead a Structured and Disciplined Agile Transformation Download Now. In order to achieve business Agility, Agile has to be applied in a certain context. So, what’s needed isn’t more Scrum, more XP, or more SAFe. A plan to do more than simply teach people Agile. Mike’s Deck.

Innovation 67

Innovation 2019 Sustainability Agile 67

Leading Agile

MARCH 22, 2019

Whitepaper Lead a Structured and Disciplined Agile Transformation Download Now. In order to achieve business Agility, Agile has to be applied in a certain context. Just because you have the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts of Scrum in place. So, what’s needed isn’t more Scrum, more XP, more SAFe.

Innovation 63

Innovation 2019 Sustainability Agile 63

Henny Portman

JULY 10, 2019

This is XEBIA’s second edition of AGILE NXT (see AGILE NXT for the first edition). This time you get approximately twenty articles to bring you up to speed with new insights for agile performance management. Diamond Agile: Measuring What’s Meaningful (by Frank Verbruggen). Is it being reinforced?).

Agile 58

Agile Development Team Review Influencer Sustainability 58

Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Download Project Management Templates ! One of them being Agile. The Agile methodology is often preferred because of Scrum, which is an Agile framework. The Agile methodology is often preferred because of Scrum, which is an Agile framework. What is Sprint in Project Management?

Development Team Review 36

Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review SCRUM 36

Leading Agile

APRIL 2, 2019

Whitepaper Lead a Structured and Disciplined Agile Transformation Download Now. In order to achieve business Agility, Agile has to be applied in a certain context. So, what’s needed isn’t more Scrum, more XP, or more SAFe. A plan to do more than simply teach people Agile.

2019 48

2019 Sustainability Agile SCRUM 48

Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Your single best investment to improve your professional standing; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! edition ! ?

Agile 168

Agile Technical Review Sustainability Software Engineering 168

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

TL; DR: Can We Or Should We Change Scrum? Can we or should we change Scrum, or is it a sacrilege to tweak the ‘immutable’ framework to accommodate our teams’ and organizations’ needs? Not so fast; don’t just dismiss augmenting Scrum as leaving the path, contributing to the numerous Scrumbut mutations, giving Scrum a bad name.

SCRUM 143

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 143

Scrum.org

JANUARY 23, 2023

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role If you want to fill a Scrum Master position in your organization, you may find the following interview questions helpful in identifying the right candidate. This revised set of questions addresses the Scrum Master role.

2023 159

2023 SCRUM Technical Review ChatGPT 159

Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Download Project Management Templates! Using BPM as a tool allows you to monitor and analyse your methods, make the required and necessary changes, and become more sustainable. Agile Method In the agile method or approach, team members find new strategies and ways to turn a vague idea into an improved and finalised project.

Process 36

Process Finance Monitoring Sustainability 36

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile – if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. In 2018, it might seem like we could let our increasingly agile, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative teams just get on with it.

2018 295

2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 295

Scrum.org

JULY 12, 2021

Scrum Master Interview: Demand Creates Supply and the Job Market for Agile Practitioners is No Exception. Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand.

SCRUM 213

SCRUM Sustainability Agile 2019 213

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I printed enough sets of Moving Motivators (they are available for download ) to engage everyone. In my Scrum Training workshops, most of the time I start with the Happiness Door. Two and a half years back, when I was a PST aspirant, I had grouped professional friends from different organizations who had common interests in Agility.

Transportation 72

Transportation SCRUM Consulting Engineering 72

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on Scrum Anti-Patterns. Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Which makes any Scrum Master interview a challenging task.

SCRUM 196

SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 2020 196

Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 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. So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 7,500 times. . ??

SCRUM 218

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 218

Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 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. So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 7,500 times. ??

SCRUM 171

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 171

Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2022

Welcome to the Sprint anti-patterns article from my series on Scrum anti-patterns, covering the three Scrum roles—pardon me: accountabilities—and addressing the contributions of stakeholders and the IT/line management. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ??

SCRUM 155

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Consulting 155

Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2023

What do we have to do to make Agile tangible for our executives? Are Executives Getting in the Way of Agile? One of the challenges we face is the perception that executives don’t care about Agile. There’s a belief that executives are the number one obstacle to successful Agile transformation in organizations.

Agile 75

Agile Technical Review Executing Influencer 75

Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2024

This article covers the three Scrum accountabilities (formerly roles) and addresses interferences of stakeholders and IT/line management with this crucial Scrum event. Your single best investment to improve your professional standing ; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Review 158

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countless Scrum Teams have thoroughly tested all suggestions. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Daily Scrum Anti-Patterns — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (6). ?

Technical Review 179

Technical Review SCRUM Sustainability 2024 179

Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

The questions are derived from my sixteen 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. So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 10,000 times. ??

Governance 198

Governance Government SCRUM Influencer 198