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How Poor Facilitation Of The Scrum Events Can Cause Zombie Scrum

Scrum.org

In the past years, Johannes Schartau, Christiaan Verwijs, and I wrote many articles on Zombie Scrum. I definitely see many good things happening within our community, and the teams and organizations we work with. In short, I’ll describe how poor facilitation of the Scrum events can cause Zombie Scrum. In short, Zombie Scrum!

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Data-Informed Retrospectives

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Data-Informed Retrospectives. The second stage refers to gathering data so that the Scrum Team can have data-informed Retrospectives. As I have observed in practice, many Scrum Teams either limit the data gathering part of the Retrospective, thus lacking vital information. The Usefulness of Team Metrics.

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. We didn’t need it.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? She’s even written the book on it. So how do we do it? Gertman et.

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What happens if a Scrum team becomes too large?

Scrum.org

According to the Scrum guide, Scrum teams typically have 10 or fewer people, including Developers, Scrum Master and Product Owner. But what happens with a Scrum team that includes more than 10 people? What if the Scrum team has 10, 15 even more people? However, the larger the team, the longer all of the events take. .

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Uncovering the Benefits of Clear Risk Statements

Project Risk Coach

In this article, let's explore the benefits of clear risk statements. Clarity can help project teams gain better insight into potential threats and opportunities. By improving their understanding of risks, individuals can make more informed choices, increasing their chances of success while minimizing losses.

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Why psychological safety enhances the abilities of the Scrum Team

Scrum.org

Long has spoonfeeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Going all-in on predefined features fails to capitalize on hidden ideas in the brains of team members.